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Zoe Saldana, Nina Simone and the Erasure of Black Women in Film

  (Click Here to Read FULL article @ The Grio…) - From The Grio — In Zoe Saldana’s recent Allure interview, the Afro-Latina actress has once again stated that she is unconcerned with any backlash she receives for playing legendary singer and activist Nina Simone. In a perplexing statement, she compares her controversial casting as “The High Priestess…

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Zoe Saldana Needs A Dictionary & A Clue

First let me state, that I have no problem with Zoe Saldana as an actress. I neither like her or loathe her.  I’ve only seen one film, Colombiana, and it was just “meh”. I wasn’t buying the “emaciated assassin avenges her family’s murder” plot.  But recently,  Saldana has been making the press rounds for her new…

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Allure Magazine Lists Zoe Saldana’s Weight On The Cover

Zoe Saldana looks beautiful on the cover of Allure Magazine, a fact that isn’t surprising when you consider the glossy’s reputation for glamorizing their subjects. What stands out as bizarre is the cover line which reads “Zoe Saldana: 115 pounds of grit and heartache.” It’s the first time we’ve seen a cover subject’s weight featured…

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Zoe Saldana Responds To Nina Simone Backlash

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you probably already know about the Zoe Saldana/Nina Simone “controversy”. Plenty of people weren’t pleased when they found out she was the actress chosen to portray Simone on the big screen. Everyone had an opinion about the casting, and the majority of them being negative.  Issues of  Hollywood whitewashing the…