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Actor James Arness is 86. Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 70. Singer-drummer Levon Helm of The Band is 69.

"Scream, Blacula, Scream" : Pam Grier is a voodoo princess. In the movie, I mean.

One of the great collective joys of the movies is watching some good old-fashioned ass-kicking, and there is no greater adrenaline rush than when that ass-kicking comes from a no-nonsense woman.

We have early word of a 16 June Blu-ray Disc release of The Cell 2 from Warner. This straight-to-video sequel to the hit Jennifer Lopez thriller will arrive with a 1.85:1 1080p transfer, a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 sound mix, and a making-of featurette.

A record number of viewers tuned in Sunday to see the last word on Showtime's lesbian series The L Word.

Last night, television's only lesbian drama ended after 70 episodes and six seasons.

Showtime is saying goodbye to the groundbreaking show about L.A. lesbians - "The L Word" on Sunday.

Vigilante Violence In the movies, characters can't always wait for police to take action or to achieve justice.

How are they going to do it? How are they going to tie up all these loose ends by next week, when the show ends for good? Beats us, but at least this episode had good costumes, dance competitions, and the ...

Women in Blaxploitation pictures were disposable characters who usually served two purposes: Screw the hero, and bring him information or a weapon.

From "Roots" to 'Notorious' to 'Driving Miss Daisy,' consumers get to choose from nearly 1,000 award-winners and cult classics to rate their favorites of the last 100 years Pam Grier's "Foxy Brown" is in the ...

Further proving that CBS doesn't need the love of TV critics, the Eye network gave away its Television Critics Association press tour party night to its sister network Showtime.

I have dedicated as little of this column space as possible to The L Word in the year and a half that I've been writing.

Cybill Shepherd, who stars on Showtime's "The L Word," tells us that joining the cast of the show two years ago was one of the best decisions she's ever made in her career.

The ultimate blaxploitation flick.

Perhaps no other director handled the exploitation genre better than Jack Hill. And perhaps no other actress personified the hard-hitting, hip, and sexy screen diva better than the illustrious Pam Grier. Merge the two and the results are dazzling. 1974's Foxy Brown features one such mixture of Hill and Grier, combining sex, violence, and...

As The L Word 's sixth and final season draws closer -- it begins January 18 on Showtime -- Pam Grier is reflective about her time with the show.

"England, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand -- so many countries are starting to see 'The L Word.' I'm happy to be a part of that historical significance," says the actress who rose to fame as the '70s ...

The blaxploitation flicks of the 1970s may well be cinema's greatest mixed bag. On the one hand, they managed to ingrain racial stereotypes even as they propelled black actors and artists to careers that would ...

Three Custom Color Specialists has made lipsticks for characters in The L Word as part of a partnership with Showtime.

Over at Fancast.com , I'm posting a number of reviews and "appreciations" of films, trailers, and television episodes you can watch at this site for free .