OK, there are way too many reality shows on television today. Somebody needs to say it so I will. Well, I guess I already have, so there!
Seriously, I’m tired of hearing about new reality shows coming on the boob tube, especially these ‘hybrid reality’ shows as I like to call them. You know the ones. They usually are on cable, they star some washed up star/person that is related to a star/ex-reality star.
Yes, I’m talking about each of these shows plus a hundred others like them: The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Flavor of Love, Toya & Tiny, Frankie and Neffe, Hammertime (sorry Hammer), and etc., etc. I mean Hammertime is okay, but it’s just a copy of Run’s House (which is really just clean version of The Osbournes). To me, this is just lazy programming by cable television networks. The biggest culprits are VH1, BET and MTV. Do they produce any scripted shows anymore. Have they ever? Oh and yes, remember that each of these stations gained popularity when they actually started off playing music videos (sorry kids, i know you have know idea what I’m talking about–music videos on a real TV?? Wow!!). [click to read more…]
Wu-Tang producer/emcee RZA will be co-starring in the upcoming comedy Funny People which is set to hit theaters on July 31. The film, directed by Judd Apatow, also stars Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, and Leslie Mann.
The film is about a very successful stand up comedian (Sandler) who learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live.
At a red carpet interview for the premier of Funny People, RZA tells MTV:
“[The Apatow] style of comedy is like hip-hop. Seth and those guys are Wu-Tang fans; we talked a lot about hip-hop. He knows a lot of lyrics.”
Check out the trailer after the break.
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The Tenth Anniversary of the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival (July 27-Aug 2, 2009) will be screening the independent film Rhyme Animal (directed by Phil Roc and co-written /co-produced by Aaron Schnore and Billy Fox).
Rhyme Animal tells the tale of DJ Judah (Al Thompson), a Brooklyn DJ who rides the coat tails of a rising hip hop star, Shiva (Craig muMs Grant). As the rapper’s reputation grows, his lyrics become twisted, cannibalistic…yet prophetic. As killings occur, DJ Judah is forced to ask if Shiva’s sinister lyrics are an act or those of a cannibalistic serial killer. [click to read more…]
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