The Five Heartbeats are back. No, award-winning actor, comedian, and filmmaker Robert Townsend has not created a sequel or a remake of his 1991 classic about the rise and fall of a 1960s R&B vocal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: The Five Heartbeats, Robert Townsend’s story about the trials and tribulations of a band of five talented guys in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This June 27, 2013 file photo shows Robert Townsend at the premiere of "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain" in Los Angeles.

“Nights like this, I wish that raindrops that would fall,” the fictional Five Heartbeats crooned on screen. The 1991 musical dramedy, The Five Heartbeats, charmed theatergoers and has since become a ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Look, I wasn’t there (or even alive), but I heard about the performance.

Almost 30 years ago, Robert Townsend’s dream of creating a classic film based on his favorite groups of the 1960s came to fruition. With Motown supergroup The Temptations as his model, Townsend spent ...

*With appearances on TV and movie screens in a variety of roles, Roy Fegan has been a noticeable face for many years. The change of heart is even more prevalent, considering the rough treatment Bird ...

*What is a ‘legacy’? Is it something handed down, never to be forgotten by future generations? Or if you enjoy movies, could it come across as a piece of must-see cinema with each showing long after ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of us understand the heartbreak of finding out our favorite band has broken up, but few can actually turn that dismay into a cult classic. That’s what Robert Townsend did with ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of us understand the heartbreak of finding out our favorite band has broken up, but few can actually turn that dismay into a cult classic. That’s what Robert Townsend did with ...