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50 Cent is expanding his media empire with the launch of G-Unit Studios in Louisiana

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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson plans to create latest storytelling and entertainment opportunities in Shreveport, Louisiana, with the launch of his latest production company.

“Bringing G-Unit Studios to Shreveport is not just a business decision; is a commitment to supporting talent, creating opportunities and building a community that thrives on creativity and innovation,” said the rapper Billboard. “We see Shreveport as a source of inspiration and creativity.”

On Thursday, 50 Cent opened G-Unit Studios, an extension of his essential production company G-Unit Film & Television, during a press conference in the city. Through his latest business enterprise, the artist and entrepreneur desires to create more jobs and stimulate economic growth in the region.

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“…The rich culture and talent of this city provide the perfect backdrop for this endeavor,” said Shreveport (*50*) Tom Arceneaux. “We look forward to working with Mr. Jackson and G-Unit Film & Television to bring captivating films and entertainment to Shreveport and Caddo Parishes.”

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50 Cent has produced several shows and other content through G-Unit Film & Television since its inception in 2003. His production company has worked with various platforms and networks, including STARZ. His hottest series on the network include “Power”, “Ghost”, “Raising Kanan”, “Force” and “BMF”.

The focused entrepreneur said he plans to proceed his mission of bringing untold stories to the forefront by founding G-Unit Studios.

“From gritty street narratives to compelling stories that define our era, G-Unit has always been more than just entertainment,” he said, calling it “a platform for voices that need to be heard, stories that need to be told.”

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Halle Berry asks the influence of being the first and only a black woman to win an Oscar for the best actress: “Is it important?”

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The next season of the prizes ends, and Halle Berry, who became the first black woman who won the academy award for the best actress in 2002 for her role in “Monster’s Ball”, remained the only black woman who won the coveted prize.

Reflection on her historical win in the recent Apple TV document “Number One On the Call Archie”, a 58-year-old actress still questions this heritage.

“It forced me to ask myself, did it matter?” Reflected. “Has this really changed for colorful women? For my sisters? For our journey?”

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Leading to the 97th Oscars, which took place on March 2, Berry opened a podcast about how she was “tired” of being the only one. This 12 months, Cynthia Erivo was nominated for the second time for the best actress for her performance Elphab in “Wicked”. However, Mikey Madison received the award for her role in “Anor”.

In the documentary film, Berry notes that in 2021 she also thought that the probabilities that the list was finally growing was good.

“A few years ago I was at a table with Andra Day and I was on the other side of the room from Viola Davis and they were both nominated for star performances (the day” United States vs. Billie Holiday “and Davis with” Black Black “Ma Rainey”) and I felt 100% certain Adding: “On the other hand, they’re of them, which of them were certain that actually.

Ultimately, Frances McDormand won its third Oscar for “Nomadland”.

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“The system is not really designed for us, so we must stop desirable what is not for us,” Berry explained. “Because at the end of the day it is” how can we touch the lives of people? “And it is essentially what art is for. “

In the film, other black actresses Taraji P. Henson and Whoopi Goldberg also participate in the lack of black Oscar winners “The best actress”.

“I don’t think the industry really perceives us as potential customers, you know?” Henson said, who won the Oscar for the best supporting actress in 2009 for “Benjamin Button”. She added: “They give us support (actress awards), as if they were giving out candy cane. It just – I don’t know what to do about it. Because what are you talking to me?”

Goldberg, who can also be one of 10 black women who won the Oscar for the best supporting actress, query the message of the lack of black winners.

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“Wait a moment, none of us was good enough?” She asked. “Nobody in all these people nobody? … What is missing here? This is the conversation of people every year.”

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Lizzo to the star as a legend of Rosetta Tharpe music in the new biography

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Lizzo enters the acting world, respecting one of the real pioneers of music.

This week, the award-winning Grammy announced its foremost acting debut in the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios “Rosetta” film, in which she is going to take the role of sister Rosetta Tharpe-Lenderska Singer Gospel and electric guitar Trailblazer with an electrical guitar, which was “Godmother of Rock and Roll”. Lizzo, known for its sound and an unadological genre, Lizzo enlivens the groundbreaking story of Tharpe on the screen.

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“Black people did rock n roll yeaaah,” Lizzo wrote on Instagram, Splashing warehouse. “Finally, I am not very excited and honored.”

Born in 1915, Tharpe was the daughter of cotton collectors who were dedicated members of the Cogical Faith. At the age of six, she was already a wonderful musical, traveling around the country playing the guitar and singing at church conventions.

Up to 23 Tharpe has developed its characteristic style of BOP and Electric guitar, winning her distinctions and a probability to record music. Her hit song “Rock Me” influenced future rock legends, such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard and others.

Like a black woman, the Gospel singer helped Pioneer Rock 'N' Roll

Inspired by the real events of “Rosetta,” will discover key moments in Tharpe’s life when she moved social restrictions, her sexuality and a breakthrough musical profession.

Although this implies the first role of Lizzo, it just isn’t her for the first time on the big screen. In 2019, she played “Hustlers”, and in 2023 she made a stage in “Mandalorian”.

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Amazon MGM Studios has not yet announced the release date of the film.

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The star of “Tythera Perry” Tyler Lepley about what he can’t wait for the audience to see the most in the new thriller

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“Tyther Perry’s duba, officially fell on Amazon Prime today, but before the film landed on a streaming service, the solid gathered at the star premiere.

On Tuesday evening, Tyler Perry, film stars and more descended on the red carpet in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, including the star “London” Egypt Sherrod, designer Brandon Blackwood, star Bravo Nick Arrington and tv host Sherri Shepherd.

He added that after the loans returned, viewers probably “continue the conversation, which we must continue.”

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“No matter what we go through, and no matter how felt we are always shown from it,” the actor continued, “we never go anything, you know and whether it is police brutality or everything we see in this film, our story always deserves to be listened to.”

“Tyther Perry’s duba, follows the story of Marley, a high -power prosecutor, who’s looking for the truth after his friend’s husband is shot and killed by the police during the unarmed police. Soon, nevertheless, he realizes that history has rather more than the eye.

Lepley added that things in history really change in the third act.

“When you see this flap, you must stick to your britches,” he said.

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In the film in which Graham, Lepley, Meagan Tandy, Ronreaco Lee, Joshua Adeyeye, Nick Barrotta, Jimi Stanton and Shannon Lanier, was shot for two weeks. When the film is shot in such a short while, Lepley said: “You really have to come to work.”

Perry reflecting fans are already excited about the film and predict what they loved in his exaggerated dramas. Sherri Shepherd, leading the talk show, who was amongst the participants of the red carpet, gushed about her waiting for a thriller.

“I love thrillers,” she said. “As long as you do not pull out anyone’s eyes. But thrillers that make me think psychological thrillers, yes, I love them.”

She noticed that the last thriller she remembered was Perry’s film in 2024 “Divorce in Czarna” with the participation of Meagan Good.

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She added that “she always loves it when Tyler Perry calls me and asks me to show myself to support him because she supports me all the time.” She also shared the emotion of the leading men of the film.

“I love Tyler, but I also love them,” she fed.

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