The first trailer for the Salt-N-Pepa biopic aired on Lifetime this weekend, and let's just say some are a little more excited for the upcoming limited series than others. The three-hour saga exploring how the ground-breaking hip hop group came to be was first announced last March, much to the excitement of longtime fans. However, when the cast for the biopic was revealed in November, many were disappointed and even outraged about the actresses chosen to portray Cheryl James ("Salt") and Sandra Denton ("Pepa"). Fans were quick to point out that GG Townson and Laila Odom look nothing like Salt and Pepa (respectively), and after the first official trailer aired during the debut of The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, not much has changed in the way of public opinion.
Some have taken to just straight up criticizing the quality of the production, saying that it looks cheap.
There are still others, however, who are stoked for the series.
Salt-N-Pepa: The Movie Event chronicles the legendary female rap group's rise to fame, from their days as nursing students at Queensborough Community College in New York City to meeting aspiring music producer Hurby “Luvbug” Azor. Denton and James both serve as executive producers for the authorized biopic, which has been helmed by actor-director Mario Van Peebles. There is currently no official release date. Watch the full trailer below:
Zack Fox, Eric Andre & More Parody Celebrity "Imagine" Cover With "Slob On My Nob"
Zack Fox parodies the viral celebrity "Imagine" cover by tapping Eric Andre, 6lack, Thundercat and more for a take on Three 6 Mafia's "Slob On My Knob."
The onset of self-isolation has brought out some of the best in celebrities, such as Rihanna's $5 million donation to coronavirus relief efforts, and some of the worst in celebrities, such as the highly criticized, tone-deaf "Imagine" cover posted by Gal Gadot. Comedian Zack Fox has now released a celebrity-filled parody of the celebrity-filled cover, as noted by HipHopDX.
View this post on InstagramThe original cover features Gal Gadot, Zöe Kravitz, Will Farrell, Kristin Wiig, Sarah Silverman, Natalie Portman, Amy Adams, Maya Rudolph and Mark Ruffalo and more singing parts of John Lennon's "Imagine" to form a whole song. The video was immediately met with backlash from social media and subsequently went viral.
While the economy withers to the ground, unemployment rises to new levels, and thousands die, we've been gifted a cute video of celebrities singing along in the comfort of their million-dollar homes to save us.
Zack Fox posted a video on Instagram, Friday, saying "There’s a song from my childhood that would always help me out when I would feel that way, and I wanna share it with y’all, and hopefully just help out a little bit. It goes a little something like this.” Fox then precedes to comedically sing Three 6 Mafia’s classic “Slob On My Nob.” Eric Andre, Thundercat, Quinta Brunson, Guapdad 4000, Cool Kids’ Chuck Inglish, Langston Kerman, Jak Knight, Sam Jay, 6lack, Teddy Ray and TisaKorean all join in.
View this post on InstagramThis is the type of content that will help us survive the coming weeks.
Tom Hanks’ Son Chet Hanks Will Make You Cringe With Bizarre Patois Accent
Chet Hanks went viral for the wrong reasons.
Tom Hanks became a meme last night at the Golden Globe awards with his facial expression resonating with many folks on social media. He saw his name hit trends last night after Ricky Gervais’ opening address but elsewhere, his son was off making headlines for a whole other reason.
After previously being criticized for his blatant use of the n-word in resurfaced videos from years ago, Chet Hanks is back in the headlines for some more cringe-worthy reasons. As he walked the red carpet, Tom’s son filmed a video for his socials and, for some reason, he was speaking in a (very fake) Patois accent. It’s important to note that Chet was born in Los Angeles and has no ties that would support his use of an accent from the islands.
Amy Sussman/Getty Images“Big up the whole island massive, it’s your boy Chet coming straight from the Golden Globes,” said Hanks, a white man, in his absurd accent. The post was captioned as such: “BIG UP FIMI WHOL FAMILY SOON COM AT DI AWARDS NA SEEN, CHUNE IN.” Yikes.
Tom Hanks’ son is an aspiring rapper and he’s ruffled feathers before in the past. This time around, people are just cringing hard at how he butchered his Patois accent with one fan writing, “Tom Hanks is so damn unproblematic, and yet…dis child.”
What do you think about Chet Hanks going viral last night at the Golden Globes?
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