In this episode, we discuss the HUGE trade of Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat to the Golden State Warriors! We also talk about all of the other trades that happened and the ripple effect throughout the NBA!
And, since it’s almost time for us to look at the Super Bowl we look at the things that may work for a team that may win the game!
Starring comedians Rodney Perry and Daniel Dugar!
All of that and more! Watch the latest episode above!
Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer, and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The cause of death is as yet unknown.
Rising to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gotti played a key role in hip-hop and R&B records of the time, working with artists like Ja Rule, Ashanti, and DMX, each of whom saw massive commercial success. His signature production style blended hip-hop beats with melodic hooks, influencing a wave of rap and R&B crossover hits. Among them: the multi-platinum “Always On Time” by Ja Rule featuring Jennifer Lopez, and Ashanti’s “Foolish.”
Before launching Murder Inc., Gotti worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped bring DMX, Jay-Z, and Ja Rule to the label, which was considered one of the most successful imprints of Universal Music. Under the moniker DJ Irv, he produced the song “Can I Live” from Jay-Z’s 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt. Later called The Inc., Vanessa Carlton signed with the label and Gotti co-produced her 2007 album, Heroes and Thieves, with Rick Rubin and Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins.
Gotti’s career faced setbacks in the mid-2000s due to an FBI investigation into alleged ties with drug kingpin Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Though ultimately acquitted, the case damaged Murder Inc.’s reputation. In recent years, Gotti had reinvented himself, expanding into television with the creation of BET’s Tales, an anthology series blending hip-hop and storytelling.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
In this episode, we discuss the hot rumors that suggest that Kevin Durant will land back in Golden State, plus all of the other hot trades around the NBA!
Since it’s Super Bowl week, we also take a look at the upcoming game between the Philadephia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, and more!
Watch the latest episode of Box Seats featuring comedian Maurice Smith above!
In this episode, we discuss the news of the HUGE trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis! Lots to discuss about THAT! Plus there’s an NBA Player under federal investigation, and we discuss the news of the outcome.
We also talk about the news that the NBA Commissioner floated to change the game, and the latest trade rumors, and more!
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Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey face no shortage of peril in the first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth.
Universal Pictures released the promo for the dinosaur-focused franchise’s new film that hits theaters July 2, 2025. Director Gareth Edwards‘ movie also stars Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, and Ed Skrein.
In Jurassic World Rebirth, only a limited number of dinosaurs remain and reside in specialized biospheres, and three of these creatures hold the key to a potentially life-saving drug. Covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) attempts to secure the genetic material from the dinosaurs but ends up stranded with a civilian family on an island that holds a secret being kept from humanity for decades.
The new feature takes place five years after the events of filmmaker Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World Dominion, the franchise’s previous installment that hit theaters in June 2022 and starred Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard alongside Jurassic Park returnees Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill. The film series launched in 1993 with Steven Spielberg‘s smash Jurassic Park, based on author Michael Crichton’s 1990 science fiction novel of the same name.
Edwards (Rogue One) helmed Jurassic World Rebirth from a script by David Koepp, who worked on Jurassic Park and its 1997 sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Hailing from Amblin Entertainment, the new film is based on characters created by Crichton.
Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, who have both been longtime figures in the Jurassic franchise, produce Jurassic World Rebirth. Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart and Jim Spencer serve as executive producers.
This latest title will hit theaters three years after the initial Jurassic World trilogy ended with the release of Dominion. Beginning with Jurassic World in 2015, each of those three movies has surpassed $1 billion at the global box office.
Watch the trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth above.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The first trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps teases a retro-future world and an impending threat from Galactus, one of Marvel’s most famous antagonists.
Fantastic Four is one of the most anticipated Marvel movies in some time, as fans have waited years for the Kevin Feige-led studio to make a film starring Marvel’s First Family, as the team is known.
The Fantastic Four are a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe in the comics, with writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby’s 1961 Fantastic Four No. 1 launching the universe. But the property has never had its due on the big screen. It spent decades at 20th Century Fox, which made a pair of middling movies in the 2000s and a universally reviled 2015 feature. (A 1994 Roger Coreman-produced Fantastic Four was famously never released).
When Disney acquired Fox in March 2019, it received the rights to both X-Men and Fantastic Four, and in late 2020, Marvel announced that Spider-Man helmer Jon Watts would direct a Fantastic Four movie. He ultimately departed, with WandaVision’s Matt Shakman taking over as director.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing. Others stars include Julia Garner as a female Silver Surfer, Ralph Ineson as Galactus, Paul Walter Hauser, and John Malcovich.
Eric Pearson penned the current draft of the script for the film, which has a July 25 release date.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to family sci-fi adventure Xeno, produced by Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat.
Lulu Wilson (Annabelle: Creation), Wrenn Schmidt (For All Mankind), Paul Schneider (Lars And The Real Girl), and Omari Hardwick (Power) star in the film written and directed by Matthew Loren Oates and produced by Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley and Luke Kelly-Clyne for Hartbeat, with Shana Marie and Jesse Jensen for Tabooma.
In the completed film, a teenage girl and a terrifying alien form a powerful bond after a chance encounter in the desert, sending them on an adventure that questions the nature of good and evil. As government agents close in, the girl discovers the alien is not the extraterrestrial she expected. Compelled to protect her new friend, she uncovers a secret that could change the fate of both their worlds.
Producers worked with The Henson Company to build the film’s alien creature.
“Our team at Hartbeat is constantly focused on delivering exceptional, multi-dimensional productions to audiences everywhere, and Xeno is a perfect example of this,” said Luke Kelly-Clyne, Head of Studio at Hartbeat. “Matt’s remarkable vision, our partners at the Jim Henson Company’s Creature Shop, and the cast and crew have all culminated to seamlessly bring this unique yet timeless coming-of-age story to life and we can’t wait for it to hit the big screen.”
