Showing posts with label Aaliyah. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Alleged Crime Scene Knife Conveniently Found While The People v. OJ Simpson Movie Airs On Television

Movie Distorts History And Has An Excessive And Embarrassing Amount Of References To The Kardashian Family That Is Out Of Place


People vs. OJ Simpson
Yesterday, police reported that a former officer came forward claiming he found the knife used in 1994 to kill waiter Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson, the ex-wife of athlete O.J. Simpson. The knife was reportedly found at the demolition site of Simpson's former Brentwood, California estate that was purchased and knocked down to build a new house. This sounds like a ratings ploy. 

This development is highly suspect, as after years of contamination who knows what is on the knife via DNA or if it had anything to do with the vicious double murders at all. It should be noted, over the years several people have come forward claiming they have found the knife used in the murders. They can't all be right and thus far, none of them have been found to be telling the truth. 


Kris Jenner (previously Kris Kardashian)

The movie is garbage. It is full of lies and inconsistencies. You cannot rewrite history while making a historical film. Revisionists are mentally unsound to do such a thing. For example, the filmmakers questionably wrote in a dramatic scene of prosecutor, Bill Hodgman, collapsing in court from a heart attack, due to Simpson's lawyer Shapiro not disclosing the full list of witnesses. This never happened. A few names had been left of the witness list by Shapiro's office, but Bill Hodgman developed chest pains and was hospitalized during a meeting on the case. Doctors at the hospital later discovered it was stress induced chest pains and not a heart attack.

The film also contains a ridiculous amount of references to the reality TV family, the Kardashians, who were friends with the Simpson. Robert Kardashian Sr., also represented Simpson at trial. It took away from the film's credibility to feature the entire Kardashian family so much in the move. It looked weird, attention seeking and vapid.


People vs. O.J. Simpson movie still of prosecutor Bill Hodgman having a heart attack in court during the trial, which never happened in real life
 
Other inconsistencies include their portrayal of Simpson's famed attorney, Johnnie Cochran. I met Johnnie Cochran in Atlanta, Georgia years ago while on vacation with my family and friends (years after the Simpson criminal trial). We were having lunch at Diddy's "Justins" restaurant in Buckhead, which is a central suburb of Atlanta. Cochran walked in and though we didn't know him and he didn't have to, he came by our table and spoke to us and asked how we were doing. Cochran was there to shoot a commercial in one of the private dining areas of the restaurant. He was a very nice, polite, humble man. He was down to earth, pleasant and walked with a pep in his step. 

This arrogant, haughty, cocky, sinister, uppity portrayal of him in the "People vs. OJ Simpson" TV movie is grossly inaccurate garbage. They got Cochran and his mannerisms all wrong. Furthermore, the producers of the film have no idea what Simpson stated behind closed doors to his wife, children, colleagues at his office or O.J. Simpson, as those were private conversations. To make up the worst possible lines you as a screenwriter could think of to malign a man for doing his job as an attorney, in defending someone, who under the law, had a right to legal representation, is unethical.

 

Johnnie Cochran

I will state this though, O.J. Simpson should have been locked up years prior to Brown-Simpson and Goldman's deaths, for domestic violence. There is proof he repeatedly beat his wife in horrible ways. Regarding the murder trial, due to police tampering, the evidence in the Simpson case was doctored and as such rendered discredited. We know this because there was lab crime scene chemical preservatives (anti-coagulant) on items later found in properties, presented as evidence with blood on it.
That means the blood the forensic scientist drew from Simpson for comparison after the murders, which needed preservatives to keep its structural integrity to some degree, was planted after the fact at his home and other locations involving the crime. Blood splatter at a crime scene will not have forensic lab preservatives on it. It is believe racist police officer, Mark Furman, planted blood on items in a bid to make sure Simpson would be convicted, but it ended up doing the exact opposite, freeing Simpson due to tainted evidence (a tape was discovered of Furman using the n-word 41 times). Some cops need to learn to leave the evidence alone. A good lawyer will find the truth in the unvarnished evidence. When you corrupt the evidence in trying to win a case, another good lawyer will discover that as well and destroy your case.


