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#1 Movie In The World: ‘Black Panther’ Grosses $850M Worldwide
Rick Ross Hospitalized; Has Severe Case
Of Pneumonia
Rapper/businessman Rick Ross is reportedly still hospi- talized in Miami and may be getting treated for an ex- tremely severe level of pneu- monia.
Right before his trip to the hospital, Rick Ross was found “slobbing” at the mouth.
His cardiologist revealed that this foaming is due to the fact his “lungs were so injured and he was struggling so hard to breathe, so after a while” his muscles couldn’t keep up, rendering him unconscious. Due to “extra fluid in the lungs caused by the pneumo- nia,” the “body’s response to it can cause fluid to come out of the mouth” resulting in the foaming.
There has been a lot of spec0ulation on whether or not Rick had a heart attack, considering he was placed in a cardio unit. Dr. Dutta told us that sometimes pneumo- nia and a heart attack “can go together” because you’re “struggling so hard to get oxy- gen.
Rick Ross has been hospi- talized since Thursday.
Ross, 42, also oversees several franchise locations of Wingstop and Checkers throughout the South and in 2015, pledged to open a branch of his Maybach Music Group in Atlanta.
Ross recently released the new song, “Florida Boy,” with T-Pain and Kodak Black. His next album, “Port of Miami 2: Born to Kill,” is ex- pected to be released soon.
Disney-Marvel’s record- breaking “Black Panther” will retain the top spot at the box office in its third weekend, tak- ing in nearly $64 million from 4,084 North American loca- tions.
“Black Panther” has smashed record after record for Marvel, including yielding the fifth-highest opening weekend and second-highest second weekend of all time. It’s likely to repeat the feat for the third-highest third weekend in history.
The superhero tentpole, starring Chadwick Bose- man, currently sits at no. 14 on the all time domestic box
‘Black Panther’ is the #1 movie in its 3rd week of release.
office chart with $451 million, behind “Avengers: Age of Ul- tron” with $459 million.
This weekend will also see “Black Panther” cross $850 million worldwide.
Will Packer Teams With Universal Studios For Comedy ‘Fight Night’
Universal Pictures and producer Will Packer have teamed for Fight Night.
Fight Night is the story of Atlanta-based hustler Gor- don “Chicken Man” Williams and Atlanta’s first black detective, J. D. Hudson.
Set in 1970 on the eve of Muhammad Ali’s come- back fight in Atlanta, the film centers on a post-fight party thrown by Williams that was attended by the most dangerous gangsters in
St. Petersburg native, Will Packer has new movie on hori- zon.
the country. They were all robbed at gunpoint of more than $1 million, making it to this day the largest heist in Georgia history.
Packer’s coming off Girls Trip and before that the Ride Along and Think Like a Man film series. The producer, who recently won an NAACP Image Award, saw Girls Trip become the ninth film he has produced that finished first at the do- mestic box office on opening weekend.
Columbus Short Gets
1 Year In Jail For Violating Probation; Wife Defends Him
Former Scandal star Columbus Short is heading to jail after striking his new wife.
Short pled no contest in a Los Angeles Court on Fri- day after hitting Aida Abramyan during an argu- ment last November.
As a result he was sen- tenced to 36 months proba- tion and domestic violence education.
But he was already on pro- bation for a 2014 bar fight where he knocked out an- other man – receiving a year in jail for violating the proba- tion.
The 35-year-old star al- ready has a history of domes- tic violence.
His wife took to social media to defend her husband, ‘The media needs to check their facts. Columbus and I have a great marriage. Period. The media is ridiculous for posting this bs. I love my hubby and will continue to support him.’
Short, who also starred
Columbus Short and his wife, Aida Abramyan.
in ‘Scandal’, has openly dis- cussed his issues with sub- stance abuse, including alcoholism and cocaine. Short has yet to comment about his latest controversy.
Short was fired from ABC’s Scandal back in 2014 amid his domestic legal is- sues.
13 People Of Color And Women Win ‘Spirit Awards”
Jordan Peele and cast of ‘Get Out’ and Dee Rees, the director of ‘Mudbound’ were winners.
Get Out took home the ‘Best Feature’ Saturday night at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Peele also took home the trophy for Best Director.
During this awards sea- son, this has been a banner
year for people of color and women at the annual cere- mony that celebrates inde- pendent film.
Out of the 20 awards given out tonight, 13 were given to people of color and women.
Dee Rees, who was pre-
sented along with her cast and crew of Mudbound with the Robert Altman Award said it best in her electrifying acceptance speech: “I know that we, of all makers, are far, far beyond any identity to- kenism or snobbery of form.”
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