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Best Dressed at the Oscars doesn’t always lead to memoir success

March 27, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I think this is what distinguishes me- what makes me a different kind of actress. I have the gift of being able to see what sometimes neither the creator nor the director can see. My husband unequivocally loves Taraji P. Henson (when he saw me reading her memoir he exclaimed “Cookie wrote a book!?”) but I can’t saw we really follow her career. We did just see Hidden Figures but it was a let down for me after reading the book last year.  Most of his adoration comes […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Around the Way Girl, Taraji P Henson

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:34 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Around the Way Girl, Taraji P Henson ·
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“You can’t rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.”

February 3, 2017 by badkittyuno 3 Comments

                So I don’t watch Empire, and I haven’t seen Hidden Figures (yet). But one of my all-time favorite blow-em-up up movies is Smokin’ Aces, and Taraji P Henson’s role as a badass assassin is one of my favorites. Her scene with Alicia Keyes and David Proval, trying to explain their plan to break into the hotel cracks me up every time. If you haven’t seen this movie, you really should. For one thing, it’s one of Chris Pine’s finer […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Taraji P Henson

badkittyuno's CBR9 Review No:27 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Taraji P Henson ·
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