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Alright Showtime. Let's stop with the teases and give us a little something to chew on!

Homeland Season 6 premieres on January 15, but we've still seen nothing but a smattering of frenetic scenes to aid in guessing what will be happening during the time between when a new president is elected and they take office.

The place? New York City. Carrie is arguing with the CIA chief. She's vulnerable, so says Dar Adal. No, he is, Carrie assures him. This on plays more like a music video. Take a look:

Homeland Season 6 Teaser Trailer: Vulnerable

The Empress of Soul, Gladys Knight, will be playing herself on an upcoming episode of Star, which has a special premiere on Fox December 14.

As the story will go, Gladys Knight is one of the character's music idol, and also the aunt of another, Danielle, who works in Carlotta's (Queen Latifah) salon.

When Danielle arranges for Ms.

Gladys Knight is set to guest star opposite Queen Latifah on new Fox series Star, created/executive produced by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy. Playing herself, the Empress of Soul is Alexandra's (Ryan Destiny) music idol and the aunt of Danielle (guest star Jasmine Burke), who works in Carlotta's (Queen Latifah) Salon. When Danielle arranges for Ms. Knight to introduce the girls at the Taylor Brothers Hair Show, the girls are honored beyond belief. Star follows three…...

Soul legend Gladys Knight is hopping the midnight train to Georgia.

The seven-time Grammy winner will play herself on an upcoming episode of Fox’s Star, TVLine has learned.

RelatedEx-Y&R Headwriter Chuck Pratt Named New Showrunner of Lee Daniels’ Star

Lee Daniels’ Atlanta-set drama follows three young women (Ryan Destiny, Jude Demorest and Brittany O’Grady) who form a musical group and experience the music business’ highs and lows on their road to fame. The cast also includes Queen Latifah, Benjamin Bratt and Nicholas Gonzalez.

Knight will appear as the aunt of a character named Danielle (Jasmine Burke, The Vampire Diaries...

The Mayweather vs. Pacquiao rivalry has taken over a hair show in Puerto Rico -- where a famous barber stole the spotlight by etching Both fighters onto the same dude's head! TMZ Sports has the pics ... showing a barber named Anthony from Elegance USA carefully shaving images of Floyd and Manny onto a guy at the International Hair Show in Ponce, Puerto Rico.  Anthony is a hair portrait specialist ... he's done everything from Michael Jordan...

The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. Jan. 17 • Il, 'Cymbeline' • Il, Fireside Theatre, Two Shows, Wi • Nv, 'Jersey Boys', Singers • Nv, 'Jersey Boys', Dancers • Nv, Redken Las Vegas Hair Show Fri. Jan. 18 • Co, Colorado Shakespeare Festival • Mo, HotCity Theatre 2013 Season • Mo, 'Twelfth Night' • TX, Royal Caribbean Productions Sat. Jan. 19 • Mo, 'Twelfth Night' • Nv, Paul Mitchell Las Vegas Hair Show • Tn, Ga, Nc, Dollywood • Lane Bryant Plus Size Model Search Sun. Jan. 20 • Az, Royal Caribbean Productions • Mo, 'Twelfth Night' Mon. Jan. 21 • 'Donn Arden's Jubilee!', Nv • Il, 'Barnum the Circus Musical' Tue. Jan. 22 • Ut, 'Saturday's Voyeur' Wed. Jan. 23 • 'Chippendales Unleashed',...

The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below.Thu. Jan. 10 • TX, 'Camelot' Fri. Jan. 11 • TX, Houston Shakespeare Festival Sat. Jan. 12 • 'La Voz Kids' • Pa, 'Mame' • TX, Houston Shakespeare Festival Sun. Jan. 13 • 'La Voz Kids' • Pa, Stiletto Entertainment • TX, 'The Taming of the Shrew' Mon. Jan. 14 • Me, Theater at Monmouth 2013 Summer Season • TX, 'The Taming of the Shrew' Tue. Jan. 15 • Click here to search for auditions. Wed. Jan. 16 • 'Cirque de la Mer', CA Thu. Jan. 17 • Il, Fireside Theatre, Two Shows, Wi • Nv, 'Jersey Boys', Singers • Nv, 'Jersey Boys', Dancers • Nv, Redken Las Vegas Hair Show Fri. Jan. 18 • Co, Colorado Shakespeare Festival • Mo, 'Twelfth Night' • TX,...