Racist police officer Mark Furhman planted evidence in the O.J. Simpson case and plead the Fifth (Amendment) when asked if he had done so, denying to answer the question to prevent self-incrimination. Furhman later pled guilty to perjury in the O.J. Simpson case after giving false testimony that ruined the case.

My personal opinion on the murders is this, Simpson is a violent man. So is his son from a previous marriage, who was on antipsychotic medications and questioned by police for drawing a knife on a girlfriend and threatening her (prior to the Brown-Simpson and Goldman murders). Simpson had a history of flying into rages and beating Brown-Simpson. Simpson also had a history of jealousy regarding her (which is hypocritical, as he was cheating on her all the time).  

No one deserves to be brutally murdered, especially in the heinous manner Brown-Simpson and Goldman were killed. Brown-Simpson was stabbed in the head and her throat was slit so deeply, she was nearly decapitated. Goldman was stabbed in the head, face, torso and thighs, even after he was already dead and stopped fighting for his life. Whoever did this deserves life in prison. 

O.J. Simpson and ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson

I am of the belief O.J. Simpson did this or knows who committed the murders. It also doesn't look good that rather than face the legal charges, he fled in a Bronco. An innocent man would not do that, opting to clear their name. There is also a significant amount of evidence against Simpson that indicates he killed Brown-Simpson and Goldman.  

I do not agree with the fact Simpson was acquitted of murder, yet a civil case awarded the families of Brown-Simpson and Goldman $33,500,000 in damages. The legal precedent is not a good one. However, believing O.J. Simpson either killed Brown-Simpson and Goldman or knows who did it, I'm NOT sorry for him being hit with massive damages in the civil case. They lost their family members and Simpson has a terrible history of abuse regarding his ex-wife.

 

Faye Resnick

Faye Resnick, Brown-Simpson's so-called friend, was squarely out of line writing a salacious tell all book about the decedent. What kind of friend blabs all your secrets in a book. Resnick made Brown-Simpson look bad. Resnick told the whole world Brown-Simpson was a cocaine addict, they had a lesbian sexual encounter, Brown-Simpson slept with one of Simpson's best friends (AC Cowlings), Simpson made Brown-Simpson get breast implants, Brown-Simpson performed oral sex on men while they slept, Simpson stretched out his ex-wife's vagina to the point she only slept with men his size or bigger, giving way to all sorts of racial innuendo and exploitative, offensive Mandingo claims about black men in the book, rendering them to mere sex objects. 

Resnick betrayed the trust of many in her circle to write the tell all book, to feed her cocaine habit and lavish lifestyle. Resnick further exploited Brown-Simpson's death to disgraceful degrees, to promote herself on television and in side projects to make more money. It was very selfish and treacherous. She sold out her friend for fame and money, tarnishing her memory. 


Nicole Brown Simpson and O.J. Simpson

In closing, Nicole Brown-Simpson's life became a sad tale of breaking up a man's marriage and then inadvertently ending up with a raging abuser. Nicole began having sex with married 27-year-old Simpson when she was 17 and working for minimum wage at a night club in 1977. Many jurors in the 1995 murder trial characterized Nicole as "a gold digger" as at age 17, due to regularly having sex with Simpson, he got her an apartment and bought her a Porsche. A woman should not accept such gifts from a married man. Then, she successfully broke up his marriage/family of a wife and three kids.

Nicole was determined to get Simpson and began doing her best to break up his marriage of 10-years to Marguerite Simpson (nee Whitley). Nicole would repeatedly drive by his home in the Porsche O.J. bought her to get his wife's attention. Nicole sent his wife a pair of her underwear in the mail. Nicole pushed and pushed until she succeeded in breaking up his marriage in 1979, resulting in his divorce. Nicole then married Simpson in 1985 after years of insisting he leave his wife and marry her. Nicole succeeded in becoming O.J.'s wife and moving into a mansion with him, living the high life.  





