Cinematographer 's fan-made video for a modern-day Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is so good, it looks like it'd be an actual series or movie. "Like most '90s kids, I grew up watching Fresh Prince. Even as a kid, I always thought there was more to the story . . . so I decided to make this," he tweeted as he shared his trailer for Bel-Air (2019).
In this version, (played by ) is sent to live with his uncle Phil in Bel-Air after a fight on the basketball court in West Philadelphia gets him arrested for gun possession. In his fancy new California digs, Will adjusts to his new life with his family and navigates friendships, hardships, and love (don't worry, Carlton is still there and still nagging).
This isn't the first time we've seen an "edgy" remake of a childhood classic. follows the dark story of Arthur and his friends trying to solve the mysterious death of Muffy. I'm personally not always here for the idea of rebooting something that's already fantastic, but this is a different story. Cooper's trailer on YouTube has gotten more than a million views since its publish date on March 10. Everybody thinks this should be a real movie ASAP! Watch the full video ahead, and check out all the praise it's rightfully getting. Related:
President Trump’s former campaign chairman’s total prison sentence is now 7½ years after a second judge ruled in one of the special counsel’s highest-profile cases.
The 1999 murder of Baltimore Woodlawn High School student Hae Min Lee inspired the first season of . Koenig's investigation focused on the conviction of Lee's classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, and raised questions about the circumstances surrounding his arrest. On March 10, almost five years after the end of Serial's first season, HBO premiered the first of a four-part documentary called . Directed by Amy Berg, the documentary picks up where Koenig's coverage of the case ended and at the entire situation.
While these long-form investigative projects give in-depth insight into the investigation and the flawed justice system, they don't actually shed much light . When Serial went live in 2014, Syed had already been in jail for 15 years. In June 2016, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin Welch took evidence uncovered in the podcast and . He was granted a new trial on the reasoning that his former trial attorney failed to cross-examine the prosecution's cell tower expert who used to corroborate a witness claiming to help Syed bury Lee's body. Image Source:
Since 2016, there's been a lot of legal back and forth and many setbacks. The State appealed after the petition for a new trial was granted, and in March 2018, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals upheld the lower court's decision for a retrial. The State appealed again to Maryland's top court. The Court of Appeals agreed to hear both the State's appeal and Syed's counter-appeals on July 12. The ruling is currently pending, though a panel of judges heard arguments from both sides in November. If the decision goes against the prosecution, they could take it to the US Supreme Court.
Syed was also as he awaited a retrial, and, , he wasn't allowed to attend the court proceedings in November. Chaudry admits that Syed hasn't been hopeful about his chances of getting out of prison. In February 2018, she spoke with and said that Syed once told her that "he probably would leave prison in a coffin," but the recent attention to the case has given him "a very strong ray of light."
As of the premiere of The Case Against Adnan Syed in March 2019, Syed is spending his 20th year in prison. Until the appeals process ends - which can be no later than Aug. 31, 2019 - Syed will remain in jail.
President Trump’s former campaign chairman’s total prison sentence is now 7 1/2 years after a second judge ruled in one of the special counsel’s highest-profile cases.
The special counsel’s case against Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, is drawing to a close, with the possibility of a presidential pardon still alive.
Disney's upcoming streaming platform, called Disney Plus, just landed a major edge over its competitors: the entire Disney vault.
The streaming service doesn't launch until later this year, but Disney CEO Bob Iger has already given movie fans a major reason to look forward to it, since effectively making the notion of the iconic "Disney Vault" null and void. That means the studio's 1920s cartoons, as well as early hits like 1937's Snow White and 1941's Dumbo, will be available to stream on top of modern classics like Frozen, Zootopia, and Wreck-It Ralph.
