Anika Noni Rose, Voice Of Princess Tiana, Breaks Silence On ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Controversy
Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiana in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog,released a statement on her her Instagram about the role she has played in Disney’s decision to make modifications to the design of Tiana for the character’s cameo in the upcoming Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Rose says that she was surprised when she first saw the cg version of the character, and noted reactions online and her DMs, before deciding to reach out to the studio.
She was invited to the studio three weeks ago to meet with the Ralph Breaks the Internet crew, as well as animator Mark Henn, who was the lead animator of Tiana in The Princess and the Frog. During the meeting, Henn showed her “the steps they were taking to bring those things back that got lost in the move from hand drawn to cgi,” such as the character’s richer skin tone and rounded nose.
“It was important to me to hear what Disney had to say,” Rose said, “and to have an open dialogue about legacy and representation. They did not have to make time to give me a presentation on the process, but I’m very glad that they did.”
Rose’s full statement from her Instagram account can be read below:
I’ve been very quiet on this subject because it was important for me to do my due diligence before publicly addressing something as near and dear to my heart (and face) as Princess Tiana.
This summer new images were released where she looked very different, with lighter skin and much sharper features. I was as surprised as most of her & my fans were. Aside from my personal feelings, I noted how people felt online (and in my dms) and I was glad to see that people are still very much in love with and supportive of our Princess.
My team and I immediately put in a call to the studio to talk about the visual changes, and three weeks ago I had a meeting in person with the Wreck it Ralph team, my original animator Mark Henn, and others.
They explained how cgi animation did different things to the characters’ color tones in different light compared to hand drawn original characters, and I was able to express how important it is to the little girls (and let’s face it, grown women) who felt represented by her that her skin tone stay as rich as it had been, and that her nose continue to be the little round nose that Mark so beautifully rendered in the movie; the same nose on my very own face and on many other little brown faces around the world, that we so rarely get to see represented in fantasy.
When we were making Princess and The Frog I’ll never forget Mark asking me if there were any things I wished to see on her, and among the first things I said were a round nose, full lips, and that she be left handed. He made certain to incorporate these things as he created my likeness as a Princess then, and he sat with me in this meeting showing me the steps they were taking to bring those things back that got lost in the move from hand drawn to CGI.
It was important to me to hear what Disney had to say, and to have an open dialogue about legacy and representation. They did not have to make time to give me a presentation on the process, but I’m very glad that they did.
I also appreciate that this far into the process Disney had enough care and respect for all who love Princess Tiana and her legacy to spend the time and money to make the adjustments necessary. In doing so, they recognize that her legacy is also their legacy; two things I’m very proud to be a part of.
Here I am leaving the studios after our meeting. It never gets old walking those halls and being a part of something so very special. Thank you for continuing to love and support Princess Tiana. I’m sure you know that she loves you right back.
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T.I. Harris, Ron Perlman Joining Milla Jovovich in ‘Monster Hunter’
Paul W.S. Anderson, the writer-director behind the video game adaptation franchise Resident Evil, which also starred Jovovich, his wife, is sitting behind the camera and the keyboard.
The game’s premise involves players taking on characters who track and kill monsters, leveling up with weapons and gear. The plot for the feature project is unclear, but it is known that Jovovich is playing a character named Artemis.
Harris is playing Link, a sniper, while Perlman will play a man named Admiral, the leader of the Hunter’s Crew.
The project, in the $60 million range, is set to begin shooting next month in South Africa.
Anderson is producing with longtime cohorts Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer. Screen Gems will release the film in the U.S., with the studio’s Sony Pictures Releasing International handling distribution in select international territories
Harris, who reprised his Ant-Man role for this summer’s hit sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, is coming off working with Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name!, Netflix’s biopic of Rudy Ray Moore, the late envelope-pushing comedian and film producer.
Perlman is the veteran cult actor who starred on FX’s Sons of Anarchy and toplined the Amazon series Hand of God. He is currently on the Sony Crackle series titled Startup and he most recently produced and starred in an independent movie Asher opposite Famke Janssen and Richard Dreyfuss. The movie was picked up by Momentum Pictures.
Harris is repped by APA, Defient Management, Category 5 Entertainment and Sloane Offer. Perlman is repped by Gersh and Link Entertainment.
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‘Creed II’ Trailer Sells Sequel To Michael B. Jordan’s ‘Creed’ And Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rocky IV’
MGM just dropped the full trailer to Creed II. As expected, this full-length trailer plays up the explicit connection to Rocky IV, namely the return of Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago (the Russian boxer who killed Apollo Creed during an exhibition match 33-years-ago) and the appearance of Ivan’s son (Florian Munteanu). It looks like this sequel to Creed, which itself was both Rocky VII and a serious drama mined from the most ridiculous of the Rocky sequels, will be a cross between Creed II and Rocky IV part 3.
The big question is whether or not Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa will succumb to his cancer diagnosis ($5 says that first sequence in the trailer features “Ghost Rocky”), and whether that death will essentially play out like the death of Burgess Meredith’s Mickey in Rocky III. It would be… unfortunate if that were the case since such strict source fidelity can mute the emotional impact of such moments. For example, the death of Han Solo in The Force Awakens would have meant more had the film not so explicitly following the New Hope blueprint thus making Han’s death merely a carbon copy of Ben Kenobi’s fate.
