Showing posts with label Interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interviews. Show all posts
Friday, July 8, 2011
Michael B. Jordan - What's In a Name?
Acting since he became a teenager, 25-year-old Jordan has made an indelible impact on television with the above-mentioned roles as well as long-running characters on All My Children and The Assistants, and more recently on Lie to Me. Jordan's compelling turn in these parts has propelled him to the big screen. At the start on 2012 he will be starring in Chronicle and in Redtails alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard.
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SIDEBAR: I haven't blogged in a REALLY long time & Blogger looks waaaay different.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tristan Wilds Explains How ’90210′ Will Be Different Next Year
[photo: Tristan Wilds w/ Tanya & Spike Lee]
Dominican actor Tristan Wilds spoke exclusively to Latina.com about his costar, Trevor Donovan getting fired from 90210, why Donovan’s gay character was good for TV, and how the show will be different next season.
Will you be back on 90210 next season?
Yes, sir. I’m back and ready for college!
In the season 3 finale, your character Dixon announced he wasn’t going to California University with his friends, but rather to Pepperdine University. Is that still the case?
As of right now, I believe he’s going to Pepperdine. I’m actually having a sit-down with the new show runners to talk about storyline and where we’re going…But yes, he’s still going to Pepperdine.
It was recently announced that one of your costars, Trevor Donovan, was fired from the show. Are you sad to see him go?
Yes. Trevor is a real cool dude. That was like my homeboy. We all kind of glued together like a family and he’s a real cool dude. I’m not super mad at it because I understand the reason – you don’t want to beat a dead horse with the story line. And i know that the show runners have this amazing idea of how they’re going to end everything for him. So I’m not as mad as I would be if it just happened out of the blue.
Does Trevor want to leave the show?
I don’t think he wants to leave at all. He wants to continue for the fans, but I think the show runners and him came to the realization that it would be… the reason they had him on there was to speak on the topic {of being gay} and to keep him there would take away from the sweetness of bringing up a topic like that.
Do you think it was good for the show to have a gay character?
It definitely was. It brought up a topic that is occurring in popular America right now—not even just popular America, in America, period! They introduced him at such a pivotal time in our culture, when a lot of kids were being bullied for being gay. I think introducing Teddy as a gay character not only gave those kids a voice, but also gave them someone to look up to and someone to really say ‘Hey, it’s not corny. I don’t have to be afraid of this. Someone understands me and it’s right here on television.’
Are you currently working on any other projects?
I’m working on a mix tape. Genre-wise, I’m aiming toward a bluegrass-ish, maybe like a biography and memoirs realm [Laughs]… I want it to be very soulful and it’s definitely going to have some R & B, some soul, and some hip-hop infused in it.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Video: Tristan Wilds @ The Beverly in Los Angeles!
Dayum! Red Tails aint coming out til NEXT year? Really? Sheesh
Saturday, May 7, 2011
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Eva McKend Chops It Up With Michael B Jordan, The "Actor Of Her Generation"
Michael Bakari Jordan’s success lies in his unique ability to bring parts of himself into each of his characters. The result is magnetic and has produced fan favorites like Wallace from the critically acclaimed epic “The Wire” and Vince Howard from the also esteemed “Friday Night Lights.” As intrinsic as his faculties may be, Jordan does not take his career for granted. When he moved to Los Angeles, he faced the 2007 Writer’s Strike and the subsequent dearth of auditions but this never crushed his spirit or his persistence. “I’ve been blessed to continuously work and mature with my craft,” he explained in a phone interview with The Phoenix.
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Mike's currently in Africa (above) working on something that he apparently wants to keep under wraps. Him & Tristan Wilds are two of a kind. Whatever it is though, I am sure it will be worth the wait.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Interview: WTAM Interview w/ Michael B Jordan
Below is an excerpt from the interview on Red Tails.
IHR: Before we go, I want to talk about a movie you shot called Redtails. You worked with some pretty big names on that, right?
Michael: It's about the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. I play a new recruit, fresh out of flight school, and I'm thrown into the war. To get to work with Cuban Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Bryan Cranston, Rick Otto, David Oyelowo, Nate Parker, Ne-Yo, Jazmine Sullivan; I mean the list goes on...George Lucas, Rick McCallum. For me to work with so many people that I look up to since such an early stage in my career, it was just mind blowing. It completely raised the bar for me as far as my goals and what's reachable. You dream big, and then once the big dreams are accomplished, it's like, 'Damn, now I gotta dream bigger than this. I was like a sponge on set. I really just soaked up a lot, learning a lot from everybody.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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