WATCH: Dave Chappelle Talks On Bill Cosby, Charlie Murphy, Being Non-Apologetic & Much More
Here is a video of Dave Chappelle when he stopped by The Breakfast Club with Donnell Rawlings (also known as “Ashy Larry”) and he spoke about Bill Cosby, Charlie Murphy and more!
Watch the video below:
On The Red Carpet Of 2017 BET Awards – “What Will Beyonce & Jay Z Name The Twins?”
Here is a video of The Humor Mill on the red carpet of The 2017 BET Awards. The question was asked to all of the celebs who stopped thru- “what would you name Beyonce and Jay Z’s twins?” Watch
some of the responses!
WATCH: Full Trailer Of HBO’s Season 3 Premiere Of ‘Ballers’
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Right on the heels of the full trailer premiere for Insecure on Thursday, HBO has now given us the trailer for Ballers season 3.
Looking at the whirlwind lifestyles and real-life problems of former and current football players, “Ballers” stars Dwayne Johnson as ex-superstar Spencer Strasmore, who has reinvented himself as a financial manager for today’s players in sun-soaked Miami.
Created by Stephen Levinson (HBO’s Boardwalk Empire), the “Ballers” cast also includes Rob Corddry, John David Washington, Omar Benson Miller, Donovan Carter, Troy Garity, Jazmyn Simon, London Brown, Arielle Kebbel, Dulé Hill, Richard Schiff and Andy Garcia. For season 3, Emayatzy Corinealdi joins the party in a recurring role as Candace Brewer, who is described as a high-powered sports executive who goes toe to toe with Johnson’s Spencer Strasmore.
The series is executive produced by Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Peter Berg, Evan Reilly, Rob Weiss, Julian Farino, Denis Biggs.
The season premieres July 23.
Watch the Season 3 trailer below:
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Halle Berry Developing A Project Starring Herself And Kevin Hart For Universal
At the advanced screening for her upcoming movie, Kidnap, Halle Berry revealed that she is developing a project which is going to star herself and the always working comedian, Kevin Hart.
When asked if there was anything she was producing or executive producing down the road, Berry said, “It’s a really fun movie and I think you guys will like this one too. I’m developing a movie for Universal with Kevin Hart. I did a little part in his movie What Now? We had such fun we said, ‘we should do a movie together.'”
After speaking about the upcoming project with Hart, Berry also said something about a television series. She didn’t divulge details if she would be starring or just developing it. She starred in and exec produced the CBS sci-fi drama Extant, which aired for two seasons on from 2014-15.
Berry’s often-delayed movie, Kidnap, will be in theaters in August, while Hart has Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle coming soon, and so far for next year, Untouchable and the Malcolm D. Lee-directed Night School.
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WATCH: Full Trailer Premiere Of ‘Insecure’ Season 2
Created by, written by and starring Golden Globe nominee (Best Actress in a Comedy Series) Issa Rae, “Insecure” returns for a second season exactly one month from today, on July 23 (earlier than season 1 premiered last year, October 9, 2016).
In addition, in celebration of the series’ summer run, HBO has partnered with TRAP Karaoke, a user-generated entertainment company putting guests at the center of the show. Fans in Cincinnati, Charlotte and Houston will join cast members from both “Insecure” and “Ballers” (the Dwayne Johnson dramedy) for an advance double feature screening of the shows’ season premieres and get on stage with TRAP Karaoke’s host Low Key and DJ Austin Millz. The HBO x TRAP Karaoke tour will stop in Cincinnati on July 6th (Bogart’s), Charlotte on July 13th (The Fillmore), and wrap up in Houston on July 19th (White Oak Music Hall). Each event will also feature a locally-based speed artist who will paint artwork that will be donated to a local community organization along with a financial donation from HBO.
“Insecure” bookends HBO’s summer Sunday night lineup which kicks off at 9pm with the return of “Game of Thrones,” followed by “Ballers” at 10pm and “Insecure” at 10:30. Quite an intriguing mix.
HBO has released an official full trailer for season 2 which is embedded below:
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Kenya Barris Set To Write Fox’s Russell Simmons Biopic, ‘Life And Def: Sex Drugs Money + God’
Kenya Barris, Russell Simmons | Photo Variety/Deja Perez
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is writing an upcoming biopic based on the life of Russell Simmons.
Titled Life And Def: Sex Drugs Money + God, it will detail the rise of Simmons’ career from the streets of Queens to becoming one of the biggest influences of his time in music and fashion culture. It’ll chronicle the rise of hip-hop in America through Simmons and Def Jam Records, which began with artists like Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys to later feature the likes of Jay-Z and Kanye West.
The biopic will be produced through Simmons’ Def Pictures and Misher Films, by himself and Kevin Misher. Jake Stein, Bobby Shriver, Josh Bratman and Andy Berman are executive producers
Barris has a slew of projects on the table, which include the script for a Good Times film, a remake of White Boys Can’t Jump, and a Shaft remake. He also has a development deal with ABC Studios.
Girls Trip, also co-written by Barris will be in theaters next month.
Deadline first reported the news of Barris writing the biopic.
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FOX Sets Official Release Date For ‘Lethal Weapon’ Season 2
Fox might have got a valid reputation of being hot-tempered about canceling abundant shows they used to acclaim. Nonetheless, there is one show that won’t be on their blacklist, and that is Lethal Weapon. After the announcement of this show which is the adaptation of the epic Mel Gibson and Danny Glover cop action franchise, the reaction of the audience wasn’t at the level which was expected. However, it has still succeeded in making an impression on the viewers with good chemistry among the cast. So, although the finale has already been broadcast, you can relax, since Lethal Weapon Season 2 is happening, and it will contain 22 episodes.
