Wale is celebrating the release of his album “Ambition,” which is expected to sell 160k – 190k in its first week. Ambition is the DMV artist’s first release on Maybach Music. Wale performed at the Highline Ballroom last night with appearances from Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Trey Songz, Miguel and Ne-Yo . Wale’s current single with Miguel, “Lotus Flower Bomb” is a radio favorite and climbing the charts! Wale: “My First Album Wasn’t Marketed To Our People” [VIDEO] Wale Reveals “Ambition” Album Cover Click here , for the full story!
Taraji P. Henson appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” recently where she confirmed (and denied) some of the dating rumors that have followed her since her “Baby Boy” days. Here’s what she had to say: Tyrese Not all all – ever. I promise you. If I did I would tell [you]. First of all, I am a horrible liar, these big ole’ eyes will tell on me. Oh gosh. I can’t lie. If Tyrese and I crossed that line the love wouldn’t be there. The chemistry wouldn’t be there because Taraji and Tyrese did it. Common Okay I’ll tell you the truth, Common and I did date. All the rest no. Drake Drake was a friend. It was cute because I knew he liked me and I kept looking at him like ‘If you were ten years older, boy whew’ but no. I couldn’t because he is seven years older than my son. Terrence Howard Terrence and I never ever [dated]. Here’s my thing, I don’t mix business with pleasure and I’m saying this to the young girls out there that want to get into the business. Whatever you do in your private life should be just that, private. If you are a hoe, girl be a hoe behind the scenes because if you are having sex with them, why would they want to work with you again? Think about it. She also talks about being a hot mom to her 17-year-old son! Taraji Henson On Her 2009 Oscar Nomination: “I’m Glad I Didn’t Win” Taraji & Tyrese Reunite For Another John Singleton Film
Twilight idol Taylor Lautner may be new to the action hero game — well, at least as a young adult, now that his Shark Boy days are long gone — but he had a seasoned vet by his side on the set of John Singleton’s Abduction : Ellen Ripley herself, Sigourney Weaver. As a therapist to Lautner’s thrill-seeking teenager, who stumbles into the spy game after discovering the truth about his own childhood, she shows her young co-star how it’s done, effortlessly and with grace. But it wasn’t Lautner who studied Weaver’s body of work for pointers; instead, Weaver admitted, it was she who studied Lautner’s work — his work in the Twilight movies.
Look, people (that means you too, Twilight Moms): Taylor Lautner is all grown up now, legal and everything at 19 years of age. He’s got his first non- Twilight starring role coming up in John Singleton’s Abduction , which is also his first young adult bid for action supremacy. So even though he’s arguably the most legitimately nice young actor of his generation — seriously, this kid’s poised like a pro — he’s growing up on-screen faster than teen mom Bella Swan. And you know what that means? Steamy love scenes!
After spending the past four years as resident hottie werewolf Jacob Black in the Twilight franchise, Taylor Lautner is using his upcoming thriller Abduction to really showcase his range. We’ve already seen the teen heartthrob exhibit fear , stubble and action hero bravery . Now it’s time to see the serious side of Lautner via a trio of stills from John Singleton’s Abduction set.
