It Was Only A Matter Of Time!
Filed under: Rihanna > Film Flickers
Not content with ruling the music scene (naturally), Rihanna is set to star in her first big screen debut!
It is being reported that the Umbrella chanteuse has been cast as Carol in the film adaptation of Iceberg Slim's book Mama Black Widow.
According to it's online description, the movie synopsis is as follows:
"Mama Black Widow is the portrait of a black family's migration from the southern Mississippi fields of the segregated south to the ghettoized black underworld of Chicago during the 1930's. The story follows Otis Tilson's struggle to keep his family together as they navigate through a world of alcoholism, pimping, sexual deviation and racial degradation. Told in the gut level language of the original novel by Iceberg Slim, the family's journey is a harsh testament of lives lived on the margins of a racist and predatory world."
Also joining RiRi in the cast is Anthony Anderson, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray. Yes, Macy Gray. We don't know why either.
Let's hope this doesn't bomb for Rihanna's sake. If it does, no one's gonna want to hire her for another film again!
Will U go see this movie?
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she is gorgeous
i love her…but not so much her new song….
5th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love her!
She is so pretty, I hope it goes good for her.
FIREST?
SHE SHOULD STICK TO PICKING COTTON LIKE A GOOD BLACK GIRL. SHE IS DUMB AS SHIT AND WILL ALWAYS JUST BE A NIGGLET. SHE LIKES TO EAT WATERMELON AND SHOVE CHICKENWINGS UP HER CUNT. SHE LOVES TO SUCK OBAMA HUSSIEN'S COCK AND THEY WHERE TURBINS AND TALK ABOUT HOW WHEN HE AND IF HE BECUMS PRES HOW THEY WILL RUIN THE USA AND TERROR WILL BEGIN AND THE WORLD WILL END CUZ OF BLACKS!
am i first
NO!!! BEEN THERE DONE THAT MOVIE!!!!!!
I think she should stick with singing.
So sexxy 26th
Re: john – Re: john –
Ha ha top ten
i wont
i wouldnt pay to see it, but i may happen to watch it if it was just on. lol
I love you Perez!!!
Maybe!
if it had a more establised cast,such as Denzil Washington or Samual L Jackson.If it had that kind of star power to back her up than i think Rihanna would have made an excellent supporting actress,with the cast as it stands now im not to sure
If I were a chick, I guess I'd let Macy Gray go down on me.
first hehaewf
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE – WTF is wrong with you cunt!
No, I will not be spending my money on that movie.
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE –
WTF is wrong with you cunt!
Why oh Why do singers think they can act and actors think they can sing?? This combo never works well, do I need to remind you of Minnie Driver?? How many copies of her album do you have…?
macy gray isn't that bad of an actress. check out lackawana blues. I'll get the bootleg copy just in case.
and first bitches
I hope she can actually act
david vs. david
this shit will BOMB big time. that bitch can't sing to save her life, so what makes you think she can act?
nope! and i won't buy her music either, i'll just grab it for free from blogs if i even wanted it which I don't.
she makes for good free eye candy too thanks to you perez
Another ghetto show!
Starring as a deepthroating alien soon to suffer a similar fate as Aliyah. Death awaits! Pass the AZT p-rez.
YES! Macy Gray is GREAT in those time piece movies. She will do great!
Re: BRITON – your site proably sucks and your asking people to go on face it you suck and if you want your site to be big as this one do what perez did get publicity first
Ya man, dig da island accent
Re: jayana – hahaha me to shitttttttttttttt
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Im tired of see these black movies with all the same people,same stories, same concepts, same endings..Boring Boring Boring..
"Go to see the movie"
hello you can have it for free and i won't i can't stand that bitch.She is not even an actress.
no i will not see this movie.
RiRi IS MAD OVER RATEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ha! it's impossible for this film to do poorly….hello KERRY WASHINGTON!!! People like movies that they can relate to and learn form…and unfortunatly a lot of ppl do relate to racism and poverty. This should be an uplifting film! BLACK PEOPLE RULE
She doesn't look black she must have a lot of white blood.
and im sure she can't act.
But because Macy Gray is in the movie, I won't be seeing it. It's a shame because I didn't see Spiderman when I heard she was in it. I don't need to watch some mental case that makes Perez Hilton look like a freakin' genius on the silver screen.
So…about that island accent…I don't think too many people in southern Mississippi had one of those…I wonder how that is going to pan out…
Well, at least it's a meatier role then Audrina's? I will definitly go and see this, good luck RiRi!
hells to the no!
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE – Are you serious!!!!!! maybe you should educate yourself on the times we live in. I am very sorry you are so uneducated and ignorant.
Perez take this comment down.
Re: sd – Omg why are people so ignorant. Have they not seen how many different shades black can be. Seriously move out of your little bubbles.
