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Producer Will Packer and actors Erica Ash, Stephan James & Jessie Usher *Stephan James wasn’t director Stephen Hopkins first choice to play African-American athlete Jesse Owens in the upcoming biopic “RACE.” John Boyega was the frontrunner for the role but then he landed a major part in a little film called “Star Wars,” and James secured […]

Stephan James as Jesse Owens in ‘Race.’ Rising star Stephan James portrays Jesse Owens in the amazing film “Race,” now in theaters. Recently in a phone interview, The Film Strip asked James if it was planned that “Race” run during Black History Month? “It’s great that it’s playing now, but obviously the Jesse Owens […]

Actors Julia Roberts (L) and Stephan James of ‘Homecoming’ speak onstage during the Amazon Studios portion of the Summer 2018 TCA Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 28, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Source: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images North America) “Homecoming” is the upcoming mind-bending psychological thriller starring Oscar winner Julia Roberts as […]

[…] Willie Dunn Anthology Kevin Howes, album notes writer (Willie Dunn) Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner And The First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille, album notes writers (Various Artists) The King Of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland Robert Marovich, album notes writer (Various Artists) […]

Actor Stephan James attends the “Shots Fired” Premiere on day 7 of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at The Marc Theatre on January 25, 2017 in Park City, Utah. *“Shots Fired” star Stephan James has scored the male lead opposite Julia Roberts in “Homecoming,” Amazon’s half-hour drama from Universal Cable Productions, “Mr. Robot” creator Sam […]

* Stephan James returns to Amazon Prime Video’s “Homecoming.” In season one we are introduced to his character Walter Cruz a soldier who enters a program to help soldiers with PTSD. The program he enters does more than just treat the solders through therapy. They are given a serum that erases the traumatic events that caused the PTSD from their memory. At the […]

Barry Jenkins (L) and Stephan James *Stephan James is in talks to join the next project from the director of Oscar winner “Moonlight.” According to Variety, the actor, who last starred opposite Sanaa Lathan in the Fox limited series “Shots Fired,” is circling Barry Jenkins’ upcoming film “If Beale Street Could Talk,” based on the […]

Stephan James *‘RACE” star Stephan James has been cast alongside Sanaa Lathan in the new FOX event TV series, “Shots Fired.” Created and developed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Beyond the Lights,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” “Love & Basketball”) and Reggie Rock Bythewood (“Beyond the Lights,” “Notorious”), the drama examines the dangerous aftermath of racially […]

Stephan James *(Toronto, Canada) – Last night (02-11-16), Focus Features hosted an exclusive red carpet screening of the upcoming film “RACE” at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto, Canada to kick off NBA All Star Weekend 2016. Attendees included RACE lead actors Stephan James (“Selma”) and Jason Sudeikis (SNL/”We’re the Millers”) as well as Rick Fox […]

*”Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman goes from an Avenger to avenging the deaths of fellow officers in his new film “21 Bridges.” The movie also stars Stephan James of “If Beal Street Could Talk” fame. Boseman plays a dedicated detective who has a reputation for being a quick shooter. When several cops are killed by […]

 * Stephan James stars in a new series alongside Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones (“Hamilton”). #FreeRayshawn is a series on the new digital platform Quibi, that tells the story of a young black man on the run from the police.  Trying to prove his innocence he hides out at home with his wife, played by Jones, and their […]

[…] Black Panther (Marvel Studios) Michael B Jordan – Creed II (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios) Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 2 (Columbia Pictures) John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features) Stephan James – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox) Constance Wu […]

[…] of Aryan supremacy. “Race” is an enthralling film about courage, determination, tolerance, and friendship, and an inspiring drama about one man’s fight to become an Olympic legend. Stephan James (“Selma”) stars as Owens, in a script written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. Director Stephen Hopkins filmed the sports drama in Montreal and on location […]

Shots Fired by Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood premieres Wed Mar. 22nd at 8 pm on Fox. (Helen Hunt -center- stars as Gov. Patricia Eamons, and Stephan James- 3rd from Right- stars as Preston Terry. Not pictured is Sanaa Lathan, who stars as lead investigator Ashe Akino. ) *Politics, greed, institutional racism and a […]

[…] (Marvel Studios) — WINNER Michael B. Jordan – “Creed II” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios) Denzel Washington – “The Equalizer 2” (Columbia Pictures) John David Washington – “BlacKkKlansman” (Focus Features) Stephan James – “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Annapurna Pictures) Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give” (20th Century Fox) — WINNER […]