In 2021, in the months leading to the release of "Space Jam: A New Legacy," the New York Times published an editorial which said cartoon character Pepé Le Pew "normalized rape culture." In that same piece, the author also wrote that Speedy Gonzales had friends who "helped popularize the corrosive stereotype of the drunk and lethargic Mexicans."
In recent years, "Looney Tunes" stopped featuring rifles in new portrayals of Elmer Fudd, so why couldn't change its portrayal of Pepé Le Pew or Speedy, too? While France did nothing to defend Le Pew, Latinos in the U.S. and across Latin America jumped at the chance to defend Speedy Gonzales from never saying "Ándale! Ándale! Arriba! Arriba!" again. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who voiced Speedy in "Space Jam 2," defended the character on social media.
Few would argue that the character isn't racist or an outdated stereotype, but Speedy still engenders passionate love...
In recent years, "Looney Tunes" stopped featuring rifles in new portrayals of Elmer Fudd, so why couldn't change its portrayal of Pepé Le Pew or Speedy, too? While France did nothing to defend Le Pew, Latinos in the U.S. and across Latin America jumped at the chance to defend Speedy Gonzales from never saying "Ándale! Ándale! Arriba! Arriba!" again. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who voiced Speedy in "Space Jam 2," defended the character on social media.
Few would argue that the character isn't racist or an outdated stereotype, but Speedy still engenders passionate love...
- 5/12/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
News of Steve Albini’s unexpected passing on Wednesday, May 8th, has been met with an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians, including those who had worked with him.
Cloud Nothings worked with Albini on their 2012 magnum opus, Attack on Memory. “steve touched countless lives and changed mine and many others for the better,” frontman Dylan Baldi wrote on Twitter. “a genuine, singular, principled person. spent the last 40 years helping people make art. there’s no reason for him to be gone and the world is less interesting without him. just a really sad day.”
Pj Harvey said working with Albini on 1992’s Dry “changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful.”
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker collaborated with Albini on his 2009 solo album, Further Complications. “Working with Steve Albini was...
Cloud Nothings worked with Albini on their 2012 magnum opus, Attack on Memory. “steve touched countless lives and changed mine and many others for the better,” frontman Dylan Baldi wrote on Twitter. “a genuine, singular, principled person. spent the last 40 years helping people make art. there’s no reason for him to be gone and the world is less interesting without him. just a really sad day.”
Pj Harvey said working with Albini on 1992’s Dry “changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful.”
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker collaborated with Albini on his 2009 solo album, Further Complications. “Working with Steve Albini was...
- 5/8/2024
- by Consequence Staff
- Consequence - Music
The “King Richard” actor Will Smith recently had an interview with Complex correspondent Speedy Morman in a 360 with Speedy segment that was published on Tuesday, March 26.
There, Smith shared how far he’s come in life and his career, and how well his views on finances have changed from “gathering” to “giving.”
The revelation came after Morman asked Smith during the interview if his net worth was really $350 million like Google claimed.
The “Aladdin” actor first of all laughed at the question about his real net worth before replying, “I don’t even know, man. I don’t discuss such things.”
The interview came after Variety revealed that the charity foundation Smith shares with his wife, “Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation” will be shutting down due to lack of donations which took effect after Smith’s infamous Oscars slap, aka the slap heard around the world.
Variety also reported...
There, Smith shared how far he’s come in life and his career, and how well his views on finances have changed from “gathering” to “giving.”
The revelation came after Morman asked Smith during the interview if his net worth was really $350 million like Google claimed.
The “Aladdin” actor first of all laughed at the question about his real net worth before replying, “I don’t even know, man. I don’t discuss such things.”
The interview came after Variety revealed that the charity foundation Smith shares with his wife, “Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation” will be shutting down due to lack of donations which took effect after Smith’s infamous Oscars slap, aka the slap heard around the world.
Variety also reported...
