Actor and ladies sensation Terrence Howard was still enjoying Italy yesterday as he was spotted sipping on a nice cool drink with a lit cigarette in his other hand. Howard was still in Italy for the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival in which he brought home an award the other day. Raggedy widow's peak and all we think the ladies could really give a flying crap because to them he's still eye candy.

Terrence Howard aka Quinton Spivey from The Best Man took home an award last night in Italy at the Ischia Global Film and Music Festival. After yesterday's revelations it makes you appreciate how hard some people have worked to attain the success that they now have. As we always ask about this time, where do you rank Terrence's acting skills? Is he in the same category as a Will Smith or Denzel Washington? Or are we out of our damn minds for even posing a question like that? Name your favorite Terrence Howard film. We know ours. The Best Man. Oh yea Rosario Dawson was also spotted at the Festival.

Terrence Howard has come out and revealed some rather interesting and surprising information about the start of his acting career.

Via Eurweb:

*Terrence Howard said he was so angry over being cut from a part in "The Cosby Show" that he confronted the program's famous star to vent his frustration – only to find himself briefly blacklisted in the entertainment business.

"I was 19 and had just moved to New York from Cleveland, I got on 'The Cosby Show' on my second audition ever," Howard said, according to WENN.

He explains: "I told him, 'I'm a man just like you.' He didn't like it, and the casting agent never took my calls again."

Howard says he didn't work for four years, but eventually bounced back to launch a successful acting career - landing an Academy Award nomination in 2006 for his role in "Hustle & Flow."

Mediaoutrage- Interesting. We know that sort of thing happens all of the time in the entertainment industry. Think about it that's what 50 Cent said that some of the major players tried to do to him after he released that song how to rob, in which he humorously described how he would rob Diddy, Jay-Z and a few other titans. Black balling is real fo sho. So Cosby got gangsta with it. But then again Howard sounds like he might have been a little out of pocket by speaking to a legend such as Cosby in that manner. There's a way to do everything in decency and order.

La historia se repite. Una interesante premisa que poco a poco se va desdibujando hasta transformarse en una cosa muy distinta a lo que quiso ser originalmente. Lo que llama la atención es que le ocurrió a Jumper, también protagonizada por Hayden Christensen, lo cual podría ser considerada simplemente una coincidencia... tal vez lo sea. Lo que no es coincidencia es que en ambas películas Christensen ofrece una interpretación espantosa, demostrando claramente que ha sido suertudo a la hora de recibir y aceptar proyectos que lo ponen en el rol protagónico. Haciendo un paralelismo, Mark Hamill merecería al menos una segunda, tercera o cuarta oportunidad, ya que aunque también es un actor del montón, es sin duda mejor interpretador que Christensen.

Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) es un pendejo millonario, dueño de medio Nueva York, a traves de una corporación heredada de su fallecido padre, y de un bondadoso, pero fallado corazón. Beresfold necesita urgentemente un transplante, siempre una operación peligrosa, lo cual le es recordado constantemente por su médico Jack Harper (Terrence Howard), un buen tipo que lo atendió cuando sufrió su primer infarto. Harper y Beresfold se hacen buenos amigos, tal vez porque este último carece de personas cercanas a su vida, aparte de su bella madre Lilith (Lena Olin) y su novia secreta Sam (Jessica Alba). De Beresford sabemos poco, es un tipo raro, bondadoso, pero apartado, constantemente sonriente, pero apenado. Se nota que tiene fantasmas en su pasado, recuerdos que quiere olvidar. Al ingresar al pabellón Beresfold se deja ir, aceptando lo que su destino le depare, sin embargo, hay algo que anda mal. Se supone que debe estar anestesiado, que no debe escuchar ni sentir nada, pero escucha lo que habla el equipo médico, siente como le cortan la piel... ¡Beresfold está despierto! Pero no se puede mover o gritar para avisarle a los médicos... este debe ser uno de los mayores terrores que el cine ha podido retratar, ya que es un terror impactantemente posible (aunque dificil que ocurra). Como si eso no fuera suficiente, el terror y el dolor de Beresfold serán mayores al escuchar como se ha vuelto en víctima de un complot que buscará no sólo arrebatarle toda su fortuna, sino que también su muerte.

