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The 11th Bentonville Film Festival is underway in Arkansas, the annual event bringing together Oscar caliber talent and films, with an emphasis on inclusion in an industry not known for providing equal access to opportunity.

This year’s festival, running June 16-22, boasts nine world premieres, 28 feature films in competition, and a newly launched Homegrown Competition “highlighting powerful stories from filmmakers based in or filming in Arkansas” as part of a robust lineup of programming.

Deadline attended the opening night kickoff at Skylight Cinema, highlighted by a screening of East of Wall, the Sony Pictures Classics drama that presents “an authentic portrait of female resilience in the ‘New West’ inspired and played by the women and girls who live it.”

On the red carpet we spoke with Bff chair Geena Davis, asking about her excitement level as the festival began.

“On a scale of 1 to 10, I’m 11,” she told us.

J Pinder's new film, Cotton Candy Bubble Gum, is set to premiere tomorrow at SXSW, and Collider is thrilled to bring you an exclusive poster from the film. The new poster shows star Nick Darnell, who will feature in the lead role in the film opposite Morgan Jay, floating away while hanging on to a cluster of balloons as Jay's character watches on. The poster was designed by talented artist Andrew Adam, who has worked as the poster designer on other projects in the past, such as Honey Boy (Shia Labeouf) and Lady in the Lake (Natalie Portman). In addition to Darnell and Jay, R. Marcus Taylor, JadaPaige, and Jack Stone have all been tapped for roles in the film, along with Rodney J. Hobbs, Mildred Marie Langford, and JeCobi Swain.

Tupac Shakur's appearance in Straight Outta Compton is brief but impactful, with two actors portraying him: Marcc Rose and Darris Love. Marcc Rose, who plays Tupac on screen, closely resembles the rapper with his eyes, eyebrows, and posture, while Darris Love provides his vocals. Marcc Rose portrayed Tupac in another project, Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., but his performance was limited in showing the rapper's personality.

The celebrated rapper Tupac appears in one scene in Straight Outta Compton, but he's played by two actors. Straight Outta Compton is an underrated musical biopic that sadly didn't leave as much of a mark as maybe it should have. Released in 2015, the same year as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, Inside Out, and many other celebrated movies, it was always going to be difficult for Straight Outta Compton to make waves. That's unfortunate because...

A civil wrongful death lawsuit involving Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight has ended in a mistrial.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared the mistrial Wednesday after the jury reported they were hopelessly deadlocked 7-5 in favor of the plaintiff, Lillian Carter, the widow of Terry Carter. He was killed in an off-site incident during the filming of the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton when he was run over by Knight’s vehicle.

Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the criminal case and is serving a 28-year sentence.

Knight founded Death Row with Dr. Dre, growing the label into one of the music industry’s biggest in the late 1990s and early 2000s, thanks to music by rappers including Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.

Carter was killed after an altercation between Knight and film advisor Cle “Bone” Sloan at Tam’s Burgers in Compton,...

In the Netflix biopic “The Dirt,” Pete Davidson of “Saturday Night Live” fame portrays A&R exec Tom Zutaut, the man who signed Motley Crue to Elektra and Guns N’ Roses to Geffen, while veteran character actor David Costabile is manager Doc McGhee. They follow in a long and illustrious line of label executives portrayed on screen, ranging from critical and box-office hits like “Ray” and “La Bamba” to lesser-seen music pics like “Cbgb” and “The Runaways.” Here’s our list of 10 of the most memorable:

1. Steven Coogan as Tony Wilson (“24 Hour Party People”). Coogan’s brilliant portrayal of the Manchester icon and Factory Records founder in Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film also includes great turns from Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division and New Order who passed away in 1999, and “Lord of the Rings” star Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett, the noted producer and Factory partner...

Naya Rivera is back in the classroom in a whole new role, and People has the exclusive first look.

The 31-year-old Glee actress is transitioning from student to teacher in Step Up: High Water, the new 10-episode YouTube Red series based on the Step Up film franchise.

Executive produced by original Step Up stars (and real-life couple!) Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum as well as Step Up director Adam Shankman, Step Up: High Water turns the spotlight on a contemporary performing arts school in Atlanta and the lives of several ambitious young dancers.