- 3/30/2024
- by Chijioke Chukwuemeka
- Celebrating The Soaps
"Young Justice" is one of the best superhero shows ever made. Building on the path carved by the work of Bruce Timm with "Justice League," "Batman: The Animated Series," and more, this animated series draws from every corner of the DC universe, from Jack Kirby's trippy Fourth Wall to Golden Age characters and much more. The show offered episodic storytelling, with most episodes revolving around a specific mission, while also advancing an overarching story with big consequences.
Perhaps the show's biggest achievement is one that we still haven't seen properly replicated in live-action — the idea of legacy. Throughout the current four seasons of "Young Justice" (we still don't know where and if the show fits James Gunn's DC Universe), we see heroes retire and pass on their mantle to new generations who carry on their heroic legacy. We see that with Jason Todd becoming Robin after Dick Grayson became Nightwing,...
Perhaps the show's biggest achievement is one that we still haven't seen properly replicated in live-action — the idea of legacy. Throughout the current four seasons of "Young Justice" (we still don't know where and if the show fits James Gunn's DC Universe), we see heroes retire and pass on their mantle to new generations who carry on their heroic legacy. We see that with Jason Todd becoming Robin after Dick Grayson became Nightwing,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
A live-action adaptation of DC Comics’ Teen Titans is officially in the works for James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Ana Nogueira is already on board to write the script. Nogueira, recognizable for acting roles in CW’s The Vampire Diaries and Starz’s Hightown, is also working on DC’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, set to star Milly Alcock.
The announcement makes Teen Titans the first film added to the initial run of DC Universe productions Gunn revealed back in January 2023. It remains to be seen how or when it will slot into what’s being called Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, but Gunn, Nogueria, and the DC team have plenty of options.
Made up of superhero “sidekicks,” the Teen Titans were originally introduced in 1964 in The Brave and the Bold #54. Founding members included Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Aqualad.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Ana Nogueira is already on board to write the script. Nogueira, recognizable for acting roles in CW’s The Vampire Diaries and Starz’s Hightown, is also working on DC’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, set to star Milly Alcock.
The announcement makes Teen Titans the first film added to the initial run of DC Universe productions Gunn revealed back in January 2023. It remains to be seen how or when it will slot into what’s being called Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, but Gunn, Nogueria, and the DC team have plenty of options.
Made up of superhero “sidekicks,” the Teen Titans were originally introduced in 1964 in The Brave and the Bold #54. Founding members included Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Aqualad.
- 3/15/2024
- by Ben Kaye
- Consequence - Film News
THR reports that Warner Bros. is developing a live-action Teen Titans movie and has tapped Ana Nogueira to write the script.
Nogueira is already a member of the DC Studios family, as she is the writer of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the upcoming DC movie starring Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) in the title role.
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The Teen Titans were initially introduced in 1964 as a superhero team consisting of Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad. Over the decades, the team expanded to include characters such as Wonder Girl, Speedy, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and more. The franchise has a large following, particularly due to the popularity of the Teen Titans Go! animated series. The animated comedy has run for eight seasons on Cartoon Network with nearly 400 episodes under their utility belts. It has also spawned several films,...
Nogueira is already a member of the DC Studios family, as she is the writer of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the upcoming DC movie starring Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon) in the title role.
Related Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Logan, Naked Gun, Roger Rabbit, Yoda
The Teen Titans were initially introduced in 1964 as a superhero team consisting of Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad. Over the decades, the team expanded to include characters such as Wonder Girl, Speedy, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and more. The franchise has a large following, particularly due to the popularity of the Teen Titans Go! animated series. The animated comedy has run for eight seasons on Cartoon Network with nearly 400 episodes under their utility belts. It has also spawned several films,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
It’s go time for the Teen Titans.
The DC heroes, which began as the teenaged sidekicks of their more famous and iconic counterparts, are getting their own live-action feature from the James Gunn and Peter Safran-led DC Studios.
The comic book movie division of Warner Bros. Discovery has tapped Ana Nogueira to pen the screenplay for the project. The hiring further ensconces the actress and playwright-turned scribe into the DC family as she is already writing Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow for the label.
