50 Cent Trolls Ja Rule For His New Greek Deli Commercial: ‘This Is What Happens’ When You Mess With Me

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentGreek directors are contending with the coronavirus crisis, on top of their country’s pre-existing economic struggles, by weaving the pandemic into their narratives and project presentations.That’s one trend that surfaced when five work-in-progress feature films, three docs, were digitally showcased to sales agents, distributors and programmers on Tuesday during Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes, the Cannes Virtual Film Market’s annual pics-in-post industry

Ja Rule appears to have tricked 50 Cent into inadvertently promoting his forthcoming TV show Celebrity Show-Off.The music star took to Instagram to share an ad for he made for a Greek deli in Los Angeles called Papa Cristo's, which quickly went viral. The commercial was boosted even more when 50 Cent, otherwise known as Curtis James Jackson III, commented on Twitter: "This what happens ...

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Greek director Christos Nikou, whose debut feature Apples is on sales this week in the Cannes virtual market.French sales outfit Alpha Violet is handling international sales on the Euro co-pro, which is produced by Hercules Mavroeidis, who produced acclaimed Greek movie Attenberg and was an executive producer on Yorgos Lanthimos’s Dogtooth.

“You can’t even pronounce the food, it’s so god d**n good.”

Ja Rule has dubbed himself a “marketing genius” after an expletive-filled ad he did for a Greek restaurant in Los Angeles went viral.The “Caught Up” rapper, 44, appeared in an ad for Papa Cristo’s Greek Grill on Saturday, June 20, and by Monday, June 22, the commercial had racked up millions of views online.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJa Rule has tried all kinds of commercial endeavors since the debacle of the Fyre Festival — which he co-produced — three years ago, but he may have hit on a way back into positive public opinion with a completely bonkers commercial for Papa Cristo’s Greek Grill in Los Angeles that seems more like a “Saturday Night Live” skit.The ad is so funny that it can’t possibly be serious — and, basically, it’s not, created for the new TBS reality show, “Celebrity

“You can’t even pronounce the food, it’s so god d**n good.”

Christopher Vourlias There was a time not long ago when any talk of Greek cinema quickly turned to a movement loosely characterized as the Greek Weird Wave, known for a certain deadpan aesthetic that was popularized with the breakout success of Yorgos Lanthimos (“Dogtooth”) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (“Attenberg”).That has changed, if the label ever truly fit to begin with.