In this episode, we discuss New York Yankees star Aaron Judge launching his 62nd home run in a loss, plus Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James sounding like he doesn’t get along with Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul Jabaar! We also argue about the news of the Tom Brady divorce that is the talk of the NFL and the entertainment industry!
| NEW YORK, NY – October 4, 2022 – “BET Hip Hop Awards” 2022 brought the hottest names in Hip Hop back to Atlanta, GA for the annual taping of the trailblazing award show. GRAMMY®-nominated recording artist, actor, entrepreneur, and media personality Fat Joe hosted this year’s awards from The Cobb Energy Centre which premiered on Tuesday, October 4 on BET, BET Her, MTV2, and VH1. Watch an encore airing of the award show on Wednesday, October 5 at Midnight ET/PT on BET. Kendrick Lamar ruled the night with 6 wins, including ‘Artist of the Year,’ ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘Best Live Performer, ‘ and ‘Album of the Year’ for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. He shared two additional wins including ‘Best Hip Hop Video’ for “Family Ties” with Baby Keem and ‘Video Director of the Year’ with Dave Free. Drake took home three wins including ‘Best Collaboration for “Wait For U” with Future and Tems, then tying himself for the ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse’ with contributions on “Wait For U” and Jack Harlow’s “Churchill Downs.” EarthGang won for ‘Best Duo or Group,’ Latto scored ‘Song of the Year’ for “Big Energy” and Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” was crowned as the ‘Impact Track’. Hitmaka was named ‘Producer of the Year’ and DJ Dramasnagged ‘DJ of the Year.’ Newcomer Glo Rilla was crowned ‘Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist’ and Benjamin Epps (France) won ‘Best International Flow.’ “Caresha Please” and “Drink Champs” tied for the coveted ‘Best Hip Hop Platform’ award. The HBCU stylings of the “New Atlanta vs. OG Atlanta” marching band opened the show with “BET Hip Hop Awards” 2022 host Fat Joe followed by Armani White with an electrifying rendition of “Billie Eilish” featuring rapper N.O.R.E. performing his classic single “Nothin’.” Platinum recording artist Bleu premiered “Life Worth Living” featuring French Montana while Glo Rilla made her national television debut performing smash singles “F.N.F (Let’s Go)” and “Tomorrow.” EST Gee performed “The Realest” with a surprise appearance from Jeezy, then Kodak Black hit the stage for a medley of “Too Many Years,” “Walk” and “Super Gremlin.” Pusha T performed “Diet Coke” and “Just So You Remember” before being joined by No Malice for a surprise Clipse reunion of their single“Grindin’.” Joey Bada$$ performed “Head High” in a special ‘In Memoriam’ tribute to the late rapper Young Dolph. After King Combs performed an energetic rendition of “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop,” emcee DNA won $25,000 in the “BET Hip Hop Awards” rap battle. An all-star tribute to the iconic LOUD Records and its pioneering founder Steve Rifkind turned up the show with a legendary lineup of David Banner featuring Lil’ Flip, Dead Prez, Mobb Deep with Lil’ Kim, M.O.P., Remy Ma and Fat Joe, Three 6 Mafia and Wu-Tang Clan. “I Am Hip Hop” honoree Trina delivered a heartfelt speech that moved the crowd followed by Fivio Foreign closing out the show with Lil Tjay. Baby Tate, Big Boss Vette, Deetranada, Guapdad 4000, Jayson Cash, Ray Vaughn, Reuben Vincent, Sa-Roc, Sauce Walka, and Topaz Jones blazed the stage in the highly anticipated cyphers followed by a digital-exclusive cypher featuring rising stars Armani Caesar, Kentheman, Nana, Navelle Hice, OT The Real, and Yung Pooda. The Award show also featured special appearances by T.I. Trick Daddy, Tyrese, DJ EFN, DJ Cassidy, the cast of “Tyler Perry’s Zatima” (Devale Ellis and Crystal Renee Hayslett), Pretty Vee, and the cast of “IMPACT ATL” (Ari Fletcher, Tae, Dess Dior, Lakeyah and Jayda Cheaves). |
