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A Lil’ Positivity: Lena Waite Reportedly Inks Major “First Look Deal” With Amazon Studio

Source: Leon Bennett / Getty Lena Waithe Reportdely Signs 2-Year Overall Deal With Amazon According to Deadline , Lena Waithe has reportedly signed a deal with Amazon Studios to produce programs for Prime Video for the next two years. Waithe already planned to release her horror anthology series, Them , on the Amazon platform, but the new deal opens the door for more dope content. Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke expressed her excitement about the deal. “Lena is a powerhouse writer and producer who also has a gift for identifying exciting and authentic voices..Our upcoming series Them is the result of her rare ability to cultivate brilliant voices like Little Marvin and bring his wholly original and compelling vision to Amazon. We look forward to collaborating with Lena and her team for years to come.” Waithe said she’s ready the next step: “I couldn’t be more excited about this new partnership with Amazon Studios and am looking forward to this next chapter..Both of our goals are aligned in that we want to continue elevating storytellers who are underrepresented and have a unique vision of the world.” In addition to her currently running programs, Waithe’s hyped film Queen & Slim is set to drop in November.

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Seriously?! Woman Arrested For Threatening To Blow Up The Swedish Embassy In Support Of A$AP Rocky

Source: Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com / WENN Woman Arrested After Threatening Violence At The Swedish Embassy Weeks after his arrest, A$AP Rocky is still in Swedish custody–and as the calls for his release become louder and louder here in the US, one woman is taking her support to a whole new level. According to reports from NBC 4 Washington , 26-year-old Rebecca Kanter was arrested on Tuesday after she allegedly threatened to “blow up” the Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. during a protest of the rapper’s incarceration. A Secret Service Officer stated that Kanter first appeared at the Swedish complex on Monday, which is when she “threw liquid from a glass Coca Cola bottle at the doorway and yelled out ‘I’m going to blow this motherf***er up.’” She reportedly left the premises before law enforcement could intervene, but she went on to social media to write about her efforts. “Why isn’t it breaking news that I defiled the House of Sweden last night, that I vandalized the Wold Bank, that I vandalized the IMF,” she wrote online, according to a criminal complaint . “Why aren’t I getting press for ASAP?” Weird flex, but okay. Here’s your press, ma’am. Kanter returned to the scene the following day, allegedly shouting profanities at embassy personnel and a student tour group. She was also accused of damaging property within the building. When Embassy staff demanded that Kanter to leave the premises, she refused–which is when the police were called. The 26-year-old was arrested by secret service and booked on charges of willfully injuring and damaging property of a foreign government and refusing to depart a foreign embassy. She has reportedly been released on bond and is scheduled to appear in court on July 31.  

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Seriously?! Woman Arrested For Threatening To Blow Up The Swedish Embassy In Support Of A$AP Rocky

Gotchaaa: ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Season 7 Spoilers — Without Context

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Gotchaaa: ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Season 7 Spoilers — Without Context

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‘Dora And The Lost City Of Gold’ Exclusive: Isabela Moner And Jeff Wahlberg Talk Dora, Diego And The Importance Of Latino Representation [VIDEO]

Source: Janeé Bolden / Courtesy Stars Of ‘Dora The Explorer’ Film Reveal Scariest Scenes And What They’d Put In Dora’s Backpack Last week BOSSIP’s Senior Content Director Janeé Bolden headed to Miami for the premiere of Paramount’s new film ‘Dora and the Lost City Of Gold’. Check out her exclusive interview with Isabela Moner, who played Dora and Jeff Wahlberg, who played Diego below: We had such a ball chatting with Jeff and Isabela. We also caught up with Jeff at the premiere’s green carpet, where he discussed being part of the famous Wahlberg family (his uncles are entertainers Donnie and Mark Wahlberg) and filming in Australia. After telling Jeff we’d heard he had a few famous uncles he laughed and said, “One or two.” We asked about the pressure to carry on the family legacy but Wahlberg told us, “I try not to think about it a lot, it’s special. They’re definitely an inspiration.” We also asked him about filming in Australia, since the film is set in Los Angeles in Peru and Wahlberg told us it was a great time. “It just felt like a bunch of Latin people, a bunch of Brown people – just took over Australia,” Wahlberg, whose mom is from the Dominican Republic, told BOSSIP. “Australia is such a beautiful country, nice people, it’s so clean and most of it is so untouched. We had a blast and I really enjoyed it.” Gotta love it! Check out ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold’ in theaters August 9th!