Rivera plays school administrator Collette Jones in the show,...

"Straight Outta Compton" actor R. Marcos Taylor -- who played Suge Knight in the flick -- allegedly went on a rampage at a New Jersey bank, threatening to kill employees and lunging at police. Cops say they were called to a Td Bank August 8 to handle an enraged Taylor. We're told the actor had an issue with a bank card and needed a new one, and he was hostile from the get-go. A witness tells us Taylor threatened an employee,...

R. Marcos Taylor may have taken his Suge Knight role a little too seriously -- he's been charged with multiple counts of assault for punching 2 people ... but he says They came at him. The incident went down back on August 9 when sources tell us he punched the manager of a Carrabba's Italian Grill in Green Brook, NJ several times in the face after an argument escalated. We're told several employees dragged Marcos out of the...

Paying Mr. McGetty opens up in a plush hotel room with the protagonist Tyrell (R. Marcos Taylor, Luke Cage, 48 Hours to Live) waking up after what is assumed a wild night gambling and drinking. To add to the fog in his mind, there is a beautiful woman laying in the bed next to him named Cecelia (Alissa Schneider, Wick City Rockabilly, October Rodeo) who explains what happened the previous night. After a phone call from Tyrell’s angry girlfriend Meena (Anita Clay, City of Gold, Adrenaline III), Tyrell and Cecelia exit the hotel, both parting ways with a friendly kiss. What was meant to be friendly turns out to be detrimental to Tyrell’s safety for the rest of the day. It turns out that...

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Action superstar and kickboxing legend Don "The Dragon" Wilson's latest film Paying Mr. McGetty, a quirky action comedy from Traditionz Entertainment, has premiered a new poster and a trailer! Wilson co-stars as a laconic hitman, while star R. Marcos Taylor (Baby Driver, Luke Cage) appears as a man about to have the most hilarious and perilous day of his life. The film premiered at the Burbank International Film Festival and won awards, and is looking at a release late 2017. Paying Mr. McGetty features a hot soundtrack by Kanye West, Etcetera, and more. Traditionz Entertainment produced the film, their latest picture with Don Wilson. Their previous collaboration was the family favorite The Martial Arts Kid, co-starring Jansen Panettiere and Cynthia Rothrock.  ...

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          Martial Arts Action Star Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back in an all-new action-comedy!     Hollywood, CA (December 7th, 2016) Kickboxing Champion and legendary action star Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back like you've never seen him before in Traditionz Entertainment's action-packed comedy Paying Mr. McGetty from director Michael Baumgarten (The Martial Arts Kid)! After a night of drinking and gambling, Tyrell (R. Marcos Taylor, Netflix's Luke Cage) is awakened by an angry call from his girlfriend, Meena (Anita Clay) and finds himself in bed with a strange woman, Cecelia (Alissa Schneider) -- a local mob boss' daughter. Once the local mob boss finds out, he hires Shota (Wilson) -- a relentless hitman. To make matters worse, the reward on Tyrell's...

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Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge and Michel’le premieres tonight on Lifetime and dramatises the life story of Michel’le Toussaint and her difficult rise to fame. The original TV movie stars Rhyon Nicole Brown as Michel’le, Curtis Hamilton as Dr. Dre and R. Marcos Taylor plays Suge Knight, as he did in Straight Outta Compton. Michel’le narrates the film that tells the story of how the squeaky voiced singer was pulled from obscurity as N.W.A. surged in popularity. She ended up in relationships with both Dr. Dre and Suge Knight and faced extreme demands both emotionally and professionally. Following the movie is Beyond the...read more...

Follow the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. as they forge their anger and inner-city frustrations into the most potent weapon imaginable: their music. In Straight Outta Compton: Unrated Director's Cut fans can follow N.W.A.'s electrifying lyrics and unique sound, which introduced a truth that no one had heard before and exposed life in the hood igniting a social revolution that still reverberates today. The culturally relevant and explosively entertaining biopic is coming to Digital HD on January 5, 2016 and Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand January 19, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray and Digital HD versions include the exclusive Unrated Director's Cut that gives fans more of the N.W.A. story with 20 additional minutes of the film. Directed by F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Friday), Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of five young rebels from South Central Los Angeles who, armed with only their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent,...

