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Public Enemy’s recent, guest-star-laden What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? is, undoubtedly, the greatest album ever made by a hip-hop group 35 years deep into its career – in that it’s almost certainly the only album in that category thus far. That distinction aside, it’s genuinely excellent in its own right, with Flavor Flav – whose status in the group seemed unclear for the while – fully in the mix, and an energized Chuck D leading the way.

Chuck D talked about making the new album (which largely...

If there’s one weekend at the box office that studios and exhibitors typically have had no thanks for, it’s the post Thanksgiving period, typically the first weekend in December, when business drops by as much as 50%.

Last year the Black Friday weekend went from $180.9M led by Frozen 2 to $90.3M during the first frame of December, and let me tell ya somethin’, studios and exhibition are hungering for those types of tickets sales right now.

Universal remains the only major studio pumping out wide releases to those remaining movie theaters which aren’t being smashed down by lockdowns (like in California — God knows when we’ll be able to go to the movies again).

This weekend, Universal’s DreamWorks Animated title The Croods: A New Age in weekend 2 continued to see the best numbers in the current Covid-19 America, with $4.4M, -55%, crossing $20.3M in its 12th day in release.

Public Enemy have dropped a new video for “Public Enemy Number Won.” The animated clip features Beastie Boys’ Mike D and Ad-Rock as well as Run-dmc. The track appears on Public Enemy’s 15th studio album, What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?, which dropped in September.

The album marks Public Enemy’s return to Def Jam Recordings, which is given a shout-out on the lyrics and the label’s logo is featured in the clip. The visual also features archival posters, photos and footage as backdrops to...

In September, Rolling Stone unveiled the new version of our 500 Greatest Albums poll. It’s a completely updated version of our most read, most argued-over list ever, made with help from a group of voters that included Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Stevie Nicks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and members of U2, as well as writers, critics, and figures from across the music industry.

We’re celebrating the new list with a big new undertaking: an in-depth podcast, made in partnership with Amazon Music. Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums goes inside the making and...

To be totally honest, it was with mixed feelings that I leapt into Pandora Season 2 Episode 1

Don't get me wrong. Pandora Season 1 was a wild ride, and I couldn't resist seeing it through to the end despite some of its more frustrating features.

What kept me hanging on (when I've cut loose shows for much lesser sins in terms of continuity and logic) was the sense that Jax's story was worth the wait.

What can I say? Hope springs eternal.

This premiere hints at a more focused and centralized season to come.

Season 1 had us looking in a lot of different directions and at a lot of different plotlines -- from Atria's clone rebellion on Adar to Thomas's daddy issues to Ralen's wife (what now?) -- and that made for an often confusing jumble of different political conflicts.

Pandora Season 2 has centralized its focus to the hunt for Tierney...

Each month, the editors and critics at Rolling Stone compile a list of our favorite new albums. Our picks for September include the final LP from late reggae legend Toots Hibbert, a synth-pop stunner from Sad13, protest songs from Neil Young, and reissues of albums by Prince, the Rolling Stones, and Lou Reed.

Alicia Keys, Alicia

Alicia is one of Keys’ most musically engaging LPs, moving easily between moods and styles, from the disco throwback “Time Machine” to “Me X 7” (a bit of moody R&b ache with Tierra Whack...

The Criterion Channel’s stellar offerings are continuing next month with a selection of new releases, retrospective, series, and more. Leading the pack is, of course, a horror lineup perfectly timed for Halloween, featuring ’70s classics and underseen gems, including Abel Ferrara’s The Driller Killer (pictured above), Tobe Hopper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, early films by David Cronenberg, Wes Craven, and Brian De Palma, Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess, and more.

Also of note is a New Korean Cinema retrospective, featuring a new introduction by critic Grady Hendrix and a conversation between directors Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan-wook, whose Barking Dogs Never Bite, The Host, Mother, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance are part of the lineup, as well as Lee Myung-se’s Nowhere to Hide, and more titles to be announced. Bong’s short Influenza will also arrive, paired with Michael Haneke’s Caché.

A trend for horror anthologies is emerging from the competing titles in this year’s Sitges Pitchbox event, as organizers Filmmarket Hub and the Sitges Film Festival announce this year’s line up.