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‘Dora And The Lost City Of Gold’ Exclusive: Isabela Moner And Jeff Wahlberg Talk Dora, Diego And The Importance Of Latino Representation [VIDEO]

Interactive One’s Senior Culture Editor David Dennis Jr. Eloquently Explains How Black People Were ‘Right About Trump’ [Video]

David Dennis Jr. Appears On “The Damage Report”, Talks Cheeto In Chief One of our esteemed editors recently took their talents to a top daily news show. David Dennis Jr . recently appeared on “The Damage Report” to eloquently explain to Brooke Thomas and Jayar Jackson how the conservative movement and people like Sarah Palin, former running mate of the late John McCain, gave birth to the ignoramus insanity that is, “President” Donald Trump. He also explained how black folks were right all along about Trump and didn’t even bat an eyelash at him racistly telling women of color congresswomen to “go back to their countries.”  This is a GOOD one, watch above.

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Interactive One’s Senior Culture Editor David Dennis Jr. Eloquently Explains How Black People Were ‘Right About Trump’ [Video]

Interactive One’s Senior Culture Editor David Dennis Jr. Eloquently Explains How Black People Were ‘Right About Trump’ [Video]

David Dennis Jr. Appears On “The Damage Report”, Talks Cheeto In Chief One of our esteemed editors recently took their talents to a top daily news show. David Dennis Jr . recently appeared on “The Damage Report” to eloquently explain to Brooke Thomas and Jayar Jackson how the conservative movement and people like Sarah Palin, former running mate of the late John McCain, gave birth to the ignoramus insanity that is, “President” Donald Trump. He also explained how black folks were right all along about Trump and didn’t even bat an eyelash at him racistly telling women of color congresswomen to “go back to their countries.”  This is a GOOD one, watch above.

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Interactive One’s Senior Culture Editor David Dennis Jr. Eloquently Explains How Black People Were ‘Right About Trump’ [Video]

Looking At These Photos You’d Never Guess ‘Grown-ish’ Star Francia Raisa Turns 31 Today

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#FreeRocky: MopTop Mussolini Tweets Support Of A$AP Rocky; Twitter Yawns In His General Direction

Source: Steven Ferdman / Source: Steven Ferdman / Getty Well this is quite the circus. A$AP Rocky was arrested in Sweden earlier this month in connection to an incident in which two men were allegedly assaulted by his crew. Rocky has been in jail for weeks and has just now been formally charged with assault. In the last few days Kim Kardashian and Donald Trump have both been involved with trying to get Rocky freed (Trump, probably to make it seem like he’s not a racist). Last night, Trump tweeted out more support for Rocky while Twitter continued to remind everyone that A$AP is the same person who didn’t really care about Black Lives Matter and Ferguson . trump to asap rocky pic.twitter.com/glhN9TP3EI —

Ho Sit Down: NBA Baller Lorenzen Wright’s Wife Found Guilty Of His Murder, Cuts Deal To Get 30 Years In Prison

Source: Doug Pensinger / Getty Lorenzen Wright’s Wife Found Guilty Of His Murder It’s been almost three years since we last reported on this story but we’re glad that there is now some good news to share. According to TMZ , former NBA player Lorenzen Wright’s wife, Sherra Wright, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for facilitating his murder along with her church friend Billy Turner. For those who don’t remember, Lorenzen was found shot to death in a swamp 10 days after he was reported missing back in 2010. …officials say Sherra called the shots in a diabolical murder plot. Sherra initially planned to kill Lorenzen at his Atlanta home but when that plan failed, she conspired with Turner to murder him in Tennessee instead, prosecutors say. Both Wright and Turner were charged with 1st-degree murder among other charges and she was facing up to 100 years behind bars. But, Sherra cut a deal with prosecutors in which she agreed to plead guilty to facilitation of murder and facilitation to commit attempted 1st-degree murder. Because of the deal, Sherra will be eligible for parole in 9 years. Hopefully, she isn’t granted parole and has to sit her janky a$$ down for the whole 30.

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