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David McKnight, Actor in ‘J.D.’s Revenge’ and Robert Townsend Films, Dies at 87
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDavid McKnight, who portrayed the title character in the cult blaxploitation horror classic J.D.’s...
'There were no filmmakers of color': How Robert Townsend changed the game with self-financed 1987...
Yahoo Movies· 1 year agoRobert Townsend in 'Hollywood Shuffle' (Everett Collection/MGM) How scarce were opportunities for...
He put $40,000 on credit cards to make his first film. Now 'Hollywood Shuffle' is a classic
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRobert Townsend has never stopped moving. For a recent Zoom interview, he is on his phone from his...
‘The Bear’ Star Ayo Edebiri On Robert Townsend Playing Her Father In Season 2: ‘I Owe Him A Debt’
Shadow and Act via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRobert Townsend and Ayo Edebiri are excited to have played father and daughter in season 2 of The...
“The Best Gift Ever”: Ayo Edebiri and Robert Townsend on Playing Father and Daughter in ‘The Bear’
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 10 months ago[This story contains mild spoilers to The Bear season two.] For as long as Ayo Edebiri can remember,...
‘American Fiction’ Filmmaker Cord Jefferson Talks to Robert Townsend, Who Went There First With...
GQ via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPhotographs: Getty Images, Everett Collection; Collage: Gabe Conte This story was featured in The...
Robert Townsend on How ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Paved the Way for Modern Black Satire
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCriterionYou can tell that a film has reached legendary status when the behind-the-scenes story is...
His Role as an Extra on ‘The Warriors’ Got Robert Townsend Thinking Like a Director
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter years of paying the bills with commercial gigs and extra work, by the mid ’80s, Robert...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 5-11
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCelebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 5-11: Feb. 5: Actor David Selby (“Dark Shadows,” ″Falcon Crest”) is 82. Singer Al Kooper (Blood, Sweat and...
Celebs respond to death of Richard Roundtree
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSamuel L. Jackson, Gabrielle Union, and Robert Townsend are among the many celebrities to write tributes to Roundtree, who died […] The post Celebs...