While attending an investor meeting held in St. Louis, Iger explained that once Disney Plus goes online, the marketing trick of releasing certain films for only limited periods of time before they're hauled "back in the vault" will be dead, paving the way for some seriously epic movie marathons in all of our futures. He said:
"The service, which I mentioned earlier is going to launch later in the year, is going to combine what we call library product, movies, and television, with a lot of original product as well, movies and television. And at some point fairly soon after launch it will house the entire Disney motion picture library, so the movies that you speak of that traditionally have been kept in a 'vault' and brought out basically every few years will be on the service. And then, of course, we're producing a number of original movies and original television shows as well that will be Disney-branded." Related: In addition to Disney films, the platform will also offer exclusive shows that are being developed as offshoots of some of Disney and Marvel's most popular characters. is getting his own live-action series, as is Rogue One's Rebel spy Cassian Andor, once again played by Diego Luna.
Iger made sure to note that , and that the new movies will make their way to the service within a year of premiering in theaters. "It's going to combine both the old and the new," Iger explained. "All of the films that we're releasing this year, [starting] with Captain Marvel, will also be on the service."
Like a becalmed ship in the dead air before a coming storm, the nation’s capital is waiting, and waiting, for the special counsel’s report.
If fans thought that was wild, they were in for a treat! After Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph decided to under their own terms, we got a lovely update on the happy couple after their journey on The Bachelor. , but Colton revealed that he moved to Los Angeles - closer to Cassie - and the two are planning on traveling a bit more in the upcoming months.
"It's definitely something we've talked about, yeah," Cassie said of any plans for an engagement. "I mean, nothing is holding me back right now." Colton chimed in, saying, "We still have a lot of conversations to have and room to grow . . . we're having fun dating right now."
Honestly, that's a beautifully healthy place for a couple to be when they've only be exclusively dating for such a short time! At the end of the finale, Colton on stage and Chris Harrison gifted the couple with a lavish vacation in Thailand (the country where they had their first one-on-one date). Related: Once Bachelor Nation was satisfied with , Chris Harrison introduced us all to ! The was adorably awestruck by her new title. "I feel all the emotions, but honestly, I'm just really grateful for this opportunity," she said.
But it wasn't enough to just introduce us to our new - Chris told Hannah that she would actually be meeting that very night! The stage was quickly transformed for an "impromptu" rose ceremony, and Chris gave a brief pep talk worthy of any varsity coach encouraging his team before the all-important final game. Hannah was visibly nervous but totally game to meet , one of whom actually made a rap for her! We wonder if he compared notes ?
Following along with Colton's theme of straying from the norm, Hannah decided to give away her first rose that very night, which has never happened before! Cam the Rapper snagged the rose and possibly even a bit of Hannah's heart. It's safe to say that he will definitely be the one to watch when !
Outside experts say the president’s policies are undermining his goals of stoking economic growth and reducing the trade and budget deficits.
Several cuts proposed by the president in his budget seemed to contrast with his own words of support.
has reached its , and we're counting down the days to the . But with each passing moment (and every ), surface. ? Who will die? ? And most importantly, who will return from the dead to wreak havoc on the ?
While we can't guarantee answers to all of these questions, we do have a about who could resurface. Remember, Game of Thrones has set a precedent of giving certain characters a rebirth. Let us not forget that Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane died during the fourth season from wounds inflicted by Oberyn's poisonous spear and later gained a new lease on life via the unscrupulous power of Qyburn, a former maester and the current hand to Queen Cersei. And of course, who doesn't remember at the hand of Melisandre, the Red Priestess and loyal servant of R'hllor, the Lord of Light? So it's only fair to ask, who else could return from beyond the veil?
We can rule out a few of the bigger names based on their mode of execution. For example, iconic characters like Stannis Baratheon (beheaded), Joffrey Baratheon (poisoned), Oberyn Martell (smashed skull), Ygritte (arrow to the heart), and Alliser Thorne (hung) are definitely down for the count. Then there are those we can eliminate simply because their return wouldn't serve the current storyline - ancillary characters like Brynden Tully, Commander Mormont, and Xaro Xhoan Daxos, among others.
Of course, it's always possible any of these people could pop up in one of Bran's visions as the Three-Eyed Raven, but that's not the type of return audiences crave and it rarely moves the narrative forward in a manner that feels satisfying. By our count, only two characters could reappear in real-time, and in a manner that makes sense while driving the plot forward.