| The complete list of “BET Hip Hop Awards” 2022 winners are: HIP HOP ALBUM OF THE YEARKENDRICK LAMAR – MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS SONG OF THE YEARLATTO – BIG ENERGY HIP HOP ARTIST OF THE YEARKENDRICK LAMAR BEST HIP HOP VIDEOKENDRICK LAMAR & BABY KEEM – FAMILY TIES BEST BREAKTHROUGH HIP HOP ARTISTGLO RILLA BEST COLLABORATIONFUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS – WAIT FOR U BEST DUO OR GROUPEARTH GANG BEST LIVE PERFORMERKENDRICK LAMAR LYRICIST OF THE YEARKENDRICK LAMAR BEST INTERNATIONAL FLOWBENJAMIN EPPS (FRANCE) VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEARKENDRICK LAMAR & DAVE FREE DJ OF THE YEARDJ DRAMA PRODUCER OF THE YEARHITMAKA HUSTLER OF THE YEAR50 CENT BEST HIP HOP PLATFORMCARESHA PLEASE & DRINK CHAMPS (TIE) SWEET 16: BEST FEATURED VERSEDRAKE – WAIT FOR U (FUTURE FEAT. DRAKE & TEMS) & CHURCHILL DOWNS (JACK HARLOW FEAT. DRAKE) (TIE) IMPACT TRACKLIZZO – ABOUT DAMN TIME |
Watch the comedy skit by NellyVidz, who wrote, directed, and edited this now infamous comedy sketch, titled When She Thinks She’s Going To Spend The Night. Also starring Cortney Elise
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The MGM Snoop Dogg sports comedy The Underdoggs has added Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps, Andrew Schulz, and George Lopez while casting the kid team of actors which includes Jonigan Booth, Adan James Carrillo, Kylah Davila, Caleb Dixon, Alexander Michael Gordon, and Shamori Washington.
Billed as The Bad News Bears in the world of Youth Football, The Underdoggs tells the story of Jaycen Jenning, “2J’s” (played by Snoop Dogg), a former NFL superstar who, after a run-in with the law, agrees to coach a youth football team in lieu of prison in the hopes of relaunching his fledgling career.
Charles Stone directs off a script by Danny Segal and Isaac Schamis based off a pitch by Snoop Dogg and Schwartz-Morini.
The pic is produced under Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Pictures banner, with Kenya Barris (Girls Trip, Black-ish) and Mychelle Deschamps for Khalabo Ink Society, Snoop Dogg’s longtime producing partner Constance Schwartz-Morini of SMAC Entertainment and Jonathan Glickman (Respect, Rush Hour) for Panoramic Media.
Production is underway for an Oct. 20, 2023 theatrical release.
Sumpter was most recently seen in-theaters reprising her role in the $402M-grossing hit sequel Sonic The Hedgehog 2, and on the small screen starring in the comedy series Mixed-ish. She also starred opposite Robert Redford in David Lowery’s The Old Man And The Gun. Sumpter received critical praise as a young Michelle Obama in the feature film Southside With You, which she co-produced with John Legend. Other feature credits include the award-winning James Brown biopic Get On Up; An Acceptable Loss, opposite Jamie Lee Curtis; the hit action-comedy franchise Ride Along, opposite Kevin Hart and Ice Cube; and Nobody’s Fool opposite Tiffany Haddish, Whoopi Goldberg and Omari Hardwick. Additional TV credits include co-starring with Queen Latifah in Bessie, which won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, as well as Gossip Girl, The Game, The Have and The Have Nots and the Daytime Emmy Award-winning soap opera, One Life To Live, which garnered her an NAACP Image Award nomination. She is repped by UTA, Brookside Artist Management and Hansen Jacobson Teller.
