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Saafir, the celebrated Oakland rapper who became a stalwart figure in the world of early Nineties West Coast hip-hop, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. He was 54.

Saafir’s family confirmed his death, saying he died around 8:45 Tuesday morning surrounded by loved ones. An exact cause of death was not given, though Saafir (real name Reggie Gibson) reportedly had been struggling with various health issues, including spinal cancer and complications from spinal surgery.

Xzibit, who co-founded the Golden State Project with Saafir and Ras Kass, posted a tribute on social media,...

BBC Picks Up New Zealand Cult Doc ‘Escaping Utopia’

The BBC has picked up a premium doc series on a group of people’s clandestine escape from a New Zealand cult. Escaping Utopia is a three-part investigation into Gloriavale Christian Community – New Zealand’s extreme religious cult – and the true stories of people attempting to break free. Fifth Season has sold the series to the BBC along with MTV Oy (Finland), Svt (Sweden), Nrk (Norway), Dr (Denmark) and Movistar Plus+ (Spain). Featuring newly-revealed information, the series from Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand documents the intricate planning that went into escapes from Gloriavale – with access to its inner workings, the unravelling of its leadership and the pursuit of justice by a passionate and dedicated resistance movement gaining momentum outside. Jennifer Ebell, Fifth Season’s EVP, Emea Sales and Acquisitions, said: “Escaping Utopia is a brilliantly crafted series with exclusive...

On Saturday 21 September 2024, BBC One broadcasts The Hit List!

Season 7 Episode 6 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Hit List” promises to be an exciting hour of music and competition. Hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes, the show continues its tradition of high-energy fun as contestants race against the clock to identify hit songs and artists from various decades and genres.

In this episode, three teams will compete for a chance to win the £10,000 cash prize. The first team consists of Alex and their mum Glenda, who have traveled from Whitley Bay. They are eager to showcase their music knowledge. Next, best friends Madi and Kieran from Manchester bring their close bond and competitive spirit to the stage. Lastly, siblings Nigel and Maria from Kent will join the mix, hoping to leverage their family connection for an edge in the game.

Viewers can expect plenty of laughter and surprises as...

“The Hit List” returns with Season 7 Episode 5 on Saturday, 14 September 2024, at 6:35 Pm on BBC One. Hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes, this lively music quiz is designed to test contestants’ knowledge of popular songs and artists under intense pressure. This episode promises an exciting play-along experience for viewers at home, encouraging them to join in and shout out answers while they watch.

In this thrilling competition, teams are ready to battle for the £10,000 prize pot. Contestants include Elin and Alex from Cardiff, a mother-daughter duo, Phoebe and Sharon from Leeds, and best friends Zain and Rich from London. Each team will face various rounds where they must name as many hit songs and artists as they can within a time limit, making for nail-biting moments and plenty of fun.

With the energy of the hosts and the enthusiasm of the contestants, “The Hit List” is sure to entertain music lovers and quiz enthusiasts alike.

On Saturday 7 September 2024, BBC One broadcasts The Hit List!

Season 7 Episode 4 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Hit List,” hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes, promises to deliver an exciting evening filled with music and competition. This play-along music quiz, airing on BBC One, challenges contestants to name as many hit songs and artists as they can under intense pressure. Viewers can expect a fun-filled atmosphere as the teams battle it out for a chance to win the impressive £10,000 prize pot.

In this episode, three pairs of contestants will showcase their music knowledge. Competing for the grand prize are Sean and Chantelle, a music-loving couple from Haywards Heath; Iain and Phillip, best friends from Kendal; and Vic and Maureen, a dynamic mum-and-daughter duo from Wrexham. Each team is ready to put their skills to the test, so fans can prepare to play along and shout answers at their screens.

This Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 6:20 Pm on BBC One, “The Hit List” returns with another thrilling episode in its seventh season. Hosted by the dynamic duo Marvin and Rochelle Humes, this high-energy music quiz show is sure to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. In this episode, three teams compete under intense pressure to name as many hit songs and artists as they can, all for a chance to win the coveted £10,000 prize pot.

The contestants include music-loving couple Sean and Chantelle from Haywards Heath, best friends Iain and Phillip from Kendal, and the lively mother-daughter duo Vic and Maureen from Wrexham. Each team brings their own unique energy and music knowledge to the competition, making for a lively and unpredictable showdown.

“The Hit List” is known for its fast-paced format, where even the smallest hesitation can make or break a team’s chances. As the contestants battle it out,...

The Hit List, returns with another new episode, hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes. This Saturday night instalment promises a thrilling contest as three pairs of contestants put their music knowledge to the test, vying for the chance to win the grand prize of £10,000. Mother and son duo Emma and Connor from Alfreton, best […]

The Hit List: Season 7 Episode 3...

On Saturday 31 August 2024, BBC One broadcasts The Hit List!

Season 7 Episode 3 Episode Summary

In the upcoming episode of “The Hit List,” three teams are ready to put their music knowledge to the test for a chance to win £10,000. Competing on this week’s show are mother and son duo Emma and Connor from Alfreton, best friends Han and Hayley from Manchester, and brothers Peji and Bobby from London. Each team will need to be quick on the buzzer and sharp with their song recognition skills to come out on top.