The show with Clayne Crawford starring as crazed Martin Riggs and Damon Wayans as the careful Roger Murtaugh received good reviews from the critics and excellent ratings as the network’s best-rated premiere in the last two years with 8 million viewers.
Just a month after its debut in September 2016, Lethal Weapon extended its Season 1 from the original 11 episodes to a total of 18. After New Year, the number of viewers was a solid 6 million, so the early renewal announcement regarding Season 2 didn’t come as a big surprise, together with the DC comic adaptation of a Biblically themed supernatural crime show Lucifer..
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Lethal Weapon was adapted by Matthew Miller, famous for his Forever, Chuck and The 100. The show pays tribute to the classic action show from the 80s and 90s, while at the same time it has its own identity. The friendship between Crawford’s Riggs and Wayans’s Murtaugh sticks in the center of the show, but it also works well against the supporting cast including Murtaugh’s family. More precisely, this includes his wife Trish (Keesha Sharp), nerdy forensics guy Scorcese (Johnathan Fernandez), police psychiatrist Maureen Cahill (Jordana Brewster) and the police captain Brooks Avery (Kevin Rahm). Also, the February 15 episode presented the TV version of the sleazy but kind-hearted Leo Getz played by Thomas Lennon.
As for the Lethal Weapon Season 2 release date, there has been an official premiere date and also a new timeslot. The remake of the buddy cop comedy/action will premiere on Tuesday, September 26 at 8 p.m. ET after the last season episodes were broadcast on Wednesdays. In the fall, Tuesday should be a good night for comedy on Fox, with Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Mick following Lethal Weapon. Those are two cop comedies in just one night! Perhaps Kaitlin Olson will be in the police force in The Mick Season 2, just to make Cop Night official.
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‘The Carmichael Show’ Ending At NBC As Jerrod Carmichael Exits
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“The Carmichael Show” is ending after three seasons, as its star and creator Jerrod Carmichael has opted to exit to series, Variety has learned.
“For three seasons (okay 2.5), I got to make a show that I love with my friends,” Carmichael said in a statement released to Variety. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was 13. Now, I’m excited to go make other things that I love. Thank you to every person who worked on or watched the Carmichael show.”
“We are enormously proud of The Carmichael Show and Jerrod’s talent and vision to do a classic family sitcom that also taps into issues and relevant stories from the real world. We thank and salute the cast, crew, and producers — and especially Jerrod — for three critically-acclaimed seasons,” said NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt and NBC Entertainment president, Jennifer Salke.
20th Century Fox Television presidents, Jonnie Davis and Howard Kurtzman, said: “’The Carmichael Show’ was such a wonderful show that we choose to focus today not on its loss but on the three incredible seasons we had the pleasure to produce. We are thankful to the brilliant Jerrod Carmichael and his talented cast, and to showrunner Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, our fantastic writers and devoted production team. It’s a rarity that a comedy series tackles the social and political issues of the day in such a clever and hilariously funny way. This show was special, and we will miss it.”
Source: Variety
Showtime Partners With Lebron James For Untitled 3-Part Doc On Modern History, Evolution Of NBA, Set For 2018
LOS ANGELES– June 28, 2017 – Today, Showtime Networks Inc. announced the start of an expansive project that will examine the modern history of the National Basketball Association and the league’s impact on global popular culture. Executive producers LeBron James and Maverick Carter of SpringHill Entertainment and award-winning filmmaker Gotham Chopra have begun production on a three-part documentary film series slated to premiere on SHOWTIME in 2018.
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with LeBron, Maverick and Gotham on what will be a comprehensive look at one of the most influential sports institutions in the world,” said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. “This series of films will join a growing list of must-see documentaries on SHOWTIME, films that reveal the myriad ways sports and culture intersect and influence each other.”
“We developed the idea for these films because of the incredible, generational impact some of the NBA’s most successful players have had on every aspect of American culture,” said Maverick Carter, CEO of SpringHill Entertainment. “Gotham is the perfect filmmaker to bring these stories to life, and SHOWTIME is the right platform to showcase how they were able to transcend the game and shape the culture in an unprecedented way.”
“Despite the fact that I am a Boston Celtics fan to the bone, collaborating with Maverick and LeBron was an inspired opportunity,” added Chopra (“Kobe Bryant’s Muse”, “Religion of Sports”). “Sports in general and specifically the NBA provide a great backdrop for storytelling. But these films offer us a chance to go beyond that; to weave a broader cultural narrative in our current social climate. With the support of David Nevins and the progressive SHOWTIME team, we have a chance to say something truly resonant. That’s the goal.”
The documentary film series is a presentation of SHOWTIME Documentary Films and SHOWTIME Sports. The film project is directed by Gotham Chopra with executive producers LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Rich Paul, Gotham Chopra, Martin Desmond Roe, Chris Uetwiller and Datari Turner.
David Alan Grier Set To Host ‘Snap Decision’ On The Game Show Network
Game Show Network announced the premiere of “Snap Decision,” a half-hour game show series hosted by actor and comedian David Alan Grier. “Snap Decision” will debut with four back-to-back episodes on Monday, Aug. 7 from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT on GSN, and then will move to its regularTuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT the following night, Aug. 8.
The comedy game show asks, “What can you tell about a person just by looking at them?” with contestants going head-to-head for a $10,000 grand prize. The show is in production for broadcast syndication in a joint venture with Tornante-Sinclair LLC.
Grier is currently awaiting word on NBC’sThe Jerrod Carmichael Show, and if the show will be picked up. In the meantime, he’s going to be keeping busy with this new show.
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