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Silento, ‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)’ Rapper, Arrested And Charged With Murdering His 34-Year-Old Cousin
‘Judas And The Black Messiah’ Opens Feb 12th, Electric Black Panthers Drama
The true story of assassinated activist Fred Hampton is brought to vibrant life with never-better performances from Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield
The “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” rapper, 23, was taken into custody on Monday morn- ing and booked into DeKalb County Jail on one felony charge count of murder, ac- cording to inmate records and a statement from the DeKalb County Police Department via Twitter.
Silentó (born Richard Lamar “Ricky” Hawk) was arrested after police investi- gated the recent death of Rooks, who was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds
SILENTO
at a home in Panthersville,
Georgia, on January 21. He was 34.
Police spokesperson Michaela Vincent told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that after a “thorough investi- gation” the rapper was identi- fied as the victim’s cousin and the “person responsible for Rooks’ murder.”
Silentó, who rose to fame after his 2015 “Watch Me” video was viewed nearly 1.8 billion times on YouTube, has had a history of arrests and run-ins with the law.
'Black Panther' Director Ryan Coogler Inks 5-Year Television Deal With Disney
One of the features making it into the 2020-21 awards sea- son thanks to the extended qualification period during the pandemic is Warner Bros.’ Judas and the Black Messiah about the FBI’s takedown of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, by informant William O’Neal. J. Edgar Hoover deemed Hampton a radical threat, and the movie follows the FBI’s seduction of African American O’Neal to infiltrate the Chicago Black Panthers, and download them with inti- mate details about the charis- matic Hampton.
Judas and the Black Mes- siah opens in theaters and streams on HBO Max on Feb. 12, but it premieres tonight at 6PM PST at the Sundance Film Festival. We spoke with King today about getting the feature off the ground, and his cinematographer Sean
Bobbitt, who has lensed the Steve McQueen canon of 12 Years a Slave, Widows, Hunger, and Shame, about recreating late 1960s Chicago complete with cool tans, greens, and an intense cam- era pacing. King says that a bulk of the pic’s vision was sparked by 500 photographs of Chicago he received, which were bursting with the Ko- dachrome colors of the time. “Panther Green” as King calls it, was a color that the crew kept bumping into their Cleveland, OH location scouts and that became a running motif in the film. So as not to spoil anything, there’s a couple of key action scenes which the DP and the director had to storyboard, one in particular Bobbitt says “was crucial. There are a lot of beats that are historical and to get them right was very important.”
Black Panther co-writer Ryan Coogler will be mak- ing his television show direct- ing debut on Disney+, now that his multi-media com- pany, Proximity Media, has inked a 5-year deal with The Walt Disney Company.
In the exclusive agreement revealed on Marvel's web- site, he and his colleagues will be creating a Black Pan- ther drama series spin-off focusing on the characters within the Kingdom of Wakanda.
“It’s an honor to be part-
Director Ryan Coogler at- tends the 'Black Panther' BFI preview screening held at BFI Southbank on February 9, 2018 in London, England.
nering with The Walt Disney Company. Working with them on Black Panther was a dream come true," stated Coogler in an issued state- ment. "As avid consumers of television, we couldn’t be happier to be launching our television business with Bob Iger, Dana Walden, and all the amazing studios under the Disney umbrella. We look forward to learning, growing, and building a rela- tionship with audiences all over the world through the Disney platforms."
CBS' Equalizer: Grade Queen Latifah's Debut As The Butt-Kicking Mom
Nine minutes. That’s about how long the wait time is for Queen Latifah to start beat- ing down bad guys in CBS’ re- boot of The Equalizer. And boy, is it worth the wait.
The pilot episode premiered Sunday following the Super Bowl, and stars Latifah as Robyn McCall, a newly re- tired CIA operative who is try- ing to settle into a quiet life of motherhood and school drop- offs. She almost gets her wish until an old handler and men- tor named Bishop (Chris Noth) asks to meet up at the Coney Island Wonder Wheel to talk about what turns out to be her surreptitious resigna- tion.
The last mission broke her,
QUEEN LATIFAH IN THE EQUALIZER
Robyn says at their clandes- tine nighttime meeting, de- spite Bishop’s message from “The Company” that she can still come back. Bishop even says Robyn can come and work for him, at his private se- curity firm. “When I can’t sleep at night, it’s not the
things that I’ve done that keep me up,” a determined Robyn says as she turns down all of Bishop’s offers. “It’s the peo- ple I couldn’t save.” And with that, Robyn stays behind to stare into the darkness and ponder about her choices after Bishop leaves.
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