As always, “The Hit List” invites viewers to play along from home. With its fast-paced format and a mix of songs from different genres and decades, the show promises plenty of excitement and fun. Whether you’re a music buff or just love a good quiz, this episode is sure to have you shouting out the answers at the TV.

On Saturday 24 August 2024, BBC One broadcasts The Hit List!

Season 7 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Hit List” on BBC One promises to be an exciting showdown among three pairs of contestants. Viewers will meet colleagues Holli and Rachael from Perth and Arbroath, who are ready to put their teamwork to the test. They will face off against couple Wes and Anisa from Kent, who are eager to show their knowledge and connection as a duo. Also competing are dad and daughter Wayne and Leanne from Hexham, bringing a family dynamic to the game.

Each pair will strive for a chance to win a grand prize of £10,000. The competition will be fierce as they answer music-related questions and try to hit the right notes. The format allows for plenty of fun moments and surprises, making it an entertaining watch for everyone.

As the episode unfolds, it will be...

“We don’t need a lot of content, we just need lots of really good content,” Kelvin Yau, President of Asia Pacific and Marketing iQIYI, concluded when quizzed on his company’s editorial strategy during a keynote session on streaming this morning at Filmart in Hong Kong.

Yau took part in the keynote alongside fellow streaming heads Marianne Lee, Chief of Content Acquisition and Development at Viu, Jessica Kam-Engle, Executive VP and Business Head at CreAsia Studio, and Winradit Kolasastraseni, President of Digital Media at True Digital Group.

The session was chaired by Asia Video Industry Association CEO Louis Boswell, who began the session by noting that iQIYI, which launched in 2010 as a tech company before moving into content production, was now profitable after hitting the black in 2023.

“It’s about putting the right resources in the right places,” Yau said. “It goes back to the whole point of being disciplined,...

10. Stephen Root -- Asking Rate: $11,0001 (Contract stipulates that he always make $1 more than J.K. Simmons)

Credits Include: "Justified," Rango, Cedar Rapids and Red State.

9. J.K. Simmons: Asking Rate: $11,000 per appearance.

2011 Credits Include: The Music Never Stopped, Geezer, Young Adult and "Raising Hope."

8. Barry Bostwick & Christopher McDonald: $7,500 (or both in a package deal for $12,000!).

Credits Include: Some Guy Who Kills People, Home Run Showdown, Grassroots and Balls to the Wall.

7. Kevin Sorbo: Asking Rate: $7,000 (will deduct $500 if he's allowed to wear a Vote for Tim Pawlenty Political Button in every scene)

Credits Include: Fdr: American Badass, Flesh Wounds, SoBe Real, Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury, Avarice and Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice

6. Danny Trejo -- Asking Rate: $6,000 per picture (add $1,000 if the roles calls for facial expressions that do not fall under the many variations of "scowl."

Credits Include: You name it.

5. 50 Cent -- Asking Rate: $5,000 per...

Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron has opened fire on Hollywood turning board games into movies. The filmmaker gave an interview to German magazine Spiegel Online about what life is like for him 12 months after the stunning success of Avatar and one of the topics that was touched on was the state of mainstream movie making. Cameron decided it was the right time to set his sights on a current mega-project that Universal Pictures is making, a movie based on the Hasbro board game Battleship.

Here's what Cameron had to say about the shape of things (and as translated by Screenrant):

"We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film. This is pure desperation. Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example,...

With the publication of the 2010 Black List another compilation of the year's best unproduced screenplays has arrived. This is the fifth year that The Black List has been in existence, and its purpose is to shine a spotlight on what 290 film executives think are some of the best creative executions of ideas worthy for the big screen.

To be nominated and included on The Black List a screenplay can't have been released in 2010. As well, the minimum number of votes that a screenplay needed to have to warrant inclusion on the list is five. Several of the projects listed on Tbl are in development and will be released in the next twelve months. Others might have heat but take years to reach theaters, and there are also many that will never be greenlighted.

In the words of the creators of The Black List, don't take this assembly of screenplays to...

Find out what the top unknown spec screenplays are of 2010 in the second part of The Hit List. As assembled by The Tracking Board, The Hit List is a round-up of what dozens of Hollywood agents, readers, development executives and insiders consider to be the best unsold screenplays this year. The more votes that a screenplay received from The Hit List voters, the more liked it was amongst their circle.

Did you miss the first part of The Hit List for 2010?

15 Votes:

Road To Nardo by Andrew Waller, Mike Gagerman (Adventure/Comedy)

Two buddies journey on a spontaneous and poorly planned road trip to Mexico to rescue their best friend.

Columbia Pictures, Original Film and American Work producing.

Heatseekers by George Mahaffrey (Action)

A young ex-military pilot infiltrates a gang of sky "pirates" working out of Bangkok, only to find himself taking part in an elaborate aerial tower heist using powered gliders and parachutes.

