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"When your back is up against the wall, it don't take much for someone or something to get you to that turning point." Goldwyn Films has revealed an official trailer for a crime thriller titled Respect the Jux, marking the debut of filmmaker Ganaga Goba. This also happens to be the name of a rap song ("Respect the Jux") by Lloyd Banks and Vado and Dave East - but there's no connection between these two. In this film, a corrupted young man ventures to the United States in quest of the American Dream, and forms a band of robbers to obtain it. The story follows a young Jamaican boy named Cat, who recreates his local gang from Jamaica in Brooklyn, but ends up in big trouble during a botched robbery. He goes on the run all the way down to Miami for a confrontation with his old gang. Jaime Lincoln Smith...

Susan Kelechi Watson just confirmed she is no longer taken. The This Is Us actress shared her relationship status on Instagram Stories on Saturday, Nov. 7. "And I thought becoming Single was gonna be the only eventful thing to happen to me this year," she captioned her post. "#TwentyTwenty." Susan's relationship update comes a year after she announced her engagement to actor Jaime Lincoln Smith. At this time, the actress is the only one to publicly address the breakup. And although Jamie has yet to comment on the split, he was vocal on Instagram on Saturday. The actor celebrated Kamala Harris' historic win as the first woman, Black person and South Asian...

"You know I love you, right?" Filmmaker and poet Terrance Daye from Long Island, NY put together this short film project called -Ship: A Visual Poem, which won the Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Terrance reveals the origins of his art: "Nearly all of my work is inspired by my experiences growing up queer in a conservative Christian household and the depression that I felt because of it. My work tends to reimagine traditional representations of black male identity while de-stigmatizing mental health within the black community. -Ship: A Visual Poem began as an experiment." He wanted to try fitting bigger themes into a small package - and the result is this 13 minute short. A young black boy learns contradicting lessons of manhood and masculinity on the day of his cousin's funeral. The film stars Antonio J. Watson as Jeremiah, Cheikh M’Baye, Jaime Lincoln Smith,...

Talk about a Pearson-level proposal! During her visit on A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Susan Kelechi Watson spilled the tea on her recent engagement to longtime beau Jaime Lincoln Smith. Speaking with host Lilly Singh and fellow guest Tig Notaro, the This Is Us star explained that her now-fiancé set up an elaborate ruse involving a cannabis festival to surprise her. "Tea being spilt, I knew it was, like, gonna happen at some point, I didn't know exactly when," she told the late night host. "And he surprised me because he told me we were going to a cannabis festival—he wanted to throw me completely off. He was like, 'Yeah, it's where we learn how to put medicinal weed in brownies,...

Susan Kelechi Watson has reason to celebrate. Her NBC series, This Is Us, is up for an Emmy and returns for a fourth season on Tuesday, Sept. 24—and it gets better: She's engaged. Watson, who stepped out on the Emmys red carpet with her brother, is engaged to Jaime Lincoln Smith. And she's named her new accessory: Marina. Yep, her ring is named Marina. "He took me to Marina Del Rey as part of the day," Watson told E!'s Jason Kennedy at the 2019 Emmys. So, she's at the Emmys, her show is coming back, she's engaged. That's enough to celebrate, right? It is, but it gets better for the woman who brings Beth Pearson to life week after week: She's costarring opposite Tom...

Forever and a lifetime. This Is Us actress Susan Kelechi Watson is engaged! The 37-year-old star shared the exciting and special news about her engagement to beau Jaime Lincoln Smith with her Instagram followers. "Forever Ever...," she began her post, alongside a heartfelt poem. "Theyll say its love And they'll know its love For when they call its name it will answer to love Without hesitation" ~me." Along with her caption, Watson showed off her massive diamond sparkler, a cushion cut solitaire sapphire on a diamond band. The proposal took place at the Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, E! News has learned. What's more? Susan's This Is Us...

Tasha Lawrence, Morocco Omari, Karen Pittman, Namir Smallwood, Jaime Lincoln Smith, and Heather Velazquez are featured in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Pipeline, a new play by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, which opened just lastnight, July 10, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 150 West 65 Street.

Tasha Lawrence, Morocco Omari, Karen Pittman, Namir Smallwood, Jaime Lincoln Smith, and Heather Velazquez are featured in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Pipeline, a new play by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, which opens tonight, July 10, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 150 West 65 Street. Watch highlights from the production below...