A blue-and-white Oreo bag carved into the side of a head; a purple, four-foot-high "Elvira"-style beehive; and the Guinness World Record holder for the world's longest dreadlocks. These were just a few of the crazy, hairy -- and tad bit scary -- jaw-droppers over the weekend at the 2010 Bronner Brothers International Hair Show in Atlanta... Here's what you had to say: Carla wrote via Facebook: "It was my first time going and it was way too much fun!"...

And check out the rest of the cast members!

Sony Online Entertainment announced today the voice cast for "DC Universe Online":

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (Soe) announced today that two of animation's most well-known talents lead a triple-a cast of voice actors in providing their skills for the upcoming online action game, DC Universe™ Online. Mark Hamill (Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: The Animated Series) will once again voice The Joker, while Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited, Batman: Arkham Asylum) will bring to life everyone's favorite dark knight, Batman.

"We're excited that not only will Mark and Kevin bring their talent back to the DC Universe as part of DC Universe Online, but we've hit the jackpot with a full cast that are veterans of movies, TV shows and games that our fans are crazy about," said Sony Online Entertainment Vice President of Development,...

In “Good Hair” (Jeff Stilson, 2009) Chris Rock offers an initiation into the world of African-American women’s hairstyling. I was immediately excited by this winning combination of a much-loved comedian and a much neglected topic.

The film gets off to a less-than-promising start, from which it quickly recovers. A rather choppy opening collage of interviews with black actresses and musicians gradually coalesces into a definition: ‘good hair’ is non-African hair, hair which is soft, smooth and bouncy. Many black women are more than willing to put their health and their finances at risk for the sake of ‘good hair’. Most of the film is devoted to explaining how and why this takes place, and it makes for a largely fascinating 90 minutes. The hazardous method for straightening hair is to use chemical ‘relaxers’, which some women will apply to their daughters’ hair as early as age 2. If not used with great care,...

The day after winning an Academy Award, Mo'Nique was spotted showing off her proud trademark hairy legs on Monday.She won for "Precious," but it's all about Hair Show. More Mo'Nique Mo'Nique's Hairy Oscar Cover Up Mo'Nique Gets a Leg Up on the Competiton ...

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We take a look at Anna Kendrick, Mo'Nique, Maggie Gyllenhaal and other nominees before Sunday's show.

By Larry Carroll

Anna Kendrick

Photo: Ben Stansall/ Getty Images

Your grandparents used to be fond of saying that behind every great man stands a great woman. Such a phrase might seem sexist these days, but when it comes to one pivotal Academy Awards category, something still holds true: Behind some of the greatest performances of the year stands an accomplished woman.

It's doubtful that Jeff Bridges would be racking up all those awards-season trophies if his "Crazy Heart" performance hadn't been paired with Maggie Gyllenhaal's tender, heartbreaking work. George Clooney would have been nothing but eye candy if the pivotal supporting roles in "Up in the Air" had been given to less talented actresses than Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga. With this in mind — and the big ceremony on Sunday — here's our...

Even if Good Hair has its faults, it deserves credit for heightening awareness of a situation bubbling up in African-American culture: the hair industry. The documentary works hard to hammer home the unfortunate truths about how the modern standards of beauty require all women to conform to a straight-haired style, which for African-American women involves a chemical which essentially robs their hair of proteins and has the potential to eat through their scalp if left in for too long. It’s a journey that starts with an innocent question from Chris Rock’s daughter and spirals into the actor’s quest to lay bare the reality of the burgeoning African-American haircare industry and the growing trend of weaves. As informative as it is entertaining, Good Hair suffers from a lack of an overarching goal, attempting to create one out of an otherwise unrelated sub-plot consisting of a hair styling...