With the unprecedented critical and box office success of N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton, some of those involved are, not unnaturally, musing ways to follow it up. One such in particular is Compton co-executive producer L. Leigh Savidge, who's now in the early stages of turning his book and documentary Welcome To Death Row into a narrative feature.The story, touched on in Straight Outta Compton, would delve further into the formation, rise, copious feuds and controversy surrounding Dr Dre and Suge Knight's label Death Row Records: home of breakout megastars like Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur and many others (including Dre himself).Those four principal players have already, of course, been cast in Compton: Corey Hawkins as Dre, Keith Stanfield as Snoop, Marcc Rose as Tupac and R. Marcos Taylor as Suge. There's no guarantee at this stage that all or any of them would reprise their roles,...

Straight Outta Compton arrived in theaters yesterday, and audiences around the country are already responding in huge ways. Early projections pegged it at taking in around $40 million at the box office, but it's already clear that those estimates were way off. Deadline reports that the N.W.A. biopic took in a massive $24.3 million on Friday, en route to an opening weekend that could surpass $60 million. While we wait for the box office estimates to come in tomorrow morning, we thought this was the perfect time to share a slew of video interviews with the cast and filmmakers who brought this incredible true story to life.

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells...

Universal Pictures released their new drama movie, "Straight Outta Compton," into theaters today, August 14th, 2015, and all the reviews are in from the top, major movie critics. It turns out that it did resonate quite well with most of them, getting an overall 71 score out of a possible 100 across 34 reviews at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Aldis Hodge, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr., and O'Shea Jackson Jr. We've added blurbs from a couple of the critics, below. Odie Henderson from RogerEbert.com, gave it a great 100 score, stating: "It plays like a Marvel superhero movie had Marvel been run by Suge Knight." Scott Foundas over at Variety, gave it a 90 score. He stated: "If “Compton” is undeniably of the moment, it’s also timeless in its depiction of how artists and writers transform the world around them into angry, profane, vibrant and singular personal expression." Peter Travers from Rolling Stone,...

Straight Outta Compton

Written by Jonathan Herman & Andrea Berloff

Directed by F. Gary Gray

USA, 2015

Not only is Straight Outta Compton a vivid snapshot of mid-1980’s South Los Angeles, it feels like something that might be percolating in modern inner cities. Director F. Gary Gray’s provocative film soars when it sticks to the vibe and pulse of the nascent “gangsta rap” movement. When it delves into serious drama, however, the results are decidedly mixed. Ultimately, the incendiary music and infectious defiance push Straight Outta Compton over the top, both literally and figuratively.

The power of music is its immediacy. It captures a moment in time and allows you to experience the emotions over and over again. For black teens growing up in the South Los Angeles region in the ‘80s, the predominating emotions were anger and frustration. The rampant drug trade, fueled by the recent infusion of crack cocaine from South America,...

As a lifelong fan of N.W.A., I walked into Straight Outta Compton expecting something of a sanitized story of the gangsta rap group comprised of '80s West Coast rap pioneers Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-e, Mc Ren and DJ Yella. One fear had to do with the fact Cube and Dre were producing the film while Eazy, the troubled group's frontman, passed away in 1995. Ren and Yella are onboard as "N.W.A. advisors" and Cube's son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., actually stars as his father in the movie. Given the circumstances it was hard to expect an entirely unbiased look at the lives these guys led, growing up in Compton, Calif. exploring the struggles they faced, the mistakes they made, the success they found, the discrimination, the infighting, the breakups, etc. Taking that into consideration, things are as they would be expected, the end result is a mixed bag.

