Actor John Canada Terrell just stopped by the Donnie Simpson Show in a reunion of sorts. He and Donnie appeared in “The Five Heartbeats” together. You may also remember Terrell from Spike Lee’s movie “She’s Gotta Have It” and the commercial that launched his career, ‘Hey love’. (see below)

via UrbanDaily Robert Townsend’s 1991 R&B drama, The Five Heartbeats, was loosely based on the lives of several artists; The Dells, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke, and David Ruffin, but to many it mirrors the career arc of The Temptations. The Five Heartbeats spans three decades of a singing group […]

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11/27/13-  Dominique jokes with the crew about Thanksgiving and the high price of milk before facing off against J. Anthony Brown in “Dueling Five Heartbeats.”

For Robert Townsend, working with Bill Cosby was a chance to get paid and learn at the same time. Townsend directed Far From Finished, Cosby’s first…