“Xeno weaves together stunningly designed alien creatures, deeply developed characters, and a story that will resonate with audiences everywhere,” said Blue Fox Entertainment founder James Huntsman. “Matthew delivers a movie worthy of repeat viewing. The incredible team at Tabooma and Hartbeat should be congratulated for producing this top-quality film.”
Source: Deadline
Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), James Franco (The Disaster Artist), and Christopher Meloni (Snatched) are joining Katt Williams (Scary Movie V), Craig Robinson (Hot Tub Time Machine), James Paxton (Twisters) and Oliver Wyman (Feeling Randy) in Adam Rifkin’s psychedelic stoner comedy Toad.
Architect have launched worldwide sales on the eve of Berlin’s EFM. Pic is due to shoot in Q2, 2025 in Atlanta.
James Paxton and Oliver Wyman play Sam and Alex, two hapless but lovable stoners, who accidentally find themselves in the service of crime lord, Charles (Robinson), when they are made to transport a mysterious box from LA to Vegas. Almost immediately, their childlike curiosity gets the better of them and upon opening the box, they find a bunch of live, psychedelic Sonoran “acid” toads. When the toads begin to overheat, the duo make an ill-advised attempt at mouth-to-mouth, thereby dosing themselves with extreme amounts of the toads’ psychedelic secretion.
What follows is a very trippy journey to Vegas, accompanied by the life-size, talking toad spirit-guide, “Earl” (Williams), and a host of colorful characters, including a dangerous biker gang, a sex cult, a chainsaw-wielding maniac, and a deranged five-star French chef, who all want the precious toad cargo for their own nefarious reasons.
Toad is the first movie to be produced under the Laugh Factory Presents banner, a feature film venture helmed by David Fuhrer, John Weiser and Laugh Factory founder Jamie Masada. Mark O’Sullivan at DLNQNT will serve as an executive producer.
The movie was co-written by Piers Ashworth and Rifkin and is produced by Brad Wyman (Monster) and Michael P.J. Gerstein of futureIII Entertainment Corporation, as well as producer Mike Kolko. Vincent J. Guastini (World War Z) is handling the SFX creature creation. Completing the in-camera creative term are Augenblick Studios.
Producer Brad Wyman said: “Adam Rifkin’s entire career has prepared him for directing Toad. It’s that offbeat, almost surreal type of comedy where the absurdity of the situations and characters escalate to ridiculous levels, making it impossible not to laugh out loud. Rifkin’s Toad is the antidote motion picture audiences are seeking right now.”
Director Rifkin commented: “I believe the producers and Laugh Factory have done an incredible job of securing top-notch talent that will really drive this story forward and make viewers belly laugh. I’m also delighted Architect will be representing this project worldwide. Truly, I couldn’t be more excited right now.”
Source: Deadline
VMI Worldwide has boarded worldwide sales on action-comedy Special Ops Rent-A-Cop, which stars Michael Jai White, Billy Zane, Chuck Lidell, Jim O’Heir, and Collen Camp.
Filming recently wrapped in Kentucky and VMI will introduce the film to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin.
The film follows legendary Special Forces Operator Brock Belfry (Jai White) after he is discharged from service following a severe injury on the battlefield. He is forced to accept a job as a security “rent-a-cop” escorting a busload of unruly senior citizens to Atlantic City. The trip goes from challenging to worse as Brock realizes he is simultaneously being tracked by an old nemesis, who has dispatched a bumbling kill squad to take him out.
William Butler directed and wrote the picture with Brooklyn Bruce, Jarrett Furst, David Wachs, and Ojan Missaghi serving as producers.
The deal was negotiated by Jessica Russo COO of VMI Worldwide and Jarrett Furst on the producing team.
“We’re thrilled to introduce this action-packed film to buyers, blending thrilling sequences with light-hearted comedy for a truly entertaining experience. It’s the perfect mix of fun and excitement that will leave viewers on the edge of their seats,” said Jessica Russo, COO Productions and Acquisitions at VMI Worldwide.
This Summer, Emmy, GRAMMY, and NAACP Image Award-winning actress and comedian, Tiffany Haddish, will make her comedic debut at Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas with Tiffany Haddish: The Funny and Fearless Tour. Haddish will bring her talents to the stage for one night only on Friday, June 27, 2025. Tickets for this show go on sale to the public this Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at 10 a.m. PT.
Haddish has established herself as one of the most sought-after comedic actresses and performers worldwide. She is best known for her breakout role in the smash comedy Girls Trip, where she starred alongside Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, and Regina Hall. Most recently, Haddish made a cameo in the critically acclaimed film, Bad Boys: Ride Or Die, opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Haddish has served as host and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated Netflix standup comedy series, Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, and has also received accolades for her Emmy-nominated and GRAMMY Award-winning comedy special, Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah, which debuted on Netflix in 2019. She is the second Black woman to ever win a GRAMMY for “Outstanding Comedy Album,” and she made history as the first Black female stand-up comedian to host Saturday Night Live, which earned her an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.”
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In addition to her talents onstage and on-screen, Haddish is also a New York Times best-selling author and the founder of The She Ready Foundation, which helps to support foster children in need. In Summer 2024, Haddish joined legendary songwriter Diane Warren to release her empowering new single, “Woman Up.”
Haddish’s tour promises fans an evening of laughs and an up-close-and-personal experience at the intimate Encore Theater with the multi-talented star. For tickets or more information on Haddish’s forthcoming debut at Wynn Las Vegas, visit WynnLasVegas.com.