Polo G’s “Rapstar” spent a third straight week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart thanks to his high streaming tallies: “Rapstar” picked up more than 29 million streams, easily besting the competition. It is only the second song of the year to top the Rs 100 for three weeks or more.
The Weeknd surged to Number Two after he released a new version of “Save Your Tears” featuring Ariana Grande. The track, co-produced by the Swedish great Max Martin, originally appeared in March 2020 on After Hours, making...
The Weeknd surged to Number Two after he released a new version of “Save Your Tears” featuring Ariana Grande. The track, co-produced by the Swedish great Max Martin, originally appeared in March 2020 on After Hours, making...
- 5/3/2021
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Louie Rankin, a Jamaican part-time actor who appeared in films including Belly and Shottas and had a dancehall with “Typewriter,” died Monday in a car crash in Eastern Canada, local police said. He was in his mid-50s.
Ontario Provincial Police said the car Rankin was driving collided with a transport truck near the town of Shelburne.
Born Leonard Ford, the Saint Thomas Parish native played Jamaican drug kingpin Lennox, aka Ox, in 1998’s Belly, opposite rapper-stars Nas and Dmx. He also was known as the Original Don Dada and as Teddy Bruckshut — after the character he played in 2002’s Shottas. He also co-starred in We Run These Streets (2014). On Monday, Rankin posted on Instagram that he was in Toronto to film a movie:
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Ontario Provincial Police said the car Rankin was driving collided with a transport truck near the town of Shelburne.
Born Leonard Ford, the Saint Thomas Parish native played Jamaican drug kingpin Lennox, aka Ox, in 1998’s Belly, opposite rapper-stars Nas and Dmx. He also was known as the Original Don Dada and as Teddy Bruckshut — after the character he played in 2002’s Shottas. He also co-starred in We Run These Streets (2014). On Monday, Rankin posted on Instagram that he was in Toronto to film a movie:
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The Original Don DaDa On Set...
- 10/1/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Carey Mulligan books a Netflix role and “Shottas” and “Lost in America” find homes.
Casting
Carey Mulligan is in talks to join Ralph Fiennes in the Netflix period drama “The Dig,” set at the end of World War II.
Mulligan will portray a widow who believes her land contains buried riches, and Fiennes will portray a local archaeologist. Simon Stone is directing with Gabrielle Tana producing.
The project was previously set up for BBC Films with Nicole Kidman attached. In the past, Mulligan worked with Netflix on “Mudbound” and was nominated for an Academy Award for “An Education.” She also starred with Jake Gyllenhaal in the period drama “Wildlife” last year.
Acquisition
Samuel Goldwyn Films has bought worldwide rights to the action-drama “Shottas.”
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002, then became a hit with audiences after an unfinished bootleg leaked...
Casting
Carey Mulligan is in talks to join Ralph Fiennes in the Netflix period drama “The Dig,” set at the end of World War II.
Mulligan will portray a widow who believes her land contains buried riches, and Fiennes will portray a local archaeologist. Simon Stone is directing with Gabrielle Tana producing.
The project was previously set up for BBC Films with Nicole Kidman attached. In the past, Mulligan worked with Netflix on “Mudbound” and was nominated for an Academy Award for “An Education.” She also starred with Jake Gyllenhaal in the period drama “Wildlife” last year.
Acquisition
Samuel Goldwyn Films has bought worldwide rights to the action-drama “Shottas.”
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002, then became a hit with audiences after an unfinished bootleg leaked...
- 8/30/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
• Keira Knightley (Anna Karenina) is attached to produce and star in an adaptation of Suzanne Rindell’s The Other Typist for Fox Searchlight. Set in 1923, the story follows Rose, a typist for the New York City Police Department. She’s old-fashioned and set in her ways till she befriends the new woman in the office, Odalie, who is glamorous and modern and loves to have fun at speakeasies. But Rose gets a little obsessed, hence the comparisons to The Talented Mr. Ripley. There’s no director attached yet. Knightley will be appearing next alongside Chris Pine in Kenneth Branagh’s...
- 6/27/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: Flavor Unit Entertainment partners Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere are teaming with Meek Mill and James Lindsay of Dream Chasers Films to produce a film based on Mill’s song “The Tony Story“. Mill will star in the film which is a fictional American crime drama influenced by Mill’s experiences growing up hard in Philadelphia. The script is being written by Carlito Rodriguez. Directing will be Cess Silvera, who helmed an excellent 2002 crime film called Shottas.
- 6/26/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The Heart of Summer, written by Tedric Huff and Mark Bridges and directed by Adrien Allen (a story by Ray Balgrove), will make its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival next Sunday. The drama is described as "a heartwarming story of family, love, and faith that follows the soulful journey of a young man returning home from college and facing who he was, and who he is to become." Filmed in South Florida, Summer, billed as a romantic drama, also focuses on a Caribbean American father, played by Paul Campbell (Shottas, Dancehall Queen), who is over-protective of his daughter. Campbell also serves as producer in the film. The Heart of Summer, which also stars Lex...
- 6/18/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
Witness Cess Silvera’s cult classic film Shottas as Encore Action is to broadcast Friday, September 17th. This means it will be shown commerical free and no cuts, edits or censorship. So no shouts that change in sound bass and pitch of, “Awww that mother-lover, I’m gonna kill that son of a Benbag.” Saw a few glimpses of it before turning and the transfer quality looks stunning and the clarity is remarkable.
Constant comparisons have been made to the film Belly which also was shot and takes place quite a bit in Jamaica and features mostly musicians in the main roles. This film, Shottas, developed a large scale history before it was even released. Bootlegs were being sent out in 2002 while Silvera was still editing and an early cut was being passed around the streets of New York. There are many elements similar to Belly aside from the actor...
Constant comparisons have been made to the film Belly which also was shot and takes place quite a bit in Jamaica and features mostly musicians in the main roles. This film, Shottas, developed a large scale history before it was even released. Bootlegs were being sent out in 2002 while Silvera was still editing and an early cut was being passed around the streets of New York. There are many elements similar to Belly aside from the actor...
- 9/11/2010
- by Tony
- ShadowAndAct
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