Source: Michael Tran / Getty As folks prep for the release of A Wrinkle in Time this Friday, expert musician and drummer for The Roots, Questlove, wants to make sure kids young and old can see the movie. He went on Twitter Monday to announce the #WrinkleChallege — a campaign that would push major celebs to donate to a fundraiser helping kids see the movie. *breaking news* im startin the #WRINKLEchallenge — because it's IMPORTANT that children see this film. if you are able to donate ($10 bucks or $10 katrillion) please rise to the occasion. SUPER EASY! click here https://t.co/rCnBXfRqRG — Questlove Gomez (@questlove) March 6, 2018 Questlove wasn’t playing games with his challenge. He already called out some big names to drop some cash. He even went to the big O herself. Swipe through to peep how Questlove argued his case to famous friends. It seems his work is already paying off. The director of A Wrinkle in Time , Ava DuVernay , approves. Waking up to your gorgeous, late-night #WRINKLEchallenge . What a glorious person you are. https://t.co/A76dv7u8Pr — Ava DuVernay (@ava) March 6, 2018
Nicky Nelson/Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com 50 Cent Fires Shots At Rick Ross Despite Possible Life Support Status 50 Cent once rapped “Many men, wished death upon me… ” but now he seems to be wishing exactly that on his foe Rick Ross who was hospitalized this week after a reported bout with pneumonia. 50 Cent posted this photo of Ivan Drago from Rocky IV . Fans of the movie will recall the still is a shot from a scene where Drago says, “If he dies, he dies.” Watch it below: Even as 50 was encouraged to delete the post, he has continued to keep it up, instead adding a photo of Al Pacino as Scarface, with the caption “Yeah I’m different.” Somebody get 50 some therapy quick…
Nicky Nelson/Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com 50 Cent Fires Shots At Rick Ross Despite Possible Life Support Status 50 Cent once rapped “Many men, wished death upon me… ” but now he seems to be wishing exactly that on his foe Rick Ross who was hospitalized this week after a reported bout with pneumonia. 50 Cent posted this photo of Ivan Drago from Rocky IV . Fans of the movie will recall the still is a shot from a scene where Drago says, “If he dies, he dies.” Watch it below: Even as 50 was encouraged to delete the post, he has continued to keep it up, instead adding a photo of Al Pacino as Scarface, with the caption “Yeah I’m different.” Somebody get 50 some therapy quick…
Sometime between when the first trailer for Bruce Willis’ Death Wish film that hit the internet last August and the new batch of trailers that came out this year, it became clear that the folks over at MGM realized they f*cked up. The most recent trailers have shown Bruce Willis as a man on a mission, avenging his family and killing mostly-white thugs in the path. Pretty innocuous, right? The first trailer, however, is an orgy of gun fetishizing, gas lighting and Zimmerman-esque vigilanteism. It has all the makings of a movie that encourages buying guns and using them to kill black people in the name of “justice.” In fact, the trailer encourages it. The trailer, and movie, has all the alt-right NRA talking points. We start with Sway ( we need answers about this, Sway ) talking about violence in Chicago, which is as much of a dog whistle as anyone can pull off. As you probably know, racists like to point to Chicago violence as a stand-in for “black on black” crime to deflect any time black people bring up actual anti-black violence. In fact, your own president has echoed those same sentiments. Then we have Bruce Willis in a LITERAL hoodie – get it? A hoodie, guys! – shooting people in his brand of justice. Of course, he’s on this revenge quest because of a home invasion that leaves his wife dead and daughter in a coma – the huge fireworks endorsement of the gun enthusiasts’ need to arm themselves in the first place. Then we get Bruce buying a gun at the store, a reminder that anyone can get guns to seek revenge on (black) people whenever they want. And then he does just that, gunning down black people in broad daylight. The kicker? His therapist tells him that whatever he’s doing, it seems to be good for his mental health, with the insinuation being that gunning down black folks thanks to the ability to buy guns at the grocery store is chicken soup for the racist white man’s soul. In the months since that first trailer – and the strategic pushing back of the movie’s release date that followed, Death Wish’s marketing team has tried its hardest to remove any and all killing of black people by a hooded white man from its promotion. Because, again, they knew they f*cked up. But the marketing course correction doesn’t make up for what the movie is in whole: a commercial for buying guns and using them on black people in the name of fictionalized fears based on centuries of white supremacists portrayal of said people. I don’t care what Eli Roth or Bruce Willis say the movie is about, it’s about a time-honored American tradition of arming white men with weapons to kill black people. It’s a cinematic portrayal of the NRA’s blatant racism. Death Wish will probably bomb, especially under the ecliptic power of Black Panther , but any person who lays eyes on the movie is one too many. Because the film wasn’t just made to celebrate white anti-black vigilanteism, it was made to encourage that violence. Movies like this shouldn’t be made. This isn’t even a censorship debate, either, because censorship is about silencing work that is offensive. Death Wish isn’t offensive. It’s deadly. It is less a movie as it is an advertisement for racist violence. Not only should Death Wish not be supported, but we should have a list of everyone involved in the flick – black and white – and vow to never support any of them again.
