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CARDI B, CHILDISH GAMBINO AND KENDRICK LAMAR
Bill Cosby's Family Reportedly Hasn't Visited Him In Prison
Cardi B Wins First Grammy; Childish Gambino And Kendrick Lamar No Shows
Drake had 7 hits off his latest album. How he didn't get album of the year is high- way robbery.
“This is America,” Childish Gambino’s searing indict- ment of police brutality and racism, scored a breakthrough for rap on Sunday at the Grammy awards, where the top prize went to country artist Kacey Musgraves.
It won both record and song of the year, becoming the first hip hop track to win ei- ther of the top Grammy cate- gories in 61 years. “This is
America” also took Grammys for best music video and best rap performance.
Popular rapper Cardi B, who wore a black and silver mesh body suit to perform her song “Money,” won her first Grammy, taking best rap album for “Invasion of Pri- vacy.”
The outspoken New Yorker seemed uncharacteristically overwhelmed by the win.
“Ooh. The nerves are so bad,” she said, accepting her Grammy. “Maybe I need to start smoking weed.”
Bill Cosby, who has been in prison for four months, has reportedly not had visits from his wife or daughters, a spokesperson for the disgraced comedian says.
According to Andrew Wyatt, Cosby's wife Camille and his daughters are not expected to visit the 81- year-old, who is serving time 20 miles away from their home in Philadelphia. However, Wyatt says that the lack of vis- itation is for the best.
"He doesn't want to have them in that environment," Wyatt, who visits Cosby reg- ularly, tells The Associated Press. "Why put them in that
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position, to make it turn into some form of a circus?"
"Camille Cosby made just one brief appearance at each of her husband's two criminal tri- als, and their three surviving daughters stayed away," the re- port reads. "Cosby's wife of more than 50 years did, how- ever, file an ethics complaint against the trial judge last year, accusing him of bias in the case. She continues to strate- gize on her husband's behalf behind the scenes."
Cosby moved to a general population prison from SCI- Phoenix in Philly. He is serving three to 10 years behind bars for aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand in 2004.
‘What Men Want’ Lands At
Hollywood’s youngest exec- utive producer is on the move. Marsai Martin just landed a first-look deal with Universal to develop new projects for the studio through her Genius Pro- ductions imprint, the Holly- wood Reporter revealed Thursday (Feb. 7).
The 14-year-old Black-ish star is the youngest person to score a first-look contract with Universal, and the youngest in “recent memory” to land a de- velopment deal with at any stu- dio, THR notes. Martin’s first project with the studio will be a comedy called, StepMonster, about a young girl adjusting to
reports.
The teen will star in the film
and develop the script along with Genius Productions co- founder, Joshua Martin and vice-president, Carol Martin (who also happen to be her parents) and Prince Baggett, the company's head of creative affairs.
Martin scored her first ex- ecutive producer's credit in the upcoming comedy, Little, in which she also stars opposite Regina Hall and Issa Rae. The comedy, about a woman who transforms into her younger self, hits theaters on April 12.
To Reignite The Box Office
Four new wide releases could not incentivize moviegoers to hit theaters this weekend in the lowest post-Super Bowl box of- fice in 10 years.
Warner Bros.’ “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” opened in first place with $35 million, well below analyst pro- jections of $50 million to $55 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Com- score.
The $99-million post-apoc- alyptic animation, which earned an 84% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, is a sequel to 2014's "The Lego Movie." That film opened with $69 mil- lion before taking in $469 mil- lion globally.
This weekend's result seems to indicate that audiences are fatigued by the franchise after the spinoff "The Lego Ninjago Movie" (which took in a disap- pointing global haul of $123 million) failed to achieve the success of its predecessor "The Lego Batman Movie," which grossed $312 million world- wide.
Paramount's "What Men Want" debuted at No. 2 with $19 million, within range of an- alyst predictions of $18 million to $20 million.
A twist on 2000's Mel Gib- son-led "What Women Want,"
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Marsai Martin Inks New Deal With Universal, Makes History
No. 2, ‘Lego Movie 2’ Fails
TARAJI P. HENSON
the $20-million "What Men Want" stars Taraji P. Hen- son as an ambitious sports agent who is suddenly plagued with the ability to hear mens' thoughts. It earned a 48% "rot- ten" rating on Rotten Toma- toes.
In third place, Lionsgate's Liam Neeson-led drama "Cold Pursuit" premiered with $10.8 million, slightly below the action star's most recent films "The Commuter" ($13.7 million last year) and "Run All Night ($11 million in 2015).
Neeson recently came under fire after admitting dur- ing the film's press run to hav- ing considered engaging in a hate crime in retaliation for a friend's rape 40 years ago. However, the controversy does- n't seem to have affected the film's box office, which slightly exceeded expectations and earned a 74% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
her new stepmom, Deadline
Kanye West Reportedly Sued By Parents Of
Child Heard Praying On 'Ultralight Beam'
In 2016, a then four-year- old child went viral on social media for her passionate recital of a prayer. The video gained a significant amount of traction that it even caught the attention of Kanye West. On the intro track to his The Life of Pablo album (2016), the 41- year-old artist featured the child’s prayer on “Ultralight Beam,” but now, her parents are suing West for failing to receive the proper permission and administer compensation for this gesture.
According to TMZ, the adoptive parents Andrew and
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Shirley Green state West asked the child, Natalie’s bi- ological mother for permission and not them since they’re the girl’s legal guardians. Natalie was adopted by the Greens in 2012. The parents believe the child’s mother, Alice John- son, never possessed the legal authority to sign off on West’s past request and didn’t receive a promised compensation from the rapper’s decision to sample the child.
The Greens have report- edly sued West in order to re- ceive the allotted funds for Natalie’s sample.
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