‘On The Come Up’ Trailer: Sanaa Lathan’s Directorial Debut Chronicles A Teen’s Rise In Her Local Battle Rap Scene

It’s over! Real Housewives of Orange Country star Shannon Beador’s ex-husband, David Beador, has filed for divorce from wife Lesley Beador.

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Britney Spears and Jamie Spears are potentially settling their longtime legal battle.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s contentious legal battle will play out a second time on TV screens with the impending release of the new Tubi movie Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial.

Archie Battersbee's funeral took place in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, today with his relatives gathering to remember the 12-year-old boy.

Childish Gambino has filed legal papers calling for the song-theft lawsuit targeting his 2018 hit ‘This Is America’ to be dismissed.He presents the usual responses to such lawsuits – ie that the elements his track and the earlier work he’s accused of ripping off share are not protected copyright and that the plaintiff hasn’t demonstrated how he had access to the earlier song. Plus he throws in some issues around copyright registration for good measure.Miami-based rapper Kidd Wes – real name Emelike Nwosuocha – sued Childish Gambino – or Donald Glover if you prefer – last year, claiming that ‘This Is America’ lifted from his 2016 track ‘Made In America’.“The distinctive flow” heard in Glover’s track, the lawsuit stated, “is unmistakably substantially similar, if not practically identical, to the distinct and unique flow that was employed by Nwosuocha in recording his vocal performance of his rapping of the hook to his copyrighted work”.“The lyrical theme, content, and structure of the identically-performed choruses are also glaringly similar”, the lawsuit added.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off starring in Toronto Film Festival drama North Of Normal, Sarah Gadon is set to make her directorial debut on feature Lullabies For Little Criminals, based on Heather O’Neill’s 2007 novel which won the Canada Reads competition.

Elegance Bratton’s A24 directorial debut film The Inspection takes a sharp look at Military culture and the perils of being an outsider aiming to conform and build a life for themselves.

Andrew Barker Senior Features Writer There has been no shortage of hip-hop star-is-born narratives hitting screens in recent years, but much like hip-hop itself for most of its history, there hasn’t always been a whole lot of space for women. Sanaa Lathan’s “On the Come Up,” which tracks a teenage girl’s complicated rise through the battle rap circuit to the even more complicated heights of viral stardom, provides a welcome exception to this rule, but fortunately it has a lot more going for it than just that. As frank and tough-minded and as it is warm and sweet, “On the Come Up” is a hugely promising debut from the actor-turned-director. Sixteen-year-old Bri (Jamila C. Gray) is already a talented rapper when we first meet her in her fictitious neighborhood of Garden Heights, and she’s already been through a whole lifetime’s worth of upheaval. Her father was a legendary local MC named Lawless, who was murdered just as his career was beginning to take off. She spent part of her childhood away from her mother (Lathan) while she battled drug addiction, and though she’s now clean, their mother-daughter bond has yet to fully mend. And what’s more, as part of the small contingent of Black students at her school, she’s forced to deal with unsympathetic administrators and suspicious campus cops, one of whom body-slams her to the ground after he spots her selling Skittles to a classmate.

Anna Kendrick is taking on an exciting new project.

death in 2021, he was convicted of seven murders.) Kendrick will direct from Ian McDonald’s screenplay. The script was included in the 2017 Black List, a collection of the best unproduced scripts of the year. McDonald will also serve as an executive producer.

Anna Kendrick is set to make her directorial debut with the true crime thriller The Dating Game from Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios.

“Shortcomings,” adapted from the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine.The film, which has been described as a comedic drama, will also feature Tavi Gevinson (HBO’s “Gossip Girl”), Debby Ryan (“The Resort”) and Jacob Batalon (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”). Sonoya Mizuno (“House of the Dragon”) and Timothy Simons (“Veep”) round out the supporting cast.The film, which is currently in post-production, is described as “a hilariously irreverent examination of racial politics, sexual mores, and pop culture.” Min stars as Ben, the cynical manager of a Bay Area movie theater, while Cola plays his best friend Alice.

Lathan directs from a screenplay by Kay Oyegun. “On the Come Up” is produced by George Tillman, Jr., Robert Teitel, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner, Angie Thomas and Timothy M.

Paramount+ has released the trailer for their upcoming original film On the Come Up during the 2022 MTV VMAs.

Phil Collins’ ex-wife Orianne Cevey has reportedly had her long-running $20 million legal battle against the singer kicked out of court. Cevey, 48, sued the 71-year-old musician for half of the proceeds from the sale of the Miami estate they once shared, which Genesis drummer Phil sold for $40 million (£34 million) in January 2021. She claimed the ‘In the Air Tonight’ singer had previously promised her half of its sale value if she moved back in with him.

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie Paige, (I Tonya, Ozark, and Spider-Man: Homecoming), Tyshon Freeman, (BMF, The Gifted, and 24th), and Yoel Kanchelov, (The Fifth Wave, Step Sisters, and The Leisure Seeker), will star in Kareem Davis directorial debut film The First Classic.

A24 is teaming up with filmmakers Max Eggers (The Lighthouse) and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — otherwise known as The Eggers Brothers —  on their feature directorial debut, The Front Room, a psychological horror pic that will star Brandy Norwood (Queens), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (Snow White) and Neal Huff (Waves).