Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods is a 2020 American war drama film directed and produced by Spike Lee. Along with Lee, the film was produced by Jon Kilik, Beatriz Levin, and Lloyd Levin and executive produced by Mike Bundlie and Barry Levine. The film stars Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Jean Reno, and Chadwick Boseman. The plot follows a group of aging Vietnam War veterans who return to the country in search of treasure they buried while stationed there.

Originally written by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo in 2013, the script was re-worked by Lee and Kevin Willmott following the pair's BlacKkKlansman (2018). The cast joined in February 2019 and filming began a month later, lasting through June and taking place in Southeast Asia. With a production budget of $35–45 million, it is among Lee's most expensive films.

Netflix digitally released Da 5 Bloods worldwide on June 12, 2020.  Rotten Tomatoes said critics found the film to have "fierce energy and ambition" and to be one of Spike Lee's "most urgent and impactful films

Four African American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_5_Bloods

Chris Dorner

Chris Dorner

Christopher Jordan Dorner (June 4, 1979  – February 12, 2013) was a Los Angeles police officer who, beginning on February 3, 2013, committed a series of shootings in Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Riverside County, California. The victims were police and other civilians, including police families. Dorner killed four people and wounded three others. On February 12, 2013, Dorner died during a standoff with San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputies after a shootout at a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains.

A manifesto reportedly posted by Dorner on Facebook declared "unconventional and asymmetric warfare" upon the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), their families, and their associates, unless the LAPD admitted publicly he was fired in retaliation for reporting excessive force. 

In two separate incidents during the manhunt, police shot at three civilians unrelated to Dorner, mistaking their pickup trucks for the vehicle being driven by Dorner. One of the civilians was hit by the police gunfire, another was wounded by shattered glass, and a third individual was injured when police rammed his vehicle and opened fire. The officers involved were not charged with any crime.

Christopher Jordan Dorner was born on June 4, 1979 in New York and grew up in Southern California.  He attended Cypress High School in Cypress, California, where he graduated in 1997.  Dorner graduated from Southern Utah University in 2001, with a major in political science and a minor in psychology. While there, he was a football running back from 1999 to 2000. 

Dorner later stated that he was the only African-American student in his school from first grade to seventh grade, and that he had altercations due to racism.[13] When he was a teenager, he decided to become a police officer and joined a youth program offered by the police department in La Palma, where he lived at the time of the shootings.  Neighbors described Dorner as from an admired, well-liked family and a man who usually kept to himself. He was previously married, with no children. Court records show his wife filed for divorce in 2007.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt

Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle

David Khari Webber Chappelle (/ʃəˈpɛl/; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Chappelle is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Emmy Awards and two Grammy Awards as well as a Mark Twain Prize. He is known for his satirical comedy sketch series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006). The series, co-written with Neal Brennan, ran until Chappelle quit the show in the middle of production of the third season. After leaving the show, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the U.S.[3] By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire[4] and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer 

 In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time." 

Chappelle has appeared in several films, including Mel Brooks's Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), The Nutty Professor (1996), Con Air (1997), You've Got Mail (1998), Blue Streak (1999), Undercover Brother (2002), Chi-Raq (2015), and A Star Is Born (2018). His first lead role was in the 1998 comedy film Half Baked, which he co-wrote with Neal Brennan. Chappelle also starred in the ABC comedy series Buddies (1996).

In 2016, he signed a $20 million-per-release comedy-special deal with Netflix and, as of 2019, he has released five standup specials under the deal. 

Chappelle received his first Emmy Award in 2017 for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.  In 2018, he received a Grammy Award for his Netflix-produced comedy album The Age of Spin and Deep in the Heart of Texas. Equanimity, another Netflix special, was nominated in 2018 for three Emmys and received the award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded). In 2019, Chappelle was selected to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which is presented by the Kennedy Center as America's highest comedy honor.  In 2020, Sticks & Stones earned Chappelle his third consecutive Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album 

Dave Chappelle's father, William David Chappelle III, worked as a statistician before becoming a professor at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.  His mother, Yvonne K. Chappelle Seon (née Reed),  was a professor at Prince George's Community College. Seon also worked for Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba;  she is also a Unitarian Universalist minister.  Chappelle has a stepmother and a stepbrother. 

His great-grandfather, Bishop William D. Chappelle, born enslaved in 1857, served as a president of Allen University. 

Chappelle grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and attended Woodlin Elementary School  His parents were politically active, and family house visitors included Pete Seeger and Johnny Hartman.  Hartman predicted Chappelle would be a comedian and, around this time, Chappelle's comic inspiration came from Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. After his parents separated, Chappelle stayed in Washington with his mother while spending summers with his father in Ohio. In high school he worked as an usher in Ford's Theater, the infamous location of Lincoln's assassination.  In 1991, he graduated from Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he studied theatre arts

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Chappelle

Matt James

Matt James

Matt James (born 26 March 1987) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, second-row or loose forward for the Sheffield Eagles in the RFL Championship.

He previously played in the Super League for Harlequins RL and the Bradford Bulls, and in the Co-operative Championship for the Barrow Raiders.

James was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_James_(rugby_league)

The King of Staten Island

The King of Staten Island

The King of Staten Island is a 2020 American comedy-drama film directed by Judd Apatow, from a screenplay by Apatow, Pete Davidson, and Dave Sirus. It stars Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, and Steve Buscemi, and follows a young man who must get his life together after his mom starts dating a new guy, who is also a firefighter like his deceased father.

The film was announced as Apatow's next project in early 2019, with the cast joining that April. Filming took place around New York City in June and July. The film has been called a "semi-biographical" take on Davidson's life, who lost his firefighter father during the September 11 attacks and has had his own battles with depression.