La premisa sin duda que es lo suficientemente interesante como para convertir a esta película en una cinta de drama/suspenso poderosa, sin embargo, la situación no convence, probablemente porque Christensen no es el actor más adecuado para ese rol... o para cualquier rol en realidad. Es un muy mal actor, con un registro facial limitadísimo. Lo peor es que uno acepta, aveces, ver que un actor repita personaje... John Cusack, Jeff Goldblum o Shia LaBeouf han repetido sus personajes de forma constante, pero no cansan, no aburren. Son actores con ángel, lo cual Christensen no tiene. A sus 26 años sigue viéndose como un pendejo odioso y actuando como alguien que recién está iniciándose en la actuación (y podría ser así, pero lleva varios protagónicos). El peso dramático que debería aportar brilla por su ausencia y eso hace que el resto del relato se desmorone. Ni siquiera con las buenas actuaciones de Lena Olin y Terrence Howard salvan este relato que deja de lado la credibilidad y se transforma en un extraño mix, más cercano a la ciencia ficción clase B. Jessica Alba está bastante bien... no sean mal pensados, está bien por las razones obvias, pero también está bien en su interpretación, de la mujer que tiene que aceptar llevar un noviazgo en secreto con el personaje de Christensen, para evitar las críticas de su madre.

A pesar de todo esto, Joby Harold, director y escritor de esta cinta, hace algo valioso, al presentarnos una historia original y con gran potencial. Por ser su opera prima, creo que le podemos perdonar algunas cosas, pero en general hace un trabajo aceptable, sobre todo al presentarnos sus giros de tuerca y al mostrarnos los recuerdos del personaje de Christensen. Tal vez culpar a Anakin de que la película no funcione es demasiado, sin embargo, su rol es demasiado importante como para dejarselo a alguien con tan pocas habilidades. Es de esperar que el siguiente trabajo de Harold sea mejor.

TRAILER: AWAKE

FICHA TÉCNICA
Nombre: Awake
Año: 2007
Duración: 84 minutos
Dirigida y escrita por: Joby Harold
Protagonizada por: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin, Christopher McDonald y Arliss Howard
Producida por: GreeneStreet Films, The Weinstein Company, Open City Films

The Kite Runner is a political controversial film about the oppression of the Taliban centered on a form Afghan boy who flees to the US with his father.  After graduating college and becoming a successful writer, he returns to his homeland to risk his life for a former friend.  Read the full Movie Room Review!

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Mark Osborne y John Stevenson / Estados Unidos / 2008
Actores: Voces: Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie.

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  Kirsten Sheridan / Estados Unidos / 2008
  Actores: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams.
  

• PARIS TE AMO
  Olivier Assayas / Francia / 2008
  Titulo original: Paris je taime
  Actores: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sergio Castellitto, Miranda Richardson, Leonor Watling.
  

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So the Irishman... he sent me the sweetest text message ever. (I'm finding I don't have such disdain for texts when they come from someone you might actually like.) Background: he wanted to hang out yesterday but I had made plans with Darling and the Boss all day and evening so we would just have to stick with our Tuesday night date.

The text, coming just after midnight: "So it's Monday. I still miss your face."

I don't know why but that short message has had me smiling non-stop since.

I saw my friend today who set us up (she happens to be my chiropractor) and she was jumping up and down and in near tears that we are going on our fourth date tomorrow night.

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It's officially day number one of my Staycation. I managed to drop some dough at the mall in a short amount of time, treated myself to a healthy turkey sandwich from Bread Co, and now am waiting for Darling as I suspect she wants to run a "girls only," errand before I had back to MWood for some apartment cleaning, tanning and Boot Camp.  I am loving having no agenda, no responsiblities, no answering phones and dealing with clients. If only every day could be the first day of a vacation.