The Teen Titans were first introduced in the mid-1960s and featured Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad as well as Wonder Girl. Other teens such as Speedy, the sidekick to Green Arrow, joined the adventures later. The comics skewed young and were not considered major sellers until the 1980s relaunch by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.
With the addition of Beast Boy and new creations Cyborg,...
The DC heroes, which began as the teenaged sidekicks of their more famous and iconic counterparts, are getting their own live-action feature from the James Gunn and Peter Safran-led DC Studios.
The comic book movie division of Warner Bros. Discovery has tapped Ana Nogueira to pen the screenplay for the project. The hiring further ensconces the actress and playwright-turned scribe into the DC family as she is already writing Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow for the label.
The Teen Titans were first introduced in the mid-1960s and featured Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad as well as Wonder Girl. Other teens such as Speedy, the sidekick to Green Arrow, joined the adventures later. The comics skewed young and were not considered major sellers until the 1980s relaunch by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.
With the addition of Beast Boy and new creations Cyborg,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tainy is eloquent and calm, and thinks through every word before constructing sentences that back up his success over two decades. Without a trace of over-confidence, Tainy —whose real name is Marcos Efraín Masis Fernández — has achieved everything he ever dreamed of since he was a teenager making music in Puerto Rico. “Reggaeton was not something we listened to around my house,” he says after talking about the importance the church had in his family. Around then, in his adolesence, he met Nely “El Arma Secreta,” a legendary producer who...
- 12/17/2023
- by Diego Ortiz
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been over 10 years since Speedy Ortiz shared their debut album, Major Arcana. Now, the beloved indie quartet is paying homage to the record with a 10th anniversary reissue featuring remastered versions of the songs, due out on November 17th. Listen to the first preview — a remastered version of “Tiger Tank” — below.
Major Arcana became an indie hit when it dropped in 2013, with Consequence’s Katherine Flynn writing at the time that Speedy Ortiz had masterfully utilized older sounds and styles, while still offering something entirely new and compellingly raw. “This is the real deal, ripped from notebook pages, the torn, frilly edges still hanging on,” Flynn wrote.
For her part, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis explained that the album is teeming with the energy of the band’s early, DIY days. “Speedy made Major Arcana in a flash of momentum — four days of recording at Sonelab with our pal Justin Pizzoferrato,...
Major Arcana became an indie hit when it dropped in 2013, with Consequence’s Katherine Flynn writing at the time that Speedy Ortiz had masterfully utilized older sounds and styles, while still offering something entirely new and compellingly raw. “This is the real deal, ripped from notebook pages, the torn, frilly edges still hanging on,” Flynn wrote.
For her part, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis explained that the album is teeming with the energy of the band’s early, DIY days. “Speedy made Major Arcana in a flash of momentum — four days of recording at Sonelab with our pal Justin Pizzoferrato,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
As an editor for Netflix’s Queer Eye, Toni Ann Carabello says the work is very different from other reality series. “On a lot of other shows, you’re over-emphasizing the drama,” she says. “On Queer Eye, you’re really just playing up the best parts of what’s there… It just makes everyone leave smiling.”
Carabello was nominated for an Emmy for her work on Queer Eye episode “Speedy for Life”, which follows a young man looking to inspire others after a traumatic accident. “At the end of the day, [that episode] touched everybody with how it really made an impact on this kid’s life,” she says. “He was just a nice, sweet kid who seemed appreciative of everything and genuinely happy.”
Queer Eye. (L to R) Bobby Berk, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Ray Walker in “Speedy for Life”
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Carabello was nominated for an Emmy for her work on Queer Eye episode “Speedy for Life”, which follows a young man looking to inspire others after a traumatic accident. “At the end of the day, [that episode] touched everybody with how it really made an impact on this kid’s life,” she says. “He was just a nice, sweet kid who seemed appreciative of everything and genuinely happy.”
Queer Eye. (L to R) Bobby Berk, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Ray Walker in “Speedy for Life”
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- 8/15/2023
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy Awards recognized Denzel Washington’s contributions to cinema twice now. But Washington considered the possibility that winning the Best Actor award for his role in Training Day may have assisted another Oscar winner.