And, as the movie project showcase opens up its doors to series for the first time, it’s buzzy titles such as “R.I.P “ and “Mr Ray” which appear to be embracing the anthology format.

Developed during a 2019 Manhattan Institute Film Workshop “Mr Ray” is created by Antoine Bours – a series creator on Belgian-French scripted crime series “Ennemi Public” (“Public Enemy”).

Pitching itself as “Penny Dreadful” meets Tim Burton’s “Big Fish,” the series is described as “a love letter to the anthology series” and a tribute to one of its pioneers, the early twentieth century Belgian horror writer Jean Ray.

The eight-part series begins in the early 1960s, following Ray’s estranged daughter Molly as...

Belgian public television starts filming on Baraki, its first 26’ format series, Coyotes and Pandore, as post-production on Unseen is wrapping up. The Rtbf and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation continue their joint program of TV series production, hoping to find successors to La Trêve, Unité 42 or Ennemi Public. The Covid-19 crisis has interrupted the filming of Unseen only a few days before wrapping (the last takes were finally shot in June and the show should be broadcast some time in Autumn), and has delayed that of Pandore. But this Summer saw the return to film sets in order to guarantee new content to broadcast in 2021. The first production to get started is Baraki, a series by Julien Vargas, Peter Ninane and Fred de Loof, which follows the trials and tribulations of a working-class family. It will be...

The following contains spoilers for Perry Mason season 1.

Perry Mason ended its introductory season with a hung jury for the accused, and never got the chance to put the main culprit on the stand. And, boy did defense attorney Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys) want that. He fantasized about the confrontation, roleplaying it in front of an audience of legal authorities who all disagreed with his opinion. Mason wasn’t only robbed of a pure victory in the case, his true prey was stolen.

Detective Ennis was sentenced to death by his own partner, and with him went one of the most interesting characters on the series. This guy could have evolved into one of the great HBO villains, a bad cop who kept getting worse. The ends only justified the means but he wasn’t born mean. Andrew Howard brought more than moral ambiguity to the role. He captured the...

There’s so little that we know for sure about Spider-Man 3 at this stage, other than what we can infer from the end of Far From Home, which saw Peter Parker publicly exposed as the wall-crawler as well as accused of murder. One thing we’re pretty confident about, though, is that the threequel will continue the naming convention started by Homecoming of having the word “Home” somewhere in the title.

Various titles have been suggested by fans, including Home Run and Home Invasion, but maybe the title has actually already been subtly revealed and we all missed it. Murphy’s Multiverse has pointed out that both Esquire and Maxim have Spidey 3 listed as Spider-Man: Homesick on their sites’ respective upcoming comic book movie pages. Furthermore, the outlet’s Charles Murphy writes that he’s done some digging around and may have discovered where they got word of this title from.

Nick Cannon’s daytime talk show, which was scheduled to premiere later this year, has been pushed to 2021 in the aftermath of anti-Semitic comments he made on a podcast.

The show’s producer, Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury, confirmed the news in a statement obtained by Variety, saying that it is “standing by” Cannon given that his “public comments don’t reflect his true feelings.” The decision mirrors that taken by Fox, which also backed the beleaguered host by keeping him on as the Mc of “The Masked Singer.”

“The ‘Nick Cannon’ talk show will not debut this year,” the Debmar-Mercury statement read. “After conversations with Nick, we do believe that his public comments don’t reflect his true feelings and his apology is heartfelt and sincere. We want to continue the healing process as he meets with leaders of the Jewish community and engages in a dialogue with our distribution partners to hear their views.

The premiere of Nick Cannon’s upcoming nationally syndicated daytime talk show has been pushed following criticism over anti-Semitic remarks that he made on a June episode of his podcast.

Titled “Nick Cannon,” the talker was ordered last fall and set to launch Sept. 21. Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, which is the producer and distributor of Cannon’s show, says it’s “standing by Nick” and hopes to premiere the series in Fall 2021.

