Besides Christmas specials and reruns, there isn’t much to watch on television this time of the year. But never fear, NBC is giving us an early holiday gift because the network has cast one of our favorite brothers, Boris Kodjoe, in a new action adventure pilot called “Undercovers”. Finally, a bit of eye candy on one of the major networks—that is if the network picks it up. Let’s just say I’m optimistic because J.J. Abrams (of “Star Trek”, “Fringe” and “Lost” fame) is in charge. Read the full story

Every now and then I like to highlight someone who always seems to take it to the next level. Someone who doesn’t seem to try very hard, but always stands out. This time that someone is actress, Ms. Zoë Saldana. She has a keen sense of fashion; I’d like to call it sexy with a dash of modesty. I’ve been the biggest fan of hers since she stepped on the scene as Eva Rodriguez in the 2000 dance flick “Center Stage.” Saldana has become a versatile actor, and she not only shows it in her talent but in her wardrobe. Read the full story

With all eyes on the opening of the new “Star Trek” prequel this Friday —and the hint of sexual tension between Chris Pine’s Kirk and Zoe Saldana’s Uhura in the trailers (the movie reveals something else altogether)— I can’t help thinking about the original franchise and of course the woman we all grew up knowing as Uhura. Nichelle Nichols was a groundbreaker because she was one of the first sister who didn’t play a servant (but then neither did Diahann Carroll in “Julia”); But she also didn’t play a mother (single or otherwise) nor were there the associated struggles of her trying to make it (sweating to pay the rent, for example). Uhura was in space and it was all about the job (and wearing the hell out of a uniform) and of course that groundbreaking kiss with William Shatner. Read the full story