On the weekend of the 2nd Women’s March, I thought I’d start this week by publicly acknowledging something I ‘borrowed’ from a woman… Somewhere down the line, I heard Kerry Washington uses this technique called ‘Who Am I?’ As you’ll see below, it’s a mini cheat sheet that, for actors at least, can quickly […]
A solemn day for my tribe today. Marek Jacobs, one of the young brothers who brought me into Alpha at the University of Kansas, passed away after a fight with stomach cancer. I can’t tell you the specific first time I met Brother Jacobs, but I imagine it was something along the lines of […]
I asked my family what they wanted for the holidays and the answer across the board was ‘My Time (and Attention).’ What perfect symbolism. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Who can really say if we’ve seen the worst yet? But, when they literally came for the Muslims, I was ready. All […]
So, let’s talk about it. If you haven’t seen it yet, last warning to stop reading… I liked it. I’ve also heard the full gamut of reactions: some people think it’s the best episode since “Empire”, some have called it absolute trash. I’m in the middle obviously, but I think there are some valid […]
I had no expectations for the Netflix version of ‘She’s Gotta Have It.’ We have ‘Insecure’ now. We have ‘Dear White People’. We have ‘Master of None.’ We have ‘Atlanta’. All good to great in different ways, all cover being young and/or black, and/or single, and/or living in New York City. That’s one. Two: […]
We were in Club 112. It was the first night of the best Spring Break of my life, and we were kicking it with some Deltas from Spelman. We made fast friends. College. A ‘homeboy’ comes to our area and starts hollering at the light skinned girl in our crew. The rest of us […]
RACHEL: ‘What will you do?’ BRUCE: ‘Rebuild it. Just the way it was, brick for brick.’ ALFRED: ‘Just the way it was, sir?’ BRUCE: ‘Yeah. Why?’ ALFRED: ‘I thought this might be a good opportunity for improving the foundations.’ BRUCE: ‘In the southeast corner…’ ALFRED: ‘Precisely sir…’
Found out over the weekend how deeply my family in Houston was affected by one hurricane, and how old classmates are in the path of Irma. So instead of a musical diversion to start the weekend, we’re going comedy… This, has always been my favorite Eddie Murphy thing. Not ‘Coming to America’. Not ‘Raw.’ […]
I was sitting at my desk when an L.A. number I didn’t recognize came up on the phone. It was the Casting Director for ‘Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.’ He tracked me down through my IMdB page. The producers, Michael Showalter and David Wain, had a small part they wanted to fill, […]
Hope everyone had a good 4th. I’ve mastered the art of not obsessing about work when I don’t need to be thinking about it, so I remain in my good place. Quick thought on the new Jay-Z album. Is it a masterpiece? Eh, I think we need more than a week before we give […]
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