Police photos of Nicole Brown-Simpson after she was beaten up by O.J. Simpson on different occasions. One incident resulted in his arrest, where he pled guilty in lieu of a jail sentence

Simpson then turned into a monster on her. Simpson repeatedly beat Nicole in vicious ways (he did not beat his former wife). Unprovoked, O.J. would beat Nicole, throw her in the closet, then an hour later, go back to the closet and beat her more. He would beat her up at hotels and throw her out into the hall way. He also picked her up and threw her against walls in the presence of others, such as her sister and Resnick. He was very verbally abusive calling her fat, worthless and stating she has no skills, while ordering her to get out of his house. He also kept cheating on her with famous and non-famous women. If she dared ask him about it, he would badly beat her. It was a nightmare of a marriage. No one deserves to be treated that way. At the end of the day, O.J. was not the one for Nicole (and vice versa) and pursuing him led to her tragic demise at age 35 (not because it was an interracial couple, as there's nothing wrong with that).     

I see it all the time in the entertainment industry. Women of all races hungry for money and attention feverishly pursuing rich and famous men, even ones who are married to other women. They go to great lengths pushing other women out of the way who are girlfriends, fiancĂ©es and even wives. Then when they get the famous man they aggressively pushed people out of the way to land, they find out it is not all it's cracked up to be when these men become bitter and blame them for their problems. Some end up viciously abused like Nicole. Others end up used for sex like a concubine and dumped when the famous man moves on to the next one. There are women in the industry right now fighting tooth and nail to push other women out of the way, trying to land famous men in relationships that will turn cruel on them. As the phrase goes, "Be careful what you wish for." Some famous men are decent people, but some are not, living debauched lives the average man does not, while hiding behind a fake persona contrived for fans, television, the internet and paid product endorsements. 

Side Bar: In the Aisha v. Madonna lawsuit, among the items contained in my copyrights that were infringed, are outlines to make biopics. Among them are items to make movies about Aaliyah, TLC, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, O.J. Simpson, Idi Amin and Martin Luther King, among others. Then all of a sudden, people affiliated with Madonna's Kabbalah Center cult set off in a mad rush to make the aforementioned biopics and very poorly and filled with lies and sensationalism, might I add. They could have made the biopics long ago, especially right after many of subjects thereof passed away, which is the standard, yet waited many years to do so AFTER I included items about making said biopics in my copyrights that are registered with the Library of Congress, then were repeatedly hacked by hackers hired by Madonna and infringed. Pathetic!    

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Lifetime's Whitney Houston Biopic TV Movie Slammed By Critics And Social Networking

Photo for Lifetime's biopic "Whitney"

Critics overwhelmingly rendered negative reviews for Lifetime's disgraceful Whitney Houston television movie biopic, which debuted this past Saturday, January 17, 2015. While most agree it was not as bad as the terrible job Lifetime did on the life of the late, beautiful songstress Aaliyah ("Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B"), the Whitney movie was terrible.

Whitney Houston

Many critics and people on social networking complained the movie was more about Houston's ex-husband, R&B singer Bobby Brown. Many complaints also centered around the fact the film had trashy sex scenes. The movie was historically inaccurate and defamed Whitney and her mother, legendary Gospel singer, Cissy Houston. I guess it was payback for Cissy Houston disapproving of the film, but who could blame her. The Judiciary Report was never in favor of this movie being made and now that it has been filmed and released, it has proven the site right.

        

Whitney Houston is one of the greatest singers of all time. What she achieved in music is historic and remarkable. Her career was never based on hype or looks, though she was a stunningly beautiful woman. Her career was all about her outstanding voice and beautiful music. Lifetime's movie failed to capture any of that. They've reduced one of the best vocalists of all time to a trashy tabloid scandal for a poorly made 2-hour piece that damaged her legacy. 


Yaya DaCosta, got the nuances of the character all wrong and made Houston look like a flighty, ungraceful, scatter brained, clingy woman fluttering across stages with no poise or life of her own outside of her husband. Even with all of Houston's problems with drugs and alcohol, she had a poise and dignity about herself that was missing from this film. Lifetime and Angela Bassett, made a mockery of her life.