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I was watching Ellen today while finishing up Mr. D'Arcy Takes a Wife (it's only taken me a year; I've read many other books while I've had that one started) and Terrence Howard was on the show. I really enjoy him. I like his voice, the way he talks, how he dresses. He's a bad-boy sexy. Ellen asked if he was dating anyone and he said no because "Forever is a long time to wear the wrong ring." I don't think I've heard it like that before. That will be my new retort if someone asks me why I'm single.

The 2008 BET Awards show went down last night and was packed full of performances which some call boring as hell and others pretty live. Which category do you fall in? Chris Brown and Ciara did their thing, and so did Ms. Alicia Keys who we would say had one of the best performances by bringing out SWV who sorry to say sounded like a man screaming while getting his ballz ripped off. Not a good look. But it was good to see Alicia bring them out. Al Green also was the man of the night as he set the place on fire with his many hits including Love and Happiness. The whole auditorium was rocking and two stepping. It was also dope to see A. Keys bring out TLC.

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The BET Awards popped off last night. Everyone and they great grandmom was in the place for the festivities. In our opinion everyone who strolled the red carpet was up to par fashion wise maybe with the exception of a very few. We'll let you dish out the names of those who deserved to be written fashion tickets for violating the fashion laws and doing they own ish. We must say that MC Lyte did the bomb job as the MC of the night.

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Mario López, el popular actor, protagonista de ‘Salvados por la Campana’, en su papel de A.C Slater, ha sido declarado como el soltero más sexy del mundo según la revista People.

Hace poco, Mario rompió su relación con una bailarina llamada Karina Smirnoff –como el vodka-.

Otros que están en la lista son el triunfito americano David Cook y ganador de la última edición, Brody & Frankie, Terrence Howard, el impresionante Gerard Butler, Bret Michaels, Adam Levine, Bryan Spears (hermano de Britney) o los chicos de la serie “Gossip Girl”.

To commemorate Black Music Month, we compiled a list of the Top 25 Black Music Movies. The films that made the list made you dance and sing - while you watched. After compiling a list of over 100 films, the list was whittled down not by the quality of the films, but by how great the music was in those films.There are arguments for many films that clearly were outclassed by their soundtracks. Marvin Gaye's only soundtrack was done for the forgettable film, Trouble Man and on and on. In addition to the selection of each film, I also selected the film's signature song. So without any further ado, and in no particular order, are the Top 25 Black Music Movies.

Cooley High (1976)
Why It’s Hot: The story of a friendship between a group of Chicago high-school students in the early 1960s. Featuring a booming Motown soundtrack, “Cooley High” is a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

Signature Song: G.C. Cameron’s “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye” continues to stand the test of time as a classic song.

Dreamgirls (2006)
Why It’s Hot: This adaptation of the smash Tony award-winning play was equally stunning on the big screen. The film was nominated for eight Oscars and showed off the acting talents of Eddie Murphy while introducing the world to Jennifer Hudson.

Signature Song: Hudson as Effie White in the tour-de-force, “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going.”

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Why It’s Hot: Diana Ross was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her searing performance of the late jazz icon, Billie “Lady Day” Holliday. The film also featured Hollywood hunk, Billy Dee Williams and arguably his best film role, Piano Man, Richard Pryor.

Signature Song: Ross as Lady Day singing, “My Man.”

Shaft (1971)
Why It’s Hot: He’s a bad muther, shut yo’ mouth, I’m talkin’ ‘bout Shaft. Issac Hayes’ thunderous soundtrack dominated this film about adventures of private detective, John Shaft. Hayes won an Oscar for the film’s title song.

Signature Song: “The Theme from Shaft.”

Superfly (1972)
Why It’s Hot: Ron O’Neal had brother’s perming their hair in hoods all over America listening to Curtis Mayfield’s uban ode about a brother trying to “get out of the game.” Mayfield’s classic soundtrack is arguably is superior to Issac Hayes’ “Shaft.”

Signature Song: Pulsating with urban urgency is Mayfield’s “Pusherman.”

