Melissa Barrera had the lead role of Samantha Carpenter in the 2022 Scream film and its follow-up Scream VI, and she was all set to reprise the role in Scream 7… until she was fired from the project after comments she made about the Israel-Hamas war didn’t go over well with executives at Spyglass Media. Now Barrera, who can currently be seen on the big screen in the vampire movie Abigail, has revealed that she’s interested in doing something no other major Scream star has done before: she would like to cross over into the Scary Movie parody franchise, which got started with a movie that used the first Scream as a major source of inspiration, by landing a role in the recently announced Scary Movie 6.
As we learned earlier this month, the Miramax label at Paramount, which is now operating under new boss Jonathan Glickman, has given...
As we learned earlier this month, the Miramax label at Paramount, which is now operating under new boss Jonathan Glickman, has given...
- 4/23/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Eleven years have gone by since the release of a new entry in the Scary Movie horror parody series – but the franchise isn’t going to remain dormant for much longer. Deadline reports that the Miramax label at Paramount, which is now operating under new boss Jonathan Glickman, has given the greenlight to a new Scary Movie sequel, with the plan being to get the film into theatres sometime in 2025. If any writers or a director are attached to the project, they weren’t named in this announcement.
Directed by In Living Color creator Keenen Ivory Wayans from a screenplay written by a bunch of people, the first Scary Movie was released by Dimension Films back in 2000. Scary Movie 2 was released in 2001, and the Wayans remained at the head of the creative team for that one. Keenen Ivory Wayans directed it from a screenplay credited to Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans,...
Directed by In Living Color creator Keenen Ivory Wayans from a screenplay written by a bunch of people, the first Scary Movie was released by Dimension Films back in 2000. Scary Movie 2 was released in 2001, and the Wayans remained at the head of the creative team for that one. Keenen Ivory Wayans directed it from a screenplay credited to Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
With the Scream franchise back in theaters and the horror genre continuing to kick ass at the box office, you knew it was only a matter of time before the Scary Movie saga returned.
Variety reports this afternoon that Paramount is resurrecting the Scary Movie franchise with a brand new reboot movie, which will likely arrive in theaters in 2025.
Variety notes in their report, “Paramount Pictures announced that it is partnering with “Fast and Furious” mega-producer Neal H. Moritz to resurrect the dormant franchise. Scary Movie is going into production in the fall of 2024, and should hit theaters in 2025.”
“Scary Movie is also being made as part of the Paramount’s first look partnership with Miramax, the studio behind the film franchise. Miramax will fully finance the production, with Paramount handling distribution,” Variety further details in today’s report.
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, the first Scary Movie was released...
Variety reports this afternoon that Paramount is resurrecting the Scary Movie franchise with a brand new reboot movie, which will likely arrive in theaters in 2025.
Variety notes in their report, “Paramount Pictures announced that it is partnering with “Fast and Furious” mega-producer Neal H. Moritz to resurrect the dormant franchise. Scary Movie is going into production in the fall of 2024, and should hit theaters in 2025.”
“Scary Movie is also being made as part of the Paramount’s first look partnership with Miramax, the studio behind the film franchise. Miramax will fully finance the production, with Paramount handling distribution,” Variety further details in today’s report.
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, the first Scary Movie was released...
- 4/11/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
It takes The Matrix about three minutes to become the coolest thing you’ve ever seen. That’s when Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) evades a cop by breaking his arm, punching his throat, and then freezing mid-air so the camera can whip around her before she unleashes a kick that sends him across the room. Three minutes. And everything changed.
But the most impressive part may be the fact that the amazing stuff doesn’t stop there. For the 117 minutes that follow, The Matrix directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski offer an improbable mix of kung fu action, Continental philosophy, and fin de siècle cool. It’s no wonder their movie became a hit in theaters and on video. Nor is it any wonder that so, so many movies and TV shows borrowed from The Matrix, at once cementing the original film’s legacy while also cheapening its effect. In immediate years...