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Friday, November 21, 2014

Preview Of Lifetime’s Whitney Houston Movie Shows A Forthcoming Flop (Video)

 

The Lifetime television network has released a trailer for their forthcoming Whitney Houston movie and it looks cheesy and clumsily made. The promo clip looks even worse that the poorly received "Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B" also released by Lifetime. Once again, the movie suffers from substandard costumes that pale in comparison to the originals actually worn by the stars and terrible casting, which has even Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, laughing with scorn and derision on social networking.

 
Actors from Lifetime's forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic

In short, the movie looks like a mess, just like the Judiciary Report predicted several moths ago it would be. If the trailer, which is supposed to be some of the best highlights of the film looks this bad, the movie will be worse. It is poor filmmaking at the expense of music legends who died early, tragic deaths, making these ill-advised, poorly executed biopics even more distasteful.


Houston was a phenomenal talent. Her voice was exceptional and rare. She held her own in the massive hit film "The Bodyguard" even though it was her first outing as an actress. She did so much in breaking down barriers in the entertainment industry. Yet this is the garbage lifetime does with her life story. It’s just plain offensive. The movie looks cheap and tacky replete with infomercial acting.

Spoof Video Slams Lifetime's Terrible Casting In The 'Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B Movie' (Video)



A spoof video on YouTube has taken the Lifetime television network to task for its terrible casting of the movie "Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B." The video shows a spoof of what the auditions probably looked like to come up with the disgraceful end result as seen in the movie. The surprise end in the spoof video brings the point home


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Lifetime Accused Of Promoting Pedophilia Due To Tweets On Twitter About The Movie 'Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B'

 
Aaliyah

The Lifetime Network came under fire for inappropriate tweets they released on Twitter in attempting to promote their poorly made biopic "Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B." The terrible movie was executive produced by gossip talk show host, Wendy Williams, who was also slammed left right and center on social networking for the subpar biopic.

 

Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B's R Kelly and Aaliyah portrayal promoted pedophilia in trying to make excuses for his illegally and exploitative conduct towards an impressionable underage girl  

Twitter users became outraged when Lifetime's official Twitter account released tweets romanticizing Aaliyah and R Kelly's marriage that constituted statutory rape under the law, as she was 15-years-old and he 27-yaers of age. A few of the twisted tweets from Lifetime stated, "Are Aaliyah's parents being unfair?" in reference to Aaliyah's parents, Diane and Michael Haughton, appropriately stating the marriage will be annulled and taking appropriate action to end the illegal, pedophilic union.

 
Lifetime tweets romanticizing pedophilia in promoting "Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B"

Another inappropriate tweet stated "R. Kelly is almost twice Aaliyah's age. Is that crazy?" It was a pedophilic question to ask, as anyone with half a brain, who knows even the basics about the law and has a sense of morality understands that a 26-year-old man is not supposed to be having sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Wendy Williams Responds To Terrible Public Backlash Over The Aaliyah Movie In What This Site Correctly Predicted Would Be A Flop (Video)

 
 
Aaliyah

Wendy Williams produced the widely panned and slammed "Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B" made for TV movie, released by the Lifetime network. Social networking excoriated Williams and Lifetime over the poorly done film that for months prior to its release, the Judiciary Report warned against and predicted would be a major flop. They had time to back out, as the Judiciary Report stated the project would flop and being insulting to Aaliyah's memory, before they began filming.

Now that the movie has spectacularly bombed and Williams and company are being slammed for it in a major way, the gossip talk show host, who is deflated by public comments directed at her, has responded stating, "I see my Aaliyah movie broke the Internet this weekend! Errbody got an opinion. Well, I must tell you, whether you love or hate, you watched. It was the second-highest rated movie on all of cable this year so far. Not just Lifetime. All of cable."