Why Denzel Washington felt he maybe helped Jamie Foxx win an Oscar for ‘Ray’ Jamie Foxx | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Washington was already used to having Oscar gold by the time Foxx took home his Best Actor award. Apart from Training Day, his first Oscar win came in 1989. There, he won a Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Glory. But he made notable history with his Training Day performance. At the time, Washington became the second black actor to win a Best Actor award.
Since then, four other black actors have won the coveted prize. Foxx became the third when he won for Ray back in 2005. In a resurfaced interview with The Guardian, Washington...
Why Denzel Washington felt he maybe helped Jamie Foxx win an Oscar for ‘Ray’ Jamie Foxx | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Washington was already used to having Oscar gold by the time Foxx took home his Best Actor award. Apart from Training Day, his first Oscar win came in 1989. There, he won a Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in Glory. But he made notable history with his Training Day performance. At the time, Washington became the second black actor to win a Best Actor award.
Since then, four other black actors have won the coveted prize. Foxx became the third when he won for Ray back in 2005. In a resurfaced interview with The Guardian, Washington...
- 8/13/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
You would think that Jennifer Lane, showrunner for the long-running and beloved Netflix reality hit reboot “Queer Eye,” would be a little bit blase’ by now about this Emmy stuff. Both she and her show have, after all, won in the Best Structured Reality Program category a record five consecutive years going back to 2018, receiving 35 Emmy bids and 10 triumphs all told for its seven seasons. It earned six more noms this time, including once again in the reality program category as well as for its hosts known collectively as the Fab Five and a first-time honor for director Ali Moghadas. But it turns out that Lane isn’t indifferent to any of this at all. “It doesn’t ever get old, and I’m proud because it’s hard to get good (stuff) in reality,” she says. “People don’t realize it’s like we’re dancing backwards in high-heel shoes.
- 8/1/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar several times throughout his career. At one point, Jamie Foxx managed to claim an Oscar win over DiCaprio when they were both nominated the same year.
But it was an outcome that DiCaprio’s ex-girlfriend at the time thought might have been a mistake.
Gisele Bündchen went to the Oscars to support her then-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio | Matt Dames/Sony via Getty Images
Bündchen formed a relationship with DiCaprio in the year 2000. The pair dated for five years before deciding to part ways in 2005. Throughout their relationship, the super-model was introduced to the lifestyle of a celebrity actor, which included a night out at the Oscars. Years later, Bündchen would reflect on what it was like attending the ceremony for the first time with DiCaprio.
“When you go to a place like the Oscars, there’s, like, a...
But it was an outcome that DiCaprio’s ex-girlfriend at the time thought might have been a mistake.
Gisele Bündchen went to the Oscars to support her then-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio | Matt Dames/Sony via Getty Images
Bündchen formed a relationship with DiCaprio in the year 2000. The pair dated for five years before deciding to part ways in 2005. Throughout their relationship, the super-model was introduced to the lifestyle of a celebrity actor, which included a night out at the Oscars. Years later, Bündchen would reflect on what it was like attending the ceremony for the first time with DiCaprio.
“When you go to a place like the Oscars, there’s, like, a...
- 7/11/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy — an injury-prone former star — and Kamal — a has-been prodigy still clinging to his dream — team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams. The pair work as basketball hustlers who sucker would-be foes into the idea that white men can’t play as well as Black men. “White Men Can’t Jump” stars Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow, and debuts this Friday, May 19 exclusively streaming on Hulu. You can watch White Men Can't Jump with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu..
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Two hoopers that couldn’t be any more different team up to live out their dreams. Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow star in a remake of the 1992 smash hit of...
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Two hoopers that couldn’t be any more different team up to live out their dreams. Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow star in a remake of the 1992 smash hit of...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jeff Kotuby
- The Streamable
So, do you have an appetite for sports films after the entertaining true life-inspired Air from a few weeks ago? To be more specific do you have, as Cheech and Chong most famously proclaimed, a “basketball jones”? Oh, here’s the movie for you! Now unlike the earlier film, this isn’t set in the 1980s, though it has a connection to a previous decade. And it’s not “inspired by true events”. This is more of a rollicking “buddy comedy” and is a remake of a movie from over 30 years ago (the decade being the 1990s). Perhaps it will once and for all either prove this true or false per the still provocative title, White Men Can’T Jump.