But the most impressive part may be the fact that the amazing stuff doesn’t stop there. For the 117 minutes that follow, The Matrix directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski offer an improbable mix of kung fu action, Continental philosophy, and fin de siècle cool. It’s no wonder their movie became a hit in theaters and on video. Nor is it any wonder that so, so many movies and TV shows borrowed from The Matrix, at once cementing the original film’s legacy while also cheapening its effect. In immediate years...
- 4/10/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
It was a few minutes past midnight when Missy Elliott stepped up to the podium at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and cemented her place in history as the first female hip-hop artist to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She’d spent the past four hours witnessing speeches and performances from acts across the vast spectrum of rock, including Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, and Olivia Rodrigo. Near the end of her speech, tears started to flow as the gravity of the moment hit her seemingly all at once.
- 11/4/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
LL Cool J honored DJ Kool Herc as “one of the great founders of hip-hop” when the pioneering musical visionary received the Musical Influence Award at the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. During his speech, the rapper recounted the legend of the party Kool Herc DJ’d in 1973 to help his sister, Cindy Campbell, raise money for back-to-school clothes, charging 25 cents for women to enter and 50 for men. “We don’t know how much money Cindy managed to raise that day or what clothes she managed to...
- 11/4/2023
- by Jon Blistein and Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, at 9:35 Pm, BBC Two presents the premiere episode of “First Ladies of Hip-Hop,” a captivating documentary that shines a spotlight on the pioneering women who played a crucial role in the birth and evolution of hip-hop.
In this inaugural episode, viewers will be taken on a journey back to the early days of hip-hop in the Bronx, where young women like Cindy Campbell and MCs including Sha Rock, Debbie D, and the Mercedes Ladies made their mark. These entrepreneurial teenagers and talented artists helped shape the genre, defying societal norms and breaking barriers.
The documentary also pays tribute to the remarkable Sylvia Robinson, a super-producer who played a pivotal role in hip-hop’s rise to prominence. Her influence and contributions to the music industry are celebrated as part of this compelling series.
“First Ladies of Hip-Hop” promises to be an informative and inspiring exploration of the...
In this inaugural episode, viewers will be taken on a journey back to the early days of hip-hop in the Bronx, where young women like Cindy Campbell and MCs including Sha Rock, Debbie D, and the Mercedes Ladies made their mark. These entrepreneurial teenagers and talented artists helped shape the genre, defying societal norms and breaking barriers.
The documentary also pays tribute to the remarkable Sylvia Robinson, a super-producer who played a pivotal role in hip-hop’s rise to prominence. Her influence and contributions to the music industry are celebrated as part of this compelling series.
“First Ladies of Hip-Hop” promises to be an informative and inspiring exploration of the...
- 10/1/2023
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Hip-hop 50th anniversary celebrations are still underway, and some of the culture's most formative architects and torchbearers hit the stage at the 2023 MTV VMAs to honor it. At the end of the Sept. 12 event, hip-hop icons like LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and more performed a medley of songs like "Mama Said Knock You Out" and "The Message," respectively. Other tribute performances included Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh's "The Show," Nicki Minaj's "Itty Bitty Piggy" and "Red Ruby Da Sleeze," and Lil Wayne's "A Milli." Run-d.M.C. closed things out with the hit "Walk This Way."
Lil Wayne and Minaj were both nominated for awards at the night's show, including in the best hip-hop category, which the latter won with "Super Freaky Girl." Lil Wayne opened up the VMAs with his new single, "Kat Food," while host Minaj performed her track...
Lil Wayne and Minaj were both nominated for awards at the night's show, including in the best hip-hop category, which the latter won with "Super Freaky Girl." Lil Wayne opened up the VMAs with his new single, "Kat Food," while host Minaj performed her track...
- 9/13/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
The genre, which turns 50 this month, has led to surprisingly few movies but the best include a black-and-white comedy and a starry documentary
Fifty years ago, on 11 August 1973, a young woman named Cindy Campbell hosted a small party in the Bronx. Her brother DJ Kool Herc was spinning some records, using two turntables to loop a breakbeat. That moment is said to have given birth to hip-hop. No one made a movie about it.
The landscape for hip-hop movies is starved, all things considered. We’re talking about a musical genre, currently celebrating its golden anniversary, where the aspirational stories of overcoming struggle and systemic oppression, building community and, eventually, dominating pop culture, are rarely told on the big screen.