It's sad that you think ratings and money (blood money might I add) are what matter and not actually getting a story right with the correct tact and sensitivity that was needed, regarding a young girl who was a victim of statutory rape at age 14 and died in a terrible plane crash at age 22. The only reason the movie had any viewers at all was not because of you or Lifetime, but due to the fact Aaliyah still has fans who tuned in hoping for a good film, but received a substandard and insulting movie instead. The public backlash means the film is a flop. Your name is also destroyed in filmmaking circles and no production and its attached talent wants the terrible reaction this project received.

 

Those who know and understand entertainment recognize that Aaliyah was a very talented girl. She never had a flop, which is no small feat in the entertainment industry. She released music that crossed over and were huge hits ("Are You That  Somebody" and "Try Again"). She also had R&B hits that made a big impact. She deserved better than this subpar biopic that disrespected her life, family and career. Plain and simply put, you were not equipped to tackle such sensitive subject matter and hurt her family, who are still grieving her death.

If I were you I would be embarrassed to have my name attached to that movie. You guys stole an idea and concepts to make the film and executed it so poorly the public reacted very badly to it. This movie should have been made by knowledgeable people, who actually know what happened regarding Aaliyah's life and work, not greedy, money and publicity hungry individuals, who know nothing about filmmaking. You disrespected the dead for money. Nothing good can come from that.

Another interesting tidbit, insiders in the industry were not happy Monday morning with the awful domestic and global public reaction and terrible reviews regarding "Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B." They are holding it against those involved in the making of the movie. The industry has been talking and it is not good for those involved in the project, as certain industry film moguls and their staff don't want things like this attached to Hollywood.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Lifetime’s 'Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B' Movie Is Not True To The Facts And Is Being Torn To Pieces By Critics And Social Networking


"Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B" 

For the past several months, the Judiciary Report warned against the Lifetime network making a movie on the life of the late R&B star, Aaliyah, who died in a tragic plane crash in 2001. For months I’d slammed the choices of announced actors cast in various roles in the biopic, based on pre-release items released by Lifetime. I also expressed concern that Lifetime and the people they hired for the biopic would damage Aaliyah’s legacy and not tell her story in the right way. And sure enough, they didn’t, as the storyline was all wrong.

This past Saturday, Lifetime debuted their biopic “Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B” to scorn, contempt, complaints and anger from audiences, who took to social networking to voice their disapproval and disgust of the poorly written and made biopic. Producer, Wendy Williams, who knows nothing about filmmaking, was slammed just as much as Lifetime for this mockery of a film. 
 
 
Aaliyah

Actress, Alexandra Shipp, was supposed to resemble Aaliyah, but looked more like rapper Da Brat. Shipp tried but she didn’t get Aaliyah right. The facial expressions, laughter and nuances of the character were not correct. Missy Elliot, Timbaland and Damon Dash were poorly cast as well, drawing nothing but insults on social networking, via the public slamming Wendy Williams and Lifetime.

The film tried to make songwriter/producer, R. Kelly, look decent, when his behavior was anything but. R Kelly began having sex with Aaliyah when she was 14-years-old and he 26-years of age. “Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B” tried to turn it into some torn love story, when it was statutory rape and the sexual exploitation of a minor. They made Aaliyah look bad, like she was this bold woman going after R Kelly and he was some shy, innocent wallflower being seduced by her charms, but trying to resist.


Alexandra Shipp as Aaliyah

She was a 14-year-old girl and he a grown man headed for age 30. R Kelly married Aaliyah in Chicago when she was 15 and he 27. A fake ID was used that falsely stated she was 18. Whose idea do you think that was to do this and who do you really think procured the fake ID. It certainly wasn’t the 15-year-old girl being taken advantage of by a grown man.

The fact of the matter is R Kelly has a problem. He is a sexual predator, who has preyed on several underage girls and repeatedly had sex with them, some as young as age 12. He strung them along, manipulating and using them for sex, while telling them he’d make them stars like underage Aaliyah. Sadly, some of these girls committed suicide, citing all the sick things he’d done to them and made them do to him and other underage girls during threesomes. R Kelly is a man who was penetrating and urinating on underage girls for sexual gratification. How he got portrayed as some shrinking violet in “Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B” is a mystery.

