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After Ridley Scott's 2007 feature American Gangster, drug kingpin Frank Lucas has become the subject of another film, this ...

Director Legs McNeil's feature 'Pusherman,' centering on the figure memorably played by Denzel Washington, is set for home ...

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Chrisean Rock held her infant son while performing her new gospel single "Yahweh" at a Maryland church service.

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