Sparkle (1976)
Why It’s Hot: Thirty years before the Dreams captivated the big screen, Sparkle (Irene Cara) and Sister (Lonette McKee) starred in this drama of the rise and fall of a fabled girl group. Curtis Mayfield’s score provides the film with musical electricity.

Signature Song: “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” led by McKee.

Waiting To Exhale (1995)
Why It’s Hot: Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds’ soundtrack provide a musical storybook for this story of four friends in Phoenix who suffer various trials and tribulations all in the name of love.

Signature Song: Among a galaxy of stars, Whitney Houston’s title song, “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” stood out.

The Wiz (1978)
Why It’s Hot: One of the most star-studded films of the 1970s, this musical starred Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne. An adaptation of another huge Broadway hit centered on the retelling of the “Wizard of Oz,” from a Black perspective.

Signature Song: A hard choice because of so many solid songs; my choice is the uplifting Luther Vandross song, “Brand New Day.”

Carmen Jones (1954)
Why It's Hot: Dorothy Dandridge broke through stereotypes to create Hollywood’s first Black female sex symbol, Carmen Jones, in her Oscar-nominated performance. Most of the singing in the film was dubbed to match the classic nature of the original production.

Signature Song: Jones’ cautionary tale, “You Go For Me.”

Purple Rain (1984)
Why It’s Hot: Prince rocketed to stardom in this semi-autobiographic tale of a singer who can only hear his own music. Chock full of memorable songs, this soundtrack cemented his Royal Badness’ legacy as a great pop performer.

Signature Song: Prince’s pensive and stirring title song, “Purple Rain.”

Ray (2004)
Why It’s Hot: Jamie Foxx won a Best Actor Oscar while giving a performance for the ages playing musical trailblazer, Ray Charles in “Ray.” Foxx not only shared an uncanny resemblance to the musical giant, but his musical talent enabled him to perform all of Charles’ trademark numbers.

Signature Song: “I Got A Woman” is central to the film’s story line and Foxx nails the song’s raw emotion.

Hustle & Flow (2005)
Why It’s Hot: Terrance Howard received a Best Actor Oscar nomination as a Memphis pimp who finds salvation as a rapper. Several stellar performances, including Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Andersen, Ludacris and Elise Neal. A breakout performance from Howard.

Signature Song:“Whoop that Trick” and “H&F” are funky but “It’s Hard Out There For A Pimp” captures the film’s true essence.

What’s Love Got To Do With (1993)
Why It’s Hot: Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne both shine in this biopic about the live and tumultuous times of superstar Tina Turner. Both leads received Oscar nominations for their strong performances. Bassett was a revelation bulking up to portray the dancing diva.

Signature Song: Bassett belting out the film’s title song, “What’s Love Got to Do With,” provided the film’s punctuation mark.

Beat Street (1984)
Why It’s Hot: This coming of age story of a group of 1980s New York kids who live a true hip-hop lifestyle in the South Bronx. Featuring cameos from many of the early old school hip-hop pioneers.

Signature Song: After the death of one of the main characters, Grandmaster Melle Mel delivers a powerful version of the film’s theme, “Beat Street.”

The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Why It’s Hot: Five childhood friends form a singing group and discover that the recording industry (and human nature) can be a scary thing. The film is loosely based on the story of R&B group, “The Dells.”

Signature Song: The Heartbeats led by Eddie Kane win over an inhospitable crowd by wowing them with “Heart is a House for Love.”

Boomerang (1992)
Why It’s Hot: Lady’s man, Marcus Graham (Eddie Murphy) receives his comeuppance in the form of sexy ad executive, Jacqueline Broyer (Robin Givens). Graham receives a second chance at love, courtesy of shy ad assistant, Angela Lewis (Halle Berry); one of Murphy’s most charming performances.

Signature Song: Toni Braxton triumphant female anthem, “Love Should Have Brought You Home Last Night.”