 

Alexandra Shipp as Aaliyah
 
“Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B” has devalued Aaliyah’s legacy, as nothing cheesy and chintzy was ever attached to her name until this substandard, tabloid styled biopic. Aaliyah had beautiful, well-recorded songs such as “The One I Gave My Heart To” “Journey To The Past” “At Your Best” and “One In A Million.” She had catchy mega dance hits such as "Are You That Somebody" and "Try Again." Aaliyah was also a very good dancer and an engaging actress.

However, the music in “Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B” was bad and cheesy, especially the “Move Your Body” number that was written for the project, as her family refused to grant Lifetime clearance to use her music. “Move Your Body” doesn’t even fit the time period and awkwardly sped up in the middle of the song like someone lost control of a live tape.



"Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B"

“Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B” also showed Aaliyah hitting her father on the chest when he told her in the presence of R Kelly that their illegal marriage will be annulled (it was and Aaliyah and her parents sued to have the records sealed). Lifetime was not there during this moment of her life. Therefore, why did they add something so outrageous and defamatory, as to showing her lunging at her dad and striking him on the chest. Why did they put that in the movie.

Audiences who posted on Twitter were angered by the fact they kept pronouncing Aaliyah's name wrong in the film. People were also offended that producer, Wendy Williams, tweeted her favorite Aailyah song is "Let Me Know" when the correct song title is "At Your Best" which is a remake of the Isley Brothers' classic. They were clearly not equipped to make this film and severely out of their depth.


After the movie aired a Twitter user posted photos of the actors and the actual people which highlights the bad casting

“Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B” left out half of Aaliyah’s story and was largely fictional. The people who made the film did not know filmmaking, Aaliyah's life story or what was truly going on behind the scenes in the industry at the time of the scandal, concerning her being manipulated and used by R Kelly. The biopic created fictional elements that were never there in real life and worst of all tried to make a pedophile look like a man who tried to do right by a young girl.

The line in the film featuring R Kelly stating, “We were made for each other otherwise God wouldn’t have put you in my path” was insane. God did not put Aaliyah in R Kelly’s path for him to sexually exploit, manipulate and brainwash an underage minor. She was young, trusting, impressionable and naĂŻve, as girls are at that age. He took advantage of that. He sinned against her.

 

Aaliyah never had a song entitled "Let Me Know." The song Williams is trying to pull out the air and can't name is "At Your Best."

Biopics need to be done with care. The Jacksons mini-series was a great biopic. It was very engaging and became a classic. The Temptations were before my time, but I grew up on their music because of my dad. Therefore, to see their biopic so well done, with strong screenplay writing, great costumes and touching, believable acting from gifted actors, was great.

The Selena biopic looked authentic and was very moving. I cried at the end of the film. “What’s Love Got To Do With It” was a stunning and shocking biopic on the life of singer Tina Turner (that movie made me so mad I wanted to punch Ike Turner LOL). However, Aaliyah’s life had all the elements for a stunning movie retelling of actual events, but Lifetime and Wendy Williams messed it up with “Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B.”

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

A Second Aaliyah Movie In The Works



Aaliyah

A second movie on the life of the late R&B singer Aaliyah is in the works. Previously, singer B. Simone was earmarked to play Aaliyah in a film, but the project never came together. However, there's new talk about the Simone project and Aaliyah's family is said to be involved at this juncture.

 

B. Simone

Recently the Lifetime network announced they are making an unauthorized Aaliyah biopic, angering the singer's family. The Judiciary Report warned the Lifetime biopic sounds like a disaster in the making, not to mention, the network is known for producing less than stellar biographical films. Then casting items were released and the public responded very negatively to the incorrectly chosen actors and actresses given parts in the movie, creating mini-scandal after mini-scandal online. 