“The ‘Nick Cannon’ talk show will not debut this year,” Lionsgate and Debmar-Mercury said in a statement Friday. “After conversations with Nick, we do believe that his public comments don’t reflect his true feelings and his apology is heartfelt and sincere. We want to continue the healing process as he meets with leaders of the Jewish community and engages in a dialogue with our distribution partners to hear their views.”

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Nick Cannon has announced that he will be “taking time away” from his Los Angeles-based radio show, after apologizing for anti-Semitic comments he made on a podcast.

Cannon has been host of the morning show on Meruelo Media’s Kpwr-fm “Power 106” since June 2019. “Nick Cannon Mornings” also entered national syndication in January via Skyview Networks, which distributes it as an afternoon show across the country. Cannon also hosts a weekly countdown show for Skyview.

“Nick Cannon has begun a period of self-reflection to address the pain he caused, and while we recognize his apology, this time is needed to establish an action plan towards real change and advocacy,” Skyview Networks said in a statement. “During this period, production of the Nick Cannon Radio show will pause. Skyview Networks values all communities and faiths and we expect all programs and personalities we syndicate to adhere to these principles.”

Cannon also produces “Nick Cannon Mornings.

Nick Cannon will continue in his role as host of Fox’s The Masked Singer, one of the most high-profile hosting jobs in broadcast TV, after he issued a lengthy apology over controversial comments he had made recently on his podcast, saying that he feels “ashamed of the uninformed and naïve place that these words came from.”

In light of the apology, Fox is standing by the host.

“When we were made aware of Nick Cannon’s interview with Richard Griffin on YouTube, we immediately began a dialogue with Nick,” Fox said in a statement Wednesday night. “He is clear and remorseful that his words were wrong and lacked both understanding and context, and inadvertently promoted hate. This was important for us to observe. Nick has sincerely apologized, and quickly taken steps to educate himself and make amends. On that basis and given a belief that this moment calls for dialogue,...

Fox is sticking by “The Masked Singer” host Nick Cannon following his Wednesday night apology for anti-Semitic comments made during a recent episode of his “Cannon’s Class” podcast.

“When we were made aware of Nick Cannon’s interview with Richard Griffin on YouTube, we immediately began a dialogue with Nick,” Fox said in a statement. “He is clear and remorseful that his words were wrong and lacked both understanding and context, and inadvertently promoted hate. This was important for us to observe. Nick has sincerely apologized, and quickly taken steps to educate himself and make amends. On that basis and given a belief that this moment calls for dialogue, we will move forward with Nick and help him advance this important conversation, broadly. Fox condemns all forms of hate directed toward any community and we will combat bigotry of any kind.”

The podcast episode in question featured an interview...

Nick Cannon will continue to host Fox’s top-rated reality competition series “The Masked Singer,” the network confirmed on Wednesday. The news that Cannon would stay on “Masked Singer” comes after the host issued an apology online for anti-Semitic comments he made on a podcast.

“When we were made aware of Nick Cannon’s interview with Richard Griffin on YouTube, we immediately began a dialogue with Nick,” the network said in a statement. “He is clear and remorseful that his words were wrong and lacked both understanding and context, and inadvertently promoted hate. This was important for us to observe. Nick has sincerely apologized, and quickly taken steps to educate himself and make amends. On that basis and given a belief that this moment calls for dialogue, we will move forward with Nick and help him advance this important conversation, broadly. Fox condemns all forms of hate directed toward any...

Nick Cannon has issued an apology following criticism over anti-Semitic comments he made during a recent episode of his podcast.

“First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard Griffin,” Cannon began a Twitter thread Wednesday night.

He continued: “They reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and magnificent people and I feel ashamed of the uninformed and naïve place that these words came from. The video of this interview has since been removed.”

Also Read: Nick Cannon Demands 'Full Ownership' of 'Wild 'N Out,' an Apology From ViacomCBS

“While the Jewish experience encompasses more than 5,000 years and there is so much I have yet to learn, I have had at least a minor history lesson over the past few days and to...

Fired ViacomCBS personality Nick Cannon is demanding “full ownership” of “Wild ‘N Out,” which he referred to as a “billion dollar” brand. He also wants an apology.

