by Alyssa Cook | Aug 4, 2017 | Culture
The name Garcelle Beauvais is already well-known in Hollywood, especially for her role Francesca ‘Fancy’ Monroe in “The Jamie Foxx show,” but more recently, you may be familiar with her role as Doris Toomes in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Although...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 8, 2016 | Book Club, Culture, Movies
Formed by award-winning producers Tonya Lewis Lee and Nikki Silver, the New York City-based ToniK Productions creates, develops and produces films and television programming. ToniK’s 2013 production The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963 was adapted from the...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 14, 2016 | Culture, Featured, Movies
A lot of people first noticed actor Chad L. Coleman when he portrayed Dennis “Cutty” wise on the Emmy Award-winning HBO series The Wire. But Chad was acting long before The Wire, having appeared on multiple episodes of Law & Order, New York Undercover...
by Mike Hammer | Jul 8, 2014 | Fashion
The 20th century witnessed the invention of machine guns, tanks, and grenades. But perhaps the most explosive products to come out of the past ten decades are the iconic women who defined the era. We have chosen ten women to represent each decade, from the...