Before Good Hair, my only exposure to weaves was when a girl fight ended in hair ripped from a belligerent head and with me standing nearby wondering what just happened. Admittedly ignorant on the subject, I was surprisingly engaged by this documentary’s informative interviews and good-natured charm that entertains regardless of gender or race.

Director Jeff Stilson takes a subject as simple as hair and expands it into a frequently funny discussion about culture, fashion, and obsession while following comedian Chris Rock’s comical quest for knowledge.

Rock has directed a couple narrative films starring himself, but this time he executive produces, hosts, and narrates a comprehensive examination of African-American style; from the roots of attraction to the frayed edges of competitive cutting. Curious after his 5-year-old’s questions about “good hair,” he travels the country to salons, barbershops, and conventions educating himself about women’s hair while a...

Comedian interviews black celebrities to get behind the obsession with hair.

By Steven Roberts

Chris Rock and Nia Long

Photo: MTV News

Chris Rock is never one to shy away from pushing the boundaries of racial discussion in America. His HBO stand-up specials "Bring the Pain" and "Bigger and Blacker" are a testament to that. In his new documentary, "Good Hair," Rock continues to do so, all the while trying to answer his daughter's question: "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?"

"One day, I was in the car with my daughter and her little girlfriend, who happened to be white, and she was raving about her girlfriend's hair, and she used the words 'good hair' to describe it, and it kind of made me jump a little bit," Rock said.

The film deals with African-American women's obsession with their hair, which ultimately sheds a light on their own images of beauty.

When Chris Rock's young daughter asked him one day why she didn't have "good hair," the comedian extraordinaire began thinking about the issues surrounding African-American women and their tresses -- or rather, their painstakingly and expensively straightened or even artificial hair. Directed by Rock's Emmy-winning collaborator Jeff Stilson ("The Chris Rock Show"), the hilarious and occasionally horrifying new doc "Good Hair" investigates beauty salon culture and the lengths black women go to for the sake of self-esteem and societal pressures.

Rock himself acts as our guide, interviewing scientists about the toxicity of sodium hydroxide relaxers, schoolteachers and other working-class people who overspend on weaves (hair that comes from heads in India, another stop on Rock's journey), and celebrities like Ice-t, Maya Angelou and the man who modeled his mane after his buddy James Brown's: Reverend Al Sharpton. Framing the whole investigation is a stop in Atlanta for the Bronner Bros.

If you remember we reported several months ago comedic actor Chris Rock is taking a new venture- a new film titled Good Hair, to the big screen. Looks like Rock finally finished his documentary that examines the cultural pressures that forces black women into expensive, often painful methods to care for their hair. Rock said he first got the idea to explore the subject during a tour stop in Atlanta in the mid-1990s, when he came across a glitzy convention for black stylists known as the Bronner Brothers Hair Show.

The film follows Rock from the Bronner brothers show to neighborhood salons, businesses dealing in hair-care products and the streets of India, where the hair weave industry is rooted.

Rock recently screened the film at the Sundance Film Festival where it was received with an enthusiastic reception, bolstering his hopes that it can find a broad audience. Good Hair...

Another of the many movies that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film festival was the Chris Rock documentary “Good Hair”. The film is a look at the complicated world of hair in the African American community and the amount of time and money people spend getting it just right. The film was actually inspired by one of his daughters when she said she didn’t like her hair. Once he committed to doing the project, Chris spent almost two-years going around the world filming with some of the people from “The Chris Rock Show”. He traveled to Beverly Hills, Harlem, Dallas, India, and the home of the Bronner Brothers Hair Show – Atlanta. Along the way he interviewed celebrities like Nia Long, Megan Goode, Lauren London, Sally Richardson, Sarah Jones, Reverend Al Sharpton and poet Maya Angelou. The documentary was not only funny, but very ...

