Blair Underwood

May 14 2013

His team. His town. His rules.

In the gritty world of the NYPD, no one’s tougher than Detective Robert Ironside. He’s a fearless cop who won’t stop until the guilty are brought to justice. He and his trusted, handpicked team of specialists will do whatever it takes to solve New York’s most difficult and notorious crimes — even if it means breaking the rules.

Sep 27 2012

Authors: Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

It should have been a dream job.

You’d wanted to work at that business since forever. You thought about it for years, in fact, imagining what it would be like. It was the exact job you said you wanted when adults asked you what you wanted to do when you grew up.

But when you landed the position (finally!), you were astounded. Like so many things in life, anticipation was better than reality, and the job stunk.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Apr 19 2012

Hollywood by Choice

Bishop T.D. Jakes’ “Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On the 7th Day,” a Neema Barnette film starring Golden Globe® nominee Blair Underwood (“Madea’s Family Reunion,” “Set It Off”), Sharon Leal (“Why Did I Get Married Too?”), Nicole Beharie (“American Violet”), Nicoye Banks (“Law & Order”) and Emmy Award® nominee Pam Grier (“Just Wright”), did a box office ‘wow’ when it performed better than anyone predicted, including the makers of the film.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Mar 17 2011

"I Will Follow" in theaters

Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Omari Hardwick co-star in the first film distributed by a newly created coalition of Black film festivals. “I Will Follow,” which also features Beverly Todd and Blair Underwood, chronicles a life in the day of a successful young woman, who discovers she has cancer.

The film is playing at the AMC Criterion 6 in the Santa Monica Promenade, the AMC Marina Pacifica in Long Beach and the AMC South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach through March 26.

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Sep 16 2010

Hollywood by Choice

The Fall television season is already off to a running start, and this article was originally designed to highlight what’s new on all the networks, but I got stuck at the first network I was profiling, NBC. Why? Because from what I can tell, they are getting diversity right.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.