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Kendrick Lamar Honors Kobe Bryant In ESPN Video Tribute
Lifetime To Do Film On Flint
Ryan Coogler To Co-Write And Direct ‘Black Panther’
According to The Hollywood Reporter, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are working on the made-for-TV film called Flint. Inspired by the Flint Water Crisis and TIME’s February story, “The Toxic Tap” by Josh Sanburn, the duo plans to tell the story of the mismanagement of the city which lead to over 100,000 res- idents using contaminated water from April 2014 to late 2015.
Kendrick Lamar and Kobe Bryant
Creed’s Ryan Coogler
It’s not always easy to say goodbye, but after 20 years in purple and gold, Kobe Bryant is close to ending one chapter of his career. To honor Bryant’s imminent basket- ball retirement, Kendrick Lamar linked with ESPN on “Fade to Black,” a poignant 30 for 30 video tribute to the NBA legend.
In the three-minute short, which opens with a wide shot of Southern California’s Ingle- wood Forum, Lamar per- forms a spoken-word poem penned by ESPN’s Scoop Jackson. The Compton MC’s “Levitate” provides the musi- cal soundtrack, as Black Mamba’s career highlights play throughout the video.
Fans eagerly awaiting Mar- vel’s release of the Black Pan- ther have another reason to look forward to the movie. According to Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, not only is Creed’s Ryan Coogler direct- ing the motion picture, but the 29-year-old is also co-writing the film’s screenplay.
The long-awaited movie, which Ava DuVernay was ru- mored to direct last year, is cur- rently in its early stages as Coogler is in the process of drafting the script.
Common And Ice Cube Squash Their Beef...Man Style
OWN Cancels Reality Show ‘Raising Whitley
Kym Whitley with her son, Joshua and ‘The Village’ who are helping raise Joshua.
Ice Cube and Common re- cently settled their beef like some grown [rich] men and came together to make a song called “Real People” that ap- pears on the soundtrack for Barbershop 3, a film they both act in.
Tuesday the director, star and producers of the upcoming feature film All Eyez On Me were presented with a procla- mation from Clark County (Las Vegas).
All Eyez On Me director, Benny Boom, Demetrius Shipp Jr. (the actor playing Tupac), James G. Robin- son (Chairman/CEO of Morgan Creek Productions), David Robinson (President of Morgan Creek Productions) and LT Hutton, the producer of All Eyez On Me were hon- ored.
The film chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur. Filming for the major motion picture about the life and legacy of the beloved artist began in Atlanta in December 2015, and moved to Las Vegas on Monday, April 11, after
The new pals made their friendship official by perform- ing the track on The Tonight Show.
Backed by house band The Roots, Cube and Com’ rocked the stage like true vet- erans.
Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas 20 years ago.
which they will wrap. Production in Las Vegas will
reenact the hours and events leading up to the night of Tupac’s death. September 2016 marks the 20th anniver- sary.
Common and Ice Cube perform on the Tonight Show.
Tupac’s Biopic Honored In Clark County (Las Vegas)
OWN’s hit reality show, Raising Whitley, has been can- celed — AlwaysAList.com re- ports.
Raising Whitley premiered April 20, 2013, on the Oprah Winfrey Network, chronicling the daily life of actress-come- dian Kym Whitley and her group of friends—whom she refers to as “The Village”—as they raise baby Joshua, the child that Kym unexpectedly gained custody of.
Joshua was left to Whitley after a troubled young woman, who she mentored for 15 years, had mysteriously escaped the hospital immediately after giv- ing birth and left behind only Kym’s contact information.
The comedian and actress confirmed that the show would not be returning for its 5th sea- son.
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