Wendell Pierce

Oscars 2013: The Onion issues apology to Quvenzhane Wallis

2013-02-25 11:28:00

It was the Oscar night tweet heard 'round the world: While 9-year-old lead actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis was enjoying her first Academy Award celebration, satirical website the Onion was disparaging the "Beasts of the Southern Wild" star with a...

Oscars 2013: Do we love women or hate them? The show couldn't decide

2013-02-25 14:15:00

The tonal dissonance of 85th Academy Awards had much to do with its treatment of women. Even as Seth MacFarlane's humor inflamed feminists, many of the musical numbers celebrated the strength and power of female performers and pride of place was saved for...

Thursday's TV Highlights: 'The Big Bang Theory' on CBS

2013-01-30 20:05:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES 30 Rock: After seven seasons Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin bring down the curtain on their hit comedy (8 p.m....

'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'Flight' among NAACP Image nominees

2012-12-11 09:30:00

"Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Flight," "Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" Tuesday morning received nominations as outstanding motion picture for the NAACP Image Awards. The 44th awards, which celebrate the accomplishments...

'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' lead Spirit Award nominations

2012-11-27 11:24:00

Two offbeat comedies dominated the 28th annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations Tuesday morning. David O. Russell's quirky "Silver Linings Playbook," starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and Wes Anderson's charming coming-of-age...

L.A. Film Festival: 'All is Well,' 'Drought' win top jury prizes

2012-06-24 13:05:00

A feature film about two sisters fleeing an African civil war and a documentary centering on a Mexican cattle-ranching community took home the top prizes at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Sunday. "All is Well," a�Portuguese-language film directed by�...

'Bundlers' raised at least $74 million for Obama campaign in 2011

2012-01-31 14:38:00

President Obama added nearly 100 fundraising heavy-hitters -- among them Hollywood stars and financial titans -- to his reelection effort in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a list released by his campaign today. In all, the campaign...

Critic's Notebook: 'Treme's' collection of beautiful moments

2011-05-08 00:00:00

Every city has its own singular character — just ask Minneapolis about St. Paul — but there is perhaps no American city as singularly singular, as stubbornly exotic, as attached to its difference as New Orleans, that funky little cosmopolis...

Sunday shows: Beck, Barbour, Duncan, Miller, Meek

2010-08-28 16:36:23

Tweeters Digest: The week in tweets -- a royal wedding and retwitterment

2011-04-23 16:35:59

Fall TV season: HBO renews 'Treme' for a 3rd season

2011-05-13 16:36:11

'Treme': Did he really jump? Do you really care?

2010-06-14 16:35:36

The third concert in Symphony Center's new United Sounds of America series will take listeners inside the music of "Treme," the brilliant HBO TV series that explores Crescent City musical culture. On the bill: Wendell Pierce as narrator, plus saxophonist Donald Harrison, the Rebirth Brass Band, Dr.

2011-06-02 15:39:01

It's hard to conceive of anyone doing better both onscreen and off than Pierce. His work in community re-development in New Orleans defines what it means to have a social conscience.

2010-04-08 00:00:00