Epps can currently be seen in Season 2 of the Netflix comedy The UpShaws which he stars in and produces, and The Come Up for director Sanaa Lathan on Paramount+. Other recent projects include the HBO Max series Winning Time; and the Netflix comedy special Snoop Dogg’s F*cn Around. He most recently wrapped the Sony / Marvel film Madame Web. His vast resume of series and films include Troop Zero, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Dolemite is my Name, the Emmy Winning biopic Bessie, the series Survivor’s Remorse, which he won a NAACP Image award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Jumping the Broom, which he was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actor, the movie Sparkle opposite Whitney Houston, the film Repentance opposite Forest Whitaker and Anthony Mackie, and the Nina Simone biopic, Nina, in which he played the legendary Richard Pryor. Other feature credits include the Hangover franchise, Girls Trip Faster, Hancock, Lottery Ticket, Next Day Air, Roll Bounce, The Fighting Temptations, the Resident Evil franchise, Bait, How High, Dr.Dolittle 2, Talk to Me, Guess Who?, Next Friday, Friday after Next, and All About the Benjamins. He is represented by UTA, Niles Kirchner and Dan Spilo and attorney Todd Rubenstein.
Schulz will soon be seen in two films, a comedy starring Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy, directed by Barris, as well as the upcoming remake of White Men Can’t Jump, starring Jack Harlow. He previously created and starred in the four-part special Schulz Saves America, taking on the year’s most divisive topics, and also starred in the series Benders, Sneaky Pete, and Crashing, as well as appearing on MTV’s Guy Code and Girl Code. He is represented by Gersh.
Lopez is currently shooting his upcoming multi-camera comedy series Lopez vs Lopez, featuring his real-life daughter Mayan Lopez, and is performing stand-up in arenas across the country on his OMG Hi! Comedy Tour, through October. Lopez will join the DC Extended Universe in the upcoming superhero film Blue Beetle, releasing in-theaters August 2023. His extensive film credits include Walking with Herb, the modern-day Western No Man’s Land, The Tax Collector, El Chicano, the romantic comedy box-office hit Valentine’s Day, The Spy Next Door, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, and Spare Parts, which he also produced. Lopez has produced and starred in the series Lopez, co-created and starred in the series Saint George, hosted TBS’ inaugural late night talk show, Lopez Tonight, and co-created, wrote, produced and starred in the hit sitcom George Lopez. He is represented by UTA.
St. Louis, Miss. native, Booth, made his showbiz debut in This Is Us. He is represented by Cheryl Martin, CMA Entertainment.
Carrillo began his career at the age of nine and has shared the screen with Robert DeNiro in About My Father, appeared in David E. Kelley’s Lincoln Lawyer, as well as As We See It from creator Jason Katims, and Mayans M.C. from creator Elgin James. The LA native is repped by Eris Talent Agency and Cohesive Entertainment Group.
Davila appeared in the pilot episode HBOMax’s Gordita Chronicles, and the short film Troop Invaders. The Underdoggs reps her first feature film role. An actor and gymnast, Davila hails from Manhattan Beach, California. She is represented by Berke Management.
Dixon started his career with some smaller roles in hip hop videos opposite artists such as Young Dro, TI, Yella Beezy and Lil Poppa. He also had a supporting role in Boosie’s feature film My Struggle, as well as a supporting role in Tyler Perry’s Ruthless. Dixon is represented by AKA Talent Agency and MVP Sports & Entertainment Management.
Gordon began his acting journey as a student in several theatre and acting classes, exploring improvisation and bringing a story to life. He is represented by Alexander White Agency.
Washington began acting when he was four years old on series such as NCIS, How To Get Away With Murder, The Mayor, Documentary Now, and will soon be seen on All American Homecoming. Washington’s national commercial campaigns include Chevrolet, Burger King and Starbucks and he has modeled extensively for H&M, Old Navy, Target, Walmart, Uniqlo, Nike and Crazy 8, to name a few. He is represented by Paloma Model And Talent, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.