School Daze (1988)
Why It’s Hot: Spike Lee’s musical about race, love and politics at a fictional HBCU. The film served as a precursor for the NBC drama, “A Different World,” featuring future stars Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Tisha Campbell Martin, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Signature Song: The Jigaboos and Wannabees square off in Madam Re-Re’s Salon, singing “Good & Bad Hair.”

Jungle Fever (1991)
Why It’s Hot: Director Spike Lee examines interracial dating in New York backed by a thoughtful, breezy Stevie Wonder soundtrack. Samuel L. Jackson gives the film’s breakout performance as the crack-addicted, Gator.

Signature Song: Wonder’s title song, “Jungle Fever.”

New Jack City (1991)
Why It’s Hot: To bring down a new jack hustler, you need a new style cop; Wesley Snipes faces off against Ice-T in this strong crime drama. Druglord Nino Brown (Snipes) introduces crack to Harlem runs up against cops who knows its streets.

Signature Song: Ice-T captures the fury of streets with the searing, “New Jack Hustler.”

Love Jones (1997)
Why It’s Hot: Young lovers, Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) and Nina Mosely (Nia Long) star in one of the decade’s smartest romantic comedies. Anchored by a cast that included Isaiah Washington, Bill Bellamy and Lisa Nicole Carson, “Love Jones” sizzles.

Signature Song: Dionne Farris’ song, “Hopeless,” brilliantly.

Love & Basketball (2000)
Why It’s Hot: Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) have shared one dream since they were kids, to play in the NBA. As time evolves, that’s not the only thing these two have in common. All's fair in love and basketball!

Signature Song: While Monica plays Quincy in the ultimate one-on-one love game, Meshell Ndegeocello’s hauntingly beautiful “Fool of Me,” served as theme music.

The Bodyguard (1992)
Why It’s Hot: Whitney Houston acting and singing propelled this film to over $400 million worldwide gross. Playing a . . . singer, Houston reached her creative apex in this romantic tale. Although, Kevin Costner co-stars, this film showed that there was no problem with Houston.

Signature Song: Houston’s romantic anthem, “I Will Always Love You.”

Car Wash (1976)
Why It’s Hot: A day in the kooky life of a Los Angeles car wash where the unpredictable is predictably consistent. Norman Whitfield’s soundtrack drives this 97-minute music video. Future director, Bill Duke, made his film debut sharing screen time with Richard Pryor and film veteran Ivan Dixon.

Signature Song: Rose Royce’s loving plea, “I Wanna Get Next To You.”

Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Why It’s Hot: A compulsive gambler, Little Joe (Eddie “Rochester” Anderson) dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife, Petunia (Ethel Waters). But not so fast, Lucifer enlists a secret weapon, the sultry Georgia Brown (Lena Horne), to win Little Joe’s soul.

Signature Song: Little Joe and Petunia’s jubilant duet, “Cabin in the Sky."

Krush Groove (1985)
Why It’s Hot: The semi-autobiographical story of the rise of DefJam, featuring all of the labels stars minus one, Russell Simmons (played by Blair Underwood. Simmons appears in the film in another unnamed role.) In addition, brothers Russell and Run compete for the affections of Sheila E.

Signature Song: We couldn't live without LL Cool J’s “Radio,” in his film debut.

"Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery. When they planned her husband's murder, they never thought he'd be the one."

I have to be honest. I didn't even know this movie existed until my husband got it on netflix. So I knew nothing about it when we watched it and had no expectations. And I was pleasantly surprised. 

Awake is about a rich young man named Clay, who has a heart condition and is waiting for a transplant. Clay plays a big part in his deceased father's company and lives with his mother [Lena Olin], while secretly dating her assistant, Sam [Jessica Alba]. As soon as Clay finds out they have a donor for him, he insists his Doctor friend [Terrance Howard] do the surgery, not his mother's high-profile surgeon boyfriend. Angry at his mother's insistence, he finally tells her about his relationship with Sam, which she does not take well. On the way into surgery, Clay and Sam get married in a rushed ceremony, both motivated by more than just love. Things take a turn for the worst when Clay experiences "anesthetic awareness" during his surgery, and can hear the surgical team discussing his own murder...