The other question is whether the film can overcome it’s central qualm, which is that it really is stupid for Creed (now with an infant son) to fight this guy considering the risks and the odds. And since every character we trust tells him not to do it, well, that’s one of the reasons why Rocky IV (which at least was a slightly campy melodrama) stumbles in its second act. I’m hoping this isn’t a film whereby I spend the entire running hoping that Adonis will choose not to fight the son of the guy who killed his dad in an equally foolish and unneccesary boxing match.
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Rapper Lil Xan hospitalized after eating ‘too many Hot Cheetos’
Lil Xan has said he needed to go to hospital on Monday after eating too many Hot Cheetos.
The Total Xanarchy rapper posted a message to his five million followers on Instagram after being discharged.
“I was in hospital not due to any drugs, but I guess I ate too many Hot Cheetos,” he said with a laugh.
In a caption to the post he added he was “healthier than I’ve ever been”, ahead of his upcoming live tour.
Hot Cheetos are an American corn-based snack. And they’re spicy.
On Tuesday, the 22-year-old alarmed fans by posting a photo of himself in the back seat of an ambulance on his Instagram story.
He quickly posted a new clip revealing: “I was in the hospital not due to any drugs but I guess I ate too many Hot Cheetos and it ripped something in my stomach open so I puked a little blood”.
The rapper’s Total Xanarchy tour kicks off in New York City on Wednesday.
It’s not the first time the snacks have been in the news because of health concerns.
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TeaTime with Candace: Disney CAUGHT LYING about why the BLACK Princess TIANA no longer has DARK SKIN in the new Disney movie
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Boy, 13, found naked, chained to door was forced to sleep in dog crate
PRATTVILLE, Ala. – An anonymous 911 call led Alabama investigators to a disturbing case of child abuse Thursday, according to the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a Prattville home to investigate the caller’s claim that a child was being abused, and found a 13-year-old boy naked with chains “padlocked” to his ankles.
“The chains were attached to a door preventing the juvenile from normal movement,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “Subsequent investigation revealed that the juvenile had been restrained by this method over a long period of time.”
The boy’s mother, 32-year-old Danielle Nicole Martin; stepfather, 26-year-old Joshua Daniel Martin; and grandmother, 58-year-old Vickie Seale Higginbotham; allegedly forced the child to sleep in a dog crate at night, according to the Montgomery Advertiser. All three were arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse.
During a hearing Monday, Autauga County District Judge Joy Booth asked the boy’s mother if she was on drugs, and Danielle Martin said she was not.
“That fact that you’re not on drugs makes it worse…,” Booth said, according to the paper. “How can you do these things, allow these things to take place, when you are in a lucid, conscious state?”
Danielle Martin replied that she didn’t know what the boy’s grandmother had been doing and claimed she “tried to stop her when she put him in the dog crate.” Joshua Martin also blamed Higginbotham, telling the judge that he wasn’t aware of what was happening because of his long hours.
Higginbotham tried to take the blame, according to the Advertiser, telling the judge that she “didn’t know what to do with the child” and did what was done to her as a girl.
The 13-year-old and two other children found in the home, a 12-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, are now in the custody of the Department of Human Resources.
The three suspects are being held at the Autauga Metro Jail on $30,000 cash bond each.
Stadium worker seen spitting on pizza in viral video may face charges
DETROIT – A video that shows a former Comerica Park food services employee spitting on pizza intended for customers has gone viral – now officials say the employee is in police custody and could face charges, according to WXYZ.
The video was posted to Instagram on Saturday and shows an employee spitting on the pizza, then rubbing the sauce in it.
The incident happened on Friday, according to park representatives.
“As soon as we became aware through social media of potential food tampering Friday night, we immediately closed that food stand and disposed of all the product. Food safety is our top priority and we will take any appropriate action necessary to protect our guests,” Detroit Sportservice said.
Quinelle May, the person that posted the video, said the worker was “mad and having a bad day” and also claimed to have done it in the past.
May said after he recorded the video, he went to the bathroom looking around to tell people about the video, but couldn’t find anybody. He said his managers got mad at him and shut him down when they tried to tell them.
“Every time I tried to talk, they told me to shut up,” May said.
He said he was told to leave and threatened with prosecution if he didn’t take the post down.
WXYZ has reached out to a spokesperson regarding May’s termination and has not yet received a response.
Dad charged in death of infant son allegedly left boy in bath to play video games
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama father has been charged in the death of his infant son after he allegedly left the boy in a bathtub while playing video games Sunday night.
Cordarius Cotton, 23, has been charged with reckless manslaughter after Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office officials say he left 5-month-old Dezmend Cotton alone for more than an hour, according to The Birmingham News.
A 911 dispatcher gave CPR instructions over the phone to someone at the home, according to the paper. Paramedics took over upon arriving at the scene, but they weren’t able to resuscitate Dezmend. The boy was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Children’s of Alabama.
“I can’t imagine how hard this is going to be on that child’s family,” Jefferson County Chief Deputy Randy Christian said in a press release, according to WIAT. “This will be heart wrenching for all involved. God be with them.”
Two other children who live at the home are now reportedly in the care of a grandmother.
Cotton is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on a $15,000 bond.
Former CNBC director gets probation for spying on teenage nanny in bathroom
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A former CNBC television director has been sentenced to five years’ probation for spying on his family’s nanny with a hidden camera in his suburban New York home.
Daniel Switzen of Pleasantville pleaded guilty in May to unlawful surveillance.
He was sentenced on Tuesday.
Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said that Switzen will have to register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors say Switzen placed a secret camera inside a tissue box in a bathroom to record the teenage nanny and her friends on video.
The nanny discovered the camera.
