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Lance “Un” Rivera claims Jay-Z was not responsible for his 1999 stabbing.The former music executive shed light on that fateful night during a new interview with VladTV. Jay-Z was accused of stabbing Rivera in December 1999 at an album release party for Q-Tip’s Amplified LP. The incident took place at the now-closed Kit Kat Club in Times Square, and was allegedly over the bootlegging of Jay’s then-forthcoming third album Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter.In October 2001, Jay pleaded guilty to a second-degree…

via Universal There are bad movies, and then there are movies like Jaws: The Revenge. A film so unequivocally unwatchable that no one dare defend it, and yet beyond reason, a feature flick like this transcends its cult status to become something truly special. Even more confusing, then, is the fact that actors like Michael Cane, Lorraine Gary, or Lance Guest attached themselves to the project in the first place — yet to my surprise, Guest doesn’t seem to mind all the hate. During an interview with author Mark…

via Universal You know you have a good story to tell when legendary actor Michael Caine is in it, and much more so when Caine just happens to save your life. That’s exactly what happened to actor Lance Guest, who recalls that Caine saved him from potentially frying to a crisp on the set of Jaws 4. In the mid ’80s, Guest was on a warm streak in his career as an actor. He had starred in the modest hit The Last Starfighter and was following that up with a role in one of the biggest movie franchises ever: Jaws.…

Grammy-winning director Charles “Calmatic” Kidd II didn’t set out to become a filmmaker. Nor did the South L.A. native imagine that he’d make his Hollywood debut with two movies in the same year. But when producers and film executives were searching for a director to reimagine two beloved L.A. films — Reginald Hudlin’s “House Party” and Ron Shelton’s “White Men Can’t Jump,” both released in the early 1990s — no one filled the bill quite like Calmatic. Calmatic in front of the Watts Towers.(Dania Maxwell /…

Lance “Un” Rivera, whose early career is closely interwoven with that of the Notorious B.I.G.’s, recently sat down for an extended interview during which he reflected on key moments in the late artist’s history.Among them, as seen below, was the first time Biggie heard 2Pac’s diss record “Hit ‘Em Up.” In the track’s opening lines, as fans will note, 2Pac claimed to have had sexual relations with Biggie’s wife at the time, Faith Evans. Looking back on his and Biggie’s first time hearing the track, Rivera explained to DJ…

Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning writer of Milk, has been charged with assault in a case involving Teddy Edwardes, a presenter on the BBC3’s The Big Proud Party Agency. The Under the Banner of Heaven creator pleaded not guilty when he appeared in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday, where he faced a charge of assault by beating, a spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed. He has been released on unconditional bail and is set to appear in court on Aug. 8.…

Heart disease Led to ‘John Wick’ Star Lance Reddick’s Death At 60 ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) ‘The Wire’ star Lance Reddick died from heart and artery disease, the actor’s death certificate has revealed. It’s said the actor, who was found dead at his home on March 17, passed away from Ischemic Heart Disease as well as Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease, reports ‘Mirror.co.uk’. TMZ reports the death certificate also says that Lance Reddick was to be cremated. At the time of his death, law enforcement sources…

The family and longtime attorney for “John Wick” and “The Wire” star Lance Reddick are disputing an uncorroborated death certificate that says the actor died of heart disease.Attorney James E. Hornstein said that Reddick’s reported cause of death — ischemic heart disease and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease — is “not a result of an autopsy” and is “inconsistent with the facts known to the family.”The medical conditions were first reported Thursday by TMZ, which obtained and posted a copy of the actor’s Los Angeles…

Destiny 2 developer Bungie has revealed that late actor Lance Reddick still has “performances yet to come” in the game. In a blog published yesterday (March 23), Bungie paid tribute to Reddick, who died last Friday (March 17). “As the voice of Commander Zavala – the stalwart commander of the Vanguard – Lance brought to life a character who has become virtually synonymous with Destiny itself,” wrote the studio. “The tributes that have poured in for Lance have been overwhelming; from endless heartfelt messages on social…

Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb Lance Reddick, entertainment icon and all-around great guy, was taken from fans far too soon. At the age of 60, Reddick was found in his Studio City home in Los Angeles before officially being pronounced dead on March 17. A pillar of the John Wick franchise, and set to appear as Zeus in the upcoming Disney Plus adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Reddick’s range was wide, to say the least. Now, in a recently released interview with ComicBook, we are able to hear from…