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Trailer For ‘Superfly’ Remake Released
Rihanna A Part Of All-Star Cast Of ‘Ocean 8’
The teaser trailer just dropped for the “Superfly” re- make, based on the 1972 blax- ploitation action film about a cocaine dealer named Young- blood Priest looking to make one final sale.
The teaser shows an up- dated take on the classic film and stars ‘Grown-ish star, Trevor Jackson.“I’m so ex- cited,” Trevor tells rap- up about the project. “It’s a classic film we’re remaking.
Trevor Jackson is Young- blood Priest in the ‘Superfly’ remake.
It’s basically about this guy who is really, really young but
he also has a very, very top po- sition in the drug game. He wants to leave, but because he has his hand in so many pots, and so many people depend on him for bread, it’s kind of diffi- cult.”
Jackson says the pic will feature “a lot of fighting.”
“I did all of my own stunts,” he reveals. “My back hurts. My knees hurt.
“Superfly” is set to hit the- aters June 15.
The new official trailer for Ocean’s 8 is trending on YouTube. The teaser for the upcoming Gary Ross-di- rected heist flick has already passed the 2 million view mark in one day.
Ocean’s 8 stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Helena Bon- ham Carter, and music su- perstar Rihanna. The movie is a spinoff of the popular film franchise that began with 2001’s Ocean's Eleven.
Warner Bros Pictures is scheduled to release Ocean’s
Creflo Dollar Defends Snoop Dogg’s Gospel Album
The all-star cast of Ocean 8, includes superstar singer Ri- hanna.
Last month, Snoop Dogg earned his first #1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart with the release of Bible of Love.
Even though certain listen- ers gravitated toward the LP, some Christians were both- ered by the former gangsta rapper trying his hand at spir- itual music.
Snoop did find one reli- gious defender in Creflo Dol- lar, pastor of World Changers
Church International in At- lanta. He recently addressed his congregation on the topic of grace.
Pastor Dollar called out the "Holy Ghost police" for questioning whether someone has done enough or been saved long enough to be re- spected by churchgoers. He told Christians criticizing Snoop's transition, "Y'all need to stop.”
8 on June 8, 2018. Sheree Whitfield Upset
Pastor Creflo Dollar defends Snoop Dogg.
Another one bites the bust or in this case the heel. Sheree Whitfield will not be return- ing to the season 11 of Real Housewives Of At- lanta.
Whitfield got fired from the show after filming season 10’s reunion episode according to Us Weekly. Her relationship to Tyrone Gilliam, her boyfriend serving 10 years in prison for wire fraud, could have also added to why the net- work has not asked her to come back.
Bravo can’t film inside or even outside the jail. This is causing a problem with her sto- ryline. There have also been re- ports that Whitfield’s good
Vincent Herbert Escorted Out Of Tamar’s Condo
Over Her Firing From RHOA
According to reports, there’s still drama going on be- tween Tamar Braxton and her estranged husband, Vin- cent Herbert. Earlier this week, an alleged situation be- tween the two took place at the singer’s condo in Beverly Hills. Things became so heated that security became involved.
On Tuesday night, a loud ar- gument between the pair be- came so disruptive that condo security intervened – accord- ing to a report. We hear that
Sherre Whitfield is no longer a cast member on RHOA.
friend, Kim Zolciak -Bier- mann will also not return to the show.
Tamar Braxton is divorcing her husband, Vincent Herbert.
The Rock Says Beef
security escorted Vincent out of the building and he is no
longer allowed on the prem- ises.
With Vin Diesel Is Real;
Spike Lee’s BlackkKlansman To Be Released One Year After
Focusing On Spinoff
On Aug. 11, 2017 white na- tionalists, and neo-nazis demonstrated in Char- lottesville, Va for a “Unite The Right” rally. As a result, 32- year-old Heather Hayer was killed and DeAndre Harris, a young black man, was se- verely beaten.
One year later on Aug. 10 2018, prolific filmmaker Spike Lee will return to the- aters with his newest motion picture BlackkKlansman.
The film is centered around Ron Stallworth who in the late 1970s infiltrated the high- est levels of the Klu Klux Klan through phone conversations
Spike Lee’s new movie about a black man that infiltrated the Klan will be released in August starring John David Washington (Denzel’s son).
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Vin Diesel still have beef.
in the next ‘Fast’ film. Mean- while, he and Jason Statham have a spinoff due out in 2019.
“Right now I’m concentrat- ing on making the [Fast and Furious Hobbs and Shaw] spinoff as good as it can be. ”
Charlottesville Incident
In a new recent Rolling Stone interview, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson seems to confirm that there is STILL some tension between him and Vin Diesel.
You recall how their egos clashed while working on the “Fast and Furious” and The Rock said he wasn’t sure if they’d work together for the ninth installment of the never- ending franchise.
He told Rolling Stone the pair had a confrontation on set last time.
The rumored tension be- tween the pair was reported back in 2016, when Johnson posted on Instagram that he had issues with one of his cast- mates, calling him a “can- dyass.”
Johnson later confirmed his beef with Diesel and also stated that he may not appear
and the help of a white cop who pretended to be him dur- ing meetings.
Playing Stallworth is John David Washington, Denzel
Washington’s son, and fel- low Morehouse man (like Spike) and Stallworth’s ac- complice is played by Flip Zimmerman.
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