Cannon, who was let go on Tuesday for a “Cannon’s Class” podcast episode that ViacomCBS said “promoted hateful speech and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories,” pushed back in a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday.

Cannon said he reached out to Shari Redstone, who controls ViacomCBS through her National Amusements, Inc. company, “to have a conversation of reconciliation and actually apologize if I said anything that pained or hurt her or her community.”

Also Read: ViacomCBS Fires Nick Cannon After Podcast 'Perpetuating Anti-Semitism'

He said he received “dead silence” in return. “That’s when I realized they don’t want a conversation or growth, they wanted to put the young negro in his place,” Cannon wrote.

“It is absolutely untrue that Nick Cannon reached...

As we get deeper into the summer, entertainment offerings are bound to start slimming – particularly in this pandemic era. Perhaps there’s no greater example of the oncoming drought than Amazon Prime’s list of new releases for July 2020.

Though the new options may be few and far between on Amazon this month, at least they pack a bit of a punch. In the case of Hanna season 2, that punch is quite literal. Esme Creed-Miles returns as the titular precocious super soldier. You can check out our review here. Beyond that, there are two intriguing Amazon original movies. The first is the Rosamund Pike-starring Radioactive and that arrives on July 24. Then there is the Dave Bautista film My Spy on July 26.

With HBO Max now on the scene, Amazon Prime is sure to lose some of its library titles. That can already be seen in the relatively sparse offerings for July.

The saying “Man makes plans, God laughs” has been around for a long time, even popping up in a truncated form on a Public Enemy album.

That statement may apply to the sports world this week, as it struggles to get back on its feet after a long layoff caused by the pandemic. This week, more obstacles toward that revival emerged, as everything from baseball to tennis to golf to wrestling grappled with coronavirus issues.

While infected personnel are the main concern, there are other problems. Today, the New York Yankees and New York Mets issued a statement saying they will work with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to impose a 14-day quarantine on travelers from virus hotspots like Florida, where both teams normally train. They announced last week that they were shifting spring training to New York City, where cases have slowed.

Today, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan addressed safety concerns at tour events,...

With June drawing to a close, it’s time to look ahead to July. For Amazon Prime subscribers, next month brings a huge influx of new content, including a variety of movies both classic and underrated, as well as Amazon Original films and TV series.

Just a few of the notable movies arriving on the service include Jennifer Lopez tropical horror Anaconda, Tim Burton’s moving fantasy Big Fish, Dreamworks animated superhero flick Megamind, time-traveling Owen Wilson-starrer Midnight In Paris, romance Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist with Kat Dennings and Michael Cera, Adam Sandler comedy Spanglish, Rob Zombie horror The Devil’s Rejects and not one but two Will Smith vehicles – 2001 biopic Ali and 2005’s romcom Hitch.

For the full list, see below:

July 1 52 Pick-Up (1986) Ali (2001) An Eye For An Eye (1966) Anaconda (1997) Big Fish (2003) Bug (1975) Buried (2010) Cold War (2013) Edge Of Darkness (2010) Flashback (1990) Hitch (2005) Hollowman (2000) Iron Eagle IV – On The Attack...

Amazon is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in July.

New Amazon Originals include the second seasons of “Hanna” and “Absentia.” The 2019 Marie Curie biopic starring Rosamund Pike, “Radioactive,” is also coming, as a new comedy special from Jim Gaffigan called “Jim Gaffigan: Pale Tourist.”

Other existing movies that are being added include “Big Fish,” “Megamind,” “Pineapple Express” “Hitch,” “Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” “Vivarium,” and “The Weekend.”

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“As we confront systemic racism and injustice, Prime members can watch or re-watch a selection of titles such as ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ ‘Just Mercy,’ ‘Betty Davis,’ ‘Crown Heights’ and many others in a dedicated carousel,” the streamer adds.

Here is the full list of everything coming to Amazon in July:

July 1

Movies

52 Pick-Up (1986)

Ali (2001)

An Eye For An Eye (1966)

Anaconda (1997)

Big Fish...