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JON BON JOVI I LOVE RICHIE SO MUCH
JON BON JOVI FUCKING RULES OH MY GOD IVE BECOME A GROUPIE
I WAS JUST FRONT ROW SILVER MOSH PIT AT THE BON JOVI CONCERT IN ABU DAHBI IT WAS FKING AMAZING OH MY GOD I WANNA FUCK RICHI SAMBORA SO BAD……..THEY WERE AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME, BON JOVI FUCKING ROCKS, THEY PUT ON A SHOW OF A LIFE TIME…GOD I FEEL LIKE IM FLOATING ON AIR….I LOVE RICHIE DUMP DENISE
she cant even sing a fucking note never mind act, whoever decided to have her manky ass in the movie should be put in front of the firing squad.obviously everyone on here saying they love her, need their fucking ears tested!
Re: gina – i actaully looooooooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee minner driver leave her alone u fool
Re: jupiter*girl – ur racist
you forgot to mention mos def was also starring in the film and for the record it wasnt the black underworld of the ghetto. whites kill me when ya'll try to phrase something so wrongly negative of the african american community. it was just a poor neighborhood not the worst as you put it. i know because iread the book which was excellent!!!!!!!! and by the way idon't think the movie will flop!!!!!!!!!!
With bells on I will be seeing this. Iceberg Slim's books are so raw and harsh. Once I pick one up I can't put it down. Hopefully the adaptation will give the book its due justice.
Well unlike some here I am not a racist but though I do love Ri, this movie seems to be targeted towards black people so I'm not sure if I would see it in the theater(once I went to see a Tyler Perry comedy with friends and some if the black people there starting screaming "get ou white bitches this movie ain't for you) but I may rent it. I liked The Color Purple though and remember what people thought about Oprah doing that so maybe this will be the same thing for Rihanna.
Perez,
This a book you must read some consider it a classic in the African American community.
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE – I just don't understand racist people, its one thing to hate her music and her as a person, but comments like "nigglet" and "cotton picking" are intentionally attempting to insult black people. Perez please take his comment down, i thought we lived in a better world than this bullshit, at least in the U.S., im not saying im surprised, but the person who wrote that comment is a CANCER to society.
Cute girl and all but I think you blow her up more than she deserves. IMO the bets thing about her is the song that really launched her "UMBRELLA" But I am biased I am an island girl and she just urks me in her interviews when she speaks twang (trying to hide your native accent while speaking English). Girl you are from the BAHAMAS speak with your natural born accent and fuck the rest! Stop trying to hide the accent embrace it.
a racist and predatory world it's not exclusive to blacks u know? i've been a victim of racism..one day a black girl called me a cracker….it hurt..i still march and carry signs at all the rallies for white equality that i attend, being white in a multi colored world is like an albino at the movie theater..u just stick out and are uncomfortable…..but i started a radio program and we talk about the white mans struggle and voice our opinions on all of todays important topics, through our victimized eyes that is. if u've been oppressed by the multi-cultural then please don't feel alone. I encourge you all to donate to our charity" white on rice" only white people can really understand each other please send us your money.
Re: Jenni – wow..i'm so shocked u were accosted by black people? it's so unlike them to react with anger…lol!! dude i went to see the mummy once at the movie theater and the whole place was filled with the rudest black fuckers on earth, screaming crap, yelling, talking through out the whole movie…it was like civiization just didnt exist…i havent been to the movies since…The mummy was a LOOOOOOOOng time ago!!! lol!!! they took over the movie theater so the box office can make as many movies for them as they want, cuz i wont be going !!!!!!!!!!!
not at all.
a girl from the barbados trying to do a southern accent?
i think not.
da blacks be breakin' into me home here in usa..takin me shit, makin' me a mess. i'll be breakin' dey kneecaps
No, I don't want be reminded.
the funniest thing is how these racis people hide behind their comments…i doubt theyd say half these things out in the real worldd..pussies thats all you are
Perez, considering how every other thing you talk about seems to be GAY GAY GAY you'd think you'd mention how the main character in Mama Black Widow is gay. Just FYI.
i love her
hey now, macy gray was pretty good in Lackawanna Blues.
THE CAST IS KIND OF CRAPPY…BUT WILL DEF BE SEEING IT!
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE – Wow you are so ignorant…lets not forget every race has had ots slaves or servants…you act like only black people like chicken wings…hooters anyone??? How is the world going to end because of blacks, when Bush has the lowest approval rating of any president? Yeah go back to school you uneducated piece of shit. Perez why is that if anyone attacks latinos or gays we're having a bitch fit,but everytime there is a story on a black person there are some of ignorant ass readers who spout their racism…and you say nothing…i know you read some of the comments
YES!! for damn sure!
this movie is gonna be a flop. just look at the cast. there isn't even a strong male lead. and macy gray? wtf. maybe they got her so Riri's voice wouldn't sound as bad.
She was in "Bring It On: All or Nothing" BITCHES!!!
Love Riri! Hate Macy Gray what grave did they dig her out of!
Rihanna is from Barbados. What the hell does she know about American Segregated South?
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE –
seriously?
get a life…
you are so sheltered….
look outside…the world is multicolored and whether YOU like it or not its not gonna change so…deal with it loser!
