Posts Tagged ‘boyz n the hood’
Ice Cube files lawsuit against stock trading company Robinhood
Ice Cube is fired up once again and this time he’s aimed his beam at stock trading platform Robinhood. The rapper turned Hollywood movie star and Black political advocate, filed…
Read MoreMegan Thee Stallion samples Eazy-E in new song, ‘Girls in the Hood’
Megan Thee Stallion has dropped her new song, “Girls in the Hood,” which samples late rapper Eazy-E. The 25-year-old rapper’s new tune puts a spin on the star’s 1987 hit…
Read MoreCuba Gooding Jr. allegedly made sickening sexual request of woman
The prosecution’s case against Cuba Gooding Jr. has become considerably more troublesome for the Oscar-winning actor as it includes graphic accusations and more than a dozen alleged victims. Up to…
Read MoreJohn Singleton’s public memorial announced
The public memorial for the late, legendary movie director John Singleton has been announced. The family notified the media that the idolized filmmaker will be memorialized at the University of…
Read MoreJohn Singleton’s will is out of date; war erupts between family members
Now that revered Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton, 51, has been privately laid to rest, the rest of his large clan has begun the process of legal infighting…
Read MoreJohn Singleton’s cause of death revealed
We were told that transcendent director John Singleton died of a massive stroke at the famed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. What we did not know was that the…
Read MoreJohn Singleton’s will filed in court, beneficiary named
John Singleton’s will has been filed in court, and the beneficiary of his estate has been named. The 51-year-old filmmaker — who made history as the first African American and…
Read More10 actors who got their big break from legendary director John Singleton
Movie and TV superstar Taraji P. Henson kept it real about her everlasting adoration of legendary movie director John Singleton. The woman who plays the street-savvy matriarch on the hit…
Read MoreFamily of legendary director John Singleton to remove him from life support
The family of John Singleton, who suffered a stroke earlier this month, reportedly has directed his doctors to remove him from life support, according to a statement issued by Singleton’s…
Read MoreDirty cop in ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, dead at 76
Despite being a Black man, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson’s memorable and sinister cop character in the Oscar-nominated film Boyz N the Hood came to embody the dirty police officer that has terrorized…
Read More‘Boyz N the Hood’ director John Singleton hospitalized after health scare
The entertainment world stopped in its tracks after media reports that Academy Award-nominated director John Singleton had been hospitalized. Singleton, the youngest director ever to be nominated for an Oscar for his…
Read MoreLaurence Fishburne divorcing Gina Torres
Legendary actor Laurence Fishburne is ready to pull the plug on the marriage to his longtime wife Gina Torres. The “Black-ish” and Ride Along star and his wife of 15…
Read More‘Doughboy’ stage play reimagines the iconic ‘Boyz N the Hood’ character
When a friend, Stanley Fritz, told this writer about Doughboy, a stage play he had co-written that reimagines the character played by Ice Cube in the 1991 iconic Boyz N the Hood film…
Read MoreMorris Chestnut remains reigning King of Black Hollywood
Black Hollywood is a term affectionately used to describe actors and actresses who have conquered Hollywood, proved their acting ability, and remain a treasure to the Black community. While White America is…
Read MoreThe African American Film Critics Association to honor hip-hop’s influence in cinema
Following the mega-success of Straight Outta Compton, a film about the rise of ’90s gansta rap group N.W.A., the African American Film Critics Association is preparing to honor hip-hop’s contribution to…
Read MoreJohn Singleton explains to ABFF audience why ‘Ricky’ had to die in ‘Boyz N the Hood’
John Singleton talks about his iconic film, ‘Boyz N the Hood’ As part of the American Black Film Festival, which took place from Thursday, June 11 to Sunday, June 14,…
Read MoreMorris Chestnut talks about his roles in ‘Kick-Ass 2’ and ‘The Best Man Holiday’
Morris Chesnut, when you hear his name you think tall, dark, sexy Lance from The Best Man. He recently took his acting skills in a different direction starring in Kick-Ass 2, a comedy in theaters August…
Read MoreMorris Chestnut on his role as Ricky in ‘Boyz n the Hood’
Oscar snubs: 10 movie songs that should’ve been Academy Award-nominated
Ten great songs from films (of varying quality) that should’ve at least gotten an Oscar nod.
Read MoreBoyz-N-the-Hood at 21: The 25 Best Quotes
South Central Los Angeles used to be easily dismissed – if it was thought about at all – as a vast economic and cultural wasteland, littered with minorities, madness and…
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