Page 16 - Florida Sentinel 4-10-18

Entertainment
Black Panther Is The First Film To Be Shown In Saudi Arabia In 35 Years; 3rd Highest Grossing Film In U.S. History
Tiffany Haddish’s First HBO Project Will Be ‘Unsubscribed’
Black Panther will be the first film released in Saudi Arabia in 35 years.
It will be released by Disney and its distribution partner in the Middle East, Italia Film.
According to Variety, a gala will be held for the screening, taking place in "a new theatre with more than 600 leather seats located in the King Ab- dullah Financial District in a building originally intended to be a symphony concert hall, with orchestra and balcony levels and marble bath- rooms."
Movie theaters were banned in the early 1980s once the country adopted ultra-conser- vative standards in 1979.
AMC wants to open 40 cin- emas in Saudi Arabia in 5 years and 100 by 2030.
The ‘Black Panther’ cast has lots to smile about after top- ping the box office for the 5th weekend. Tomb Raider was #2.
Saudi Arabia's changing, more progressive culture, led
by the Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister of the country, Mohammed bin Salam was recently high- lighted on 60 Minutes during the Stormy Daniels episode.
Another new Black Pan- ther milestone.
The Ryan Coogler-di- rected film is now the No. 3 highest-grossing film in United States (not adjusted for inflation).
With $659.3 million, it is only third to Star Wars: The Force Awakens at No. 1 with $936.7 million and Avatar at No. 2 with $760.5 million.
Worldwide, Black Panther recently ousted Frozen from the global, all-time Top 10, as the new No. 10 with $1.29 bllion.
The first project under Tiffany Haddish's first-look deal at HBO has been set.
She's exec producing Un- subscribed, described as "as an examination of female blackness, beauty, and identity through a behind-the-scenes look at the Instagram hustle."
Xosha Roquemore and Danielle Henderson are the writers, and will also be exec producing.
No word yet on who would star.
Haddish first signed her first-look with HBO in Janu- ary under her She Ready pro- duction banner.
It is one of many project she has in the works, so many that we might have lost track of some.
She currently stars in the series The Last O.G. with Tracey Morgan on TBS has
Tiffany Haddish is one of the hardest working woman in Hollywood since her breakout role in ‘Girls Trip’.
the Kevin Hart film Night School later this year, and has other films The Temp, DC comic mob drama The Kitchen and political thriller The Oath and will star and exec produce Limited Partners.
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DAMN’ Is His 3rd Album To Sell 1 Million Copies
Juelz Santana Finally Released On Bail
Although streaming domi- nates the day, there are still a few artists who can do num- bers when it comes to tradi- tional album sales, and Kendrick Lamar is one of them. He just scored his third million-selling album with his LP Damn.
Released nearly a year ago, the album is still putting num- bers on the boards. According to Billboard, for the week end- ing in March 29, the album sold an additional 4,000 copies, boosting the total sales on the project to 1.002 million. Including streaming num-
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DAMN’ album is still in top 20 on Bill- board chart.
bers, Damn. went platinum in less than a month. In all, the
album has produced 3.137 mil- lion equivalent album sales. The rapper's previous two pro- moted album's To Pimp a But- terfly (2015) and good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) had 1.05 million and 1.72 million in tra- ditional album sales, respec- tively.
Through he seems to be on top of his game, Kendrick re- cently spoke about keeping the hunger for more, which comes with having a love and passion for the music.
After nearly a year on the Billboard 200, Damn. is still holding strong at No. 13.
Juelz Santana was re- leased on bail Friday (April 6) after the Harlem native was arrested for drug and gun pos- session last month. Authori- ties attempted to detain Santana (born LaRon James) at Newark Liberty In- ternational Airport on March 9 when the items were found in his luggage, but he fled and got into a cab.
With a bond set at $500,000, the rapper was able to meet the financial re- striction and returned to his New Jersey home.
In an interview with The Record, Santana sang God’s praises and said he’s hoping to
Juelz Santana spent a month in jail after a gun was found in his carry-on luggage.
remain a free man. “I’m just happy to be in God’s graces. I was praying every day,” he said. “... just gotta do the right thing, do everything I need to do the right thing so I stay home.”
Drake Drops New Song +
Rihanna Launching Her Fenty Beauty In Saudi Arabia On April 19
Video ‘Nice For What’ With
After stretching Fenty Beauty’s reach to Milan, Italy, Rihanna’s coveted makeup line plans to plant roots in an- other lucrative market. On Saturday morning (Apr. 7), the ANTI singer announced the launch of Fenty Beauty in Saudi Arabia.
In September 2017, Fenty Beauty became available in countries across the Middle East like Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Saudi Arabia will join the list on April 19.
News of Rihanna’s next business move arrives just in time for the release of her lu- minizer Body Lava, which ac-
Rihanna’s cosmetic line grossed over $72 million in one month after its release last September.
During an appearance at Majid Jordan’s Toronto show on Thursday (April 5), Drake casually announced that he would be dropping a new single.
Besides debuting “Nice For What,” produced by Murda Beatz, which samples Lau- ryn Hill’s ‘Ex-Factor,’ Drizzy included a star-studded music video.
The beautiful visual, di- rected by Karena Evans, fea- tures Issa Rae, Rasheeda Jones, Misty Copeland, Olivia Wilde, Jourdan Dunn, Letitia Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tiffany Haddish, Yara Shahidi, and more.
DRAKE
“Nice For What” is the third track that Drake has dropped since January, behind “God’s Plan,” and “Diplomatic Immu- nity.”
cording to the “Needed Me” singer’s Instagram Story, is al- ready sold out. According to Billboard, Fenty Beauty
made $72 million in just a month after its September re- lease. TIME named it one 2017’s best inventions.
A Cast Of Beauties
PAGE 16 FLORIDA SENTINEL BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY, MAPRIL 10, 2018