Alexandra Shipp has replaced Zendaya Coleman in the Lifetime unauthorized Aaliyah biopic

he Judiciary Report is not endorsing either Aaliyah biopic, but of the actresses chosen thus far, B. Simone bears the strongest resemblance to the late star. If you don't look closely enough, you'll think Simone is Aaliyah. Still, there's more to a picture than casting. The script and many other elements must be right.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Casting For Lifetime's Unauthorized Aaliyah Biopic Goes Terribly Wrong Again

Aaliyah

The Lifetime network just keeps proving me right in my criticism of their planned unauthorized biopic on the late R&B singer Aaliyah, who died in a tragic plane crash at age 22. Previously the Judiciary Report publicly disagreed with casting comedic actress Zendaya Coleman as "Aaliyah." Coleman backed out of the role and another replacement was chosen who also is not the best for the role.  

Chattrisse Dolabaille and actor Izaak Smith

The latest casting gaffe from Lifetime sees actress Chattrisse Dolabaille and actor Izaak Smith cast as rapper Missy Elliot and producer Timbaland. Let me just state, this is some of the worst casting I have ever seen.  Dolabaille and Smith look nothing like Timbaland and Missy Elliot. 

Missy Elliot and Timbaland

People all over the internet are laughing at the casting choice, wondering if it is a prank. However, sadly, these choices are very much real. This is almost as delusional as me joking on Twitter that I look like Halle Berry's twin. At least I'm kidding. Lifetime is not and needs Lasik eye surgery.

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Lifetime's Aaliyah Biopic Finds Its Missy Elliott and Timbaland

August 9, 2014 @ 10:25 am  - You can't have a movie about Aaliyah without her musical mentors. A network representative told TheWrap that Lifetime's Aaliyah biopic has cast Chattrisse Dolabaille and Izaak Smith as producer-rappers Missy Elliott and Timbaland, respectively. Dolabaille is a newcomer to Hollywood. She's a Canadian actress, singer and dancer. 

Izaak Smith, on the other hand, was a contender on “So You Think You Can Dance Canada.” He has appeared in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and “Mirror Mirror” as a dancer. He also played Cal Rice on popular Canadian series, “Tower Prep,” and Danny on digital series “Totally Amp'd.” 

Aaliyah worked with Timbaland and Missy Elliott on her second album, “One In A Million,” which sold 3.7 million copies in the United States and more than eight million copies worldwide.

Saturday, July 19, 2014

New Actress Cast As Aaliyah In Unauthorized Lifetime Biopic That Wendy Williams Is Now Executive Producing


Aaliyah

After an online uproar regarding the Lifetime network choosing Disney actress, Zendaya Coleman, to play the late singer, Aaliyah, in an unauthorized biopic that is upsetting her family, the channel has chosen a replacement. Coleman reportedly backed out after comments about her not being right for the role. 

Alexandra Shipp

23-year-old actress Alexandra Shipp has been chosen to replace Zendaya in the role. Shipp had a supporting role in the movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” as well as parts on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" and TV show “Switched at Birth.” The move has not been approved by the tragic singer’s family, who oppose the movie. Talk show host Wendy Williams had been added as executive producer. This movie does not sound good at all. I am not of the belief they will tell Aaliyah's story right.

Monday, July 7, 2014

Rihanna Wants To Play Aaliyah In Biopic After Zendaya Coleman Quits The Unauthorized Movie

Rihanna

Troubled, drug addled, alcoholic pop star, Rihanna, wants to play the role of the late singer, Aaliyah, in an unauthorized biopic of her life being done by the Lifetime network. Rihanna cannot act and her first movie has been thoroughly slammed by critics. Considering how Rihanna conducts herself off screen, she would be a terrible choice for the role, a bonafide insult to Aailyah's memory.


Zendaya Coleman (left) and Aaliyah (right)

Originally, the Lifetime network hired Disney actress, Zendaya Coleman to play the role of Aaliyah. However, after public backlash from Aaliyah's fans, some of whom stated biracial Zendaya is too light to play the role, Coleman backed out of the role (Zendaya Coleman Backs Out Of Aaliyah Biopic After Fans And Her Family Protest The Movie That Is Now On Hold). Zendaya was not too light to play Aaliyah (and that's the least, as you put believable darker make-up on an actress or actor in that type of situation). 


