Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family’s past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what’s worth fighting for, and discover that nothing’s more important than family. Creed II is about going back to basics to rediscover what made you a champion in the first place, and remembering that, no matter where you go, you can’t escape your history.
Release Date: November 21, 2018
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Russell Hornsby, Florian “Big Nasty” Munteanu, Andre Ward, Phylicia Rashad, Dolph Lundgren
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Producers: Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King-Templeton, Charles Winkler, William Chartoff, David Winkler, Irwin Winkler
Executive Producers: Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Guy Riedel
Distributor: MGM, Warner Bros. Pictures
Mary J. Blige Cast In New Horror-Thriller ‘Body Cam’ For Paramount Studios
“Mudbound” star Mary J. Blige has come on board in a leading role in “Body Cam,” a horror-thriller set up at Paramount.
Variety first reported on March 21 that Malik Vitthal had been tapped to direct “Body Cam” for Paramount Players. The project, produced by Matt Kaplan, was the first major purchase for Paramount Players chief Brian Robbins last year.
Nick McCarthy and John Ridley have performed rewrites of the spec script originally penned by Richmond Riedel. Described as “Get Out” meets “End of Watch,” the story follows several LAPD officers who are haunted by a malevolent spirit that is tied to the murder of a black youth at the hands of two white cops — all of which was caught on a body cam video that was destroyed in a cover-up.
Blige will portray a police officer in “Body Cam” who begins seeing visions and starts to investigate the cover-up.
Blige started her musical career in the early 1990s, won nine Grammy Awards and sold an estimated 75 million records. She had starred in Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” and Tom Cruise’s “Rock of Ages,” then broke out in last year’s “Mudbound,” receiving Oscar nominations for best-supporting actress and in the original song category for “Mighty River.”
Blige is also starring in Netflix’s series “The Umbrella Academy.” She is repped by APA.
Source: Variety
Charlamagne tha God Sets HBO Interview Series
HBO has ordered a series of four interview specials with host Charlamagne tha God.“Charlamagne brings a provocative, thoughtful and always honest voice to all of his interviews,” said Nina Rosenstein, executive vice president, HBO Programming. “We think these specials will be surprising and enlightening and we look forward to seeing who he brings to the table.”
The series, “The Gray Area With Charlamagne tha God,” will be executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God and Karen Kinney. The first of the four specials is slated to premiere later this year.
“I feel extremely blessed to be able to announce my official partnership with HBO on a new conversation series which will provide a safe space for ‘unsafe’ people to curate their stories and control their own narratives,” said Charlamagne. “The reality is, when it comes to people’s stories, it’s not black or white, it’s always an area that’s a shade of gray and that’s usually where the lies end and the truth begins, and this show will give those people an opportunity to share their truth. Thank you to my new television home, HBO and all praise is due to god!”
Charlamagne is a New York Times bestselling author and co-host of the nationally syndicated iHeartRadio program “The Breakfast Club.” He is represented by KK Entertainment, Loan Dang of Del Shaw, and ICM Partners.
On This Day In Comedy… In 2002 ‘Juwanna Mann’ Was Released by Warner Brothers!
On this day in comedy on June 21, 2002,Juwanna Mann was released by Warner Bros.
Starring Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., Juwanna Mann is a comedy about the redemption of a bad boy professional basketball star. In the big league he’s one of the best but can’t stay out of trouble and after going off once too often (stripping on the court) Nunez is banned. In an instant, his entire house of cards crumbles. He loses his house, cars, friends, girl, and life. Nunez is forced to go live with his no-nonsense aunt. Those arrangements smack him in the face that he can’t live like that, so he resorts back to the only thing he knows – basketball. He dresses up like a female to play women’s pro ball.
The gender-swapping plan works wonders. Nunez becomes a star in the women’s league with all the perks that come along with it including a male groupie (Tommy Davidson) hell-bent on getting some. Nunez has his hands full trying to avoid that one and tries to get his hands full of his teammate with the big booty (Vivica A. Fox), but can’t because he’s supposed to be a girl – remember? Meanwhile, Fox is dating a rapper (Ginuwine) who’s cheating on her. Oh, drama!
