She played the role of Pearl Farmer in The Great Debaters alongside Denzel Washington. She won a BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role in Diary of a Mad Black Woman. She portrays Sloane Hayes in the VH1 drama Hit the Floor. In 2015, she played the character Lisa Hayes in the film Dope.
Before Fame She attended the University of Minnesota, where she studied communications.
Trivia She played Eugenie Rose in The Manchurian Candidate, a role that earned her a Black Reel Award nomination. Read More...
May 26, 2015 2:10 PM EDT
Cattle farmers are wringing their hands over a staggering drop in the price of lab-grown beef, with cost estimates plummeting from more than a quarter million dollars a patty to as little as $12.
Dutch professor Mark Post, who developed the world’s first “frankenburger” in 2012, will discuss the latest breakthroughs in lab-grown beef to a gathering of cattle farmers in Darwin (yes, Darwin) Australia, according to Australian broadcaster ABC News. Read More...
Written, performed and co-produced by Eminem, the lead single from the soundtrack of the film 8 Mile peaked atop the charts in eighteen countries.
Trivia The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in addition to winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Solo Performance in 2004. It was one of three hip hop songs from the 21st century to be included on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Read More...