I may not be a fan of today’s current hip-hop scene, but this reviewer has a soft spot for early gangsta rap. From Krs-One’s “Sound Of Da Police” to most of Snoop’s catalog, each song represents a cultural look into a world my safely-suburban-ass knows absolutely nothing about. The grooves are tight, the messages are blunt (the ghetto’s punk rock, if you will), and the performers are Real people (no frontin’), but someone had to first test the waters of society with such aggressive musical tastes. Those thuggish soldiers were known as N.W.A., a Compton “supergroup” who assaulted America with a bullish brand of street-wise entertainment that made them public enemy number one in conservative eyes – and smoldering stars to the rest of us.

Straight Outta Compton is no normal biopic though – it’s a revolution. It’s a statement in a time of social disconnect.

Cruisin’ Down the Street: Gray Returns to Relevance with Biopic of Iconic Rap Group

Director F. Gary Gray will forever hold a seminal spot in 90s cinema thanks to helming Friday (1995), a gig he landed after directing an Ice Cube music video. Now, twenty years later, they reunite excitingly in Straight Outta Compton, Gray’s depiction of the rise, fall, and continuing tangential cultural influence of controversial rap group N.W.A., founded famously by Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-e in the late 80s. Though it would be an impossible feat to satisfy every faction with this sort of ambitious reenactment, Gray and screenwriters Andrea Berlof and Jonathan Herman do a remarkable job of capturing the humanity behind the collaboration of a controversial music group notoriously reviled upon their initial denouement. With searing forcefulness, Gray also magnifies the continued importance behind the awareness N.W.A. sparked in regards to police brutality, a landscape...

Simply put, Straight Outta Compton, director F. Gary Gray’s biopic of the rap group N.W.A., is nothing you thought it would be and everything you hoped it would be. And it’s been in the making for 27 years.

Based on the true story and rise to fame of members Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-e, DJ Yella and Mc Ren, Straight Outta Compton (taken from the name of the first and only album released by the 5 original members) is both a biopic and a coming of age story that keeps you riveted in your seat for two and half hours.

In 1987, Compton, CA was a hotbed of gangs, drugs, and a brutally corrupt Lapd. With no real voice to express their frustration and anger, drug dealer Eazy-e and local DJ Andre Young, (aka Dr. Dre) decided to start a group with neighborhood friends Ice Cube, DJ Yella, and Mc Ren.

With less than two weeks left until Universal Pictures' Straight Outta Compton hits theaters, IMDb has debuted a brand new clip, featuring all of the members of N.W.A. defending their music at a press conference. While their detractors claim N.W.A.'s music "glamorizes" drugs, gangs and violence, Ice Cube states that their art is a reflection of their reality. The actor who portrays Ice Cube is the rapper/actor's actual son, O'Shea Jackson Jr..

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group,...

There are few movie forms more stagnant than the biopic. I am not a fan for the most part, and it takes something special to knock me out of that mindset. While "Straight Outta Compton" plays by the rules for the most part, the film has a great cast and an undeniable energy that drew me in, and considering we're talking about events from a quarter-century ago, there is a surprisingly urgent undertone to the entire enterprise that reminds us that we have not made as much progress as we'd like to think as a culture. Screenwriter Andrea Berloff made her feature debut nine years ago with "World Trade Center," and she hasn't had a produced credit since. She had an impossible job here, trying to boil down the rise and fall of an iconic band to a mere 142 minutes. Jonathan Herman is co-credited for the script, with S. Leigh Savidge...

The upcoming drama "Straight Outta Compton" chronicles the highs and lows of the seminal West Coast rap group N.W.A., from their troubled beginnings to their incredible fame and growing notoriety.

Newcomer O'Shea Jackson Jr. plays his real-life dad Ice Cube, alongside Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell as Dr. Dre and Eazy-e. Paul Giamatti plays their then-manager Jerry Heller, who co-founded Ruthless Records with Eazy-e in 1986. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre are producers on the pic, which is directed by F. Gary Gray ("Law Abiding Citizen," "The Italian Job," "Set It Off," "Friday"). The supporting cast includes Alexandra Shipp, Orlando Brown, and R. Marcos Taylor as Suge Knight.

Ice Cube described their story as "an American story of not only rags to riches, but David vs. Goliath. To me, when you talk about N.W.A, you talk about non-violent protests against things that we were trying to comprehend, so we...