David Letterman Will Return to Having a Talk Show Next Week
If this limited, hour interview series goes well, maybe David Letterman will fill in where Charlie Rose was booted off?
Watch the trailer for My Next Guest Needs No Introduction here.
Jay-Z Has an All Black Version of “Friends” Starring Jerrod Carmichael and Issa Rae in His Music Video for “Moonlight”
Well, there’s a lot to unpack here.
Jay-Z has plenty of layers to his brand new album 4:44 and the same goes for each song and accompanying music videos.
“Moonlight”, which features an sound byte from this year’s Oscars SNAFU when Moonlight and La La Land got mixed up for winners for Best Picture, has a music video that preempts the song with a big scene from a classic episode of Friends, but done with a cast of all famous black actors and comedians:
Jerrod Carmichael as Ross
Issa Rae as Rachel
Lil Rel Howery as Joey
Lakeith Stanfield as Chandler
Tessa Thompson as Monica
Tiffany Haddish as Phoebe
Before they go into a full remake of the episode, the song kicks in as the aspect ratio changes and a much more somber tone pervades the video. You might have to watch it a few times to even grasp how you feel about it and what you’ll take away from it in terms of black representation and visibility on both the big and small screens.
Also, there are outtakes that could stand alone on their own and also happen to include Hannibal Buress.
On top of all of that, Master of None co-creator Alan Yang got to direct the whole thing.
Take all of Jay-Z’s music video for Moonlight here.
Richard Pryor Biopic Gets Back on Track as Lee Daniels Returns to Direct and Jay Z Is Set to Produce
Richard Pryor Biopic Gets Back on Track as Lee Daniels Returns to Direct and Jay Z Is Set to Produce
We guess that you should really keep your fingers crossed this time?
For so many years, plenty of people have justifiably tried to make a Richard Pryor biopic, but have gotten derailed for a multitude of reasons such as who owns the rights to his story and how they’re willing to let it be told. We thought that Lee Daniels stepping in and The Weinstein Company getting involved would finally see a movie based on the life of the legendary comedian reach the big screen. Yet, Lee Daniels, who was attached as director, had a scheduling conflict with his hit series Empire and he had to leave the project, once again, in limbo.
Though you should save your excitement for when you read the title of this movie on a marquee, it was announced that Daniels will return as director and, additionally, Jay Z will produce. There’s no way that this Pryor biopic isn’t getting made, right? Let’s hope, if it does indeed get released, that it does Pryor justice.
Jay Z’s Tidal Launching NYC Stand Up Showcase Series “No Small Talk” Tomorrow
It’s called The No Small Talk Comedy Series featuring stand-ups live at NYC’s legendary Comedy Cellar.
That goes to show you how hot comedy is right now.
Nore Davis, Louis Katz, Yamaneika Saunders, Dov Davidoff, and more will be hosted by Cipha Sounds over five episodes and it’ll stream exclusively on Jay Z’s Tidal.
No Small Talk starts tomorrow, but you can watch a trailer here.