Fifty years ago, on 11 August 1973, a young woman named Cindy Campbell hosted a small party in the Bronx. Her brother DJ Kool Herc was spinning some records, using two turntables to loop a breakbeat. That moment is said to have given birth to hip-hop. No one made a movie about it.
The landscape for hip-hop movies is starved, all things considered. We’re talking about a musical genre, currently celebrating its golden anniversary, where the aspirational stories of overcoming struggle and systemic oppression, building community and, eventually, dominating pop culture, are rarely told on the big screen.
- 8/16/2023
- by Radheyan Simonpillai
- The Guardian - Film News
There was a cipher going on outside the Hip-Hop 50 Live show at Yankee Stadium. One woman took the mic, intently closing her eyes while focusing on her next bar. As I walked away, she rhymed an improvisational derivative of recuperate, before spitting “that’s not even a word, I just be sayin’ shit.” The line set an apropos tone for the day. Hip-hop was bore out of rule-shirking and boundless imagination — and it made its way to “the house that Ruth built” to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
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- 8/12/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Hip-hop Was Born In The Bronx In the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout this year.
Fifty years on, the details of that historic night in the Bronx — the night everyone now says gave birth to hip-hop — still elude DJ Kool Herc, the man at its center that evening. “I remember the equipment, the turntables,” he says in an accent that still retains traces of his upbringing in Jamaica. “We weren’t a band.
Fifty years on, the details of that historic night in the Bronx — the night everyone now says gave birth to hip-hop — still elude DJ Kool Herc, the man at its center that evening. “I remember the equipment, the turntables,” he says in an accent that still retains traces of his upbringing in Jamaica. “We weren’t a band.
- 8/11/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
There are a lot of firsts associated with Mc Sha-Rock, hip-hop's "mother of the mic." The Bronx, NY, native is the first female Mc in hip-hop history and the first to sign a record deal; the first woman to battle rap; and she was among the first to spit hip-hop rhymes on national television (appearing on "Saturday Night Live" in 1981 when she was pregnant with her first child). The original member of Funky 4, which later became the Funky 4 + 1, didn't just contribute to the history of women in hip-hop - she's the blueprint.
Despite her pioneering efforts in the '70s, Sha-Rock, born Sharon Green, has hardly been given her just due as a hip-hop trailblazer. The "That's the Joint" rapper also says she was never properly compensated for her music in her '80s heyday, as she, along with other hip-hop pioneers, later sued her former label Sugar Hill Records...
Despite her pioneering efforts in the '70s, Sha-Rock, born Sharon Green, has hardly been given her just due as a hip-hop trailblazer. The "That's the Joint" rapper also says she was never properly compensated for her music in her '80s heyday, as she, along with other hip-hop pioneers, later sued her former label Sugar Hill Records...
- 8/7/2023
- by MC Sha-Rock
- Popsugar.com
Hip-hop found me before I even knew what it was. I was about 4 years old when I first heard Lauryn Hill spitting rhymes on The Fugees's "The Score" and "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." Although I was too young then to understand the meaning behind her raps, I knew Hill's lyrics were unlike anything I'd ever heard from a woman. They were strong, confident, honest. My young, curious mind wanted to hear more.
In the following years, I discovered more femcees like Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, and Queen Latifah, who rapped unapologetically about their power - whether they were embracing their sexual prowess through "pussy rap," bragging about being "super duper fly," or demanding respect and "U.N.I.T.Y." Their bold and brave efforts showed me all the ways women could take up space in hip-hop, even amid rampant sexism and misogyny. In my eyes, they were hip-hop queens who fought valiantly...
In the following years, I discovered more femcees like Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, and Queen Latifah, who rapped unapologetically about their power - whether they were embracing their sexual prowess through "pussy rap," bragging about being "super duper fly," or demanding respect and "U.N.I.T.Y." Their bold and brave efforts showed me all the ways women could take up space in hip-hop, even amid rampant sexism and misogyny. In my eyes, they were hip-hop queens who fought valiantly...
