Loretta Devine

Angela Bassett promoting her new film "Jumping the Broom" at a downtown Chicago hotel on April 12, 2011. (E. Jason Wambsgans/ Chicago Tribune) Angela Bassett has portrayed several real-life figures during her 20-plus year career in film and television --...

"Jumping the Broom" movie premiere: Laz Alonso and Paula Patton, the groom and bride in "Jumping the Broom," were joined by fellow cast members including Romeo and Angela Bassett at the Cinerama Dome for the movie's Hollywood premiere. "We really wanted...

Love for "Bridesmaids, but none for "Jumping the Broom" on CBS "The Early Show"...

Dates are changing, studios are firming up release plans, figuring out what will actually be finished in time for this or that target date, in some cases. Films will be picked up at Sundance and find their way into theaters. Documentaries will find a...

Thor The Norse gods are off to a decent, though not divine, start in “Thor,” the latest movie in Marvel Comics' big-screen expansion of its superhero pantheon. Thor, played by statuesque Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, is the god who fell to Earth,...

You can probably guess that a winning ticket sets this comedy in motion, with Bow Wow playing the lucky fellow ... lucky, that is, until others become aware of his sudden windfall and want what they believe is their share. Since the win happens on a...

It’s not just the film’s aging stars that have staying power. For the second week in a row, Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables,� the action movie starring an ensemble of performers so long in the tooth they qualify for the...

Hollywood is releasing a family comedy, a romantic comedy, a teen-targeted spoof, a cheesy 3-D thriller, and an African American-targeted comedy this weekend. But instead of heading for the new releases, moviegoers may just stick with the same old action....

"American Idol" season three winner Fantasia Barrino will soon star in a Lifetime movie, playing a role that should be familiar: herself. Shooting on "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" is scheduled to begin this month, with Emmy...

As has been previously entered into evidence, I watch TV like it's my job. But sometimes I like to think about what shows would I absolutely watch each week -- even if I didn't have to. That's how I came up with my personal Top 10 TV shows of 2006. It...

"My life looks like a fairy tale in many ways, but you have to remember that life is not a fairy tale. I'm the American Idol ... but I can't even read a fairy tale to my 4-year-old daughter." In her best-selling 2005 memoir, "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale,"...