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Jordan Peele’s Movie ‘Get Out’ Makes $30.5 M
Daniel Kaluuya stars in ‘Get Out’. The movie was written and directed by Jordan Peele, formerly of Comedy Central’s Key & Peele.
Remy Ma’s Nicki Minaj Diss Track Sends Internet Into Meltdown
Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma are going at it.
This is getting heated! Nicki Minaj is not happy about Remy Ma’s diss track “Shether.”
The 34 year-old rapper is fu- rious with Remy’s nearly 7 minute take-down.
“This isn’t the first time a fe- male Rapper has tried to come and dethrone the queen. And Nicki knows Remy won’t be the last.
Nicki reportedly thinks “Remy’s crossed the line,” the source warned, “she will
pay.T” he internet is having a meltdown over Remy Ma’s savage new diss track.
Remy Ma, 36, immediately sent fans into a frenzy when she cryptically posted a mes- sage on Feb. 25 via Twitter reading, “You wanna see a dead body?” The Love & Hip Hop star debuted her epic diss track by sharing a link under- neath, and no-one could an- ticipate just how much she was going to try to obliterate Nicki Minaj, 34, and every- thing she stands for.
Many loyal and not-so-loyal Barbz (Nicki fans) took to Twitter after hearing the F- bomb laden lyrics, voicing their reactions with epic memes.
Wiz Khalifa’s Transgender Sister Dies At Age 32
Wiz Kahlifa and his transgender sister, Dorien.
Jordan Peele’s horror flick, ‘Get Out’ about race relations won the day at the box office.
Great reviews and word of mouth propelled comedian Peele's directorial debut, the microbudget thriller Get Out, to a chart-topping opening week- end with $30.5 million, accord- ing to studio estimates Sunday.
The Blumhouse-produced film cost an estimated $4.5 million to make.
While it was expected to per- form well, few people foresaw a debut this big — especially with relatively unknown star Daniel Kaluuya leading the film.
Part of the reason is positive reviews. Get Out has a strong 100% approval rating from crit- ics at aggregate site Rotten
Tomatoes, which is extremely rare for a thriller and only added to the excitement going into the weekend, says Nick Carpou, Universal Pictures' president of domestic theatrical distribution.
The film not only brought in the most money at theaters over the weekend, but it also pro- pelled it’s writer-director Jor- dan Peele to the top of Hollywood’s A-list.
“Get Out” is about a brother (Daniel Kaluuya) who discov- ers that his (white) girlfriend’s liberal, lily-white hometown is guarding a seriously sinister se- cret. Obviously this makes quite the departure for Peele, best- known for bringing the laughs on Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele.
Rapper Wiz Khalifa is mourning the death of his sis- ter, who has passed away at the age of 32.
Dorien ‘Lala’ Thomaz,
who was allegedly transgen- der, died on Monday (Febru- ary 20).
A cause of death has not been announced.
Thomaz’s death occurred a day after Black and Yellow hit- maker Wiz hosted a party with ex-wife Amber Rose to
celebrate their son Sebast- ian’s fourth birthday.
The 29-year-old, real name Cameron Thomaz, has since addressed the news on Twitter, thanking fans for their messages of support.
He writes, “The loss of my sibling has been the hardest thing I’ve had to deal with but with your prayers and well wishes my family will get through this.
New Edition’s Ronnie DeVoe, 50, And Wife Expecting First Child
‘Hidden Figures’ Director Talks About Taraji Henson’s Oscar Snub
Taraji Henson and her castmates, Octavia Spencer, left and Janelle Monae, right.
New Edition/Bell Biv Voe star Ronnie DeVoe, 50, and his wife Shamari, 37, will be first-time parents soon!
DeVoe shared a photo on his Instagram of himself and his wife wearing all white in front a yellow background as she sports a baby bump, the caption stating they’re expect- ing a “new edition” to the fam- ily.
Shamari was a member of the 90s girl group Blaque. The couple will celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary in March.
Ronnie DeVoe and his wife, Shamari.
Bill Cosby Gets Partial Legal Break In Sexual Assault Case
‘Hidden Figures’ director Ted Melfi believes Taraji’s demanding “Empire” sched- ule... where she works 17-hour days, may have contributed to her Oscar snub because she couldn’t commit to the awards campaign season.
“Taraji is on a series... She’s working her butt off on her show constantly.
She’s done everything she possibly can to support [the film]. She’s amazing. But at the end of the day, she has a full-
time job.”
Henson was not up for an
Oscar at Sunday’s ceremony, but Melfi believes her work speaks for itself.
“I think her work in ‘Hidden Figures’ is stunning, and groundbreaking,” Melfi says.
“Anyone who could watch her on ‘Empire’ as Cookie and then see her in [’Hidden Fig- ures’] and not think she’s one of the greatest actresses around ― I just don’t under- stand that.”
A Pennsylvania judge ruled last week that only one other woman can testify in Bill Cosby’s criminal case over the alleged 2004 sexual as- sault of then-Temple Univer- sity employee Andrea Constand, the much ac- cused comedian has gotten a bit of a legal break.
Still facing a trial set to start in June and potentially a decade behind bars and fines if found guilty of three felony charges of second-degree ag- gravated indecent assault, last week’s ruling means the 79-year-old Cosby will not have to face testimony from a dozen other women who have claimed the actor assaulted or drugged them over the decades.
In a blow for Montgomery
BILL COSBY
County DA Kevin Steele’s desire to show Cosby’s pat- tern of “prior bad acts,” Judge Steven O’Neil’s order slices the number of ad- ditional alleged victims who may take the stand in addi- tion to Constand from 13 to one.
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