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‘Walking Dead’ Star To Play Tupac’s Mom In Biopic
Danai Gurira (Michonne on The Walking Dead, aka the best friend to have in a zombie Apocalypse situation) has signed on for the role of Tupac Shakur’s mom, Afeni Shakur.
'Ride Along 2,' With Ice Cube, Kevin Hart And St. Pete's Native Will Packer Return To Theaters Friday
Ride Along 2 is a funny ac- tion movie that lives up to the pleasures of its predecessor.
Ride Along 2 comes cour- tesy of Universal/Comcast Corp., which distributed the original Ride Along to a $134 million domestic total opening on this very weekend back in 2014. The original action com- edy came pretty sequel-ready, to the point where a follow-up was a foregone conclusion. Like the last one, this is pro- duced by St. Pete's native Will Packer who has produced hit after hit. His latest, "Straight Outta Compton.:
A cop comedy with star Kevin Hart and old-school vet Ice Cube that no one even pretended to be shocked when Ride Along nabbed a $48 mil-
ICE CUBE, WILL PACKER And KEVIN HART
lion Fri-Mon debut off a $25 million budget. This one again comes courtesy of director Tim Story.
Actually, this is his third franchise, along with Think Like a Man and Barbershop, which has a third installment
coming later this year (The Best Man’s Malcolm D. Lee is directing). So with a budget of $40 million this time out and Ice Cube coming off of Straight Outta Compton, this movie might take the No. 1 spot from, "Star Wars".
Tupac Shakur’s biopic, All Eyez On Me, is in production in Atlanta and Danai Gurira has recently been cast to por- tray the legendary lyricist’s mother, Afeni Shakur. Gurira is set to join Demetrius Shipp, Jr., who has been chosen to play 2Pac. The biopic is being directed by Benny Boom.
On the small screen, Danai who stars in The Walking Dead has received demonstra-
tive praise for bringing to life, Michonne. The acclaimed actress will now be challenged to convey that same fervor in her début feature film.
Afeni Shakur possesses the entrenched complexity of a Black Panther, political ac- tivist, and mother. In addition, Ms. Shakur is also an execu- tive producer on this project. This may serve to help Gurira absorb some of Afenia’s char- acteristics.
Another Rapper Says 14-Year-Old
Who Made Claims Against Tyga
Contacted Him About Collaboration
Rumors began circulating Tuesday (January 12) that Cal- ifornia rapper Bobo Norco was once in contact with Molly O’Malia – the 14-year- old singer that accused Tyga of making her uncomfortable by sending messages and ask- ing to FaceTime. Tyga claimed he only contacted O’Malia to discuss working together on music, and Norco says he had a similar experi- ence with the young girl.
According to Norco, O’Malia reached out to him about possibly collaborating. But in alleged Instagram mes- sages between the two, O’Malia also told him she
If fans were thinking they’d have to wait to get a glimpse of RHOA Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker’s new son, Ace Wells Tucker, then they’re in luck because the “Real House- wives of Atlanta” star’s son al- ready has his very own Instagram page.
The happy couple welcome their first child together on Wednesday, Jan. 6, and al- ready Ace’s parents have set him up with his personal social media account.
Although there aren’t very many pictures of Baby Ace’s face on his Instagram just yet, his parents still wanted to give fans a look at all the sweet mo- ment’s Ace has experienced even though he’s only a few days old.
“Ths is the offical page for
California
Norco, Molly O’Malia, 14 and Tyga.
was 18.
The alleged IG correspon-
dence included O’Malia ask- ing for help with her career. But Norco eventually re- sponded to O’Malia by stat- ing he did not believe she was really 18.
Kandi Buress and Todd Tucker welcomed baby Ace on January 6.
Ace son of @KandiBurruss & @Todd167. Enjoy seeing the world thru my eyes!” the offi- cial page description reads.
RHOA’s Kandi And Todd Share Photos Of New Baby On His Instagram Page
rapper Bobo
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