Spider-Man 3 might’ve been delayed by the pandemic, but it’s still on the way. Production was due to start next month, but obviously that’s had to be held off, which has had a knock-on effect on the movie’s release date. However, rest assured, the threequel remains a priority for Sony so we won’t be waiting forever to find out what happens next to Peter Parker after the shocking cliffhanger of Far From Home.

But enough about Peter for the moment, what about his aunt May? May must be in for a tough time of it as well, seeing as her nephew’s been both outed as Spider-Man and framed by Mysterio as Public Enemy No. 1. ScreenRant caught up with Marisa Tomei and asked what’s next for May and though the actress wouldn’t say much, she teased that we’ll see more of May...

More than a dozen actors have tackled the role of infamous Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, from Neville Brand in The Untouchables TV show (1959-1963) to Robert De Niro in the 1987 movie version of the series. But no one has ever played the Chicago mob boss, a.k.a. Scarface and Public Enemy No. 1, with quite the implosive power of Tom Hardy in Capone (on video on demand starting May 12th). What makes the Oscar-nominated British actor’s take particularly daring is the fact that the plays Capone only in the final year of his life.

Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp has been locked in a perpetual legal battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard (Aquaman) ever since their 2017 divorce where both sides claimed abuse from the other. Though most of the evidence revealed thus far has indicated that Heard was the primary abuser in the couple’s tumultuous marriage, it hasn’t stopped her from fighting vigilantly to bury Depp’s career. And as things ramp up, reports now say that Heard hired private investigator Paul Barresi to dig up dirt on Depp.

Barresi went to pretty extensive lengths to uncover information on Depp, too, tracing back his business dealings to when he co-owned popular a nightclub called The Viper Room in the 1990s. Yet after speaking to over 100 people that worked with the actor over the past 30 or so years, he found that not even one of them had anything bad to say.

AMC Networks is offering free programming across its networks — AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV and the Svod service Sundance Now as part of its “We’re With You” initiative to help entertain during the coronavirus pandemic.

Content will be available for free across digital and on demand, along with specially curated programming marathons across linear networks. The network also will be running a variety of spots with scenes that have renewed relevance to current circumstances that feature series stars including Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rhea Seehorn, Giancarlo Esposito and more in home-made videos.

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Among the free programming — AMC has made the first half of The Walking Dead Season 10 available in front of the paywall until May 1 on AMC.

AMC Networks announced Friday a new coronavirus initiative that includes a host of free programming from across its network portfolio.

The “We’re With You” campaign will allow viewers to watch the first half of “The Walking Dead” Season 10 on the AMC website, and will also make several BBC America nature documentaries free to watch. Free IFC programming will include full seasons of “Baroness von Sketch Show,” “Birthday Boys,” and “Spoils of Babylon” among others. It was previously announced that AMC and BBC America had moved up the premiere ate of “Killing Eve” Season 3 to April 21.

The networks will also be running a variety of spots that feature talent like Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rhea Seehorn, Giancarlo Esposito and more in home-made videos meant to encourage and entertain viewers. One of the spots can be viewed below.

“We want to join with our talent and respond to this moment in the...

Chuck D slammed the Recording Academy over their decision to part ways with their new CEO Deborah Dugan, a stunning move that occurred just 10 days before the Grammy Awards.

“I salute Deborah Dugan for her truth and courage to try and effect change,” the Public Enemy rapper wrote on Instagram. “As always, a bunch of ignorant, testosterone-fueled, usually old white men stop progress and screw it up. Same old bullshit. They want to keep it status quo and make sure things like Hip Hop stay the poster child of their fuckery.

Exclusive: In a preemptive bid, New Line has acquired Lucas Carter’s original family action adventure pitch Inner Child. The studio is already in business with the writer on his project Public Enemy, which LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment are producing with Channing Tatum’s Free Association.

Michael Disco will produce Inner Child, which is described as a family comedy about seeing the world through the eyes of a child. Daria Cercek brought the project in and will oversee for the studio.

Previously, Carter wrote and sold The Gun Show, an action comedy spec, to Paramount Pictures with Platinum Dunes producing.

Carter is represented by Echo Lake Entertainment and Gang Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.

Tony Sokol Nov 19, 2019

The Sopranos gave rise to the TV antihero and spelled the death of closure.