The redemption part is coming up. Nunez learns to be a better player (teamwork) and a better person thanks to his experience. Too bad it had to blow up in his face. When the women’s team played their championship game it was at the same time Nunez (the male version) was having a hearing to get reinstated. He chose to play ball and not let his team down, but during play, his wig comes off and the jig is up. Now he has nothing again until Fox and the other girls vouch for his renewed character and all’s well that ends well. He got his career back and the girl.
Juwanna Mann was written by Bradley Allenstein, produced by Bill Gerber and directed by Jesse Vaughan. It co-starred Jenifer Lewis, Kevin Pollak, J. Don Ferguson, Kim Wayans, Lil’ Kim and real league players (Cynthia Cooper, Rasheed Wallace, Teresa Weatherspoon, Vlade Divac, Katy Steding, Muggsy Bogues, Jeanne Zelasko, Dikembe Mutombo). The movie was not well received by the critics or the public. On a budget of $15,600,000 the film grossed $13,802,599 at the box office.
On This Day In Comedy… In 1972 Comedic Actor John Cho Was Born!
On this day in comedy on June 16, 1972, Comedic Actor, John Yohan Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea
Cho grew up in Los Angeles and began acting while at the University of California, Berkeley. He got with the East West Players’ theater in downtown L.A. and appeared in several Asian films before moving into the mainstream. In the latter, they were mainly background parts as Cho liked to call them; roles like “Aide #3”, “Man #1” or “The Nightclub Cleaner”. He was getting seen (in the background) and getting paid, but not getting far. Then he got a part in American Pie; that teen flick where a guy discovers the joys (and lack of drama) of screwing pastry. Suddenly Cho received cult status as “MILF Guy #2”. They made several more.
John Cho gain international status when he co-starred in the hit Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Cho swam against the stereotypical tide (which he personally despised) and played an Asian-American who unapologetically smoked weed. The part was written specifically for him and Cho loved the role of Harold because it was different than the whitewashed parts Hollywood wrote for those of Asian descent. The accent written for him in his film Big Fat Liar was so offensive Cho refused to do it and the part had to be reworked. Whereas the part of Harold just plain worked and there were several sequels.
Sometimes it’s hard to believe racial pioneering is still being made in the 21st century, but oh – it is and Cho was on the front line for male actors. Besides puffing herb and not bucking his teeth, he was the first Asian-American romantic male lead on American TV (Selfie). His other television credits include FlashForward, Off Centre, Sleepy Hollow, Kitchen Confidential, Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother and 30 Rock. Cho’s film career was also an active one. He’s Sulu in the new Star Trek films; where he was praised by critics. He was also featured in Total Recall, Identity Thief, Grandma, Down to Earth, Evolution, Bowfinger, Better Luck Tomorrow and American Dreamz.
Cho is part of a garage rock band, Viva La Union, won the Boston Film Critics Award for Star Trek (Best Cast) and he was voted as one of the sexiest men alive by People Magazine. That last entry is here because we sometimes like to end with a joke and that’s a hot one.
Comedian Gabriel Iglesias To Tape New Netflix Special Titled ‘ONE SHOW FITS ALL’
Comedian Gabriel Iglesias will be taping his new Netflix comedy special “One Show Fits All” in Houston on September 13th and 14th. Ticket pre-sale is Wednesday, June 20th (password: FLUFFY) and on-sale is Friday, June 22nd at fluffyguy.com and www.houstontoyotacenter.com at 10am local time. Tickets range from $30-$80 plus fees. Gabriel is currently performing his “One Show Fits All” world tour around the country. This will be Gabe’s second Netflix comedy special following 2016’s I’M SORRY For What I Said When I Was Hungry, his third comedy special for Netflix will tape in 2019.
Gabriel Iglesias is one of America’s most successful stand-up comedians performing to sold-out concerts around the world. He is currently featured in The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 40 Comedy Players of 2018 issue alongside comedy giants Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Lorne Michaels. He is also one of the most watched comedians on Youtube with over 350,000,000 views and has over 10 million followers across social media. The comedian has also had the distinct honor of being one of the few to headline and sell-out Madison Square Garden, Staples Center and Sydney Opera House.