Zendaya Coleman (left) and Aaliyah (right)

Zendaya is a decent comedic actress, but the problem is she really does not remind one of Aaliyah enough and it is a serious dramatic role. Aaliyah's family spoke out against the project and stated they would prefer a theatrical release and one starring actress Zoe Saldana. 


Aaliyah

As someone who grew up listening to Aaliyah's music and knows about the things that went on in her career, before and behind the scenes, I can attest Lifetime will not do her story justice, much like things are going astray regarding their unauthorized Whitney Houston biopic.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Zendaya Coleman Backs Out Of Aaliyah Biopic After Fans And Her Family Protest The Movie That Is Now On Hold




Zendaya Coleman (left) and Aaliyah (right)

 The Lifetime network recently announced an unauthorized biopic on the life of the late singer, Aaliyah, who died at age 22 in a tragic plane crash. 17-year-old Zendaya Coleman was chosen to play Aaliyah, a move that was met with great opposition by the singer's fans.





This week Coleman announced she has left the Lifetime biopic, "I felt like something with the production wasn't all the way there, the project wasn't all the way there. If I'm going to do something for someone I care about so much, I have to do it the right way. I just felt that because I love her, and because I respected her so much as an artist, I don't want to do anything that's half or anything that's less for her. By all means, when the right project comes along, and it's done the right way, I'll be the first person ready to play Aaliyah. But, this wasn't the right one for me."

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Aaliyah's Family Release Statement On Unauthorized Lifetime Biopic Slamming The Planned Movie While Lead Actress Zendaya Coleman Says She's Black Enough To Play The Singer


Aaliyah

Fans of the late R&B singer, Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash in 2001, continue to protest the Lifetime network's choice of casting Disney actress, Zendaya Coleman, in the lead role, as she is mixed race and the vocalist is not. However, Coleman stated she is suitable to play the part, "A lot of people say I’m not black enough. Half black is just enough. It doesn’t matter what color you are, it’s about how you portray the character. For those that don’t know, Angela Bassett and Tina Turner, they look nothing alike but she was that character so I think that’s what it’s all about." 


The Judiciary Report is of the belief Coleman is not right for the part and it's nothing to do with her skintone. She is a pleasant comedic actress, but she simply doesn't resemble Aaliyah and isn't a dramatic actress to make one forget that while she's onscreen. The facial features and bone structure are quite different between the two women.  



Zendaya Coleman (left) and Aaliyah (right)

Aaliyah's uncle, Jomo Hankerson, also released a statement on the film on behalf of the family, strongly disapproving of the unauthorized film, "Aaliyah was more than a singer, she was -and is still – an American music icon whose legacy continues to live on and influence today’s music culture, just as Ray Charles, Notorious B.I.G., Selena and Johnny Cash. Considering the magnitude of her fans’ affection alone, she deserves to have a tribute much more grand than a television network debut that won’t even consider the perspectives of those who were closest to Aaliyah." 

 

Zendaya Coleman (left) and Aaliyah (right)

"Disregarding the families and dishonoring the legacies of celebrated figures who have passed on, big networks want to exploit their stories for a buck. We’re here to make it clear that it’s not okay! Lifetime Television is trying to dictate the status of our heroes, our heroines and – in this case – our beloved Aaliyah. We implore everyone to call Lifetime Television, send emails and bombard social media so they know we demand respect for our cultural icons. We will not sit idly by while they misrepresent and reap profits from our luminaries. There is more at stake than the public could imagine." 

Last week the Judiciary Report stated the same regarding the current Lifetime movies on Aaliyah and Whitney Houston, writing the biopics will "dishonor their legacies" (Family And Fans Of The Late Singer Aaliyah Vocally Oppose Lifetime's Unauthorized Biopic Of Her Life Starring Zendaya Coleman). 

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