Martin Scorsese's gangster film The Irishman promises to deliver classic cinema to Netflix while the rest of the movie-going public ride marvelous theme park attractions on the big screen. David Chase is doing post-production on The Many Saints of Newark, a film prequel to the series which changed television. The Sopranos premiered on HBO on Jan. 10, 1999, immediately eclipsing the groundbreaking series Sex and the City which debuted only six months before. The crime family saga blurred the lines between cinematic and televised art. It also transformed the way people see New Jersey, a borough of Manhattan, where the show's most rabid fans gather for SopranosCon, a place where the Dimeo crime family never dies. It doesn't matter whether Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini, the head of two Jersey families,...

One of the oldest and most respected genres in Hollywood is the crime and gangster genre. From the era of silent films, with early efforts like Regeneration and '30s era classic like Public Enemy and Scarface to some of the biggest crime movies of all-time like The Godfather and Goodfellas, Hollywood has some true masterpieces in the crime genre.

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Men like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola made their name thanks to the crime and gangster movie genre. These movies have won Oscars and introduced the world to actors like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. However, there are many crime movies throughout the years that don't get the credit they deserve. Here is a look at 10 crime movie masterpieces you've probably never seen.

The 38th annual Vancouver International Film Festival, which kicks off tomorrow, September 26 and runs to October 11, is one of the largest film festivals in North America comprising of everything from film screenings to masterclasses and with 300+ events, there's a little something for everyone.

This year's event includes a live recording of the hit podcast Song Exploder featuring Public Enemy's Chuck D talking delving deep into the theme song of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Claudio Simonetti's Goblin performing the live score of Deep Red, to a keynote presentation from composer Cliff Martinez who, among other things, will discuss his creative partnerships with Steven Soderbergh and Nicolas Winding Refn.

In additional to a slew of other special presentations, t...

Rock star turned horror film auteur Rob Zombie this month releases “3 From Hell,” the third in a trilogy that started with 2003’s “House of 1,000 Corpses” and continued with 2005’s “The Devil’s Rejects.”

I’ve appeared in several Zombie films over the years, including playing the warden in “3 From Hell” — which continues the story of the murderous backwoods Firefly family.

And I sat down with Zombie to talk about his work and what has influenced him.

As a kid, what kind of films did you like? Was it always horror?

It was everything. I was media obsessed. I would collect TV Guide for decades and sometimes I’ll go back and look at them. I would first grab the TV Guide, I’d circle everything I was going to watch for the week, which was basically everything. But back then, when you look at it there were so few channels.

In 1989, Public Enemy broke up — just after recording their signature song, “Fight the Power,” and just before it became the musical centerpiece of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” The reason for their breakup, and the story of their reunion, is the subject of our latest episode “Shoot This Now” podcast, which you can listen to below or listen to right here.

Our special guest this week is Dart Adams of the “Dart Against Humanity” podcast, and the author of the Okayplayer story “In the Summer of 1989 ‘Fight the Power’ Saved Public Enemy & Almost Sank ‘Do the Right Thing.'”

We think his story could provide the basis for a different kind of hip-hop movie than we’ve ever seen before — one about how hip-hop’s most uncompromising group had to decide how to handle a crisis that threatened not only their future, but the success of “Do the Right Thing.

Prophets of Rage – the supergroup boasting members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Cypress Hill’s B-Real – warn of encroaching fascism in the band’s surprise new song “Made With Hate.”

A portion of “Made With Hate” originally appeared within “The Ballot or the Bullet,” a medley released in November 2018 that contained snippets of three unreleased tracks, the middle of which has now been released in full.

“Hear the cameras click / And the shots go boom / Money talks, God walks out the room / See now...

