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Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi, 28, has reportedly been struggling to make ends meet after quitting his job at a Minneapolis cell phone store following the 2013 release of “Captain Phillips.” Abdi had been working as a limo driver before landing his acting debut as a Somali pirate in the movie, opposite Tom Hanks. After filming wrapped […]

CNN spokesperson Edie Emery confirmed that Roland Martin’s contract will not be renewed when it ends the first week of April. Martin said it is a decision made by new president Jeff Zucker. Martin tweeted this morning, “Last day at @cnn is April 6, new boss wants his own peeps.” Martin, also a syndicated columnist and analyst for […]

The Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington film “Django Unchained” finished its Christmas box office at  No. 2 behind the musical “Les Miserables,” which pulled $18 million, according to Deadline. Quentin Tarantino’s, ‘Django Unchained’ an impressive $15.5  million. The film stars Jamie Foxx as a freed slave  looking to recover his wife from a plantation The estimated Christmas […]