Bam Margera calls for ‘Jackass 4’ boycott after alleged firing

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Kris Bowers “Black excellence” is one of those phrases that might be difficult to explain, but you know it when you see it. It almost instantly pops into my mind — often in hashtag form — when I see images of classic Black icons or beautiful Black bodies dressed to the nines and stunningly captured in photographs; everybody Black at award shows; the Obamas; or anything Beyoncé and Jay-Z do.Black excellence is a feeling.

J. Kim Murphy Miami Dade College’s annual Miami Film Festival has announced that Penélope Cruz will be honored with the Precious Gem Award during its upcoming 2022 edition.

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Partner Content The ongoing pandemic has inevitably changed the workings of the global film industry in a variety of ways. Throughout these ups and downs, one thing has yet to waver, and that’s the demand for new content.

Naman Ramachandran The Berlin Film Festival has called for peace over the situation in Ukraine, which is currently in a state of military conflict after Russian forces struck on Thursday morning.“We — festival workers, artists, filmmakers — think fondly of our friends in Ukraine and we are by their side in a call for peace,” the festival said in a statement issued on Thursday. “One week ago, the Berlin International Film Festival was celebrating a complicated yet successful edition.

Netflix has revealed that almost £150,000 of props were stolen from the set of award-winning series, The Crown. The expensive items were reportedly stolen on Wednesday 16 February and Netflix has confirmed that a police investigation is underway to find thieves responsible.The theft is believed to have happened during the final week of the show’s production for series 5 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

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Coronation Street star Alexandra Mardell has waved goodbye to the ITV soap’s famous cobbles after filming her last scenes as alter-ego Emma Brooker.The actress, who has played Emma since 2018, posted a behind the scenes snap of the Coronation Street sign with her hands making a heart around it.The 28 year old, who recently had her leaving party, then penned an emotional message, saying how much she’d miss her time on the show and everyone that works there and that the tears had been flowing. Alexandra wrote: “And that’s a wrap on the best street there is! And of course I ugly cried as soon as the scene completed.” Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter She continued: “So overwhelmed by all the love.The Corrie family are just insane.To every person in that building, every viewer, family member and friend, I love you all and can’t thank you enough!” The soap star then rounded off the post, writing: “I’ve said it countless times before but I’ll say it again, it’s been the best time of my life.

It’s a tough week for EastEnders Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) as on Thursday 3 March he receives divorce papers from Linda. He’s devastated by that development, having never truly given up hope that his ‘L’ would come back to him at some point after she left Walford amid the fallout from her affair with Max Branning. But there’s even worse to come for the whole Carter clan the following day, when they hear the shocking news from police that missing Tina’s (Luisa Bradshaw-White) body has been found at the site of Walford eaterie the Argee Bhajee.

The Eurovision Song Contest has said it plans to welcome performances from both Russia and Ukraine later this year, despite Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion. Competition organisers said that the annual competition was a "non-political cultural event" and seemed to dismiss the idea that Russia could be banned from the event due to its attack on neighbouring Ukraine.The 66th edition of the annual competition is due to take place in Turin in May after Italian rock band Maneskin triumphed during last year's contest.

Todrick Hall opted not to participate in interviews after the season finale of Celebrity Big Brother, Us Weekly can confirm.

After sparking split speculation, Matthew Rondeau has made it clear that he is “over” Shanna Moakler — making several accusations about their relationship via an upsetting new video.

Robin Roberts has revealed that her longtime partner, Amber Laign, has breast cancer. In a touching, and personal, Instagram video, the 61-year-old anchor delivered the news.“My sweet Amber wanted me to tell you something that she’s been facing. At the end of last year, Amber was diagnosed with breast cancer.

New kids on the blockchain! Best known for playing vampire Alice Cullen in The Twilight Saga franchise, Ashley Greene is taking her talents from Hollywood to the Metaverse. The actress recently launched a new NFT project called Fridgits alongside husband Paul Khoury and a team of female entrepreneurs.

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SEAL Team star Max Thieriot has closed a deal to headline CBS drama pilot Cal Fire, a project he co-wrote and executive produces.

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announcing he was seeking treatment for mental health issues. Sources close to the 41-year-old said producers informed him last week that he would no longer be part of the film sequel because he broke his contract by not getting his addiction issues in check, TMZ reported.The outlet went on to claim that the “Jackass” family is concerned about Margera’s well-being — and wanted him to be a part of the project — but worried he would self-sabotage because of his past substance-abuse issues.

Jackass film, and has asked fans of the franchise to boycott the new movie.Jackass 4 is currently set for release on September 3, following on from 2010’s Jackass 3D.Speaking in a series of since-deleted videos that he posted on his Instagram yesterday (February 11), Margera claimed that he’d been fired from Jackass 4.“Who the fuck cares if I’m drunk as hell anymore? Jackass has put me through hell on fucking wheels for a year and a half,” Margera said in one of the deleted clips (via TMZ).“I wrote them so many ideas, and if I’m not in the movie and they use my ideas, how do you think that will make me feel? The last thing I want to do is be in a courtroom with [Jackass 4 director] Jeff Tremaine, I love him.Margera added: “But fuck, man,