At 50, Brian D’Arcy James has parlayed his theater stardom — he boasts three Tony nominations, for “Sweet Smell of Success,” “Shrek the Musical,” and “Something Rotten” originated King George III in “Hamilton,” and currently stars in Tony-winning drama “The Ferryman” — into frequent supporting roles in film and television. He popped up as Debra Messing’s husband in NBC showbiz series “Smash,” as the parent of a troubled teenager in “13 Reasons Why,” won the ensemble SAG award in Oscar-winner “Spotlight,” cheated at poker in Aaron Sorkin’s “Molly’s Game,” tested airplanes in “First Man,” plays the U.S. president in current “X-Men: Dark Phoenix,” Melissa McCarthy’s criminal husband in “The Kitchen,” a Silicon Valley player in Alex Garland’s FX series “Devs,” and is prepping Officer Krupke for Steven Spielberg’s revamp of Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins’ “West Side Story.”

In short, James has a wide range...

At 50, Brian D’Arcy James has parlayed his theater stardom — he boasts three Tony nominations, for “Sweet Smell of Success,” “Shrek the Musical,” and “Something Rotten” originated King George III in “Hamilton,” and currently stars in Tony-winning drama “The Ferryman” — into frequent supporting roles in film and television. He popped up as Debra Messing’s husband in NBC showbiz series “Smash,” as the parent of a troubled teenager in “13 Reasons Why,” won the ensemble SAG award in Oscar-winner “Spotlight,” cheated at poker in Aaron Sorkin’s “Molly’s Game,” tested airplanes in “First Man,” plays the U.S. president in current “X-Men: Dark Phoenix,” Melissa McCarthy’s criminal husband in “The Kitchen,” a Silicon Valley player in Alex Garland’s FX series “Devs,” and is prepping Officer Krupke for Steven Spielberg’s revamp of Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins’ “West Side Story.”

In short, James has a wide range...

On June 19th, 1991, Bushwick Bill was pronounced dead. He shot himself in the eye that day, after suicidal ideations and a prolonged argument with his girlfriend. The rapper, born Richard Stephen Shaw, was only 24 at the time, but he had already lived multiple lives.

Less than three hours after his “death,” he awoke in the morgue. According to Bill, he had a toe tag and was being prepared for an autopsy. In his own words, he hopped up, pulled out a catheter, urinated in a cup, and sent the patrolling officer and hospital tech running.

Exclusive: Paradigm has signed musician and The Burial of Kojo director Blitz Bazawule. They will represent Bazawule across film and music touring.

Born in Ghana and based in New York, Bazawule made his feature directorial debut with The Burial of Kojo which was acquired by Netflix through Ava DuVernay’s Array Films. The film, which was released in March, was met with critical acclaim and won Best Narrative Feature in the World Cinema category at the Urbanworld Film Festival. Bazawule’s collaborator Terence Nance (Random Acts of Flyness) served as associate producer on the film and Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy) stepped in as executive producer.

Known by his stage name, Blitz the Ambassador, Bazawule’s other credits include his short film Native Sun (2012), directed and produced by Nance as well as the short film Diasporadical Trilogia (2016). As a composer and musician, Bazawule has released four studio albums: “Stereotype” (2009), “Native...

You could call it a meeting of the multi-hyphenates.

Musician, activist and “Sorry to Bother You” director Boots Riley sat down for a chat with DJ, producer, author and “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” musical director Questlove for a wide-ranging chat at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday night. During the conversation, the two touched on everything from why Questlove love/hates Blueface’s hit “Thotiana” to how Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” inspired Riley to get serious about hip-hop.

See below some of the key highlights from the conversation, which was moderated by writer Ben Greenman.

Will Ferrell Saved Boots Riley’s Life

When asked what he’s a fan of that may come off as surprising, Riley revealed that he is a loyal fan of Will Ferrell. “If Will Ferrell’s in it, I’m watching it,” he said. “It doesn’t mean he doesn’t make bad movies,...

The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival opened with Roger Ross Williams’ documentary “The Apollo” at the iconic uptown venue which performers and Harlem community members call “home.”

“You can feel the history, the echo of the entertainers,” Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert De Niro said in a speech before the film. “In this administration, during these disturbing times of promoting racism, tonight, we reject it. No you don’t, not here, not on this stage.”

In “The Apollo” documentary, an HBO production, Williams chronicles the venue’s 85-year-history, moving between historic and present-day footage to show how far the country has come in terms of celebrating diversity, while reminding viewers how far America still has to go. In the past, The Apollo was the only venue in New York City to allow black performers. That’s no longer the case, of course, but Williams’ film argues that times are still hard.

