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Entertainment
Prince’s Estate Working With JAY-Z
‘Breaking In’ #3 At Box
To Release New Album On Tidal
Office; ‘Black Panther’
Prince fans everywhere are in luck.
In 2019, a new album filled with unreleased tracks from the “Purple Rain” singer will be re- leased in an exclusive partner- ship with Tidal, Variety reports.
The late artist and JAY-Z’s music streaming/content plat- form have partnered with the Prince estate since 2015; TIDAL premiered Prince’s HITnRUN Phase One and Phase Two albums.
The new project will stream exclusively on TIDAL for 14 days, and will be eligible for download a week after its debut.
Reportedly, JAY-Z is work- ing with Prince’s estate in se- lecting the tracks. “Our only goal is to share Prince’s music with his fans as he wanted,” JAY-Z said in a statement.
Troy Carter, the estate's en-
JAY-Z has been given the exclusive rights to release Prince’s new album. Troy Carter is the estate’s entertainment advisor.
Still In Top 10
When it comes to spending the right amount of money to make a movie, to get the return expected at the box office, pro- ducer Will Packer knows what he’s doing: Universal’s home invasion thriller Break- ing In‘s production was under $13 million, and grossed $16.5M over the first weekend, keeps this B-rated pic in a po- tential position for some up- side or break-even. Females turned out at 68% giving the movie a B+ CinemaScore, with 73% over 25.
The campaign for Breaking In began in January with the launch of the first trailer that grew to 99M views.
Here’s the Sunday AM chart box office chart:
1) Avengers: Infinity War (DIS), 4,474 theaters / $15.99M Fri. (-50%) / $26.95M Sat. (+69%) / $18.86 Sun. (-20%) / 3- day: $61.8M (-43%) / Total: $547.8M / Wk 3
2) Life of the Party (NL/WB), 3,656 the- aters / $4.95M Fri. (includes $700K previews) / $6M Sat. +23%) / $7.26M Sun. (+20%) / 3-day: $18.2M / Wk 1
3) Breaking In (Uni), 2,537 theaters / $4.5M Fri. (in- cludes $615K previews) / $5.7M Sat. (+24%) / $6.2M Sun. (+9%) / 3- day: $16.5M /Wk 1
4) Overboard (MGM/LG), 2,006 theaters (+383) / $2.1M Fri. (-58%) / $3.5M Sat. (+62%) / $4.35M Sun. (+25%) / 3-day: $10.1M (-31%) / Total: $29.5M / Wk 2
5) A Quiet Place (PAR), 3,144 theaters (-269) / $1.8M Fri. (-22%) / $2.7M Sat. (+53%) / $1.7M Sun. (-35%) /
ABC has renewed its popu- lar family comedy Black-ish for a fifth season.
Black-ish is one of ABC’s strongest and most acclaimed comedies.
The only question about its future was the extent of cre- ator Kenya Barris’ involve- ment as he has been in discussions about exiting his overall deal at the studio.
The show is known for tack- ling hot-button issues such as police brutality, Black Lives Matter and the N-word, has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmys, including two for outstanding comedy
The cast of Black-ish. Starring Tracee Ellis-Ross and Anthony Anderson.
a best actress win for Tracee Ellis Ross
tertainment advisor, said in a statement:
"I'm very pleased this is re- solved, and we get to honor the relationship between Prince and Tidal with this album. We look forward to fans hearing the new music and experiencing the genius of Prince.”
The Tidal selection will not
include any songs that will be released as part of the album Warner Bros. is releasing in September.
While the label's collection will also feature unreleased tracks, Tidal's will probably in- clude newer material recorded after Prince's deal with Warner Bros. ended in 1996.
‘Breaking In’ exec. produced Will Packer, starring
‘Black-ish’ Renewed For 5th Season
3-day: $6.35M (-18%) / Total: $169.4M / Wk 6
6) I Feel Pretty (STX), 2,858 theaters (-374) / $960K Fri. (-44%) / $1.4M Sat. (+47%) / $1.3M Sun. (-10%) / 3-day: $3.6M / Total: $43.8M /Wk4
7) Rampage (NL/WB), 2,548 theaters (-603) / $800K Fri. (-35%) / $1.4M Sat. (+80%) / $1.09M Sun. (- 20%) / 3-day: $3.45M (- 27%) / Total: $89.7M / Wk 5
8) Tully (FOC), 1,356 the- aters (+3) / $569K Fri. (-51%) / $878K (+55%) / $790K Sun. (-10%) / 3-day: $2.2M (- 32%) / Total: $6.9M / Wk 2
9) Black Panther (DIS), 1,370 theaters (-271) / $540K Fri. (-41%) / $878K Sat. (+62%) / $515K Sun. (- 25%) / 3-day: $1.9M (-34%) / Total: $696.18M / Wk 13
10) Blockers (UNI), 1,111 theaters (-561) / $320K Fri. (- 42%) / $475K Sat. (+46%) / $330K Sun. (-33%) / 3- day: $1.1M (-36%) / Total: $58.1M / Wk 6
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Gabrielle Union.
Fans of 112 noticed that the quartet has been making ap- pearances without Q and Deron Slim and Mike have performed with two dancers and didn’t have much to say about whether or not they would all perform as a quartet in the future. So far, no word from Q or Deron.
Despite the smash success of their BET mini-series and their triumphant 2017 BET Awards performance with the actors who played them, it appears all is not copacetic in New Edi- tion Land. Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike have an- nounced that they WILL NOT be performing as New Edition anymore and will hit the road without Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant.
It’s obvious the new New Edition (RBRM) isn’t featur-
The new New Edition now called RBRM goes on tour May 18. 112 is also down 2 members.
Mike Epps is about to be a married man ...again.
For the past year, the co- median has been fairly quiet about his relationship with Kyra Robinson, aside from a few photos together on social media. So it’s no sur- prise that they also kept their engagement under wraps, until now.
Robinson, a producer of “Iyanla Fix My Life,” took to Instagram to subtly announce the news.
Epps did the same on his social media, showing off the next soon-to-be Mrs. Epps.
Epps filed for divorce in 2016 from his then wife, Mechelle after 11 years of marriage. They share two
series, along
Golden Globe noms, including
with multiple
Boy Bands Split: New Edition And 112
Mike Epps Engaged
ing its legendary lead singers, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill. But, for these guys, break- ing apart and doing their own things on the side is nothing new.
Michael Bivins acknowl- edged the tension in the group recently, saying that he under-
stands why New Edition fans are frustrated.
“We all felt like the victim at times in our long career and sometimes it rears its head at the wrong time, Bivins said.
The new New Edition (RBRM) will go on tour May 18.
Mike Epps with his fi- ancee, Kyra Robinson.
daughters and Epps also has two more daughters from a previous relationship.
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