Sanaa Lathan gave her candid opinions about the way Black actors are regarded in Hollywood.

Japan — How to stand out in a crowd? It’s no easy task if you’re living in a city of millions. That’s unless the city is Tokyo and you’re not exactly Japanese. Meet the New Yorker who, as a minority, is finding appeal among the majority.

Greg Carter spent the last three years scraping together $250,000 to write, direct and produce “A Gangland Love Story,” a gritty, urban retelling of “Romeo and Juliet.”

Idris Elba is in a hotel suite at the MGM Detroit Grand talking up his new movie “Takers” as part of his first extensive movie publicity tour.