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Black Lightning Airs January 16th On The CW
Cardi B To Collaborate With J. Lo And DJ Khaled
Cardi B to be featured on J. Lo song produced by DJ Khaled.
The CW has slotted Tuesday, January 16 for the premiere of its new superhero series Black Lightning. It will air at 9 PM ET/PT following its top-rated series The Flash, both DC shows.
The CW’s DC Comics small screen maestro Greg Berlanti teamed up with the husband- wife creative duo of Mara Brock Akil and husband Salim Akil to develop a Black Lightning TV show.
The Akils come to the table with valuable dramatic experi- ence writing and producing African-American-centric shows such as Being Mary Jane, The Game, Girlfriends, and Soul Food.
The collaboration – which sees the Akils as executive pro-
Black Lightning played by Cress Williams with square off against villain, Tobias Whale.
TV One announced the pro- duction of their original film, Down For Whatever, which was the 2017 American Black Film Fes- tival (ABFF) screenplay-win- ning project written by Tim Folsome.
It stars LeToya Luckett, Hosea Chanchez, Bre-Z and Imani Hakim, and is slated to premiere at the 2018 ABFF in June, followed by a TV One premiere in July.
Production of the film will take place in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the network's first
original action-thriller produc- tion. It chronicles Tracy, a young successful doctor and her detective husband, Mike.
Mike Epps Accused Of
ducers alongside Berlanti and Sarah Schechter – will finally have DC Comics’ very first Black superhero Jefferson Pierce, aka Black Lightning make his way to live action.
Black Lightning will square off against his oldest foe on the show, Tobias Whale.
Whale, who first appeared in Black Lightning #1, is described as "a local politician who goes on to murder Alvin Pierce, fa- ther to Jefferson Pierce played by Cress Williams, after he is exposed to be involved in government corruption.
Jennifer Lopez has re- portedly teamed up with her fellow Bronx, New York native Cardi B for a new collabora- tion.
DJ Khaled teased a top se- cret project with J.Lo via In- stagram in the lead up to Christmas, first sharing a snap of the pair in the studio.
"J LO GOT NEW MUSIC COMING Feat ?? Prod by who??," he added, revealing there would be a special guest on the track.
The hip-hop hitmaker fol- lowed it up with a series of
video clips which showed the singer/actress arriving at his Miami, Florida recording stu- dios with her boyfriend, retired baseball ace Alex Rodriguez.
However, Alex appears to have let slip the big secret after sharing his own behind-the- scenes video footage from the visit, during which he cap- tured Khaled and Jennifer discussing the song's guest artist.
Cardi's just on that one part, do you think we should do some ad-libs with her?" J.Lo asks Khaled.
TV One Announces First Original Action Thriller ‘Down For Whatever’
The new film stars Imani Hakim, Latoya Luckett, Hosea Chanchez, and Bre-Z.
Stealing Idea For BET
Rapper 2 Chainz has ac- cused the plaintiff suing him over an outstanding car pay- ment of impersonating his lawyer in an alleged attempt to convince him to settle the case.
Joshua Waddell of High- line Holdings Group filed suit against the "I'm Different" hit- maker in October, claiming he agreed to buy a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead for just over $262,200.
The car was delivered to 2 Chainz's home with $18,320 still outstanding on his tab, and when he reportedly re- fused to pay up, Waddell pur- sued legal action.
However, 2 Chainz, real name Tauheed Epps, is ask- ing that the case be tossed after
2 Chainz says the car dealer used fraudulent methods to re- ceive payment.
accusing Waddell of resorting to fraudulent actions to settle the dispute.
He alleges Waddell initially sent him texts from an uniden- tified number posing as 2 Chainz's lawyer, suggesting he pay the balance and interest
to resolve the case.
The hip-hop star caught on
to the ploy as he recognized the phone number from prior communications, but days later, he received another text from a different number.
He claims that was Wad- dell pretending to be a lawyer for his car sales firm, telling 2 Chainz they had been awarded a default judgment, although there was no such ev- idence to back up the state- ment.
The rapper has since con- firmed the texts were never sent by the two parties' lawyers, and now he wants Waddell to pay the price for his alleged meddling and have a judge dismiss the suit.
Comedian/actor Mike Epps is facing a possible lawsuit.
with Epps, but they have de- signs on selling it to FOX. The 3 guys have given Mike an ul- timatum — capitulate by Fri- day, or else. It’s highly unlikely Mike would try and undo the BET deal.
It's description: "Although happily married, one thing has always been missing in their relationship – a sense of fam- ily. Tracy grew up in foster care and longs for the tradi- tional family environment that she never had. When Mike suddenly loses his partner in a
senseless cop-killing, Tracy is there to support him. That is, until she receives an unex- pected visit from a social worker who informs her that the ruthless killers suspected in the murder are her biologi- cal sisters, Denise and Sonya.
Social Awards Show
2 Chainz Wants Car Dispute Lawsuit Thrown Out
Mike Epps is executive producing a new show that honors social media influ- encers, but three producers are threatening to sue the come- dian claiming he stole their idea.
Calvin Valrie, La- Michael Finney and Bervick J. Deculus fired off a cease and desist letter alleg- ing that “Social Awards,” scheduled to premiere on BET in February, is too similar to the show they pitched to Epps’ cousin in February, hoping to get Epps on board.
The three producers never heard back from Epps and were blindsided a few weeks ago when BET announced it green-lit “Social Awards.
The producers tell us they’re still willing to work
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