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Chris Rock Plans To Revive 'Saw' Franchise
2019 BET Awards: Cardi B With 7 Nominations
Cardi B performs onstage as Fashion Nova Presents: Party With Cardi on May 9, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
Funnyman Chris Rock is taking a stab at the dark world of horror films in his latest venture. Alongside Lionsgate, the award-winning comedian plans to reboot the 2004 Saw franchise, Deadline reports. “I’ve been a fan of Saw since the first film in 2004,” Rock said. “I am excited by the op- portunity to take this to a re- ally intense and twisted new place.”
Rock wrote the screenplay for the forthcoming film and will work with Pete Goldfin- ger and Josh Stolberg, who
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Alabama has officially become the state with the most restric- tive abortion law in the country. On Wednesday evening (May 15), Governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into state law, making abortion nearly illegal. There are no exemptions within the new law, not even in the in- stances of rape and incest. The Alabama Human Life Protection Act also makes sure that doctors who perform abortions during any stage in pregnancy could be criminally punished and face life in prison.
Naturally, the controversial law has received immense back- lash from celebrities and regular citizens alike. One superstar who has spoken out against the law is Rihanna, who took to
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DJ Khaled To Donate Proceeds Of Nipsey Hussle Song 'Higher' To His Kids
DJ KHALED, JOHN LEGEND AND NISPEY HUSSLE IN THE VIDEO FOR ‘HIGHER’
adaptedthescriptforthesilver screen. The legendary come-
dian will also executive pro- duce the film with Lionsgate.
Rihanna Calls Out Alabama Governor Kay Ivey For Abortion Ban
The blackest night in enter- tainment is returning for an- other round this summer! You hear that? It’s the sound of Bardi Gang rolling their tongues to scream a rousing, “Okurrt!”
That’s right, 2019 is the year of Cardi B, who leads the pack of 2019 BET Awards nominations. The Invasion of Privacy artist racked in a total of seven noms, including Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and Album of the Year
Drake is second on the leaders board with five noms,
including Male Hip-Hop Artist and is going toe-to-toe with Cardi (who has two noms in the same category) for the Video of the Year win.
Beyoncé, Travis Scott, and J. Cole tie for the bronze, each receiving four nomina- tions.
As for film, it looks like vis- ceral and heartfelt stories dominated — BlacKkKlans- man, Creed II, If Beale Street Could Talk, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, and The Hate U Give received nomina- tions this year for Best Movie.
her Instagram page to condemn Governor Ivey for signing the bill.
"Take a look," she wrote in her caption. "These are the idiots making decisions for WOMEN
in America. Governor Kay Ivey...SHAME ON YOU!!!!" Ri- hanna's post included a picture of the senators, 25 white men, who helped bring the law to fruition.
Funk Legend George Clinton Accused Of Plying Bandmates With Drugs In Fight Over Royalties
of Nipsey's soul," Khaled shared in his Instagram post. "It is in this spirit, of moving forward, of preserving his mis- sion that I, my co-writers, pro- ducers and label partners are donating 100% of all our pro- ceeds from 'Higher' to Nipsey's children, Emani and Kross."
In his caption, the DJ fur- ther expressed his love for Nipsey. "[Higher is a] gift from my brother Nipsey that we want to share with the world. We miss you and we will forever keep your legacy going. The Marathon Contin- ues. God Bless You."
George Clinton allegedly walked around his band offering up bumps of cocaine from his “long fingernail,” but the estate of one former member claims the funk legend actually turned his bandmates into drug fiends and cost them tons of money as they sought help for addiction.
The estate of George “Bernie” Worrell Jr. filed a lawsuit against Clinton and his Thang Inc. Worrell is a former bandmate of Clinton’s who co- wrote and performed on a ma- jority of Clinton’s songs from the 1970’s and 1980’s including those he did with Parliament and Funkadelic.
He passed away in June 2016,
GEORGE CLINTON
and his widow says Bernie and
Clinton had a deal on royalties they agreed upon back in 1976.
Bernie’s widow claims, “Clin- ton has a history of fraud, de- ceit, and delinquency when it comes to the performance of contracts that he has entered into on behalf of himself or his companies.” She also points to a recent documentary featuring other band members accusing Clinton of providing them with drugs and then deducting the amount from their paychecks. Bernie did not take part in the documentary nor are any allega- tions of drug issues in the law- suit pertaining to him.
The documentary in question
is named “Tear the Roof Off: The Untold Story of Parliament Funkadelic.”
DJ Khaled’s new albulm Father of Asahd features a song with John Legend and the late Nipsey Hussle. Prior to Nipsey's death, the three co-collaborators filmed a music video for their song "Higher." Khaled has now taken to his Instagram account to address the track and honor Nipsey. With the release of "Higher," Khaled will donate the song's proceeds to Nipsey's children, Emani and Kross Asghedom.
"The very title of the song reminds us that vibrating on a 'Higher' level was the essence
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