My Publicist Note Book

When the  Golden Globe nominations  were announced Monday (December 11), one film was glaringly absent from the list:  Girls Trip .  The film—which hit theaters over the summer and starred Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall, and breakout star Tiffany Haddish—was unanimously praised by critics and  killed it at the box office. The fact that it didn't earn a nomination for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and that Haddish was ignored in the Best Supporting Actress category is problematic, to say the least.   The actress posted to Twitter on Monday (December 11) that she had "so much to say" about why Haddish and the film were snubbed by the Globes, but that she was going to remain tight-lipped. That didn't last long, though: On Tuesday (December 12), she opened the floodgates, calling out the "antiquated system" that made the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ignore  Girls Trip .  Here it is, in full: This i...

As the old show business saying goes “Dying is easy, and comedy is hard,” and that’s been the case for a number of titles in the genre at the box office this year which has dropped like flies. Take your pick:  Rough Night, Baywatch, The House, Fist Fight , the list goes on. Compare this to last year when four comedies –all released during the summer– held their own including  Ghostbusters  (it made $128M despite being a financial upset),  Central Intelligence  ($127.4M),  Bad Moms  ($113.3M) and  Sausage Party  ($97M) . But this summer, and this year to date, Universal can relish the fact that they bucked a downward box office trend with their sleeper hit  Girls Trip  from director Malcolm D. Lee which is crossing $100M at the domestic box office today. Many say that the female audience is underserved, and again it shows that they’re titillated by raunchy comedies, and that’s why  ...

Best friends Ryan, Sasha, Lisa and Dina are in for the adventure of a lifetime when they travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Along the way, they rekindle their sisterhood and rediscover their wild side by doing enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy  blush. The film stars  Regina Hall ,  Queen Latifah ,  Tiffany Haddish ,  Jada Pinkett Smith ,  Larenz Tate  and  Mike Colter  and produced by  Will Packer Release date:  July 21, 2017 (USA) Director:  Malcolm D. Lee Budget:  28 million USD Production companies:  Universal Pictures ,  Will Packer Productions Producers:  Malcolm D. Lee, Will Packer "Women, particularly black women, we made this movie for you," said Director Malcom D. Lee. "It’s time you receive the big-screen treatment and we hope we delivered for you." For the ladies o...