Source: Deadline
For his next act, Ryan Kavanaugh, in tandem with Proxima Media and Lifeboat Productions’ Amy Kim and Jaime Burke, is launching the production label The Quad, which will focus on 3-5 genre films per year in the $3 million-$12 million range.
Matt Weaver and Triller’s Jason Barhydt will also serve as producers with the company, whose focus will be on horror, thriller, American comedies, and love stories.
Among the slate are projects with top social media influencers Charli D’Amelio and Bryce Hall, and a previously unannounced movie starring Andrew Byron Bachelor (The Babysitter), aka “King Bach.” That project, described to us as a thriller with action and fantasy elements, is called Miles Ryder and is slated to begin production later this year.
Actor and influencer King Bach has parlayed his early Vine success into major followings on platforms including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, with nearly 23M followers on the latter alone. He most recently appeared in Ric Roman Waugh’s sports drama National Champions as well as 20th Century’s comedy Vacation Friends for Hulu. Previous credits include The Babysitter, Fifty Shades of Black and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
The Quad is currently in post-production on Skill House, billed as the first installment in an R-rated horror film franchise starring Hall and made in co-production with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television. Neal McDonough (Yellowstone) and Leah Pipes (The Originals) also star.
Pre-production is underway on the D’Amelio-led supernatural thriller Home School, written by Casey Giltner. Daniel Herther, Proxima’s SVP of Production who shepherded the development of Home School, is producing alongside Kavanaugh, Barhydt, Burke, and Kim with Kavanaugh’s partner Bobby Sarnevesht. Marc, Heidi, and Dixie D’Amelio will serve as executive producers.
“The Quad intends to break the boundary between social media culture and what we know as Hollywood today,” said partner Kavanaugh. “We are thrilled to be bringing Charli D’Amelio, Bryce Hall, and now King Bach’s acting chops to the big screen. Their talent has no boundaries, and their digital footprint will help bring audiences back into theaters. I couldn’t be more excited to bring this new company to life with award-winning producers and powerhouses Amy Kim and Jaime Burke alongside veteran producer and entertainment exec Matt Weaver.”
“We are excited to be on this journey with a veteran producer like Ryan. He has a love of filmmaking that is infectious and a constant desire to create new space in the entertainment industry. The people assembled to make these movies add a depth of experience that will ensure quality projects aimed at talents’ strengths to bring top-quality entertainment to all film fans,” added Kim and Burke.
Previously, Weaver and Kavanaugh worked together on the documentary I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, about Steve Aoki, for Netflix; documentary The First Monday In May, about the Met Ball; and Broadway musical Rock of Ages. Barhydt previously worked with Kavanaugh on movies including Immortals, Limitless, Dear John and The Fighter.
Lifeboat Productions’ previous credits include the Apple+ series Surfside Girls and Amazon’s Undone.
Kavanaugh, founder of Proxima Media and controlling shareholder of social media app Triller, is well known for his colorful and turbulent run in the business, most notably as CEO of Relativity Media, where he brokered deals between Wall Street and studios. After initial success the company filed for bankruptcy and Kavanaugh became embroiled in multiple lawsuits, including one with the company’s former co-president Adam Fields. Skill House will mark his first feature since Hunter Killer and The Strangers: Prey at Night, both from 2018.
Source: Deadline
In this episode of Box Seats Sports Comedy Talk Show, we discuss the Monday Night Football Game where the San Francisco 49ers dominated the Los Angeles Rams, plus we discuss the preseason games in which the LA Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets both lost to start to start the new season!
Plus we talk about the hottest topics in sports!
Apple has finally set a release date for Will Smith’s high-profile film Emancipation, a film whose release plans were put into question after the actor’s infamous Oscars slap. The film will open in theaters on Dec. 2 and stream on Dec. 9 in time for awards season.