Speaking of time, this version starts with a flashback going back only six or seven years. It’s a telling TV interview on a cable sports show profiling high school basketball...
Speaking of time, this version starts with a flashback going back only six or seven years. It’s a telling TV interview on a cable sports show profiling high school basketball...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“White Men Can’t Jump” holds a special place in a lot of moviegoers’ hearts; while not the enduring sports classic that writer-director Ron Shelton delivered with his baseball mash note “Bull Durham,” the buddy comedy vividly captures the world of pick-up basketball players, and features three standout performances by Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson and Rosie Perez. Director Calmatic’s 2023 remake not only fails to recapture the energy of the first film but seems to misunderstand the cinematic language of streetball, and is largely uninterested in utilizing stars Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow except as delivery systems for exposition.
Updated only in its excess of contemporary slang and overwrought backstories, “White Men Can’t Jump” exemplifies the aversion to risk and lack of imagination in storytellers mining intellectual property at the behest of blandest-common-denominator-seeking corporate overlords.
Walls plays Kamal Allen, a onetime pro ball hopeful turned parcel deliveryman who relives old glories...
Updated only in its excess of contemporary slang and overwrought backstories, “White Men Can’t Jump” exemplifies the aversion to risk and lack of imagination in storytellers mining intellectual property at the behest of blandest-common-denominator-seeking corporate overlords.
Walls plays Kamal Allen, a onetime pro ball hopeful turned parcel deliveryman who relives old glories...
- 5/18/2023
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
Plot: Multi-platinum rap superstar Jack Harlow makes his big-screen debut as Jeremy, a former star of the game whose injuries stalled his career, and Sinqua Walls stars as Kamal, once a promising player who derailed his own future in the sport. Juggling tenuous relationships, financial pressures and serious internal struggles, the two ballers—opposites who are seemingly miles apart—find they might have more in common than they imagined possible.
Review: When White Men Can’t Jump was released in 1992, it came at a time when basketball was viewed much differently than it had been decades prior. The chemistry between Woody Harrelson’s unexpected baller and Wesley Snipes’ experienced player made for a mismatch that would work in their favor as Ron Shelton’s movie became a box office hit. Three decades later, White Men Can’t Jump gets a contemporary update as streamers continue to mine their IP. While the remake...
Review: When White Men Can’t Jump was released in 1992, it came at a time when basketball was viewed much differently than it had been decades prior. The chemistry between Woody Harrelson’s unexpected baller and Wesley Snipes’ experienced player made for a mismatch that would work in their favor as Ron Shelton’s movie became a box office hit. Three decades later, White Men Can’t Jump gets a contemporary update as streamers continue to mine their IP. While the remake...
- 5/18/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Indie rock favorites Speedy Ortiz are back with their first new song in five years, “Scabs.”
The track is vintage Speedy, with busy, biting guitar riffs and some tricky rhythms and time changes, though, the song always returns to a big sing-along chorus: “Who do you wanna prove you’re a big dog to? You turn the screw, but you’re using the wrong size tool,” songwriter/singer/guitarist Sadie Dupuis sings.
Dupuis wrote “Scabs” about the gulf between people “doing tremendous organizing work” and those who “signal their ‘good’ politics through yard signs alone.
The track is vintage Speedy, with busy, biting guitar riffs and some tricky rhythms and time changes, though, the song always returns to a big sing-along chorus: “Who do you wanna prove you’re a big dog to? You turn the screw, but you’re using the wrong size tool,” songwriter/singer/guitarist Sadie Dupuis sings.
Dupuis wrote “Scabs” about the gulf between people “doing tremendous organizing work” and those who “signal their ‘good’ politics through yard signs alone.
- 4/12/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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