This movie was pretty entertaining and had some decent suspense. Hayden Christensen does a good job - he's a much better actor than he seemed to be in the newer Star Wars movies. For me, Lena Olin was the highlight - I'm a big fan of hers. And the movie takes some twists and turns that are unexpected and well done. I'd say Awake is a 3 out of 5. It's worth a rental, especially if you're a Jessica Alba fan. Don't expect too much of it, though... just go along for the ride. 

Add'l Info: Released: Nov 30, 2007 • Runtime: 84 minutes • Rated R for language, an intense disturbing situation, and brief drug use

The Queen is suing the production company behind her THE PERFECT HOLIDAY film, claiming she is yet to be paid for her appearance.

The rapper-turned-actress' lawyers have filed a lawsuit on her behalf in Manhattan, New York, claiming bosses at Perfect Christmas Productions breached her contract and owe her $275,000 for a cameo role in the comedy.

Latifah, real name Dana Owens, co-produced the 2007 movie, which starred Terrence Howard and Gabrielle Union.

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People just revealed their list of Single and Sexy Men in 2008. Terrence Howard made the cut. The Iron Man star, 39, has a brutally honest take on love. "I'm the most arrogant person you'll ever meet, and any woman I date has to know that," he says. "Life is too short to pretend that you're okay with somebody when you're not." Awww Terrence we had no idea you are arrogant....

Robert Downey Jr. (Good Night and Good Luck, Zodiac) plays Tony Stark, a selfish, high-profile businessman who runs Stark Industries, the world's leading producer of weaponry. He is on a trip to the Middle East, demonstrating his newest killing machine, a cluster missile called the Jericho. While riding in a military tank, Stark finds himself kidnapped and the rest of the soldiers dead. He soon finds out that the Ten Rings, a terrorist group, has captured him in order to get him to build a Jericho missile for them. Working with fellow captive and eventual friend Dr. Yinsen (Shaun Toub, Broken Arrow), Stark instead builds a suit out of sturdy scraps. He makes his escape and flies off, although there is a tragedy. Arriving back home after 3 months in captivity, Stark is a changed man and realizes that he must stop his weapon building industry, which angers co-owner Obidiah Stane (Jeff Bridges, K-PAX). Stark reasons that he was horrified by seeing the soldiers he rode in the tank with killed by his own weapons. So, Stark begins going around the world destroying his own creations in a red and gold suit with cover from military friend James Rhodes (Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow) while Stane and Stark's assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love) make everything seem as normal as possible back home. The climax comes when Stark finds that someone he knows personally put out the hit on him.

Iron Man could be considered one of the greatest films of the summer. It is possibly the best that I saw, beating out The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Possibly the best thing about this film is the performance of Downey Jr., who surprised me because I had never seen him in a film before in a major role, just as a minor major character in George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck. He seems so real as the millionaire, the world famous guy who is doing a great job of acting because his name is nowhere near those such as Hanks, Clooney, and Cruise. His performance, along with the super cool gadgets and CGI, make this a summer blockbuster worth seeing.

Grade: B+

Critically acclaimed actor Terrence Howard is exploring a different route to success with his forthcoming debut album, "Shine Through It".

The 11-song Columbia Records release, which was written, arranged and produced by Howard, features the entertainer on vocals and lead guitar.

The album also features production by Miles Mosley, who has produced for artists like Lauryn Hill, Herbie Hancock, Common, Chris Cornell, Jonathan Davis and others.

Although he is best known for his roles in various movies, including his Oscar, Golden Globe and Image Award-nominated turn as an aspiring pimp/rapper named “DJay in 2005's Hustle and Flow, Howard admits that "music has always been the road that leads to where I'm headed."

"Film is my vocation, my 9 to 5. In the movies, I'm doing what somebody else is asking me to do," he told AllHipHop.com in a statement. "Music is my own personal form of expression. My responsibility, like the sun's, is to shine. Even if the planet is covered with clouds, I must say what I have to say."