‘I knew Ice Cube was a movie star before he knew he was a movie star,’ director tells MTV News. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Vanessa WhiteWolf Ice Cube in “Boyz N The Hood” in 1991 Photo: MTV News When John Singleton wrote and directed his 1991 film “Boyz n the Hood,” there was no grandiose cinematic inspiration or abstract muse. Instead, the Los Angeles native just wrote about what he knew best. “My biggest influence for making the film was my friends, my friends growing up, and how Los Angeles was in the ’80s and ’90s,” Singleton told MTV News. “None of the movies that we saw growing up had anybody, any characters in them that were like us. So we were like, ‘We should make a movie about what we go through, about what we see.’ ” Released on July 12, 1991, “Boyz n the Hood” was nominated for two Academy Awards and is hailed as a classic 20 years later. On July 19, the film will be re-released in Blu-ray. The movie’s impact doesn’t seem to surprise Singleton much; he kind of always knew things would turn out this way. “I was like, ‘Wow if I can get this in a film, a little bit of what this is, that life on film, then I think I’ll have something that will have a hard effect on people,’ ” he recalled. The film, starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut and Laurence Fishburne, is set in South Central, Los Angeles, a California neighborhood notorious for gang violence. At the center of the film is Tre Styles (Gooding Jr.), who tries to balance his father’s (Fishburne) life lessons with the harsh realities of the ‘hood in which he lived. Then there are half-brothers Doughboy (Cube) and Ricky Baker (Chestnut), two characters who couldn’t be more different. Doughboy, a stone-cold gangster, has street respect but very few prospects. His brother Ricky, however, is a young father and a star high school football player fielding sports scholarships from multiple colleges. In the end, Ricky’s bright future is brought to a dark close when he’s gunned down in an alleyway. Noted for its social message, “Boyz n the Hood” also marked the acting debut of rapper Ice Cube , who has gone on to star in movies like “Friday” with comedian Chris Tucker and “Anaconda” alongside Jennifer Lopez. Cube has also written, directed and produced a number of films as well. “I knew Ice Cube was a movie star before he knew he was a movie star,” Singleton said. “He just embodied that role and did a great job.” In fact, the director had a vision — not just for Cube, but for all the members of his former group as well. “The script was originally written for all of N.W.A. The character Doughboy was always meant for Ice Cube, but the whole script was written for all of the N.W.A guys to be in it,” Singleton revealed. Unfortunately, the casting didn’t go as planned, and years later, Dr. Dre expressed a bit of regret. “It’s funny, because when I told Dre that later on, he said, ‘Man, if you got any great ideas, you come to me again, you come to me,’ ” Singleton said with a chuckle. When asked why he thought the film holds up after 20 years, John Singleton offered this: “I think people are still talking about ‘Boyz n the Hood’ because it’s part of who they are. Even if they’re not from that environment, they really identify with those characters. Ultimately, the movie is kind of like a teenage story, it’s a teenage coming-of-age movie. People watch that movie and say, ‘Wow, look at the journey of these characters,’ and then they think about their own journey.” Check out everything we’ve got on “Boyz n the Hood.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘Boyz N The Hood’: A Look Back Related Artists Ice Cube
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…
Over the years of putting our own children to sleep and keeping them asleep, and counseling thousands of other moms and dads on various styles of nighttime parenting, here are some time-tested, proven attitudes and techniques. Most of these are applicable to infants and toddlers of all ages. New App BabyOnTime Will Give You Time 1- Develop a realistic attitude about nighttime parenting. Sleeping, like eating, is not a state you can force a baby into. Best you can do is to create a secure environment that allows sleep to overtake your baby. A realistic long- term goal is to help your baby develop a healthy attitude about sleep: that sleep is a pleasant state to enter and a secure state to remain in. Many sleep problems in older children and adults stem from children growing up with an unhealthy attitude about sleep—that sleep was not a pleasant state to enter and was a fearful state to remain in. 2. Stay flexible. No single approach will work with all babies all the time or even all the time with the same baby. Don’t persist with a failing experiment. If the “sleep program” isn’t working for your family, drop it. Develop a nighttime parenting style that works for you. Babies have different nighttime temperaments and families have varied lifestyles. Keep working at a style of nighttime parenting that fits the temperament of your baby and your own lifestyle. 3 Get baby used to a variety of sleep associations. The way an infant goes to sleep at night is the way she expects to go back to sleep when she awakens. So, if your infant is always rocked or nursed to sleep, she will expect to be rocked or nursed back to sleep. When Is The Right Time To Introduce Technology To Your Kids? Tell us what works for you?
It is the 10 year anniversary of “Baby Boy,” the John Singleton classic featuring Tyrese Gibson and Taraji Henson. Tyrese visited Power 105.1′s “The Breakfast Club” to chop it up about working on Transformers 3, having “sex” with Taraji Henson and why he isn’t a relationship expert! Click here, to watch… “Transformers: Dark Of The Moon” Is All Heavy Metal With No Soul Tyrese Gibson: “It’s Expected Of Men To Cheat” [VIDEO]
It is the 10 year anniversary of “Baby Boy,” the John Singleton classic featuring Tyrese Gibson and Taraji Henson. Tyrese visited Power 105.1′s “The Breakfast Club” to chop it up about working on Transformers 3, having “sex” with Taraji Henson and why he isn’t a relationship expert! Click here, to watch… “Transformers: Dark Of The Moon” Is All Heavy Metal With No Soul Tyrese Gibson: “It’s Expected Of Men To Cheat” [VIDEO]
