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‘Black Panther’ Hits $1 Billion Worldwide; ‘Wrinkle In Time’ #2 At The Box Office
Black Panther was #1 at the box office after 26 days, followed by the March 9th release of ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ that was #2.
Marvel Boss Says ‘Black Panther 2’ Concept Already Set
Black Panther has cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
Forbes reports the film earned $9.9 million Friday (Mar. 9), the fourth Friday of it’s release. It’s currently head- ing towards a $41 million weekend, making it the fifth Marvel film to hit a billion, the 16th Disney film to do so and the 33rd overall film gross a $1 billion.
In the grand scheme of
things, it’s the No. 2 solo su- perhero release of all time.
It’s also history making for its director. Ryan Coogler is the second African-American to helm a $1 billion movie. F. Gary Gray was the first with the release of The Fate of the Furious in 2017.
Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time scored second place at the box office behind the mighty Black Panther with ticket sales of $34M.
Mary J. Blige and es- tranged husband, Kendu Isaacs are finally divorced.
The 47-year-old Oscar nom- inated actress and her former husband/manager were gearing up for a week in court, but just two days before the Academy Award ceremony, the two reached an agreement.
The couple had been mar- ried for 12 years before parting ways. From there a contentious and public battle was fought with Blige being ordered to pay Isaacs $30,000 a month in temporary spousal support.
In June 2017, Isaacs report edly asked the courts for an in- crease in his spousal support
Mary J. Blige has had a couple of years of ‘joy and pain’, now it seems to be over. She and her now ex, Kendu Isaac are finally di- vorced.
Rihanna Is First Female Artist To Reach 2 Billion Streams On Apple Music
Rihanna is the first female artist to reach the milestone on the streaming platform. Her reaction to the feat, ‘God is too lit’.
payments to the tune of $129, 319 per month.
During the court battle, Mary J. Blige released her 13th
studio album Strength of A Woman, which earned the nine time Grammy winner praise from both fans and critics.
Black Panther is a bona fide box office smash. Follow- ing its February 16 nationwide release, the Marvel film earned over $201 million in its opening weekend, the fifth- best performance of all time.
In a new interview with En- tertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed the Black Pan- ther sequel already has a “solid direction.”
“One of the favorite pas- times at Marvel Studios is sit- ting around on a Part One and talking and dreaming about what we would do in a Part Two,” Feige said. “There have been plenty of those conversa-
‘Black Panther’ sequel already has ‘solid direction’.
tions as we were putting to- gether the first Black Panther.” He added, “We have ideas
and a pretty solid direction on where we want to head with the second one.”
Mary J. Blige Is Finally Divorced
Rihanna has just added another major achievement to her collection of accolades, and set a new standard for stream- ing in the process.
The pop star, beauty boss, and fashion mogul has just crossed the 2 billion mark for worldwide streams on Apple Music. She’s the first female artist to do so -- she hit the milestone on International
Women’s Day, no less -- and tops Apple’s Top 20 Women in Streaming list as well.
Three months into 2018, she has gotten off to a suc- cessful start, reportedly ex- panding her Fenty fashion empire with a lingerie line and gearing up for the spring drop of her latest range for her Fenty x Puma collaboration.
Tiffany Haddish is mak- ing moves, and we’ll be seeing more of her on the small screen and in theaters within the com- ing months.
Haddish will star with Tika Sumpter and Omari Hardwick in the Tyler Perry film The List, slated to hit theaters Nov. 2.
The List, a story of a woman (Sumpter) who thinks she’s being “catfished” after reunit- ing with her fresh-out-of- prison sister, (Haddish). Haddish finalized the deal shortly after confirming to star with Melissa McCarthy in a female-focused drama The Kitchen.
Haddish will make an-
Tiffany, Tika and Omari to star in Tyler Perry’s new movie, ‘The List’.
Tiffany Haddish, Tiki Sumpter
And Omari Hardwick To
Star In Tyler Perry Movie
other TV and silver screen ap- pearance for TBS’ The Last OG with Tracy Morgan and Universal’s Night
School with Kevin Hart. She’s also taped to host the MTV Movie & TV Awards in
June.
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