Shine Through It features songs like "Love Makes You Beautiful," "No. 1 Fan," "Mr. Johnson's Lawn," “Plenty," "Spanish Love Affair" and the title track.

The album's imminent release comes as Howard basks in the success of his latest film, Iron Man, which opened at number one, grossing over $100 million dollars at the box office.

The actor/musician recently revealed that filming will begin on the sequel to the Marvel Comics adaptation in March, with an expected release date of April 2010.

Terrence Howard's Shine Through It is slated to hit stores on Sept. 2.

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A side-plot here: Christensen and Alba are in love, but Olin is against it. I guess a pretty major theme of the movie is "Mother knows best."

So Christensen undergoes surgery, but doesn't go under because the anesthetics don't work on him. According to a tagline at the beginning of the movie, "Over 21 million people are anesthetized every year, and about 30,000 don't go under. They stay awake." It's a scary thought, but I can't imagine it to be the way the movie depicts. Nonetheless, very interesting.

There's a twist, but I'm not going to spoil it here. I'd say the film's worth checking out. Jessica Alba actually gives a pretty convincing performance here, which is surprising. Terrence Howard is pretty good, as is Lena Olin. I haven't seen Christensen in enough movies to judge his acting, but it wasn't bad. The monologues get tiring pretty quick, but I guess they were necessary in this case.

Awake was written and directed by first-timer Joby Harold.

"Esses quatro não são nada comparados ao que seriam sem ela."

Antes... Esse filme é um remake do faroeste "Os Filhos de Katie Elder", estrelado por John Wayne e Dean Martin. Mas como uma história do Velho Oeste ficaria ambientada nos tempos atuais? E em Detroit. Acontece que os bandidos se adequam ao tempo em que vivem. Como também continuam e em todas as esferas; em todos os Poderes. Embora eu adore Western, eu vim falar sobre esse aqui.

No início do filme vemos uma simpática senhorinha ser assassinada a sangue-frio. Durante um assalto a um mercadinho onde fora comprar o peru para o almoço do Dia de Ação de Graças. Ela é Evelyn Mercer (Fionnula Flanagan). Alguém que dedicou parte de sua vida a encontrar um lar para as crianças do orfanato. E a quatro, por não encontrar quem os adotasse, mais que dar a eles um sobrenome, deu também amor. Deu um colo de mãe. O carinho e o aconchego de um verdadeiro lar.

Após o funeral, o Policial Green (Terrence Howard) traça um perfil dos quatro irmãos ao seu companheiro de equipe Fowler (Josh Charles). Ficamos conhecendo um pouco deles: Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), Jeremiah (André Benjamin), Jack (Garrett Hedlund) e Angel (Tyrese Gibson). Ao cumprimentar Green, Bobby diz que não veio para o funeral da mãe. É, ele quer o de quem tirou deles, o bem mais precioso. E ao descobrir que pode ter sido uma execução... À ele, junta-se mais dois irmãos nessa investigação... Não irão deixam barato!

Pessoal! Esqueçam o politicamente correto. Afinal trata-se de um filme. Juntem-se a eles. É tanta corrupção, bandidagem que diariamente aparece na mídia... Usem o filme como uma catarse.

Além dos atores darem um show de interpretação. O filme conta com uma trilha sonora incrível! Com alguns hits para quem curtiu a turma da Motown Records. Um deles: "Papa was a Rolling Stone" (The Temptations).

Nota máxima geral! Filmaço! De querer rever outras vezes mais.

Por: Valéria Miguez (LELLA).

Quatro Irmãos (Four Brothers). 2005. EUA. Direção: Joh Singleton. Elenco: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard, FionnulaFlanagan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sofia Vergara, Josh Charles. Gênero: Ação, Crime, Drama, Suspense. Duração: 109 minutos.

Terrence Howard and his kids relaxed by a poolside in Ischia,Italy on Monday.Daughter Aubrey, 14,(pictured above), son Hunter, 12(not pictured), and daughter, Heavenly(not pictured), 10 accompanied their dad to Italy for the Ischia Film & Global Music Festival.

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