While The Black List may be getting most of the press from entertainment news circles when it's announced in December, there's another compilation of the best new ideas and writing being offered to Hollywood movie studios and producers. It's called The Hit List (Thl), and it differs from The Black List in one fundamental way: whereas The Black List (Tbl) is a list of the top unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, several of the screenplays on that list have been purchased or are in development.

Take a look at last year's Black List (Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here) and here we are, one year later, and several of the scripts that made the 2009 list will be coming out in 2011 -- or have already been released (like The Social Network or Due Date). The Hit List is different in that it seeks to give attention to spec screenplays -- that is,...

Here are the new MPAA ratings from Bulletin No: 2147.

All's Faire In Love Rated PG-13 For some sexual content including references. Release Date: Tba 2011 Between Kings And Queens Rated PG-13 For violence, sexual content and drug material. Drive Angry Rated R For strong brutal violence throughout, grisly images, some graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. Release Date: February 25, 2011 Easy Money Rated R For strong violence, pervasive language, drug content and some sexuality. Release Date: Tba 2011 The Hit List Rated R For violence and language. Ip Man 2: Legend Of The Grandmaster Rated R For violence. The Killing Jar Rated R For strong bloody violence, and for language. The Last Circus Rated R For brutal and bloody violence throughout, some strong sexual content, nudity and language. My Girlfriend's Back Rated PG-13 For brief sexual content and language. National Lampoon's Dirty Movie Rated R For pervasive crude sexual humor, strong language,...

The Hit List has debuted a brand new theatrical poster for the highly-anticipated movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, which arrives in theaters nationwide on November 19. The series will come to a close with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II on July 15, 2011. Click on the new poster below to access our growing poster gallery for this upcoming movie:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I comes to theaters November 19th, 2010 and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter. The film is directed by David Yates.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II comes to theaters July 15th, 2011 and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Bonnie Wright, Michael Gambon. The film is directed by David Yates.

The poster for Paul Haggis’ (Crash) The Next Three Days has debuted online. A remake of the 2007 French film Pour Elle (or Anything for Her), the film stars Russell Crowe whose life begins to fall apart when his wife (played by Elizabeth Banks) is arrested for a murder she claims she did not commit. The trailer, which debuted a few weeks ago, positioned the film as an intelligent action/thriller and the film’s collage poster does little in the way of disputing that claim.

Also after the jump is a very cool domestic poster for Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi thriller Monsters. Continue reading to check out both. The Next Three Days hits theaters on November 19th. Monsters opens on October 26th.

Here’s the poster for The Next Three Days (from The Hit List):

Here’s the official synopsis:

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara,...

Cuba Gooding Jr. resurrected his Jerry Maguire catchphrase during a night out in Spokane, Washington - taking over the bar's microphone and telling revelers to "Show me the money". The actor is currently in the state to film new movie "The Hit List" with Christian Slater.

Video footage, obtained by TMZ.com, shows the star making a drunken speech at a local bar, winning over the crowd with his famous movie quote and a patriotic tribute to his native U.S. He is seen grabbing a microphone and stepping up on a stage, telling bar-goers, "Show me the money. Show me the money!", a line from his 1996 film with Tom Cruise.

In a rambling speech, he added, "We are going to represent in the next five years, because you know what - we are the best country in the motherf**king world. And that's how we are going to do it.

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Cole Hauser have joined the cast of the indie thriller "The Hit List" for North by Northwest Productions says Variety.

The story has man confessing his problems to a stranger (Gooding Jr.) whom he has met in a bar. What started out as a drunk ramble about the five people he'd most like to see dead turns deadly serious as the people on that list start getting killed.

Chad and Evan Law penned the script and Will Kaufman is directing. Richard Salvatore and Freddy Braidy are producing.

Shooting kicks off this week in Spokane, Washington.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth's art gallery was on the Ira death list. Files just released have shown the Irish paramilitary group targeted high-profile London attractions in the 70s - including the gallery at the queen's residence Buckingham Palace - in a two-year bombing campaign. The hit list was found in a London flat raided by police in December 1975 which was occupied by the Ira's Balcome Street gang and used as a Republican bomb factory. The four-man unit - Martin O'Connell, Edward Butler, Harry Duggan and Hugh Doherty - carried out a series of bombings and murders in the 70s. The gang was captured by police on 12 December 1975 after a six-day siege at a flat in Balcome Street, central...

'I got Hell Rell on there — you definitely should check out this record,' Yayo tells Mixtape Daily.

By Shaheem Reid

Young Dro, T.I., and Big Kuntry

Photo: MTV News

Man, we only had a couple of days to spend in Atlanta last week, but as always, it was very eventful. We got to chop it up with a lot of cats, and although we didn't get a chance to interview these two particular brothers, it was dope seeing Andre and Big Boi together. We need those albums, fellas! In Don't Sleep today, we're gonna put you on to game about T.I.'s fam as well as the new joint by Yo Gotti — he's still buzzin' Down South.

Don't Sleep: Necessary Notables

Mixtape: Greg Hustle

Headliners: T.I. and Greg Street

Co-Starring: An ensemble cast that includes Tip's Grand Hustle family members Young Dro, 8Ball & Mjg, Big Kuntry, Bobby Ray and newcomers the Rich Kids.