Category: Hollywood

Johnny Depp And The West Memphis Three

lml01's avatarKillers Without Conscience

This isn’t the only case I’m familiar with where a famous movie star has taken up the cause of a convicted murderer. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the names and in that case, after a year of being released, the killer murdered another human being.  Oops. In this case, the headlines blazed with the case of the West Memphis Three for a number of reasons: it involved a  supposedly Satanic ritual that ended in the murder of three young children; three youths were accused of the murder; and, for several years, Johnny Depp became involved in the convicted youths’ defence against the state. Eventually the case was resolved but in a perplexing legal move that added to the intrigue of the strange crime and that left plenty of room for doubt about the youths’ innocence.

The Murder
West Memphis – Arkansas – May 6, 1993 – 1:45 p.m. A search party was dispatched…

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Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s 2016 Grammy Performance 

Cali MC Kendrick Lamar has slowly carved his own lane and become one of the most prolific new age artists of today.  He’s more than a rapper, he’s a visionary and a dope MC. A voice in a thoughtless world. A refreshment.

The Compton native’s 2016 Grammys performance, a new age interpretation of the iconic Alex Haley Black history film, “Roots” set the Internet world ablaze and shined the spotlight directly on America’s racial injustice epidemic. It was also empowering all in the same.

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In light of the many new current affairs, ie: Flint Water Crisis and murder and mass incarceration rates in The U.S., more and more big name artists are using their star power platforms to raise awareness about the social & racial injustices suffered by many blacks in America.

Queen Beyonce used her Super Bowl 50 comeback performance as a spotlight and ode to the Black Panther Party with an all girl militant style performance to her new single, Formation.

 

Beyonce, Super Bowl 50

Protesters argue that her Panther-esque performance was somehow anti police, while most believed the performance was simply about empowerment.
Can’t win them all!
You be the judge and let me know what you think!

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“The People Vs OJ Simpson” Cast Talk About Preparing For Their Roles

Cuba Gooding Jr plays OJ Simpson

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. says it took him a month to get back into a normal state of mind after playing OJ Simpson and that it was one of his most difficult roles.

Whether you think OJ did it or not, this made for TV movie is an amazing recreation of the trial roughly 20 years later after the court case of the century.

In this clip Cuba Gooding Jr, John Travolta and many others talk about getting into their roles for “The People Vs OJ Simpson.”

Catch the nail biting series every Tuesday night on FX Channel.