Another of the many movies that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film festival was the Chris Rock documentary “Good Hair”. The film is a look at the complicated world of hair in the African American community and the amount of time and money people spend getting it just right. The film was actually inspired by one of his daughters when she said she didn’t like her hair. Once he committed to doing the project, Chris spent almost two-years going around the world filming with some of the people from “The Chris Rock Show”. He traveled to Beverly Hills, Harlem, Dallas, India, and the home of the Bronner Brothers Hair Show – Atlanta. Along the way he interviewed celebrities like Nia Long, Megan Goode, Lauren London, Sally Richardson, Sarah Jones, Reverend Al Sharpton and poet Maya Angelou. The documentary was not only funny, but very ...

NEW YORK -- Helmer Nick Castle's indie feature The Seat Filler, starring pop songstress Kelly Rowland, has been tapped to close the eighth annual Urbanworld Film Festival Aug. 8. Exec produced by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, and also starring Duane Martin, Filler follows a struggling law student who works as a seat filler at awards ceremonies to make ends meet. Filler is one of 103 films set to unspool this year at Urbanworld, which is dedicated to the exhibition of independent urban cinema. Other Urbanworld highlights include a 20th anniversary retrospective screening of the Prince vehicle Purple Rain; Cinque Lee's UR4 Given; special screenings of Bronwen Hughes' Stander and the Sundance standout The Woodsman; and the world premiere of the Mo'Nique-starrer Beauty Shop. Michael Mann's Collateral, being released Aug. 6 through DreamWorks, will open Urbanworld Aug. 4.

Undercover Brother helmer Malcolm Lee is in negotiations to direct Roll Bounce for Elizabeth Gabler's Fox 2000 and State Street Pictures. Penned by Norman Vance Jr., the project is described as a coming-of-age comedy set against the backdrop of the roller-skating scene of the early '70s. State Street partners George Tillman Jr. and Bob Teitel are producing. Adam Robinson and Dana Reid are executive producing the project, which is being overseen by Fox 2000's Maria Faillace for Gabler. Poppy Hanks and Heather Courtney are overseeing for State Street. Vance, a supervising producer on UPN's Girlfriends, rewrote Beauty Shop for MGM and State Street. He is repped by Preferred Artists Agency and Principato-Young. Lee is repped by CAA. His other directing credits include The Best Man, starring Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan. State Street is repped by CAA.

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Friday, Feb. 6

An appealing cast inhabits well-defined characters with warmth and ease in this reunion of the Barbershop staff. Exec producing this time, Ice Cube reprises his turn as good-guy straight man to a winning comedy ensemble, while Cedric the Entertainer steps into an expanded role as the memorably opinionated, "semiretired" barber Eddie. Again pitting the beloved neighborhood institution against unwholesome business interests, Barbershop 2: Back in Business has a rollicking time reaching its foreseeable conclusion. With the built-in draw of an established concept and the addition of Queen Latifah, the film should have the legs to surpass its predecessor's take of $75 million.

The script by Don D. Scott, one of the 2002 hit's three writers, is more earthbound than the first installment. In place of painfully dumb thieves and unbelievable police raids is a bit of social context. Chicago itself is more of a presence, from its elevated trains to its late-'60s turmoil. Opening with a slice of back story from 1967 that shows how Eddie first arrived at the South Side barbershop, the film jumps into present-day action with his rant about biracial public figures and the D.C. snipers.

Given the controversy the first film stirred up with its skewering of civil rights icons, the comments this time around don't have quite the same shock value. As funny as Eddie's contrarian attitudes can be -- especially in Cedric's inimitable delivery -- there's a sense in the early going that the film is trying too hard, in its good-natured way, to offend. Once director Kevin Rodney Sullivan (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) relaxes into the story, though, the rants become an integral part of the nonstop kibitzing.

Having withstood money troubles and loan-shark maneuvers in the first film, Calvin (Ice Cube) finds his shop targeted by a cigar-chomping developer (Harry Lennix) who's installing Chicago's first branch of the Nappy Cutz chain directly across the street. Boasting such amenities as titanium clippers, leather smocks and flat-screen TVs, not to mention room to play hoops, the new haircut emporium gives Calvin ample reason to worry. Go-getter Jimmy Sean Patrick Thomas), who has left barbering for politics -- Eddie calls him West Wing -- tries to help Calvin save his business, appealing to his verbiage-spouting boss, Alderman Brown (Robert Wisdom).

