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Archive for April, 2025

ONE NIGHT ONLY – NUMBER ONE ON THE CALL SHEET AT THE AERO THEATER! 

I had a great screening of NUMBER ONE ON THE CALL SHEET at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica as part of the American Cinematheque documentary festival.  Representing on the step and repeat! It was a packed house!  After the movie, we had a great question and answer session with…

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REGINALD HUDLIN MAKES A GUEST APPEARANCE AT USC

My friend David Belasco teaches an amazing course at USC about entrepreneurship with an incredible line up of guest speakers.  Last time I did it, he encouraged me to bring my kids since they get to see their dad in a way they usually don’t experience.  Great advice which led…

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VARIETY HONORS DARRELL MILLER AND WILL PACKER

Darrell has been my attorney for years and he’s so good that Variety honored him for his work in Hollywood!  Well deserved!   Will Packer was also honored, who I’ve known since he was an intern on RIDE, a movie I produced a lifetime ago.  Now he’s a billion-dollar producer with…

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Lights, Camera, Truth: The Power Of The Black Lead

Essence | Kelvin Byers They only need one name. Whoopi. Will. Viola. Denzel. Cynthia. Morgan. Legends who carved their names into Hollywood’s highest peaks—often without a safety net. Before they were box-office draws, they were underdogs, fighting for roles that weren’t just afterthoughts, battling Hollywood’s narrow definition of “marketability,” and…

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Reggie Hudlin Shines a Spotlight on Black Hollywood in ‘Number One on the Call Sheet’

LA Sentinel | Keith L Underwood Reggie Hudlin’s career spans decades and genres, from cult classics like “House Party” and “Boomerang” to shepherding major events like the NAACP Image Awards. But his latest work, “Number One on the Call Sheet,” might be his most personal and culturally significant yet. The…

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Hal Frederick, trailblazing Venice restaurateurand owner of Hal’s Bar and Grill, dies at 91

LA Times | Brad Johnson I walked into Hal’s Bar and Grill for the first time during the summer of 1989, a year after its opening, having just moved to Los Angeles from New York City. The unmistakable sound of Miles Davis played softly throughout the high-ceilinged space. I was…

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