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A$AP Rocky Confirmed For 1st Live Show Since Swedish Prison Release
Showtime Exec Reveals How Jason Mitchell Will Be Written Off 'The Chi' In Upcoming Season 3
We probably all knew it was a foregone conclusion, but now it's official — Jason Mitchell's character will get killed off of The Chi.
Showtime's co-president Gary Levine revealed the news Friday during the Tele- vision Critics Association summer press tour. "There is a lot of great life in The Chi and there's also death in The Chi and that's how we'll be dealing with it," he said.
Fans were probably ex- pecting this news after
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Mitchell was fired for al- leged harassment of his co- star Tiffany Boone, who played his girlfriend on the show, and showrunner Ayanna Floyd Davis. Mitchell was also fired from his role in the upcoming Net- flix film Desperados.
The allegations also af- fected creator Lena Waithe, who had to reveal why Mitchell wasn't let go when the allegations first surfaced during the first sea- son.
ANAHEIM, CA – A$AP Rocky is getting back to work after securing his re- lease from a Swedish remand prison. Lord Flocko is re- turning to the stage this weekend as part of Real 92.3’s Real Street Festival, which is scheduled to take place August 10-11.
“We are elated that Rocky is finally coming home and will be taking the stage to headline our first Real Street Fest next week- end, as originally planned,” iHeartMedia Executive VP of Urban/Hip Hop Doc Wyn- ter said in a press release. “In the interim, Godspeed to Rocky and his family. We can’t wait to hear the crowd
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erupt for Rocky next Sun- day night at The Honda Cen- ter Festival Grounds!”
BET Greenlights Tyler Perry Drama Series ‘Sistas’, Sets Main Cast
BET Networks has given a series order to Sistas, a drama executive produced by Tyler Perry starring KJ Smith (The Fix), Ebony Obsidian (If Beale Street Could Talk), Mignon Von (42 Seconds) and Novi Brown (Spider). The series is the second to be green- lighted, joining The Oval, under Perry’s exclusive,multi-year content partnership deal with Via- com. Principal photography is underway at Tyler Perry Studios for a fall premiere.
Written, directed and ex- ecutive produced by Perry, Sistas follows a group of sin- gle black women from differ-
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ent walks of life who bond over their one common thread: Why am I single? In this bold new series, viewers watch these women navigate their “complicated love life” status, careers and friendship through the ups-and-downs
of living in a modern world of social media and unrealistic relationship goals. The hour- long drama takes viewers on a roller-coaster ride of emo- tions and hilarious moments that are the epitome of #squadgoals.
Chadwick Boseman Cop Thriller '21 Bridges' Gets Release Date Moved (Again)
Chadwick Boseman's
21 Bridges has been pushed back to later in the year.
The release date for 21 Bridges is now set for No- vember 22 instead of its scheduled September 27 pre- miere. This isn't the first time the film has been moved back. As we reported in May, the film was originally sup- posed to premiere July 12, but was moved to its now-de- funct September date for rea- sons unknown.
According to Deadline, the decision to move the film
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came after Comic-Con, where the trailer got "a strong re-
sponse." But it seems the rea- son the decision was made because of Joker, opening October 4. Those over the film, including directors Joe and Anthony Russo, ap- parently, don't want the film to have to deal with the likes of the Joaquin Phoenix starring DC movie, which is already getting awards buzz.
Deadline also states that September itself is "crowded," so 21 Bridges' move is trying to get out of the way of tons of competi- tion.
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