Sinbad Politely Requests That You Do Not Refer to It As a Comeback, Vulture via Jezebel.
My favorite part of the interview:
When you were doing Jingle All the Way with Arnold Schwarzenegger, did you foresee a political career for him?
He was always going to run for some kind of office. I wish he had not! I liked Arnold as an entertainer. He did a lot of things as an activist. He had a fitness program for kids I was involved with because of him. I just think right now as governor, man, he screwed up the education system out here. He cut the summer program. With summer school now, it takes you seven years to finish college.
And in honor of Black History Month:
How has the landscape changed for African-Americans on television since you first started out?
I don’t think the landscape has changed much at all. We’re in another wasteland. It’s a shame that we’re even having this conversation in 2010. It’s like they’re discovering new colors. Now the new flavor is Latin. Next new flavor will probably be Asian. It’s a shame they can’t figure out that, it’s all, it’s all the same thing. It’s all actors. Look at this country, even with a black president … it sparked a revolution on the Republican side that’s funny as hell. They give themselves code names — the Tea Party, the Real America. I crack up. My thing is this: Not much has changed in Hollywood. Hollywood’s not a progressive place. Everyone likes to think that Hollywood is hip, but it’s not hip at all. Black actors, black actresses, they’re fighting to find parts. Name me five black actresses working right now.
Um, off the top of my head …
You can’t.
I can!
1. Regina King on Southland
2. Wanda Sykes on The New Adventures of Old Christine
3. Niecy Nash on Clean House
4. S. Epatha Merkerson on Law & Order
5. Keke Palmer on True Jackson, VP
That was not easy. What is Dawnn Lewis doing these days?
And yes, readers, at the top of this post, that is Ray J in the poster for The Sinbad Show. The same Ray J who gave us a second season of this:
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