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‘Kung Fu Brother’ Takes
Sammy Davis
Memorial For Prince Held At Jehovah Witness Church
Top Action Film Award At
Jr.s’ Gun
International Film Festival
Shot entirely on location in Thailand and the Philippines, KUNG-FU BROTHER is an action packed, comedy thriller that profiles the mysterious complexities of ancestral Japanese assassins. The film follows a series of bizarre mur- ders occurring in the pursuit to acquire the Kuji Denjo Scrolls. These sacred scrolls are part of a legacy of an ancient civiliza- tion known as the Weirding Clan.
Bey Logan, Producer, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny’ calls KUNG-FU BROTHER a “Fast, fun Kung Fu comedy by one of the true unsung he- roes of the genre. (writer/di- rector) Marcus Aurelius gave new meaning to the phrase ‘by any means neces- sary’ when he stretched his shoestring budget to two coun- tries and 90 minutes, and then usedittotiethebowonamar- tial arts mini-masterpiece. World famous actor/direc- tor/producer and martial arts expert Jackie Chan echoed the same sentiments after see- ing the film at a special screen- ing.
Retrieved
Security was tight as mourn- ers packed a Jehovah’s Wit- nesses Kingdom Hall on Sunday evening for a memo- rial for megastar Prince, who worshipped there before he died last month.
The program said the service
was to begin with the song “He Will Call,” followed by an opening prayer. It also in- cluded an “interview” with Larry Graham, the former Sly and the Family Stone bassist who was Prince’s spiritual mentor and intro- duced him to the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith. The program was to conclude with the song “See Yourself When All Is New” and a closing prayer.
Prince was known at the Kingdom Hall as “Brother Nelson.” He was found dead
Kung Fu Brother now out on DVD.
Aurelius taps into the soul of independent films, high- lighting the issue of diversity – at times, the lack thereof – in Hollywood.
Kung-Fu Brother premiered at the Action On Film Interna- tional Film Festival where it took home the Action Film of the Year Award and won Run- ner Up for the Best Director Award.
Kung-Fu Brother premiered May 12th on DirectTV, In De- mand, Dish TV, Amazon, Vudu, Google Play and Hoopla, iTunes, Sony Playsta- tion and Microsoft Xbox.
PRINCE
at age 57 in his Paisley Park recording complex in Chan- hassen on April 21.
The artist’s two ex-wives held a star-studded memorial in Los Angeles last Wednesday night.
In L.A. Gun
Buyback
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
Some 791 guns were collected over a gun-buyback program in Los Angeles last weekend, ac- cording to the Los Angeles Times. Returns to the program included "364 handguns, 144 shotguns, 237 rifles, 42 assault- style weapons"; four of the firearms submitted didn't fit into a specific category.
A 1911 .45-caliber pistol owned by Sammy Davis Jr. was one of the guns returned. It is believed to have cost around $350 at the time of purchase. The buyback program is anony- mous, and those who returned weapons—no question asked— were given Ralphs supermar- ket gift cards.
‘The Wire’ Actor Arrested For Battery After Bernie Sanders Argument
Nas’ Skateboard Movie Gets Rave Reviews At Sundance Film Festival
The cast of the movie, ‘The Land’.
Actor, Wendell Pierce got into a violent political argu- ment with a female Bernie Sanders supporter — and al- legedly wound up hitting the woman in the head outside an Atlanta hotel, according to a report.
Pierce, who starred in the crime drama “The Wire,” was arrested on battery charges Saturday for assaulting the woman at the Loews Hotel, TMZ reported.
The 52-year-old TV per- former, a big Clinton fan, al- legedly flew into his rage at 3:30 a.m., while discussing the 2016 presidential race with the victim and her boyfriend, the site said. Pierce lashed out — pushing the man out of the way and then grabbing the young woman by the hair and hitting her over the head. The
‘ The Wire’ actor, Wendell Pierce.
couple then retreated to their room, where they alerted hotel security.
Pierce recently portrayed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on HBO’s “Confirmation.”
Taking place in Cleveland, The Land is a coming-of-age film executive-produced by Nas and written and directed by newcomer Steven Caple Jr. The film stars The Wire’s Michael K. Williams, Erykah Badu, Machine Gun Kelly and Sons of An- archy’s Kim Coates, with newcomer Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
The movie follows the tur- bulent lives of four teens who have aspirations of becoming professional skateboarders but who find that the streets of Cleveland aren’t the easiest to
break from. Lendeborg stars as Cisco, a teen who uses skateboarding as an escape mechanism, but lands in trou- ble with his friends when they steal and sell Molly (the drug) to raise money for a skate- boarding competition.
The movie, during its Sun- dance Film Festival debut, was heralded not only for its story- line but also for the sound- track, which features music by Kanye, Badu, Pusha T, Je- remih, French Montana and Nosaj Thing.
The Land will be released July 29.
Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof has invited Lamar Odom back to his Love Ranch, the Nevada brothel where he overdosed in October, TMZ.com reported.
Hof, known as the ringmas- ter from HBO's "Cathouse: The Series," told the gossip website that Odom's first night would be on the house and include two prostitutes and all-you- can-drink Remy Martin co- gnac.
As far as Odom's addictions, the Bunny Ranch pimp said that “sex and alcohol weren’t Lamar’s issues, it was drugs.”
The former NBA champ spent months recovering in the hos-
Lamar Odom nearly died in October at the Nevada brothel.
pital after his near-fatal binge at the brothel. He was released in January.
Brothel Owner Invites Lamar Odom Back
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