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'Girls Trip' Gets 91% Critics Review; Open Friday In Theaters
50 Cents $60 Mil Richer After Sale Of Vodka Stock
50 Cent has been promot- ing Effen Vodka after every social media post for years since he took a financial in- terest in the alcoholic spirit.
Now, the G-Unit General has dumped the stock to a tune of $60 million, the rap- per reveals on Instgram. The rapper owned a minority stake in the company.
The deal apparently took place roughly a month ago, as many people had already no- ticed the rapper had discon- tinued promoting the product.
In other news, 50 Cent has revealed that he will soon
50 Cents says he sold his stock in Effen Vodka for $60 mil.
drop Street King Immortal, his oft delayed album.
R. Kelly Alleged Captive Speaks Out; Asks Her Dad To Stop
This alleged R. Kelly “cult” story keeps adding lay- ers. The internet exploded Tuesday over news R. Kelly is reportedly running a sex “cult” by controlling several young women.
According to reports, Joycelyn Savage, 21, is claiming her father, Timo- thy Savage, set up her initial meeting with Kelly.
The initial plan—- hatched by her dad, R. Kelly and others — was for Joycelyn to stay at Kelly’s house to de- velop as a singer under his tutelage.
Timothy was the one who dropped her off at a friend’s house to be driven to Kelly’s.
Sources said Timothy knew Joycelyn would be staying with Kelly for an ex- tended period, but the par- ents did not expect it to be for years.
The Buzzfeed article that published the story does note that Joycelyn’s mother and father were open to their daughter working with Kelly to advance her music career.
Joycelyn Savage spoke out with TMZ.
“I am in a happy place in my life, and I’m not being brainwashed or anything like that,” says the woman.
The 21-year-old’s mother and father have been at- tempting to get in contact with her, and they claim Kelly is preventing her from speaking with her family.
She also acknowledged she has not spoken to her parents in about five to six months.
R. KELLY
When asked if she is able to leave from Kelly, she re- fused to answer.
Several parents and for- mer associates from Kelly’s inner circle claim he is con- trolling the lives of six women living at a guest house next to his home in Duluth, Georgia and a recording studio he rents in Chicago, Illinois.
Through his lawyer, Kelly has denied the accusations.
“Mr. Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed by the recent revelations at- tributed to him,” his attorney Linda Mensch told TMZ in a statement. “Mr. Kelly un- equivocally denies such accu- sations and will work diligently and forcibly to pur- sue his accusers and clear his name.”
Kelly’s neighbors in Du- luth have also denied seeing anything inauspicious at the home he rents in the commu- nity.
GIRLS TRIP
Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah play college friends reuniting for a New Orleans weekend during the Essence Festival in Malcolm D. Lee's sister- hood celebration. This film scored a 91% in critics review. A sure hit for Lee and St. Pete native/producer Will Packer.
It's barely been a month since the joyless Rough Night came and went in a blur of in- difference, and this new com- edy on paper could almost be the same movie — only with black sorority sisters and no corpse to dampen the week- end getaway. The difference is that Girls Trip actually deliv- ers on its promise of a liberat- ing good time, thanks in large part to the spirited characteri- zations and believable chem- istry of its four immensely appealing leads. The progres- sion from raunchy, raucous laughs into dramatic conflict and then out the other side into the uplifting empower- ment of sisterhood and self- worth isn't entirely seamless, but there's too much dizzy pleasure here to get hung up on the flaws.
All that should spell "sweet summertime hit" for Univer- sal, especially with women, while confirming Malcolm D. Lee as a go-to director for high-gloss entertainment built around successful, sexy African-American characters.
Mykelti Williamson Returning To NBC Cop Drama Chicago P.D.
Lieutenant Denny Woods is coming back to Chicago P.D. Mykelti Williamson is joining the cast of the NBC cop drama as a recurring in its upcoming fifth season. He will reprise the role he origi- nated as a guest star in Episode 20 of the the most re- cent fourth season. In that episode, Voight (Jason Beghe) dug back into an old case under the watchful eye of his former partner (Williamson).
24 and Justified alum Williamson recently re- curred on WGN America’s Underground and ABC’s Des- ignated Survivor and had
Mykelti Williamson will have a recurring role in the 5 season of Chicago P.D.
roles in the movies Fences, Vengeance and Canal Street. He also appeared in numerous all-black cast movies.
Drama Series Based On Mariah Carey’s Life Set For Starz
Mariah Carey’s rise to fame was a game changer.
Music icon Mariah Carey’s rise to fame will be captured in a new drama se- ries. According to deadline.com, Starz is deve- loping a fictional scripted se- ries based on Carey’s real-life experiences.
Carey will executive pro- duce the untitled series with longtime friend Brett Rat- ner and writer Nina Col- man.
The drama, written by Col- man (Mahogany), is set in 1986 New York City and chronicles the rise of a ta-
lented bi-racial 16-year-old girl; an aspiring singer-song- writer who survived a difficult childhood to become the biggest selling female music artist of all time.
Carey’s rise to fame was game-changing. She secured five consecutive Hot 100 No. 1 hits in 1990-91 starting with “Vision Of Love,” “Love Takes Time,” “Someday,” “I Don’t Wanna Cry” and “Emotions.”
Carey is next set to return to her Las Vegas residency and will embark on a North American summer tour with Lionel Richie.
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