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DMX To Be Brought Back To Life With CGI For Appearance In Final Film
Comedian Katt Williams Coming To Tampa’s Amalie Arena
KATT WILLIAMS
Comedian Katt Williams is bringing his World War III Tour to Tampa’s Amalie Arena this summer.
The multitalented come- d i a n Williams is also an actor and an activist whose over-the-top brand of humor
has made him one of the most in-demand entertainers. His last few visits to Tampa sold out.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices are $59-$250 for the 8 p.m. show on Aug. 21.
DMX is reportedly set to be resurrected by CGI in order to finish work on his final movie appearance.
That’s according to co-star Tara Reid, who says the rap- per hadn’t completed his shoot on the forthcoming Doggmen when he died from a heart at- tack in early April at the age of 50.
Producers are now working
on bringing the Ruff Ryders DMX
leader back to life on screen to finish off the final scenes.
“It’s a movie called Dog- gmen. It’s his [DMX’s] last film and it was really interest- ing, because he didn’t get to finish the whole film,” Reid told columnist Allison Kugel.
“They had to do what they did with Paul Walker (in 2015’s Furious 7, his last, posthumous, film).
Nicole Ari Parker To Star In Lifetime Movie Thriller ‘Safe Space’
Lifetime has greenlighted Safe Space, a new original movie thriller starring Nicole Ari Parker (Chicago P.D., Empire) and her husband Boris Kodjoe (Soul Food), who also makes his directorial debut. Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos), Nik Sanchez (The Rookie) and Mackenzie Astin (The Magicians) also star. Production is currently underway, with premiere slated for 2022.
Written by Nneka Gerstle and directed by Kodjoe, Safe Space centers on recently wid- owed Lila Jackson (Ari Parker) and her 14-year-old, autistic son Ian (Sanchez). Since the death of her hus- band, Lila is grateful for their kind neighbor Neil Har- grove (Kodjoe), who looks out for them. After Ian acci-
(L-R) NICOLE ARI PARKER, DREA DE MATTEO, NIK SANCHEZ, MACKENZIE ASTIN AND BORIS KODJOE
Bow Wow has taken to In- stagram to share with fans that he has had enough with rapping. The message comes just days after his rap battle debut with Soulja Boy on VERZUZ.
In the video, the rapper can be heard saying, “Y’all see why I don’t be wanting to rap no motherf*cking more? This is exactly why I’m at peace. I’m at peace man. I like hosting my s**t, making more money than half of y’all rappers. I like
BOW WOW
doing my podcast. This s**t right here is the number one reason why a brother don’t wanna rap no more. This is the reason why. I do movies and I do so much other s**t. It’s be- cause rap sh*t brings stress.”
Prior to the VERZUZ battle, Bow Wow’s hard drive crashed six minutes before the show. His caption to the Insta- gram posts explains, “I was soooo stressed putting this show together in 4 days for VERZUZ!!
dentally witnesses a break-in in the house across the street and records the horrific mur- der of the homeowner, Lila becomes embroiled in a deadly struggle to protect her son from intruders Dominic (Astin) and Rocco (De Matteo), who will stop at
nothing to retrieve the video evidence of the crime and si- lence them. Hiding and trapped in a makeshift panic room created by her late hus- band, Lila and Ian must use all of their strength and intel- ligence to outsmart the in- truders to save themselves.
Bow Wow Announces He Is Done
With His Rap Career Because It
‘Brings So Much Stress’
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