10/30/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Coming To America (1988)- Paula Abdul Choreography

Paula Abdul talks about choreographing Coming To America, “This was one of my moments of having to really prove myself, because I was still pretty new in my career as a choreographer. John Landis, the director, wanted the person that choreographed Janet Jackson. I was still a Laker Girl. I went in and he looked at me and said, ‘What are you, a teenager?’ And I said, ‘Yes, I am!’ Continue reading

10/16/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY- HALLOWEEN EDITION: The Devil’s Daughter (1991)

This stylishly photographed horror movie centers upon a beautiful, good-hearted schoolteacher whose life becomes a living hell after she is chosen to bear the son of Satan. Her horrible ordeal begins when an ancient enigmatic traveller places an ancient, supposedly extinct, insect up her nose.  Continue reading

(REPOST) 1/17/21 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY EXTRA: Cotton Comes To Harlem- Iris, Officer Jerema and the Paper Bag

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Cotton Comes to Harlem was the beginning of short period in American film that featured black actors in leading roles and the themes dealt with issues from the African-American microcosm. With a screenplay by Arnold Perl and Ossie Davis, and  directed by Davis this action drama represents the black perspective. Much of the film’s humor is urban black comedy, which was groundbreaking in 1970.

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8/28/17 O&A NYC Hollywood Monday: Aaliyah- Queen Of The Damned

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Queen of the Damned was released six months after Aaliyah’s death and is dedicated to her memory. The 2002 vampire horror film is a loose adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles series, The Queen of the Damned. Continue reading

8/7/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Billie Holiday her songs from the film New Orleans

Billie Holiday in the 1947 film New Orleans. This video contains Holiday’s songs only- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (two versions), Farewell To Storyville, and The Blues Are Brewin’. Continue reading

7/17/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Mack


The Mack (1973), follows the rise and fall of Goldie, an Oakland pimp. The  film directed by California native Michael Campus, and starred Max Julien and Richard Pryor with Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore, and Tony nominated actor Dick Anthony Williams. The movie was filmed in Oakland, California. 

After returning home from a 5-year prison sentence, he returns home to find his brother involved in Black nationalism. Goldie decides to take an alternative path, striving to become the city’s biggest pimp

The Mack- Pimpins Big Business
 

All pimps need some time to get together and flaunt their hoes and spoils of the game. And what better place to do it than at the Player’s Ball.

The Players Ball

7/3/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: “FLOAT” – A Short Film (Just For The Thrill Of It)

Mikey Murphy is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, director, and producer. His career began on YouTube making short films, narratives, and video blogs for over 1.2 million viewers and later transitioned into acting/directing traditional films and television. Continue reading

6/19/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY PRIDE MONTH: Moonlight- Chiron and Kevin’s First Kiss

Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome as teens Chiron and Kevin in the Barry Jenkins-directed coming of age film Moonlight. Continue reading

6/12/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY PRIDE MONTH: Will Smith- Six Degrees of Separation

Will Smith refused to kiss (in character) another man (fellow thespian Anthony Michael Hall); instead, the two actors were filmed at an angle that implied a kiss.  Continue reading

6/5/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY PRIDE MONTH: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)- And The Winner is… With RuPaul, Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) stars Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) as winners of the New York City’s Drag Queen of the Year contest. They befriend an inexperienced “drag princess” Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) and invite her on their road trip from New York to Los Angeles. 

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