The Karate Kid hits theaters June 11, 2010 — check out the debut trailer!

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The Princess and The Frog had a box office opening fit for a Queen. The animated Disney musical — featuring Disney’s first African-American princess — bumped Sandra Bullock’s Feel Good holiday hit The Blind Side — to came in No. 1 at the box office, grossing $25 million. This is the studio’s first hand-drawn animated movie in five years.

The movie — which star Dreamgirls actress Anika Noni Rose — offers a 1920s New Orleans twist on the Brothers Grimm story The Frog Prince, following the adventures of a young woman turned into a frog by a kiss from an amphibian.

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson has come under attack from a South African actors’ union after the American star was cast as the ex-con former wife of the country’s former president, Nelson Mandela, in a new biopic.

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Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence have teamed up for a remake of the British comedy “Death at a Funeral.” Here’s the trailer:

Dreamgirls actress Anika Noni Rose appeared on FOX 5 Orlando on Friday, where she chatted about winning the lead role in the new Disney movie, The Princess And The Frog.

Sony Pictures has released a few photo stills from The Karate Kid, which stars Will and Jada’s 11-year-old son Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, and Academy Award-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson.

In this remake — a revamped version of the 1984 motion picture of the same name — work pressures cause a single mother (Henson) moves to China with her young son (Smith); in his new home, the boy embraces karate, taught to him by a master of the self-defense form (Chan).

The Karate Kid hits theaters June 11, 2010.

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“As evidenced by 1994s Murder Was the Case, the only thing better than a new Snoop Dogg album is a new Snoop Dogg album and movie. For his upcoming LP Malice N Wonderland, the Doggfather has gone cinematic once again with a new short film…..” Rolling Stone writes.

Jennifer Hudson is set to star in Winnie, a film exploring the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman), Variety reports.

The American Idol star, who won an Oscar for her role in the 2006 box office hit Dreamgirls, will play the South African personality in the movie, which will begin shooting in South Africa in May next year, .

Winnie — directed by veteran South African filmmaker Darrell J. Roodt — will be shot on location in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Robben Island – where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years before becoming the country’s president.

Actress Gabourey Sidibe appeared on The TODAY Show Monday, where she chatted about her rise to fame and her role in the critically-acclaimed drama, Precious — in theaters everywhere Friday.

Screen Gems has acquired the rights Sheneneh and Wanda, a new comedy for Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence. The duo will play female characters they developed during their stand-up comedy days in the 1990s, Variety reports. You’ll likely remember Sheneneh Jenkins from Martin and Wanda from In Living Color.

The project originated from a parody movie trailer for a film called Skank Robbers, which Foxx and Lawrence made for the 2008 BET Awards. In the skit, the actors cross-dressed to portray two women who make a living robbing banks. The reception was so strong, the duo decided to turn the concept into a real film.

Jamie will write Sheneneh And Wanda and produce alongside Martin. It will be the first time the comic, who have known each other since they started out as stand-up acts, have worked together on a movie.