Hodor We put him first because Krisitan Nairn, the actor who plays Hodor, has been extremely vocal about the character since his departure from the show. In a with The Huffington Post, Nairn remained cagey about his possible return, but did admit Hodor's exit leaves room for a rebirth: "I think it's [the episode] so well done, and you also have that little bit of mystery at the end because you don't actually see him die. Is he dead? Who knows?"
Nairin also spoke to Britain's that same month about Hodor's background: "A theory I had, being a big guy, maybe he [Hodor] was another one of the Clegane brothers, and something happened to him as a child, like it did with the Hound, having his face burnt, which made him the way he is."
The idea that Hodor is a third Clegane, separated from his family due to his , tracks well with the current trajectory of the TV series. In addition, this opens the door (no pun intended) for a potential showdown. Given the nature of Hodor's death at the hand of wights, the Stark's loyal servant's return would most likely be a member of the Undead Army. The zombified Hodor could, perhaps, be a formidable opponent for The Mountain, who is still acting as a henchman to the Queen. With Cersei's protection out of the way, .
Syrio Forel Arya's dancing master met his death in the first season at the hands of Meryn Trant just after Ned Stark's imprisonment. Armed with a wooden sword, he defended Arya against several Lannister henchmen, which allowed her to maintain her freedom and escape to Flea Bottom. The interesting thing here is that we never see Syrio's death. Arya assumes he's dead, and the show's . But one prevailing fan theory is that Syrio is actually one of the , specifically Jaqen H'ghar or the Waif. This theory has been and by several sources, but we're circling back to the idea - or at least to the emergence of Syrio in some reincarnation - thanks to the as reported by The Verge in Summer 2017.
Miltos Yerolemou, the actor who plays Syrio, hinted he knew about many of the show's upcoming conflicts. The cheeky response in such a public forum leaves us all to wonder why an actor who left in the first season would have clues to future conflicts on a show with such staunchly guarded secrets? This doesn't make sense unless there is some pending twist to the character or a connection with the Faceless Men - who we all know serve the , also known as the God of Death.
And with , it's a fair assumption the masked mayhem makers are bound to return in some form.
The eighth season of Game of Thrones premieres April 14.
The president’s budget request for the 2020 fiscal year has little chance of becoming law because Congress controls spending, and Democrats control the House.
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Even as the Trump administration pulls back from counterinsurgency operations elsewhere, airstrikes targeting Islamist militants in Somalia have soared.
Though we're counting down the days until of premieres, there's more to look forward to from the than the return of the series. As well as the book they collaborated on together and released at the end of 2018, four members of the Fab Five will be - can you believe? If you've always dreamed of getting a makeover from the Queer Eye quintuple yourself, get ready to preorder these books now, hunny. In the meantime, we'll be starting a letter-writing campaign to Bobby Berk, urging him to publish a home decor book for us. Related:
Calling all '90s babes: in honor of the cult-favorite film's 20th anniversary, so start preparing now for a nostalgia overload. Set in New York City, the teen drama follows Sebastian Valmont's () quest to deflower the headmaster's innocent daughter, Annette Hargrove (), as part of a bet with his stepsister, Kathryn Merteuil (). If Kathryn wins and Sebastian's unsuccessful at wooing Annette, she gets his vintage Jaguar, but if he's successful, he ultimately wins the one girl he knows he'll never have: Kathryn herself.
Though certainly twisted, the 1999 movie has remained a favorite through the years, as fans continue to grapple with their and flash back to that iconic kiss between Kathryn and Cecile Caldwell (). There were even talks of back in 2016, though nothing ever came to fruition.
Beginning March 21, Cruel Intentions will hit the silver screen in theaters across the nation for one week, thanks to Sony Pictures. Head over to to see what theaters near you are rereleasing the flick. Now, please excuse us while we snag our tickets and blast "Colorblind" by the Counting Crows on repeat in honor of that legendary escalator scene. Related: