Source: Kris Connor / Getty Oh No! Empire star Jussie Smollet was reportedly a victim of a homophobic attack in Chicago! According to TMZ.com, Smollet had just landed in Chicago from NYC around 2 am, he went to a local Subway to get some food when someone yelled, “Aren’t you that f***ot Empire n*****?” Then 2 men, wearing masks, allegedly viciously attacked Jussie as he fought back, but they beat him badly and fractured a rib. During the attack, the men shouted, “This is MAGA Country.” Jussie was taken to Northwestern Memorial where he was treated and released. Sources say that 8 days prior, Smollett allegedly received a note with cut out letters spelling, “You will die black f**.” Chicago PD is investigating the incident as a battery.
Source: Adam Bielawski/WENN.com / WENN Remember the days when people had to wait for Super Bowl Sunday before they’d be able to see the commercials that cost companies millions of dollars for air time on the scared sports day? Yeah, the internet kinda ruined that but we ain’t mad. Today we get the official Super Bowl Sunday Pepsi commercial that features your all-time favorite Love & Hip Hop star, Cardi B , Steve Carrell and Lil Jon. You know you’ve made it to another stratosphere when you’re the biggest name in a commercial that features an Oscar nominated actor and multi-platinum music producer who’s more than a decade in the game. Okuurrrr? Set in a restaurant the commercial features the three celebrities ensuring a customer that ordering a Pepsi is all kinds of “okay” over getting a Coca-Cola. Will Coke clap back at this commercial? Maybe get Nicki Minaj to do a last minute response? Probably not but hope springs eternal, right? Check out the comedic commercial below and appreciate Cardi B while she’s still here and rubbing these far-right Trumpians the wrong way. They crazy, b.
Source: The 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards Show held at The Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta – Inside Featuring: Bobby Shmurda Where: Atlanta, Georgia, United States When: 20 Sep 2014 Credit: WENN.com It’s been a little more than four years since Bobby Shmurda was arrested on weapons and conspiracy charges. While it seemed likely he wouldn’t see the light of day for a lot longer, Bobby’s mother, Leslie Pollard , informed fans that Bobby should be coming home by 2020. Yesterday Ms. Pollard continued to keep Shmurda fans hopes up as she posted a picture of her recent visit with the “Hot N*gga” rapper with a caption that read, “Great visit with my stinky…..the count down continues 22 months to go. Chewy is in great spirits he sends his Love and he can not wait to be back to work.” Talk about more power in a mother’s hand than a king’s scepter. Hopefully Bobby will be able to pick up where he left off and get back in the rap game up and running.
Watch what you say in front of the mirror. It looks like our favorite homicidal urban legend will soon be back on the big screen. Word is Lakeith Stanfield is in talks to star in Candyman . Produced by Jordan Peele the film is said to be a sequel to the 1992 horror classic. Based on Clive Barker’s The Forbidden short story, the original follows a female student researching urban legends. Her work leads her to the ghost of an artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late-19th century called Candyman. Screen Rant is reporting that Stanfield will play Anthony, an artist researching the gory myth who eventually summons the killer spirit. His name seems very purposeful as the original protagonist Helen escapes Candyman’s trap with a baby named Anthony in the final scene. Whether or not his role indicates he is indeed the infant has yet to be confirmed. If casted the booking should not come as a surprise considering that Stanfield has worked with Peele previously in the horror comedy satire hit Get Out . Candyman went on to become a cult classic spawning two sequels including Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) and Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999). You can view the trailer to the original below. Photo: WENN.com