- 8/1/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
A star-studded lineup led by Run-dmc, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, and Ice Cube will play a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY on Friday, August 11th.
Other notable artists playing include the “Queens of Hip-Hop” — Eve, Lil Kim, Remy Ma, Trina, as well as Common, Ghostface Killah, Lupe Fiasco, Slick Rick, T.I. A$AP Ferg, Epmd, DJ Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell, The Sugarhill Gang, Melle Mell, and surprise guests still to be revealed.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for Hip Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium begins Thursday, June 8th (use access code Disco), with a general on-sale scheduled for Friday, June 9th via Ticketmaster.
Early bird access to tickets will also be available via Renaissance Youth Center, New Settlement, Scan-Harbor, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, North East Bronx Ymca, Castle Hill Ymca, New York Urban League,...
Other notable artists playing include the “Queens of Hip-Hop” — Eve, Lil Kim, Remy Ma, Trina, as well as Common, Ghostface Killah, Lupe Fiasco, Slick Rick, T.I. A$AP Ferg, Epmd, DJ Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell, The Sugarhill Gang, Melle Mell, and surprise guests still to be revealed.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for Hip Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium begins Thursday, June 8th (use access code Disco), with a general on-sale scheduled for Friday, June 9th via Ticketmaster.
Early bird access to tickets will also be available via Renaissance Youth Center, New Settlement, Scan-Harbor, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, North East Bronx Ymca, Castle Hill Ymca, New York Urban League,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
For any hip-hop historian, a certain party on August 11, 1973 looms large. In a rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, young Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school jam with entertainment provided by her older brother, a Jamaican-born immigrant named Clive Campbell who’d renamed himself DJ Kool Herc. There, Herc put into action a new technique that would set the sonic template for hip hop — working not one but two turntables and playing two copies of the same record to extend the instrumental breaks. “One night I was watching the...
- 7/29/2022
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Hip hop is a multi-billion-dollar musical movement that is now at the center of mainstream culture.
It’s grown into something bigger than anyone who attended Cindy Campbell’s 1973 end of summer party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx – widely considered ground zero for hip hop – could ever have expected. That night, Campbell’s 16-year-old brother Clive, otherwise known as DJ Kool Herc, was behind the decks and is credited with kicking off the genre.
Now, Showtime is celebrating nearly 50 years of hip hop with a three-year project that will bring together numerous films, documentaries, television series, podcasts and digital projects exploring the history, the people and the music.
It is a partnership between the ViacomCBS network and Nas-backed film, TV and music company Mass Appeal.
The project is being shepherded on the Showtime side by EVP, Non-Fiction Programming Vinnie Malhotra, who grew up listening to artists like Tribe Called Quest.
It’s grown into something bigger than anyone who attended Cindy Campbell’s 1973 end of summer party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx – widely considered ground zero for hip hop – could ever have expected. That night, Campbell’s 16-year-old brother Clive, otherwise known as DJ Kool Herc, was behind the decks and is credited with kicking off the genre.
Now, Showtime is celebrating nearly 50 years of hip hop with a three-year project that will bring together numerous films, documentaries, television series, podcasts and digital projects exploring the history, the people and the music.
It is a partnership between the ViacomCBS network and Nas-backed film, TV and music company Mass Appeal.
The project is being shepherded on the Showtime side by EVP, Non-Fiction Programming Vinnie Malhotra, who grew up listening to artists like Tribe Called Quest.
- 12/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Scary Movie (2000) actress Anna Faris who plays Cindy Campbell in the teen horror movie that pokes fun at Scream (1996) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) has revealed that much of the movie was improvised. The cast often found it difficult to keep a straight face during the shoot. When it comes to the film's humor, she reveals, "It's very over the top and it's really, really raunchy. It pushes sexuality to a whole new level and I think it manages to be offensive to everybody. There's a lot of jokes and I think only the Wayans brothers (Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans wrote Scary Movie (2000) while elder brother Keenen Ivory Wayans directed) can get away with, because some of it has to deal with racial stereotypes or gender stereotypes. It's really offensive, really raunchy and really silly."...
- 9/19/2000
- WENN
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