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Snoop Dogg To Produce New Weed Comedy
An upcoming marijuana comedy series is fetching the help of Snoop Dogg. The “Gin and Juice” rapper is set to executive produce and perform the theme song for a new MTV show called “Mary + Jane,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The hip-hop icon will also guest star at some point in the first season of the show, though network execs say he won’t play himself. “You don’t know when he’s going to appear,” executive producer Deborah Kaplan said. “You have to watch all the way to an end to see him.” The new series centers on a pair of millennial girls who lead an all-female pot delivery service in…
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Jame Foxx in New Verizon Commercial
Sunday’s big NBA Finals Game 7 showdown might not have come with the half-time entertainment of a Super Bowl game, but viewers, particularly hip-hop fans, got a good laugh seeing Jamie Foxx’s impersonation of Future’s father during a Verizon commercial spot. “Past,” as Foxx calls himself in the music video-styled clip, raps auto-tuned bars that take on rival AT&T and advertize the company’s service features. Donning a leisure suit and wide brim hat, the dredlocked Foxx goes about dabbing and adlibbing in the likeness of the Atlanta rapper, while his “Commas” instrumental plays. “It ain’t about can you hear me now, it’s about can you see me now,” he says…
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Michael Jace Found Guilty of Murdering Wife
A Los Angeles jury convicted actor Michael Jace of murder Tuesday for the May 2014 shooting death of his wife. The 53-year old actor fatally shot his wife three times in their home. Prosecutors said April Jace was in the process of seeking a divorce at the time. They say Michael Jace deliberately loaded his gun and took aim at his 40-year old wife in front of their two young children. April was reportedly shot at such close range, death investigators found gunpowder where the bullets hit her legs. Jace later told cops he only meant to shoot her in the leg because he was angry with her. Defense lawyer…
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Tyler Perry Leaves Madea For TMNT
While Madea has been extremely good to Tyler Perry, and vice versa, parenthood changes folks. Such was the case when it came down to Perry’s decision to jump on the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows” wagon as the long suffering mad scientist “Baxter Stockman.” “My son getting an opportunity to see me do something other than ‘Madea,’ this sounds really, really good,” stated Perry with a smile. Perry is not only the head of a sizable entertainment empire, but also a vastly successful multi-hyphenate actor, producer, screenwriter, playwright, author and songwriter. He was ranked by Forbes in 2011 as the highest paid man in entertainment, having earned…
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NASA’s African American Mathematicians
The story of the space race has been told from a million angles. But there’s one perspective that our pop culture has long overlooked: the voices of African American women who worked at NASA as mathematicians. In her upcoming book Hidden Figures, author Margot Lee Shetterly describes the lives of women like Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson who played significant roles in Americans getting into orbit and then to the moon. They worked as NASA’s first computers, crunching numbers long before the invention of the hardware we call computers today. Hidden Figures is set to come out in September and on its heels will be a film adaptation starring none other…
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SCM AWARDS RECAP
If you weren’t in Memphis this past weekend then where the hell were you?!! Well, I was there and let me just tell you.. the 2016 SCM Awards were the epitome of dopeness as usual. Throughout the weekend I caught dope performances from all over the country From Denver,Colorado to the bottom of the Pan Handle State artists, DJs, models, producers, and all kinds of industry heavy hitters showed up to take advantage of this awesome networking opportunity that CEO Jay Shields has continued to provide over the past 8 years. Bigga Rankin hosted the hell out of the ceremony along with the beautiful Ms. Lovely Vonn. I ran around so much…
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Lee Daniels Drops Out of Richard Pryor Biopic
Oscar nominated filmmaker Lee Daniels became the barer of bad news Sunday, May 9, when it was announced that he was abandoning his role at the helm of the long anticipated Richard Pryor biopic. Sources for the 56-year-old executive producer of Fox‘s “Empire” cited scheduling difficulties as the reason he will be side stepping the project. Past Daniels production partner, the Weinstein Company, have confirmed that they are in search of replacement to begin shooting on the film in October. The making of a biopic on the legendary Pryor has been in the works for over a decade, dating back to the comedian’s own participation in the prospective flick before…
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Denzel Washington Event Raises $17M Museum
When you have as much star power and influence as Denzel and Pauletta Washington and it’s put to good use, amazing things happen. While Barack Obama was giving his final speech at the White House Correspondents’ dinner Saturday night, the Washingtons were throwing a lavish party with some of Hollywood’s biggest names, all in support of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens later this year. The fundraiser was an effort to secure the final monies needed for the museum, and needless to say, when the Washingtons put out a call, their friends have no problem donating. The museum’s total cost amounts to $540 million,…
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Vanessa Williams Joins TNT’s ‘The Librarians’
Vanessa Williams is joining the third season of TNT’s “The Librarians,” Variety has learned. Williams joins in a recurring role, playing General Rockwell, the tough, brilliant head of the top secret, black ops secret government agency, known as D.O.S.A. Investigating “Statistical Anomalies,” Williams’ character sets her sights on apprehending the Librarians and obtaining the magical artifacts contained in the Library. The third season of TNT’s fan-favorite series will see the Librarians confronting a new antagonist, which has shown up in the form of D.O.S.A. — The Department of Statistical Anomalies — whose mission is to apprehend the Librarians and take control of the Library and all the magical artifacts hidden…
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‘Underground’ Renewed for Season 2
WGN America has renewed “Underground” for a second season, the network announced Monday. The series, created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, is currently averaging over 1 million viewers per episode in live-plus-same-day ratings and 3 million viewers in live-plus-seven. It was also the sixth highest-rated scripted series premiere of any cable drama this season. “With enormous pride we are announcing a second season of ‘Underground,’ a series that has resonated with so many passionate fans across the country,” said Matt Cherniss president and general manager of WGN America. “We are deeply proud of the work that the talented cast, crew and production team have done to bring this story…
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