Originally intended to be theatrically released, the film was released digitally via video on demand on June 12, 2020, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Davidson's performance and Apatow's handling of the mature subject matter.
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. As his younger sister heads off to college, Scott, now in his mid-20s, spends his days smoking marijuana and hanging out with his friends.

When his mother starts dating Ray, a loudmouth firefighter, it sets off a chain of events that forces Scott to grapple with his grief and start to move forward in life.
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Staten_Island

ذا لاست أوف أس: الجزء الثاني

ذا لاست أوف أس: الجزء الثاني

ذا لاست أوف أس: الجزء الثاني (بالإنجليزية: The Last of Us Part II)‏ هي لعبة فيديو أكشن ومغامرات ورعب البقاء من تطوير نوتي دوغ ونشر شركة سوني إنتراكتيف إنترتينمنت على أجهزة بلاي ستيشن 4. تبدأ قصة اللعبة بعد مرور خمس سنوات من أحداث الجزء الأول، يتحكم اللاعبون في شخصية ايلي في عمر 19 عامًا التي ستدخل في صراع مع الوحوش في الولايات المتحدة بعد نهاية العالم. تحتوي اللعبة على عناصر الرعب والبقاء على قيد الحياة ويتم لعبها من منظور الشخص الثالث. يمكن للاعبين استخدام الأسلحة النارية والأسلحة البدائية والتسلل للدفاع عن النفس من البشر المعادين ومخلوقات أكل لحوم البشر المصابة بسلالة متحولة من فطر كورديسيبس.

من المقرر إطلاق اللعبة في 19 يونيو 2020. تم الإعلان عنها في ديسمبر 2016 وتأجلت مرتين، أولاً لمزيد من التطوير، وثانيًا بسبب جائحة فيروس كورونا 2019–20 (COVID-19).

ذا لاست أوف أس: الجزء الثاني هي لعبة أكسن ومغامرات ورعب البقاء، يتم لعبها من منظور الشحص الثالث. يمكن للاعبين استخدام الأسلحة النارية والأسلحة البدائية أو التسلل للدفاع عن أنفسهم من البشر المعادين ومخلوقات أكل لحوم البشر المصابة بسلالة متحولة من فطر كورديسيبس. توسعت آليات اللعب في الجزء الثاني عن الجزء الأول. في هذا الجزء يمكن لشخصية اللاعب اجتياز البيئة والعقبات بشكل أكبر من خلال القدرة على الوصول إلى أماكن أعلى من خلال القفز والتسلق أثناء اللعب بايلي الأكثر ذكاءً. يمكن للاعبين أيضًا الزحف للتهرب من الأعداء. بالإضافة إلى ذلك توجد في اللعبة أجزاء كبيرة من مدينة سياتل، في ولاية واشنطن.

ترى اللعبة أيضًا عودة "وضع الاستماع" الذي يسمح للاعبين بتحديد مواقع الأعداء من خلال إحساس مرتفع بالسمع والوعي المكاني، الذي يجعل الأعداء ظاهرة كمخططات من خلال الجدران والأشياء. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، يمكن للاعبين جمع المكملات لترقية المهارات في شجرة المهارات الخاصة بإيلي. الفروع الثلاثة الرئيسية للشجرة هي: البقاء، والصياغة، والتسلل. تعمل ترقيات البقاء على تحسين مستوى الصحة وتحسين وزيادة نطاق الاستماع ووضع مسافة الإلقاء. تسمح ترقيات الصياغة بترقيات المشاجرة، وتزيد من سرعة حرفية إيلي، والقدرة على صنع قنابل دخانية وقنابل صاعقة. تعمل ترقيات التسلل على تحسين سرعة الحركة، وعمليات القتل الخفية الأسرع، وفتح كواتم الصوت للأسلحة. يقدم الجزء الثاني أيضًا كلاب حراسة يمكنها تتبع رائحة اللاعب.

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The Last of Us 2

The Last of Us Part II

The Last of Us Part II is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Set five years after the events of The Last of Us (2013), players enter the role of 19-year-old Ellie, who comes into conflict with a mysterious cult in a post-apocalyptic United States. The game contains survival horror elements and is played from the third-person perspective. Players can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus.

The game is scheduled for release on June 19, 2020. It was announced in December 2016 and delayed twice, first for further development and then due to logistical problems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. It received universal acclaim by critics.

The Last of Us Part II is an upcoming action-adventure survival horror game played from the third-person perspective.  Players can use firearms, bows, improvised weapons, and stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. The gameplay mechanics in Part II have also expanded upon its predecessor, The Last of Us. In it the player character can traverse the environment further by being able to reach higher vantage points by jumping and climbing whilst playing as the more nimble Ellie.  Players can also crawl in a prone position to evade enemies.  Throughout the game, players will have an non-player character assisting them.  Additionally, large portions of the game are set in Seattle, Washington. 

The game also sees the return of "Listen Mode" allowing players to locate enemies through a heightened sense of hearing and spatial awareness, indicated as outlines visible through walls and objects.  Additionally, players can collect supplements to upgrade skills in a skill tree.  The three main branches of the tree are Survival, Crafting, and Stealth.  Survival upgrades improve health, Listen Mode's range, and throw distance.   Crafting upgrades allow for melee upgrades, increase to Ellie's crafting speed, and the ability to craft smoke and stun bombs.  Stealth upgrades improve prone movement speed, faster stealth kills, and unlock pistol silencers.  Part II also introduces guard dogs that can track the player's scent

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_Part_II