Beyoncé ‘Renaissance’ movie success
One factor is for certain. Beyoncé will not be letting up off of anybody’s neck this yr. She stays the usual and raises the bar in all the things she executes. Her “Renaissance World Tour” takes middle stage as soon as extra with the discharge of “RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ.” After a star-studded non-public premiere, followers and critics alike had been handled to an intimate take a look at the record-breaking tour. Beyoncé, the drive behind the movie as its author, director, and producer, topped the home field workplace with $21 million in its opening weekend. Nobody has made that amount of cash off a movie throughout this post-Thanksgiving time interval since 2003, when Tom Cruise starred in “The Final Samurai.” Internationally, she totaled $27.4 million.
At present, the movie scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and obtained the coveted A+ CinemaScore from opening weekend audiences who had been polled. It’s really wonderful to witness this Houston native proceed to construct upon her legacy to this magnitude. I’m wondering what else she has up her sleeve for 2024. By then, I’m certain all of her followers would have recovered from spending on the live performance and the film tickets.
George Floyd’s killer stabbed in jail
Derek Chauvin, the previous police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, confronted a brutal assault behind bars. Inmate John Turscak, armed with an improvised knife, stabbed Chauvin 22 instances within the legislation library of the Federal Correctional Establishment in Tucson, Arizona. The assailant revealed a chilling motive, expressing his need to finish Chauvin’s life. Federal prosecutors swiftly charged Turscak with tried homicide, assault with intent to commit homicide, assault leading to severe bodily harm, and assault with a harmful weapon. Critics on social media didn’t appear fazed concerning the information. Some of us had been shocked that Chauvin survived his accidents and deserved this assault as a consequence of his actions towards Floyd, and others mentioned that it could be higher for Chauvin to outlive and dwell with the painful scars for the remainder of his life. These are unlucky circumstances. I do hope he survives to dwell within the fixed state of concern for his life in the identical method Black of us should, particularly within the palms of corrupt legislation enforcement.
Lenny Kravitz says Black media give him no love
Music icon Lenny Kravitz is gearing up for the discharge of his twelfth studio album, “Blue Electrical Gentle.” Nevertheless, in a latest interview with a white information outlet, Esquire throws Kravitz right into a discourse about illustration in Black media. Kravitz voiced his grievances and was shocked at by no means being invited to occasions hosted by BET or the Supply Awards. He questioned the silence surrounding his achievements. This week, he set the file straight with theGrio about his assertion, saying that his focus was on Black awards, not the Black media and the neighborhood. Kravitz has been candid concerning the racism he confronted rising up in a mixed-race family. His late mom, Roxie Roker, was an actress most well-known for her function within the Nineteen Seventies sitcom “The Jeffersons”‘ whereas his father, Sy Kravitz, was a producer for NBC. He anticipated that his musical success can be embraced by the Black neighborhood. Publicists have ghosted me for superstar interviews in my profession. If Kravitz ever entertained the concept of interviewing with the Defender as he did for Esquire, the crew can be all palms on deck for it. Black media nonetheless has to battle to obtain the identical respect as mainstream white-owned information retailers. From the purple carpet to press junkets, Black journalists nonetheless face inequities when getting access to Hollywood. I’m enjoying satan’s advocate right here, however I perceive why he can be dissatisfied. As for this matter, “It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over.”
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