As they navigate personality clashes and other tensions, Calvin's haircutters remain more or less united, especially against Calvin's fresh-from-barber-school cousin (SNL's Kenan Thompson), who they wordlessly agree is an annoyance and a fool. Isaac (Troy Garity), the sole white barber, is more convinced than ever of his haircutting super-talents, and Nigerian immigrant Dinka Leonard Earl Howze) still harbors a crush on take-no-prisoners Terri (Eve), who's catching everyone off-guard with her serenity-now enlightenment -- she's even willing to share her apple juice. Ex-con Ricky (Michael Ealy) is still secretive and enigmatic when Terri discovers what he's been up to, she uncovers another surprise in the process.

Introducing the role she'll play in the upcoming spinoff Beauty Shop, Queen Latifah makes an impression as Gina, an ex-girlfriend of Calvin's and a stylist at the women's salon next door -- where things really get raunchy. Gina and Eddie face off in a rousing bout of insult comedy that's one of the film's best scenes, not only for the laughs but for the underlying affection.

Colorful, witty production and costume design heighten the spirited proceedings, and cinematographer Tom Priestley effectively uses black-and-white and desaturated color in flashback sequences. Helmer Sullivan keeps it all moving at a lively pace. Despite the predictable story arc, he and writer Scott generally avoid plot tidiness, letting strands unwind and overlap, propelled by the terrific actors.

BARBERSHOP 2: BACK IN BUSINESS

MGM

State Street Pictures/Cube Vision

Credits:

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Screenwriter: Don D. Scott

Producers: Robert Teitel, George Tillman Jr., Alex Gartner

Executive producers: Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Mark Brown

Director of photography: Tom Priestley

Production designer: Robb Wilson King

Music: Richard Gibbs

Costume designer: Jennifer Bryan

Editor: Paul Seydor

Cast:

Calvin: Ice Cube

Eddie: Cedric the Entertainer

Jimmy: Sean Patrick Thomas

Terri: Eve

Isaac: Troy Garity

Ricky: Michael Ealy

Dinka: Leonard Earl Howze

Quentin Leroux: Harry Lennix

Alderman Brown: Robert Wisdom

Kenard: Kenan Thompson

Gina: Queen Latifah

Loretta: Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon

Miss Emma: Jackie Taylor

Running time -- 106 minutes

MPAA rating PG-13...

Two competing movies titled Beauty Shop have led MGM to file a copyright infringement and breach of contract suit against writer-director Mark Brown. Brown is one of the creators of MGM's Barbershop franchise, which is set to spin off a movie called Beauty Shop, but Brown already is in preproduction with an indie project of his own, also called Beauty Shop and set in a black-run beauty parlor. The suit, filed Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seeks injunctive relief to prohibit Brown from developing his competing Beauty Shop into a film as well as unspecified damages. It names Brown, Beauty Shop Llc., Brown's Renegade Pictures and C4 Pictures as defendants. Brown received screenplay and producer credit on the original Barbershop and is an executive producer on the upcoming Barbershop 2. MGM's suit claims that he is "developing, producing and marketing a screenplay and motion picture entitled 'Beauty Shop' that is competitive with, and highly similar to, the films in MGM's 'Barbershop' motion picture franchise with full knowledge of MGM's prior use and exclusive rights in the 'Barbershop' (trademarks)."...

Dondre T. Whitfield has an appointment with the indie feature Beauty Shop, an urban comedy starring Vivica A. Fox. Whitfield will play a smooth-talking hairdresser and ladies' man in the comedy, which was written and is being directed by Mark Brown. The film centers on a beauty shop owner who is fighting to save a pillar of her inner-city neighborhood. A three-time Daytime Emmy nominee for his work on All My Children, Whitfield appears in the upcoming Walt Disney Co. baseball comedy Mr. 3000. He is repped by Steve Smith of Creative Talent Management Group.