Apple released the first trailer and poster for the film as part of its announcement, which comes days after Smith attended the first screening for the film, which Apple and the NAACP hosted in Washington DC.
In March, Smith walked on stage during the Oscars ceremony and slapped presenter Chris Rock, who had made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Smith, who won best actor later that night for King Richard, has been banned from attending the ceremony for 10 years and voluntarily resigned from the Academy. He is also prohibited from attending any Academy event during this time, adding a wrinkle to award season campaigning. But is still eligible to be nominated.
Amid the fallout, Netflix put the Smith movie Fast and Loose on the back burner. On July 29, Smith released a video in which he gave his most extensive remarks about the situation yet, noting, “there is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment.”
Antoine Fuqua directs the project, which Apple landed out of the Cannes virtual market in 2020 after a heated bidding war. It also stars Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor, Mustafa Shakir, Steven Ogg, Grant Harvey, Ronnie Gene Bivens, Jayson Warner Smith, Jabbar Lewis, Michael Luwoye, Aaron Moten and Imani Pullum. William N. Collage penned the script.
The film, based on a true story, follows Peter (Smith) a runaway slave who journeyed north, outwitting cold-blooded hunters and surviving the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana along the way. After escaping to freedom, Peter joined the Union Army. When he showed his bare back during an army medical examination, photos were taken of the scars from a near-fatal whipping delivered by an overseer on the plantation owned by John and Bridget Lyons. The Independent published the photo, known as The Scourged Back, in May of 1863. It appeared in Harper’s Weekly‘s July 4 issue and became indisputable proof of the cruelty and barbarity of slavery in America.
Emancipation was always expected for 2022, but in the wake of the Slap, rumors surfaced that Apple was considering pushing it to 2023. The release date news comes as Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s high profile Killers of the Flower Moon was set for 2023, leaving Apple without an awards contender for the year. The streaming service became the first to secure a best picture win, thanks to CODA, earlier this year.
Fuqua recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about his hopes for the film. Said the director: “I would like audiences to see the truth and be inspired by it.”
The latest trailer for Ryan Coogler’s upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever sequel gives the best look yet at the new Black Panther.
The trailer, as it tells the emotional story of the loss of the late Chadwick Boseman’s character, the son king, T’Challa, also teases the next Black Panther, while not directly revealing the new protector of the African nation of Wakanda.
A mural of King T’Challa appears at one stage in the trailer, as Marvel Studios is making good on having the sequel be a tribute to the late Boseman, whose character was not recast for the sequel.
But the mystery of the trailer is: Who will be the next Black Panther?
“They have lost their protector,” Queen Ramonda, played by Angela Bassett, observes as the Wakandans come under attack after King T’Challa’s death, including from a hidden undersea nation called Talokan.
“Now is our time to strike … Show them who we are,” Queen Ramonda declares. That’s when, from the sky, swiftly descends a woman in a black suit, as the trailer teases the next Black Panther.
Wakanda Forever is the sequel to Coogler’s 2018 film that became a cultural touchstone and earned a best picture Oscar nomination. Coogler wrote a sequel for Black Panther star Boseman that pre-dated his untimely death.
Coogler and Marvel Studios then got to work on how to move forward while honoring Boseman’s legacy.
Wakanda Forever stars Lupita Nyong’o, Wright, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, Florence Kasumba, Bassett and Martin Freeman, as well as Marvel newcomer Tenoch Huerta as Namor and Dominique Thorne as the hero Riri Williams.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to hit theaters on Nov. 11th.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
In this episode, we discuss week 4 of the NFL as the Jets, Chiefs, and Bills all win and we talk about the rest of the NFL games of the week. Plus we talk about the latest news about Tua Tagovailoa and what happened over the weekend. All of that plus the hottest topics in sports!
In this episode of the Box Seats Sports comedy talk show, we discuss the serious head injury of Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa and how the Miami Dolphins are handling it, the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, plus the other hot topics in sports!
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