Richard Roundtree
Blaxploitation superstar Richard Roundtree earned screen immortality during the 1970s as the legendary Shaft, "the black private dick that's the sex machine to all the chicks." Born July 9, 1942, in N...
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07/08/1942
New Rochelle, NY |
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Under the Radar: William Lustig
February 10, 2011 5:39am ESTWilliam Lustig has proven himself a hero to movie geeks everywhere.
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Blaxploitation star McGee dead at 65
July 15, 2010 9:15am ESTShaft In Africa and The Eiger Sanction star Vonetta Mcgee has died, aged 65.
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Musician Isaac Hayes Dies
August 10, 2008 1:58pm ESTMusician Isaac Hayes has died. He was 65.
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Speed Racer Review
May 09, 2008 5:41am ESTFilled with revved engines and vroom! visuals, Speed Racer is the perfect movie for video-gaming kids--but for others it may just cause migraines.
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‘Shaft’ Director Gordon Parks Dies
March 08, 2006 8:22am ESTAfrican-American directing pioneer Gordon Parks died in New York yesterday. He was 93.
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Corky Romano Review
October 19, 2001 6:27am ESTOh, you'll laugh watching Corky Romano, but you may walk away wondering why.
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Role Call: Gibson takes to the open seas
August 02, 2001 10:01am ESTMel Gibson looking to star in film about the ill-fated USS Indianapolis; Winona Ryder will star in a British romantic comedy; Steven Soderbergh will be directing a sequel to "sex, lies and videotape"; "Fast and Furious" Paul Walker may do a "SWAT" movie; there will be a 10th "Star Trek" movie directed by Stuart Baird ("Executive Decision"); Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu are starring in a movie together; Reese Witherspoon takes on the world of tennis in her next film; "Dolemite" to be remade with
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Shaft Review
April 24, 2001 4:49pm ESTGet the Shaft
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EXTRA: Castrating 'Shaft' ?
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTHOLLYWOOD, June 9, 2000 – OK, let's get the cliché out of the way: "Who's the Black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?" If you answered "Shaft," well, you're only half right. Because in the new "Shaft" (opening next Friday), Samuel L. Jackson doesn't get any booty. Sure, there's some lovemaking going on during the opening credits, and there's one scene where Jackson (as the titular Black private dick) picks up a female bartender by asking if she wants him to hold her, or to gi
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR JUNE 16-18, 2000
December 31, 1899 7:00pm EST"Shaft" was the man this weekend, easily stealing first place at the box office from "Gone in 60 Seconds." Paramount's R-rated urban appeal remake kicked off to a muscular ESTIMATED $21.1 million at 2,337 theaters ($9,029 per theater). "Shaft's" per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend. "It's great. It's a good opening," Paramount distribution president Wayne Lewellen said Sunday morning. "We're very pleased with it, obviously. Early on, w
