Nephew

Jaafar Jackson is all set to play his uncle Michael Jackson in the upcoming biopic by Antoine Fuqua. According to Variety, the tangled legacy of the guy who became known as the King of Pop will be portrayed in the biopic `Michael`. The film will examine every facet of his life, including "including his most iconic performances that led him to become the greatest entertainer of all time." Variety reports that the Michael Jackson estate is collaborating with the movie, which might have an impact on how `Michael` portrays…

Michael Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, will portray the late King of Pop in an upcoming biopic.The news was announced by Antoine Fuqua, who was revealed by Deadline earlier this month to be directing a film (tentatively titled Michael) based on the celebrated singer’s life.“Proud to announce  as Michael — the motion picture event that explores the journey of the man who became the King of Pop. Coming soon,” Fuqua said on Monday when sharing a Jourdynn Jackson-captured photo of the actor, whose father is Jermaine…

Araya Diaz/Getty Images for REELZ The upcoming Antoine Fuqua directed Michael Jackson biopic has every ingredient to be a recipe for disaster, and casting Jackson’s nephew to play the troubled — but otherworldly talented — King of Pop is a legitimate wild card that could either save or completely destroy the film. Deadline announced Monday that 26-year-old Jaafar Jackson, the son of Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson, is set to give life to his late uncle. This is adding to growing suspicion that the Fuqua…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDirector Antoine Fuqua’s forthcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, has finally found its lead star.Reports first emerged in 2019 that Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King had acquired the rights to make a film based on the life of the late singer in all of its “complexity”. He had also acquired the rights to use all of Jackson’s music in the movie, which will explore the singer’s…

Jeremy Renner was injured while trying to rescue his nephew and the parking brake on the snowplow may not have been properly applied, according to a police report on the Jan. 1 accident obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. The report states that as Renner was clearing snow on New Year’s Day, the Avengers star was run over by his PistenBully snowplow as he was trying to divert it away from his nephew. “In an attempt to keep the PistenBully from striking , attempted to step up on the track in…

Jeremy Renner’s snowplough accident happened as he was attempting to save his nephew and was hit by the vehicle after failing to apply the emergency brake.According to an incident report from the Nevada sheriff’s office, obtained by Variety, Renner had used the snowplough to tow his nephew’s truck out of the snow, and after getting out without setting the brake, he attempted to stop the six-tonne plough sliding towards his nephew.The report says: “When Renner attempted to stop or divert the PistenBully to avoid injury to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJeremy Renner was trying to save his nephew from injury when he was crushed by a snow-plough on New Year’s Day, it has emerged.Renner’s PistenBully snowcat vehicle began sliding sideways after the Marvel star used it to pull the truck, near his home in Nevada, when he was pulled under and crushed, according to a report published by Washoe County Sheriff’s Office report.“The Pistenbully…

Will Smith talked about how the Oscars slap incident affected his private life in a new interaction. Promoting his upcoming historical drama Emancipation, Will appeared on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah. Talking about his film, Will called the Oscars 2022 a ‘horrific night’ after being asked about it. Also read: Will Smith feels his Oscar slap controversy may hurt his new film EmancipationAt the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith assaulted comedian Chris Rock who was hosting the show on stage. Chris joked about Will…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —  A sexual assault complaint has been filed against pop star Ricky Martin, who recently sued his nephew over what he said were false allegations of sexual abuse.The complaint was filed Friday at a police precinct in San Juan, the Puerto Rican capital, police spokesman Edward Ramírez told the Associated Press on Saturday. Information including who filed the complaint and details of the allegations are not public, given the nature of the complaint.A person with knowledge of the case who was not…

Per reports, a sexual assault complaint was filed in San Juan on Friday against Ricky Martin, who was recently revealed to have filed a multimillion-dollar extortion lawsuit against his “maladjusted” nephew.While the identity of the person who filed the new complaint and related details were not made public, a source told the Associated Press over the weekend that the person in question is the singer’s nephew Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin, against whom Martin recently filed that aforementioned lawsuit.In comments provided…