Later this summer Iglesias will begin production as star and creator of Netflix’s upcoming multi-cam television series Mr. Iglesias. Iglesias plays a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma mater. He takes on teaching gifted but misfit kids to not only save them from being “counseled out” by a bully bureaucrat Assistant Principal, but also to help them unlock their full potential. The series will have 10 half-hour episodes.
Other feature film credits include co-starring roles in A Haunted House 2, and his voice can be heard in numerous animated films including the Academy Award winning Coco, Ferdinand, The Star, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Norm of the North, The Book of Life, The Nut Job and Disney’s Planes. Gabriel also starred in the theatrical stand-up concert comedy film, The Fluffy Movie. For the past three years Comedy Central has aired Iglesias’ hit series Stand-Up Revolution. The cable network also premiered Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy in an unprecedented two-night comedy special generating over 15 million viewers. The special was a follow-up to his previous DVD specials, Hot & Fluffy and I’m Not Fat…I’m Fluffy, which have sold a combined total of over 2 million copies.
Mike Epps Implores The Youth To Stop All Of The Senseless Killings
Mike Epps took a break from the laughs to share an important message with today’s generation about the senseless violence taking place with the recent deaths of rappers Jimmy Wopo, 21, and XXXTentacion, 20, who was gunned down in their hometowns on June 18.
“Life is precious, it’s short and you have to enjoy every bit of it,” the comedian urged his listeners. “You ain’t even killing for honor. You ain’t even killing for self-defense. You just killing so people will think you’re a killer. But you basically work for the devil.”
He continued on speaking about the cycle that comes with leading a “gangster” lifestyle including prison time or death. “Get a grip on it ya’ll. Put the pistols down and stop killing for nothing.”
Watch to hear the message Epps said God told him to share below.
WATCH: Jamie Foxx Discusses His New Comedy Special On Netflix, Hosting The BET Awards With Big Boi
Here is a conversation Jamie Foxx had yesterday morning on Big Boi in the Neighborhood in Los Angeles, and he discusses his new Netflix special which he is preparing to film. He also discusses the new hosting gig he landed for the BET Awards this year, and his future projects.
Season Four Of Bounce’s Hit TV Comedy Series ‘In The Cut’ Sets Its Premiere Date
Bounce is set to kick off Season Four of its hit original comedy series In The Cut on Monday, July 2 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodes every Monday night this summer.
Coming off its highly-rated third season, In The Cut stars Dorien Wilson (The Parkers, Dream On) as Jay Weaver, an accomplished entrepreneur and barbershop owner who is kept on his toes by Cheryl, played by KellitaSmith (The Bernie Mac Show, The First Family), the co-owner of the beauty salon next door and his love interest-turned-fiancee. Ken Lawson(The Parkers) returns as Jay’s thirty-something illegitimate son from a short-lived fling now in on the family business, as does John Marshall Jones (The Smart Guy) as fellow barber and pal Smitty. Among this season’s storylines: Marriage planning, pressures of single life, love triangles, hilarious barbershop/beauty shop camaraderie and much more. Guest stars will includeDorion Renaud,Michael Jai White, Kyla Pratt, Emmanuel Hudson, Angie Stone, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Vanessa Simmons, Flex Alexander, Milan Christopherand more.
In 2017, the season three double-episode premiere of In The Cut ranked as Tuesday night’s #1 sitcom vs. all ad-supported cable programming in its time period in Households, Persons 18-49, P25-54 and Total Viewers among Bounce’s target audience of African Americans. This series was created by Bentley Kyle Evans and is produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs, both of whom produce the Bounce TV hit original series Family Time.
In anticipation of season four of In The Cut, viewers can binge-watch seasons one through three on Brown Sugar. Brown Sugar is the popular subscription video-on-demand service from Bounce featuring the biggest collection of the baddest African-American movies of all-time and all of Bounce’s original programming. Brown Sugar is available on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Channels, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Kindle, Android and Apple smartphones and tablets and web browsers via BrownSugar.com.
Stand Up/Sketch Spotlight: WATCH Godfrey On Stage At The Comedy Cellar
The comedian known as Godfrey recently did a 30-minute stand-up set live at the world-famous Comedy Cellar in New York City.
During his set, Godfrey discusses racism, homeless people, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Africans, and other topics.
Tell us what you think about the performance below;