Source: Capcom Resident Evil 2 currently has gamers clutching their pearls and now news of TV series based on the fan-favorite survival horror franchise has surfaced. Deadline exclusively reports Netflix is developing a scripted series loosely based on the video game franchise “that will explore the dark inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation and the new world order caused by the outbreak of the T-virus.” Constantin Film, the studio behind the highly-successful Resident Evil film franchise helmed by Paul W.S. Anderson starring his wife Mila Jovovich as the main protagonist Alice will also be working on the show. Per Deadline: “The drama series will explore the dark inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation and the new world order caused by the outbreak of the T-virus. While the project is in the early stages, the series is expected to incorporate all of Resident Evil’s signature elements, including action sequences and “easter eggs.” No word on whether the show will be in the same universe of the movies or will starts fresh. This news also comes on the helms of a report of the studio hiring Johannes Roberts to write and direct a Resident Evil reboot with a new cast that will reportedly be based on the Resident Evil VII game taking the franchise back to its horror roots. — Photo: Capcom
Source: Terence Patrick / Getty The cast of This Is Us took home a phenomenal win at the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night—and they all looked amazing, especially the adorable kids who play younger versions of the Pearson triplets. Beating out the competition, it was the second year in a row the NBC series won the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. If you’ve been tuning in , there’s no way you’re surprised…the show is known to simultaneously inspire tears, laughter, shock, and hope, all while taking on issues of race, body image, sexuality, and mental health. Loved @SterlingKBrown and his wife’s celebration #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/TtlWeCqB9a — B E A N Z | Currently stuck in Raccoon City (@PhotosByBeanz) January 28, 2019 As they hit the stage to accept the prestigious award, actor Justin Hartley said “Thank you so much for embracing a show that’s about life and its unpredictable loss and its sweet, sweet victories and inclusivity.” We approve this message. Source: Kevork Djansezian / Getty Hit the flip for more must-see photos of the cast. Niles Fitch , Lyric Ross , and Sterling K. Brown are pictured above in a super sweet moment.
Source: JLN Photography/WENN.com / WENN Already dogged by a towering number of allegations since the airing of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly , the singer is contending with another claim of violence and abuse. In 2017, sources say Kelly slammed his ex-girlfriend Halle Calhoun into a backstage wall in a jealous rage but Kelly’s camp says the incident never happened. TMZ reports : The sources connected to Halle say the attack went down sometime in 2017. Halle — a Georgia woman who was 19 or 20 and living with the singer at the time — was attending one of his concerts, and when he came backstage afterward, we’re told he accused her of looking at another man. We’re told Halle took the first shot, shoving R. Kelly … who retaliated by grabbing her by her clothes “around her neck” and tossing her like a rag doll into a wall. The alleged incident went down in front of multiple witnesses — including Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary, we’re told. Halle was most upset R. Kelly had broken her necklace, a beloved cross that belonged to a family member. Our sources say there were at least 2 other violent incidents, including one where R. Kelly allegedly slapped Halle — again, because he thought she had looked at a group of men as they entered a hotel. The source adds that Calhoun has long since moved on and is now dating rapper Rocko. — Photo: WENN
Source: Andy Lyons / Getty Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo is out for the season after suffering a ruptured quad injury on Wednesday and over the weekend after receiving support and encouragement from across the league and fans, he finally spoke out about his season-ending injury on Instagram. “It’s going to be tough but tough times don’t last tough people do,” Oladipo wrote in an Instagram caption . “It’s time for me to truly practice what I preach and trust my God in heaven and the plan he has for me. I will be back better than ever and if you question that well, thank you. Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world! I am #UnBreakable .” Oladipo also went on to thank everyone for their outpouring of support. “Thank you to everyone including all my teammates, pacer fans and staff.” Oladipo said. “Thank you to all the NBA fans around the world and all my brothers around the league who texted, called, tweeted and posted me I am truly thankful.” See Oladipo’s full caption and picture on IG below:
