Yaphet Kotto News

You hear it on radio and TV ads all the time, this time of year: "Valentine's Day is right around the corner." Well, this week, it's true! If you haven't already made plans and you consider yourself a cheap date, you're in luck.

Tonight, the Portland Black Film Festival kicks off with a 35mm screening of Across 110th Street , 1972's classic starring Yaphet Kotto and Anthony Quinn.

It stars Yaphet Kotto and Richard Dawson, and there's a chainsaw fight. But there's too much running.

Possibly the only cooler role than getting the gig playing James Bond is playing a Bond villain with a long and illustrious line of actors creating some of the most memorable bad guys: Donald Pleasance, Telly Savalas and others as Blofeld, Yaphet Kotto as Dr.