Indican Pictures has picked up the distribution rights to Tony Wash’s High on the Hog, a horror comedy with a decidedly grinhouse edge. The film stars Sid Haig (3 From Hell), Joe Estevez (Public Enemy) and Robert Z’dar (Maniac Cop I & II & III), in his final role. T he film is a genre bender with Haig fighting against the government to maintain his coveted grow-op. Haig is also the producer on the feature. Indican has slated the film for an initial theatrical launch. On April 19th, High on the Hog will show in several cities. Cities hosting the theatrical showings include Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and of course the USA. Acquired at the Berlin Film Festival, Indican expects a wider launch, on...

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Indican Pictures has picked up distribution rights to Tony Wash’s High on the Hog. The film stars Sid Haig (3 From Hell), Joe Estevez (Public Enemy) and Robert Z’dar (Maniac Cop I & II & III), in his final role.

The film is a genre bender as Big Daddy (Haig) fights against the government, to maintain his grow-op. Haig is also the producer on this grindhouse feature.

Part comedy and part horror, High on the Hog takes place on a remote farm. Here, everything is grown, including the green herb. But, local government officials need a bust and t...

Tagline: "Pack it Tight." High on the Hog is ready to blaze this April. This film, starring Sid Haig (3 From Hell), Joe Estevez (Public Enemy) and Robert Z'Dar (Maniac Cop I), will show in several U.S. cities, in mid-april. From director Tony Wash, the film is one part stoner comedy and one part horror. In the story, Big Daddy must fight off the federal government as he tries to grow his green crop. He utilizes his beautiful farmhands, to be a part of his pot protecting army. To show in several countries, a preview of High on the Hog's upcoming release is available now. Actor Sid Haig is also the producer on this feature. He says of the film and its genre: "I’ve always loved the grindhouse action movies of the 70’s and am happy to make this off beat, modernized take on them!" This film...

From VancouverFilm.Net, take a look at new footage, plus images from the "Supergirl" episode (4.18), airing April 21, 2019 on The CW:

"...falling for a trap set by 'Lex Luthor' (Jon Cryer), 'Eve Teschmacher' (Andrea Brooks) and 'Red Daughter' doppelgänger (Melissa Benoist), the 'Girl of Steel' (Benoist) is now 'Public Enemy' #1 in the eyes of the 'President' and the public...

"Meanwhile, Supergirl takes on the combined forces of the military and 'Agent Liberty' (Sam Witwer)..."

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was a bit late to the game when it came to including hip-hop in its ranks. But since 2007, when Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five became the first rap group inducted into the hall, the powers that be have been slowly welcoming the genre with the induction of Run-dmc, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, N.W.A and, most recently, Tupac Shakur in 2017.

The Wu-Tang Clan, eligible since 2017, have yet to be on the ballot. But speaking to Rolling Stone, RZA says it’s time...

It was either, depending on how you looked at it, a great blessing or a growing problem: Def Jam had way too many rappers on its hands. In a single year, the record label had gone on a mad signing spree for one young act after another, prompted by streaming’s growing revenue and the public’s hypothetically untapped appetite for hip-hop. At the end of 2018, Def Jam had around two dozen fresh faces on its roster — from artists with burgeoning loyalty clubs to brash 17-year-olds newly plucked from SoundCloud...

Exclusive: BBC Studios is making its first major move into podcasting with a Chuck D-fronted series about legendary punk band The Clash for Spotify.

The production arm of the British public broadcaster is making Stay Free: The Story of The Clash, an eight-part series for the music service.

The Public Enemy frontman will narrate the series, which launches on February 28. It will take a deep dive into the rise, the reign and the self-destruction of the London punk rockers. Each episode will be between 30 and 45 minutes.

Chuck D said, “It’s an honor heading up this new podcast Stay Free: The Story of The Clash. I was and am a big fan of their music. We were always tackling very similar social and political issues.”

It marks an interesting move for BBC Studios. The multi-genre production studio makes a range of music content including Later With… Jools Holland and...

On the February 12, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. You can subscribe to /Film […]

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