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Dennis Haysbert News

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Thursday | The Age

Far from Heaven

It is reassuring to see a Hollywood drama so lovingly made. Woody Allen's Manhattan isn't the only film to make drama or jokes about a marriage partner running off with a lover of the same sex.

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Related Topix: Far from Heaven, Drama, Dennis Quaid, Julianne Moore, Black Entertainment

Tue Jul 22, 2008

KansasCity.com

Say hello to new, returning fall shows

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Television critics come to L.A. every summer to get acquainted with the stars and staff of the new fall shows.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Entertainment, Television, Beverly Hills, CA, How I Met Your Mother, Comedy

Sun Jul 20, 2008

John Deeth

Barack Obama's Reality Catches Up With Chris Rock's Fiction

After Bernie Mac got in trouble at a Barack Obama fundraiser the other week for telling... well, typical Bernie Mac jokes, I got to wishing, yet again, that politicians could tell the blunt truth the way ...

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Related Topix: Miller College, Eddie Murphy, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Johnson State College

Fri Jul 18, 2008

AndhraNews

Goodbye Bafana screened to mark Nelson Mandelas 90th birthday

The premiere of the movie `Goodbye Bafana based on the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela was held here ahead of his 90th birthday.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Joseph Fiennes, World News, South Africa, Africa, Arts, Cinema

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Earth Times

Tickets and Passes for 12th Annual American Black Film Festival on Sale Now

Festival passes and tickets can be purchased now at Ticket Web or www.abff.com . "We are excited to be back in Los Angeles for our second year.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Loretta Devine

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Goodbye Bafana

A big-screen movie based on a memoir written by Nelson Mandela's jailer sounds like an odd prospect in some ways; without knowing much about the white South-African man, James Gregory, who watched over Mandela ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Joseph Fiennes, Drama, Comedy Movies, Shakespeare in Love, 24, Entertainment, Television

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Dana Point News

Around the Corner: "24's" President Palmer weighs in on Dana Point

Previously on "24" Reputation is important in politics and show business - and apparently in Dana Point.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, 24, Dana Point, CA, Entertainment, Drama, Television, 2008 Presidential Election

Thu Jul 10, 2008

The Boston Globe

The color of television

YOU WOULD think with Barack Obama's ascendancy that network television, often a barometer of where the culture is, would have its share of leading black men and women.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Black Entertainment, Entertainment, Drama, Television, 2008 Presidential Election, 24

Tue Jul 08, 2008

DVD Dungeon

DVD: The Unit: Season 3 Blasts Onto DVD on October 14th

One of CBS' biggest hits is coming back to DVD this October. The Unit : Season 3 will be released on DVD on October 14.

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Related Topix: Scott Foley, The Unit, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Robert Patrick, Black Entertainment, Michael Irby

Mon Jul 07, 2008

TV Squad

Six other politicians who have had their ways paved by TV actors

Dennis Haysbert recently claimed that his role as President Palmer on 24 may have helped pave the way for a viable African American presidential candidate.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, 24, Entertainment, Drama, Television, The Unit, Action TV

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Creative Loafing

From the files of I'm so self important

Former "24" star Dennis Haysbert, also known as the Allstate man, has lost his damned mind.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, The Unit, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, 24, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, George Bush

Thu Jul 03, 2008

NewsBlaze

Barack Obama Secret Covert Missions for The US Government: Dennis Haysbert

On the CBS series The Unit , he leads an elite military team on secret covert missions for the United States government.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Black Entertainment, Barack Obama, 24, The Unit, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Morgan Freeman, Deep Impact, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies

Tampa Bay Online

Brinkley's Estranged Spouse Admits To His Affair, Porn

"That is the man who's come before this court and asked for custody of his 13-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter," said attorney Robert Stephan Cohen on the first day of the divorce trial in Long Island, ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Best Week Ever Blog

Murdered Character From Ridiculous TV Show Paves The Way For Barack Obama

Should Barack Obama go on to be the first African-American president in the history of the United States, he'd better thank Dennis Haysbert , who opened the door for a black president with his portrayal of the ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Morgan Freeman, Sport, Comedy Movies, Major League, African-American, Far from Heaven, Drama, Deep Impact, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Journal Gazette

Haysbert: Prez role on '24' may have helped Obama

Dennis Haysbert likes to believe his portrayal as the first African-American U.S. president on Fox's "24" may have helped pave the way for Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, The Unit, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Los Angeles Times

a TV character shows the way

IGREATLY enjoyed Greg Braxton's article about blacks in Hollywood's White House ['Black Like Them,' June 22]. It was as if he was reading my mind.

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Related Topix: 24, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment

Wed Jun 11, 2008

DigitallyOBSESSED.com

Read

Suture is one of those films that seems to be more than it really is. Essentially a black & white art film disguised as film noir, it vanished into obscurity after an extremely limited release in 1993.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, The Minus Man, Drama, Thriller, Mystery Movies

Mon Jun 09, 2008

CNN

Black presidents nothing new to Hollywood

Voters will determine if America is ready for a black president come November, but Hollywood, often ahead of the national curve, made up its mind about the issue ages ago.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, James Earl Jones, The Man, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama, Action, 24, Entertainment, Television, Chris Rock

Sat Jun 07, 2008

DVD Verdict

24: Season One: Special Edition

Judge David Johnson's wife had short-term amnesia. He didn't do any dishes that weekend and it was awesome.

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Related Topix: Kiefer Sutherland, Black Entertainment, Elisha Cuthbert, Hot Chicks, Leslie Hope, 24, Entertainment, Drama, Television

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