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Why Will Smith Turned Down “Django Unchained”

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Will Smith has begun the promo run for his up-coming sci-fi epic “After Earth” but he can’t jump ahead to the future just yet. In a conversation with EW the megastar answered once and for all why he turned down the titular role in last year’s slavery themed revenge western, “Django: Unchained.” Jamie Foxx was eventually given the role of the freed slave turned bounty hunter, but it was originally offered to Smith. The “Men In Black” star admits that he felt the story was “brilliant” but that it was “Just not for me.” But why? “Django wasn’t the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead. The other character was the lead,” he confessed, referring to Christopher Waltz Dr. King . Smith added that he wanted Django to have more control over his fate. “I was like, ‘No, Quentin, I need to kill the bad guy!” Can you blame him? After this many years in Hollywood Will Smith has earned the right not to play second fiddle to anyone. Ever since it was revealed that Smith turned down “The Matrix” to do “Wild Wild West” every script he’s passed on has come under scrutiny. But we’re pretty sure that he took one look at who ultimately took down the slave master and realized that Django wasn’t quite what it was purported to be.

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Donald Trump Says Django Unchained Is “The Most Racist Movie” He’s Ever Seen [PHOTOS]

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You can always count on Donald Trump to give his opinion on pretty much anything. This time, Trump has slammed Django Unchained, as “the most racist” movie he’s ever seen. He’s a little late with the critique since Django hit theaters on Christmas Day, but given its two wins at the Oscars last night–in the Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor categories–Trump figured he might as well speak up. Trump was tweeting up-to-the-minute reviews of the awards show, and called out Django as a terrible film. “‘Django Unchained’ is the most racist movie I have ever seen, it sucked!” The 65-year-old isn’t the only person who hated the spaghetti-Western-style slave film. Spike Lee blasted director Quentin Tarantino over the work, only to face criticism over his criticism, from Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, and Jamie Foxx. Like in the case of Lee, speaking out opens one up to backlash, and the Twitter responses that Trump received were pretty epic. In fact, we’ve pulled a bunch of them for your review.

Get into them below.

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Who Is Rick Ross’ Boo Shateria L. Moragne-el?

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It has been reported that Rick Ross was shot at more than 20 times and wrecked his Rolls Royce. In the car was his said to be girlfriend, Shanteria L. Moragne-el. Who is she you say? Moragne-el has  previously been romantically linked with Ross. She’s the boss of her own fashion  label, Frontrow Couture. The line had a runway show at New York Fashion Week  this fall. JoJo performed. In an interview with Vocab Magazine, Moragne-el talked about working her way from a celebrity stylish to designing  her own label. A lot of accounts vary of how long he’s been linked to Bawse — some say the two have been linked for five years. They were spotted together  strutting the red carpet at the Django Unchained premiere. Check out some images of Shateria below. Um…well you be the judge….

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Django Unchained Action Figures Discontinued

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Dolls made in the likeness of the characters in the slave film Django Unchained have been discontinued. The figurines were pegged as “action figures,” and led to a public outcry calling for them to stop being sold.

From TMZ:

Sources connected to the toy production tell us … shortly after advocacy groups like Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network and Project Islamic Hope spoke out against the figurines … the Weinstein Company (which produced the film) reached out to the toy company and told them to put the kibosh on the toy line ASAP. 

We’re told the toy company agreed, insisting they never intended to offend anyone … and halted production immediately.Sources tell us … the toymakers only released somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 dolls before shutting down production. 

Retailing for $299 on Amazon.com the dolls were meant for collectors rather than children. Django Unchained has been plagued by controversy over its content, including the use of the “n-word” which is said more than 100 times. Director, Quentin Tarantino, brushed off the critiques explaining that given the time period in which the film is set, the racial epithet is fitting. “If somebody is out there actually saying when it comes to the word ‘ni**er,’  the fact that I was using it in the movie more than it was being used in the antebellum South in Mississippi, then feel free to make that case,” he said after winning a Gloden Globe award in the Best Screenplay category. “They are saying I should lie, that I should whitewash, that I should massage, and I never do that when it comes to my characters.”

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Nas Defends “Django Unchained,” Calls Quentin Tarantino “One Of The Greatest Filmmakers”

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Nas Defends "Django Unchained," Calls Quentin Tarantino "One Of The Greatest Filmmakers"

Over the past few weeks, famed director Quentin Tarantino has raised the ire of critics and filmmakers alike over the excessive use of the n-word in his latest picture Django Unchained. However, in a recent interview with MTV, one of Hip Hop‘s finest has come to the director’s defense. The legendary Nas discussed the controversy surrounding the film, saying that the film is truthful to its Southern antebellum setting in the usage of such harsh language. He also said that Tarantino is one of this generation’s greatest filmmakers and deserves the right to express his art anyway he sees fit. ”A movie about slavery and you don’t hear the n-word? That don’t make any sense,” he said. “I didn’t see what the big fuss was about. It’s a movie, movies by [Tarantino], why should we be surprised if the movie is raw? He’s one of the greatest filmmakers of our generation, and we don’t go there to see anything less than rawness, so if it’s gonna be language or goriness…he’s an artist, and artists have to express themselves and that’s just what he’s doing.”

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Uncle Luke Calls Spike Lee A “Scheming Uncle Tom” Over Django Unchained Comments

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Not that Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell has anything to do with Django Unchained, but he’s still pretty upset at Spike Lee for blasting the film. Campbell penned an opinion editorial for the Miami Times and lashed out at the acclaimed director’s views, while praising Django-director Quentin Tarantino for his “brilliant” project. “Screw Spike Lee,” Campbell writes. “Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is a brilliant flick that more accurately depicts the African American experience than any of the 15 movies about black culture Lee’s directed in his lifetime. It’s why the movie took home a Golden Globe award for best screenplay over the weekend and why it was recently nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.” According to the one-time Miami mayoral candidate—known for his explicit music, videos, and adult films—the Brooklyn native is just jealous. “Lee needs to get over himself. He’s upset because Tarantino makes better movies. The man who put Malcolm X on the big screen is Hollywood’s resident house negro; a bougie activist who wants to tell his fellow white auteurs how they can and can’t depict African Americans. “He complains that Tarantino uses ‘n*gger”‘too much (100 times) in Django Unchained, but show me a white man in the 1800s who wasn’t dropping n-bombs left and right.” Campbell closes out his overly emotional rant by concluding that Lee is mad that Samuel L. Jackson’s character is a “conniving and scheming Uncle Tom,” just like him.

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Quentin Tarantino Uses The “N-Word” After Winning Golden Globe

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Quentin Tarantino won the Best Screenplay award at the Golden Globes Sunday (Jan. 13), but the big news is that the  acclaimed director spewed the “n-word” while speaking to reports. When asked of his controversial slave film Django Unchained, and the excessive use of the racial epithet, he decided to drop the n-bomb to get his point across. “If somebody is out there actually saying when it comes to the word ‘ni**er,’  the fact that I was using it in the movie more than it was being used in the antebellum South in Mississippi, then feel free to make that case,” he said, potentially making the media incredibly uncomfortable. “They are saying I should lie, that I should whitewash, that I should massage, and I never do that when it comes to my characters.” According to reports, the room went silent after Tarantino used the word. Tarantino’s film has been plagued by controversy since the start. Aside from the subject matter, and the word-use, a collection of Django action figures did little to calm the opposition. Yet all of the attention has helped propel the film past the $100 million mark, as it has remained on the Top 10 box office list since its release on Christmas Day.Django has also been nominated for five Academy Awards. via:hiphopwired