Africa Matters

Idris Elba And Mo Abudu On Bringing African Talent Into Entertainment Mainstream: “It’s Important For Us To Amplify The Voices In The Continent”

When two British-born powerhouses get together — Idris Elba, an actor-director-producer of Sierra Leone, Creole and Ghanaian descent, and Nigerian-rooted Mo Abudu, largely considered the go-between for African content to the rest of the world — they have a powerful chemistry. Remarkably, though, they’ve never made anything together. This is about to change. In March, the two quietly announced…

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Meagan Good to star, executive produce Lifetime movie ‘Buying Back My Daughter’

By Tonya Pendleton Lifetime announced Wednesday that Meagan Good will executive produce and star in the upcoming movie Buying Back my Daughter, part of their Ripped From the Headlines movie series. Good, 41, the star of the Prime Video series Harlem has moved more into behind-the-scenes roles lately. She directed a Season 2 episode for the streamer. This will…

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Tom Cruise seen skydiving in ‘sunny South Africa’

Tom Cruise has just released a video of himself hanging out of an aircraft just before skydiving over ‘sunny South Africa,’ thanking everyone for supporting his last film, ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ The movie star is currently in South Africa filming for his next movie, ‘Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.’ In the clip, Cruise says, ‘Hello every one, here we are…

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