I luv her music!!!!
I LOVE RIHANNA! IM VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT WHEN IT COMES OUT! SHES SO BEAUTIFUL!!
I like her & her music! I'm glad you leave all the comments. Whether we like them or not, this is America after all. Don't be hatin' people!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Lillie –
Hells to the yeah!!!!!!!!!!
Not sure if she'll make a good actress, she'll probably be less than mediocre like Beyonce.
helll no. she shoud stick to her day job.
Re: Black movies are all the same!! – There has never been a black movie like this. This is the exploration of a universal truth, anyway….it should speak to not only black and white, alike but straight and gay as well… I'm not sure how she'll do, though. If she can overcome the accent then maybe okay… Macy Gray is a phenomenal actress, btw. She's captivating on screen and though I'm a bit skeptical of Rihanna, I'll definitely support the other actors. Great sounding project. Let's stop complaining…obviously singers and "others" are just going to do everything now… the whore from The Hills and Beyonce (who actually believes herself a serious actress. I got a bit of info on her new movie and word is nobody can even begin to discuss her performance until after the first screening of the film. hahaha! Apparently, she thinks it's just that good. ha!) and Lil Wayne and 50 Cent and Paris and Nicole and every other piece of skum.
HECK NO!!!
RIAHNNA IS ONE OF THE MOST IRRITATING PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD
HOW IN THE WORLD DO THEY EXPECT HER TO ACT
INA MOVIE ABOUT AN AMERICAN FAMILY
WITH HER VERY THICK ACCENT
IT JUST WILL NOT DO
Beautiful girl give her a chance. Then throw stones. Let's see if this were Britney all the haters would be buying tickets now. Knowing damn well she can't
act her way out of a paper bag! Look how Paris and Lilo did. Know talk shit!
Give the girl a chance and leave race out of it. There are more important
things going on like a bloody war where ALL races are dying. Young men and
women. Let's not forget the China problems. Wake up people!
Re: jupiter*girl – Black people do not rule. They do complain about being treated unfair. Go to any city in the US and you will see blacks pimpin, selling drugs and being promiscous. Whatz so cool about all that. Why not be an asset to society and not a burden.
Where did you get this qoute from and what does "ghettoized" mean? That's not even a word. Please elaborate Pleeeease!!!!
I sure will go see it! Love those types of movies! Real inspiration! She's perfect for the role. She's gonna be a superstar!
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE – WTF! Your very ignorant. You should be directing this energy toward getting a better education on manners and differences. Your momma didn't teach you about respect? I feel sorry for her and you. You are ridiculous but more likely a hater that wishes you could be Rhianna. Enough energy spent on your dumb ass.
Re: NikkiJules – You will also see whites and mexicans pimping, selling drugs and using in any city as well. Don't get it twisted. Maybe Black is all you see. Open your eyes a little more.
Re: NIGGLET IS DOWNHILL HOE – PEREZ PLEEEEEASE take this comment down. It is very hateful and racist.
This sounds like a seriously good movie, with a seriously bad cast. I'm not saying they need Denzel or Will Smith, but maybe someone with credits to their name other than Kangaroo Jack.
Re: this is the word of me – Wow sweetie not all black people are angry they probably get angry when u say stupid thing did you ever think about that… I ve been to the movies where every race is yelling or talking loud at the movies so don't just assume its always blacks dont forget u live in the US one of the biggest melting pots in the world.
Oh yes I would definitely go see this movie. I must have read the book at least 10 times. A very sad story. But it was a very great read. I can only hope the movie does the book justice.
Re: NikkiJules – Have you never heard of white trash every race has some people who do not represent well. Can people just go back to school or just not be so ignorant…
That #7 is obviously some poser Rihanna hater gone mad. I seriously doubt she's white…she's probably from Barbados, too… Her whole rant was transparent…obvious Rihanna hate.
i'll watch the movie a couple of years after it comes out on basic cable if it's good.
perez you can´t be serious about Rhianna.Pretty she might be,but she has absolutely no talent.How could you ever compare with the hugely talented Macy Gray?Jesus! Macy Gray is in a class of her own,and will still be aroun when the sexy Rhianna is long forgotten.
She's quite the lil actress from her videos but then again she's not speaking it'll be interesting to hear since her dialect sucked big time in Bring It On 2. LOL can't believed I just admitted to watching that. Seriously though Macy Gray is a fantastic actress especially in Lackawanna Blues you should check it out Perez, it features an amazingly talented cast.
She could easily play Frankensteins daughter…..She has the biggest forehead …
I may be in the minority here but I just don't get the big deal about this girl, she does not sing very well, she is an awful performer and she seems to have a very big chip on her shoulders, not a great attitude. So no, I will not be seeing her film, I'm hoping she just goes away!
yeaaa def. not gonna see that unless im forced to.
Why Macy Gray? Well, if her ever saw her in Training Day with Denzel & Ethan Hawke, you'd know. Go rent it.