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We wanted to do something really big for one of my lesser known client’s in the world OUTSIDE of Hollywood this year in my immediate community and submitted an application for a Community award. It gives me great pleasure to announce that YOU! Orrin "Checkmate" Hudson have WON the 2016 "Community Hero Award"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This award highlights the contributions of residents who work tirelessly to enhance the well-being of neighborhoods throughout DeKalb County. The CE O would like to celebrate your community service and thank you for diligently working to make DeKalb County an awesome place to live, work and play. So….. On behalf of CEO Burrell Ellis and The Champion Newspaper, we are pleased to announce that you, Orrin Checkmate Hudson have been selected as a recipient of a 2016 Community Hero Award. There were many organizations and individuals that were nominated, but you Orrin Hudson, stood out as leaders who consistently strive to make...

The sun came out for  Annie  star Quvenzhané Wallis this morning! The nominees for the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced from the Beverly Hills Hotel and Wallis, most known for her role in  Beasts of the Southern Wild , nabbed the coveted spot in the "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy" category for her role in,  Annie . Quvenzhane Wallis  says she took singing lessons to prepare for the lead role in a new version of "Annie," opening in theaters in December.  "My vocal chords got better as I sang in the car, and when I (took) singing lessons, they got even better," the 11-year-old Quvenzhane said in a recent interview. The movie also stars Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Rose Byrne. Producers include Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Jay Z. "Of course we have a Sandy. There's no 'Annie' without a Sandy. We have a little doggie named Marti who is a rescue dog. She's really cute,...

Eugene Allen, the man whose life and career were the inspiration for Lee Daniels’ The Butler. He served 8 different presidents as a butler in the White House. On August 16, you will be able to see him depicted as Cecil Gaines.  ‪#‎ LeeDanielsTheButler‬ ! The film follows the life of Cecil Gaines, an African-American domestic worker at the White House (played by  Forest Whitaker ) who worked for ten different U.S. presidents from the mid-1950s onward, with Robin Williams playing  Dwight Eisenhower , James Marsden playing  John F. Kennedy , Liev Schreiber playing Lyndon Johnson, and John Cusack playing Richard Nixon, among others.  The suggestion is that President Obama was invited to play himself in a brief scene near the end. President Barack Obama does NOT make his big-screen acting debut in the upcoming White House drama "Lee Daniels' The Butler." "We wanted him to do it," Daniels said, and it was in the script for him to make an ap...