Sometime between when the first trailer for Bruce Willis’ Death Wish film that hit the internet last August and the new batch of trailers that came out this year, it became clear that the folks over at MGM realized they f*cked up. The most recent trailers have shown Bruce Willis as a man on a mission, avenging his family and killing mostly-white thugs in the path. Pretty innocuous, right? The first trailer, however, is an orgy of gun fetishizing, gas lighting and Zimmerman-esque vigilanteism. It has all the makings of a movie that encourages buying guns and using them to kill black people in the name of “justice.” In fact, the trailer encourages it. The trailer, and movie, has all the alt-right NRA talking points. We start with Sway ( we need answers about this, Sway ) talking about violence in Chicago, which is as much of a dog whistle as anyone can pull off. As you probably know, racists like to point to Chicago violence as a stand-in for “black on black” crime to deflect any time black people bring up actual anti-black violence. In fact, your own president has echoed those same sentiments. Then we have Bruce Willis in a LITERAL hoodie – get it? A hoodie, guys! – shooting people in his brand of justice. Of course, he’s on this revenge quest because of a home invasion that leaves his wife dead and daughter in a coma – the huge fireworks endorsement of the gun enthusiasts’ need to arm themselves in the first place. Then we get Bruce buying a gun at the store, a reminder that anyone can get guns to seek revenge on (black) people whenever they want. And then he does just that, gunning down black people in broad daylight. The kicker? His therapist tells him that whatever he’s doing, it seems to be good for his mental health, with the insinuation being that gunning down black folks thanks to the ability to buy guns at the grocery store is chicken soup for the racist white man’s soul. In the months since that first trailer – and the strategic pushing back of the movie’s release date that followed, Death Wish’s marketing team has tried its hardest to remove any and all killing of black people by a hooded white man from its promotion. Because, again, they knew they f*cked up. But the marketing course correction doesn’t make up for what the movie is in whole: a commercial for buying guns and using them on black people in the name of fictionalized fears based on centuries of white supremacists portrayal of said people. I don’t care what Eli Roth or Bruce Willis say the movie is about, it’s about a time-honored American tradition of arming white men with weapons to kill black people. It’s a cinematic portrayal of the NRA’s blatant racism. Death Wish will probably bomb, especially under the ecliptic power of Black Panther , but any person who lays eyes on the movie is one too many. Because the film wasn’t just made to celebrate white anti-black vigilanteism, it was made to encourage that violence. Movies like this shouldn’t be made. This isn’t even a censorship debate, either, because censorship is about silencing work that is offensive. Death Wish isn’t offensive. It’s deadly. It is less a movie as it is an advertisement for racist violence. Not only should Death Wish not be supported, but we should have a list of everyone involved in the flick – black and white – and vow to never support any of them again.
Source: Bravo / Getty “The Read” podcast celebrated their five year anniversary over the weekend by selling out the Apollo theater and having a good ol’ Black time. five years. #TheRead heard in over 50 countries and 65 million listens worldwide. over 50,000 tickets sold worldwide. one of apple's most downloaded comedies of 2017. : @HeyFranHey pic.twitter.com/v0VNj6p3jb — king crissle (@crissles) February 18, 2018 Okay so the Read Live was everything. @crissles actually got hit by a bus and still came out in all this snow. And @KidFury is fine af. — darien xavier (@houseof_darien) February 18, 2018 If you know anything about Kid Fury and Crissle , you know that they both share a love for the movie Sister Act — the sequel specifically. So much so that the intro to their live show was a lit lip sync performance of “Joyful Joyful”: Y’all. They had folks doing (lip syncing) the last performance from Sister Act 2! LMAO! I got it all. And I got my life. #TheReadLiveNYC #TheReadLive pic.twitter.com/MPgAMv3NVr — mirah (@lovefree16) February 18, 2018 Congrats to Kid Fury and Crissle on going five years strong in the podcast game and still remaining their best Black selves. Hit the flip to see the original “Joyful Joyful” performance to refresh your memory.
Source: Jeffrey Mayer / Getty In case you were wondering, Creed II is on the way! While Michael B. Jordan is still on a high from his epic portrayal of Erik Killmonger in Black Panther, the movie poster for Creed II has officially dropped. Creed was initially directed by Ryan Coogler, who also directed Fruitvale Station and Black Panther. This go round, the film will be directed by Steven Caple, J. The film is slated for a November 2018 release. Excited for Coogler to hand over the reins to Steven Caple, Jr. – our director for Creed 2! Can’t wait to bring you guys the next chapter of our story … coming at you November 2018. #Creed2 — Michael B. Jordan (@michaelb4jordan) December 11, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Source: Jeffrey Mayer / Getty In case you were wondering, Creed II is on the way! While Michael B. Jordan is still on a high from his epic portrayal of Erik Killmonger in Black Panther, the movie poster for Creed II has officially dropped. Creed was initially directed by Ryan Coogler, who also directed Fruitvale Station and Black Panther. This go round, the film will be directed by Steven Caple, J. The film is slated for a November 2018 release. Excited for Coogler to hand over the reins to Steven Caple, Jr. – our director for Creed 2! Can’t wait to bring you guys the next chapter of our story … coming at you November 2018. #Creed2 — Michael B. Jordan (@michaelb4jordan) December 11, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Source: Corbis/VCG / Getty Cartoons make life so simple. Growing up we thought we could scam movie theaters by disguising ourselves and purchasing one ticket for two people. Who would have thought that wasn’t possible? Cartoons lied! Check out a video of two guys trying to use this method to sneak into “Black Panther”. We tried getting the two for one special at black panther. The manager was not having it. pic.twitter.com/Ktqsuh7s3m — Pillsbury (@stevelikescups) February 16, 2018 Another angle of standing in line. pic.twitter.com/wYi9r3hFeq — Pillsbury (@stevelikescups) February 17, 2018 Well, it worked for these guys! pic.twitter.com/XyMbxCv0Be — Me, An Intellectual (@tweetsbydrai_no) February 17, 2018 who else seen this ^ tweet and immediately thought of this pic.twitter.com/jqAfq6R3Hy — danielit (@javorus_moore) February 17, 2018 okay time to relive this childhood scene pic.twitter.com/wyqJ11pmL1 — danielit (@javorus_moore) February 17, 2018 cc: @ericandre pic.twitter.com/cVO2bTn3Ph — Lavelle Porter (@alavelleporter) February 17, 2018
