Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
Drama | Musical
Azealia Banks, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, and Common lead this inspiring, music-filled story of a struggling rapper looking to find her own voice.
Starring: Azealia Banks, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, Hana Mae Lee, Common
Director: RZA
Ava / Eve (2020)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Diana Silvers, Geena Davis, John Malkovich, Ioan Gruffudd, Common
Director: Tate Taylor
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards 2020 (TV 2020)
Awards | Music
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019. Nominations were announced in all 84 categories by Gayle King, Alicia Keys and Bebe Rexha on the set of CBS This Morning on November 20, 2019. Keys hosted the ceremony, having hosted the previous year's ceremony as well. Lizzo received the most nominations of any artist with eight, followed by Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X with six each. Eilish and her brother Finneas received the most awards, with five wins each. Upon this, she became the first artist to win Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year since Christopher Cross in 1981. Aerosmith was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights prior to the telecast. This was set to be the first edition of the Grammy Awards that the new Recording Academy President Deborah Dugan would have presided over; however, she was relieved of her duties as President and CEO and placed on administrative leave from the organization on January 16, 2020. Recording Academy Chairman Harvey Mason Jr. took over as interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Mason presided over the ceremony instead of Dugan. The ceremony was held at the Staples Center on the same day as the death of basketball player Kobe Bryant, who played for the Los Angeles Lakers – the arena is the team's home venue. Several tributes to Bryant were included in the ceremony, including a performance of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" by host Alicia Keys and Boyz II Men, while Lil Nas X, Lizzo and DJ Khaled all incorporated tributes to Bryant into their performances.
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Jim Gaffigan, Demi Lovato, Billy Porter, Ariana Grande, Alicia Keys, Ben Platt, Billie Eilish, Common, DJ Khaled, Ava DuVernay, Gwen Stefani, LL Cool J, Lizzo, Camila Cabello
All About Nina (2018)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Nina is a stand-up comedian who sees her life turned upside down when she meets Rafe.
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Common, Chace Crawford, Jay Mohr, Kate del Castillo, Beau Bridges
Director: Eva Vives
The Informer / Three Seconds (2019)
Crime | Drama
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Starring: Ana de Armas, Rosamund Pike, Joel Kinnaman, Clive Owen, Common, Nasir Jama
Director: Andrea Di Stefano
The Kitchen (2019)
Action | Crime | Drama
The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian d'Arcy James, James Badge Dale, Jeremy Bobb, Bill Camp, Margo Martindale, Common
Director: Andrea Berloff
The Hate U Give (2018)
Crime | Drama
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, K.J. Apa, Regina Hall, Anthony Mackie, Sabrina Carpenter, Common
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Hunter Killer (2018)
Action | Thriller
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Michael Nyqvist, Michael Trucco, Ryan McPartlin
Director: Donovan Marsh
A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
Comedy
During the course of one day, a group of students at a school in Los Angeles find themselves caught up in a plot of sex, lies and dead bodies.
Starring: Common, Allison Janney, Jennifer Garner, Bradley Whitford, Anders Holm, Rob Riggle, Katie Holmes, Storm Reid, Keanu Reeves
Director: Judy Greer
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth (2017)
Documentary
FEEL RICH: HEALTH IS THE NEW WEALTH documents the nascent self-love revolution emerging in urban communities. Narrated by Quincy Jones III, the film features interviews with iconic artists, producers, urban farmers and meditators who have made dramatic changes in their lives by opening themselves up to new ideas about what it means to be rich. Our audience will embark on a journey led by Common, The Game, Crystal Wall, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Russell Simmons, Stic.Man, Afya Ibomu, Jermaine Dupri, Slim Thug, Styles P and the legendary Quincy Jones that provides unique context to the global health crisis in urban communities by offering a backstage pass into the hearts and minds of the hip hop elite.
Starring: Common, Jermaine Dupri, Game, Afya Ibomu, Fat Joe, Quincy Jones
Director: Peter Spirer
Megan Leavey (2017)
Biography | Drama | War
Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.
Starring: Kate Mara, Bradley Whitford, Tom Felton, Common, Edie Falco, Will Patton
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Megan Leavey (2017)
Biography | Drama | War
Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.
Starring: Kate Mara, Bradley Whitford, Tom Felton, Common, Edie Falco, Will Patton
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
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Every Secret Thing (2014)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.
Starring: Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning, Nate Parker, Common
Director: Amy Berg
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X/Y (2014)
Drama
A look at the lives and interactions of a group of friends living in New York.
Starring: America Ferrera, Ryan Piers Williams, Melonie Diaz, Jon Paul Phillips, Amber Tamblyn, David Harbour, Common
Director: Ryan Piers Williams
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards 2015 (TV 2015)
Awards | Music
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The show was broadcast live by CBS at 5:00 p.m. PST (UTC−8). Rapper LL Cool J hosted the show for the fourth consecutive time. In all, 83 Grammy Awards were presented, one more than in 2014.
Starring: AC/DC, Beck, Tony Bennett, Dierks Bentley, Mary J. Blige, Eric Church, Brandy Clark, Common, Lady Gaga, Barry Gibb, Ariana Grande, Herbie Hancock, Hunter Hayes, Hozier, Jessie J
Creator: Louis J. Horvitz
Wanted (2008)
Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
25-year-old Wes was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut. Until he met a woman named Fox. After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad's death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself. With wickedly brilliant tutors — including the Fraternity's enigmatic leader, Sloan — Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.
Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Common, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Hell on Wheels (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Western
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier (Mount) who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
Starring: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Ben Esler, Phil Burke, Robin McLeavy, Kasha Kropinski, Dohn Norwood, Christopher Heyerdahl, Dominique McElligott, Eddie Spears, Tom Noonan, Duncan Ollerenshaw
Creator: Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton
Hell on Wheels (TV Series 2011- )
Drama | Western
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier (Mount) who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
Starring: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Ben Esler, Phil Burke, Robin McLeavy, Kasha Kropinski, Dohn Norwood, Christopher Heyerdahl, Dominique McElligott, Eddie Spears, Tom Noonan, Duncan Ollerenshaw
Creator: Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton
Pawn (2013)
Crime | Thriller
An all-night diner. A cop walks in on a robbery in progress. But what happens next – and what happened just before – will change everything you think you know. The building is now surrounded. There are restless fingers on every trigger. And one very intense hostage situation is about to take some extremely shocking twists.
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Common, Marton Csokas, Sean Faris, Stephen Lang, Ray Liotta, Nikki Reed, Forest Whitaker
Director: David A. Armstrong
LUV (2012)
Drama
An 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the ex-convict uncle he idolizes.
Starring: Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Charles S. Dutton, Meagan Good, Lonette McKee, Michael K. Williams, Russell Hornsby, Hayward Armstrong
Director: Sheldon Candis
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