Lisa Durden

WOW! WOW! WOW!! I went to see the movie Annie and it blew me away!! And that’s hard to do. Especially with a kiddie movie, that’s also a musical. I was a very good aunt and would MAKE myself take my niece and nephew to see BORING, child friendly, movies, when they were little. Now that they are real grown, I have divorced kiddie movies because they wear me out!! LOL. Now, I’m moody with musicals. If they aren’t done well, it makes my “Brain Bleed” when they break into song all nilly willy. So for me to enjoy a musical, it’s a timing thing. The dialogue and the singing has to flow seamlessly and attack me, without my knowing it. And in this modern day remake of Annie, produced by Jay-Z, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and directed by Will Cluck, they intertwined the two, masterfully!! Which made it very easy for me to enjoy the childlike, sweetness, of the film.

Hear Ye hear Ye, I'd like to announce that I've been brought on as the new Broadcast Manager for NBPC (the National Black Programming Consortium) where I’ll oversee program development, delivery and distribution of NBPC’s broadcast programs including being the point person for the acquisition of non-fiction content for its signature public television series, AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, as a series, celebrates the cultural and historical growth that has occurred in the last generation using films tailored to a world audience from insightful, artful and often unique local perspectives. These films are always carefully selected to portray a more balanced view of Africa than you’ll get on the nightly news and to provide fuel for what must be a global conversation on the present day realities and contemporary lifestyles of Africans, both on the continent and in the Diaspora. Additionally, I’ll be charged with managing NBPC discretionary projects from producers, seeking funding for non-fiction projects and Broadcast Distribution.

Lisa is one of the most sought after television personalities. She is a guest favorite on Fox 5 News Live at 6pm with Ernie Enastos. Nationally syndicated television shows and web series like FOX 5’s “The Morning Show w/Mike & Juliet,” FoxNews.com’s The Strategy Room, Comcast’s “It’s Your Call: With Lynn Doyle and My9 News, chose herto share her “keep it real” view on all things pop culture. The popular “Michael Baisden Radio Show and The Kiss Wake Up Club on 98.7 Kiss FM Radio, also booked her to give her “straight no chaser” view on hot topics.