Boyz N The Hood turns 20 this month! NPR did an excellent piece on the film and director John Singleton this morning and we want to share some of our favorite bits with you. If you prefer to just listen to the radio broadcast you can check it out below: Keep clicking for photos and quotes…
It’s that time of the year again when your loser younger brother spends all day smoking pot and eating Doritos to celebrate 4/20, the weed smoker’s national holiday. For the rest of us, we just go about life like it’s another day. Even if we don’t indulge in the goony goo goo, we can still appreciate the artistry of those that do. These potheads, after all, make some really great movies. Here are the 10 best stoner movies of all time.
Ice Cube has signed on to be the face of Coors Light’s upcoming multicutural advertising campaign. Cube will be taking part in the brand’s attempt to broaden their customer base and edge out competitors like Budweiser. SURVEY: 80% Of Singles Disapprove Of Sex On The First Date; Do You? From AdAge.com : Ice Cube will appear in ads by Chicago-based multicultural agency Commonground, in which he stares down Coors Light bottles in a battle of who’s colder. The spots hold promise of crossover appeal, judging by the spirited reaction last week by the overwhelmingly white, middle-age audience of distributors, who gave most of MillerCoors’ other new creative only polite applause. RELATED: Ice Cube In Talks To Join Cast Of “21 Jump Street” Film RELATED: Ice Cube Accepts Common’s Movie Offer
Remember when shows like Home Improvement would let you in on “100th Episode” after-parties, and you’d see Patricia Richardson cutting a big cake and Zachary Ty Bryan sniffling into his own flannel pullover? Well, the 100-episode hallmark is apparently no longer as momentous — because Ice Cube’s new sitcom Are We There Yet? is reportedly close to a 90-episode order only after airing 10 on the cable network.