Bernie Mac
Actor Bernie Mac, born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (1957-2008), started his career in stand-up comedy before branching off into movies. Bit parts in films like Mo' Money and Who's The Man? led to his breakout role as Pastor Clever in 1995's Friday. Those led to larger roles in films like Ocean's Eleven and Thirteen, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Bad Santa, and Head Of State. Spike Lee's The Original Kings of Comedy followed the comic, along with Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D.L. Hughley, as he returned to his roots.
Bernie turned to television in 2001 in the award-winning The Bernie Mac Show. The hit program was said to mirror his own life. In it, he was awarded custody of his sister's children while she was in rehab. The format, part sitcom and part social commentary, allowed him to break down the "fourth wall" as if he were talking directly to his audience.
Sadly, while Bernie Mac had been in remission since 2005 from an inflammatory lung disease (sarcoidosis), he died from complications due to pneumonia.
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There is no getting away from the news that another celebrity is gone too soon.Britney Murphy has left this earth at the tender age of 32. Media factions are a buzz, as is the web. I’ve read endless tweets about the unfairness of life and the light that has been lost. I take nothing away [...]3 days ago -
Old Dogs
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Old Dogs ~ One of the cool things about the Disney Cruise is that not only do they have a movie theatre on board, they also have first run movies. That’s how I came to be subjected to Old Dogs. There are two ways I can look at it. Hey, I didn’t have to pay to see it. Or I had to pay the price of the Cruise to ...1 week ago -
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Old Dogs is, more than anything else, spectacularly dumb. It’s the kind of thing that you watch and find yourself completely baffled that it ever made it into the hands of a serious production company, much less a big-name actor, much less two big-name actors. I got the impression at numerous points along the lines ...2 weeks ago -
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Old Dogs
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Raise your hand if youre not an Oscar winner disgracing yourself right now Grade: D – Director: Walt Becker Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Bernie Mac, Matt Dillon, and Justin Long MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 1 hour, 28 minutes ...4 weeks ago -
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It seems that Hollywoods ongoing fascination with extended male adolescence hasnt lessened any, and in the case of Old Dogs, were talking reeeeally extended adolescence. In this family comedy directed by Walt Becker (Wild Hogs), the old dogs ... Read more Filed under: Reviews Permalink | Email this | ...4 weeks ago -
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The original Oceans Eleven was the first of the Rat Pack films, a star vehicle meant to turn its stars into even bigger ones. Steven Soderbergh, indie darling that he is, found something appealing about that. Hot off the heels of his two most mainstream films to date, Erin Brokovich and Traffic , the director of ...4 weeks ago