Source: Blackbird Film Fest Team / Blackbird Film Fest Team In a recent interview with Vulture , Mo’Nique didn’t hold back and had some choice words about Whoopi Goldberg . “She’s always been the help,” the Oscar winner said about her fellow Oscar winner. See, her comments were related to the last time she was in the hot seat The View discussing her career and 2018 Netflix boycott for offering a measly 500K for her own stand-up special. Apparently, Whoopi told her she could have “schooled” the veteran comedian on how to understand contracts. “When you have a woman saying, ‘I could have schooled you,’ someone would say, ‘What was the schooling going to be?’ When I look at this woman you say is our icon and our legend — she is,” Mo’Nique stressed. “But, how many things has Whoopi Goldberg executive produced? Whoopi Goldberg has always been the help, and I say that humbly. So what is it that you’re going to school me on? I’ve been doing it for almost 30 years.” (FACT CHECK: Vanity Fair pointed out that Goldberg has actually produced 30 projects, but we digress.) In addition, the actress brought up some of Whoopi’s own problematic past. “This is a woman who says ‘I could have schooled you,’ and this is a woman who accepted Ted Danson in blackface, and our community praises this woman,” she added. “So often times, we do it to ourselves. But, I just can’t. Understand, I love my sister. However, when you know you’re being fed the wrong food, you must say, ‘I can’t chew this, y’all.’” Mo also shared some details about a behind the scenes conversation she had with Whoopi, expressing to The View co-host that she hoped her boycott would help the future queens in comedy who should know to demand their worth. According to her, Whoopi wasn’t having that either. “In that moment I knew I was looking at a woman who didn’t give a damn about me,” Mo’Nique said. “And if she’s telling me, ‘Stop worrying about that little girl who not here yet,’ well, she forgot about the ones that came before her who were worried about her.” Welp! Mo’Nique called Whoopi “the help.” pic.twitter.com/H0ajGSBYPS — [kie.ran] (@danblackroyd) January 25, 2019 Mo wasn’t done though. In that same interview she kept it 100 about Tyler Perry. Remember, last summer she released a secret recording of the director and Precious executive producer telling her she had been mistreated by those in the industry and how her career stalled after winning the Academy Award. Caught on tape, Perry claimed he was going to speak up for her. Yet, let Mo tell it, that never happened. “Here’s the thing: he’s never done it,” Mo’Nique said. “We had given Tyler Perry a year to keep his word. Brother, you said you were going to come out and say something. Well, you never came out and said anything. And what was disheartening was people who were saying, ‘How could you tape him?’ But, they weren’t saying, ‘Oh my God, did you hear what he said? He said she wasn’t wrong.’” She continued, saying, “We didn’t accept any money.” Neither Whoopi or Tyler have responded to Mo’Nique’s comments. RELATED NEWS: Pray Tell…Why Is Mo’Nique Still Defending Her ‘Sister’ Roseanne Barr? Mo’Nique’s Snatched Waist Is Everything You Need Today! Mo’Nique With The Receipts, Shows Email Of Netflix Offering Her Only $500K
Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty “Black Panther” took the top award at Sunday’s 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, as the cast won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, beating out Star Is Born, Crazy Rich Asians, BlacKkKlansman and Bohemian Rhapsody. While accepting the award Chadwick who was joined on stage by Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nygong’o, Danai Gurira, Andy Serkis, Sterling K. Brown, and Angela Bassett, gave a passionate speech about being “young, gifted and black.” “Well, I’ll be,” Chadwick Boseman, said. “To be young, gifted and black, we all know what it’s like to be told that there is not a place for you to be featured. Yet you are young, gifted and black. We know what it’s like to be told there’s not a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on, we know what it’s like to be the tail and not the head. We know what it’s like to be beneath, and not above. And that is what we went to work with every day,” Boseman also thanked “genius” director Ryan Coogler and Marvel Studios chief and master architect Kevin Feige. Watch Boseman’s full acceptance speech below: . @theblackpanther takes home the Actor® for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture! #sagawards Great and moving speech from @chadwickboseman pic.twitter.com/Nw2UGbs712 — TNT Drama (@tntdrama) January 28, 2019
