After visiting Nigeria last month, Retro Rewind’s exploration of world cinema sees us land in Japan…home to the movie ‘Battle Royale.’

Used, as far as some fan see it, to shape the direction of the ‘Hunger Games‘ movies, ‘Battle’ is about a group of unruly high school teens who embark on what they believe will be a fun school trip.

Little did they know that said “trip” would see them forced to fight for their lives on an island ran by a sadistic monster.

Sounds wild doesn’t it?

Enjoy the Kinji Fukashaku movie, if you’re 18 or older, below…

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Tomorrow night brings with it the premiere of Michelle Williams‘ new OWN reality series ‘Chad Loves Michelle.’

The singer/Broadway star will appear alongside her fiancé Chad Johnson and together they’ll share their story – from their whirlwind romance, to fusing families, and Williams brave battle against depression.

Today saw the couple stop by Good Morning America to discuss all.

Watch their candid chat with Robin Roberts after the jump…

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The revered & highly respected Republican Ana Navarro has officially joined ‘The View.’

Fantastic news for fans of the firm but fair political titan below…

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With 20 years of combined stage and film appearances to her name, Mabel “Madea” Simmons – easily the most famous character developed by famed screenwriter/playwright/director/actor Tyler Perry – is set to say farewell in 2019 (as he revealed via a recent radio interview that can be heard here).

Before the official sendoff her legion of fans can see her in action one last time via the highly anticipated film, ‘Madea’s Family Funeral.’  Coming to theaters on March 1, 2019 courtesy of Lionsgate, the flick – which stars the likes of Tyler Perry , Cassi Davis , Patrice Love , Rome Flynn , David Otunga, and many more – had its official trailer revealed recently.

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Ariana Grande has been relatively quiet about her blink and you miss it relationship with comedian Pete Davidson. 

However, it looks like she’s now speaking up.

And it seems the catalyst was a new Saturday Night Live segment the funnyman made in promotion for this weekend’s episode.

See what we mean below…

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Will Smith and Lawrence Martin are locked and loaded for the third chapter of the ‘Bad Boys’ story!

Good news below…

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Luke Sabbat of ‘Grown-ish‘ is being sued for “failing to influence.”

Full story below…

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The ladies of ‘The Real’ have emerged as serious contenders for the title of Halloween 2018 winners.

Today’s episode saw hosts Loni Love, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Adrienne Houghton, and Jeannie Mai salute other talkshow hosts – some past, some present.

That’s not all either. Because beyond dressing up as Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, Sally Jessy Raphael, and Ellen Degeneres, they also recreated each anchor’s set.

Watch the epic segment below…

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Tamar Braxton is continuing to live her life out on reality TV. This time, though, she’s riding solo.

Details below…

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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett celebrate 21 years of marriage in December. And while they’ve been couple goals for over two decades, the pair have revealed that things haven’t always been as rosy behind the scenes.

Together with their daughter Willow and Jada’s mom Adrienne, the pair sat down to discuss the highs and lows of their relationship on the latest episode of Red Table Talk on Facebook.

Refreshingly candid, the couple delved into their beginnings, their wins, and complicated hardships. When laying out the latter, they did not hold back.

For while part 1 brought with it revelations about their union, the newly released second part saw them dive deep on a number of the issues they faced. Indeed, they expounded on how ego drove them apart and brought their marriage to its brink and discussed the difficulties getting back to happy.

A must-see watch awaits after the jump…

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Eartha Kitt‘s life story is to be reborn.

Exciting news below…

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It’s not Halloween yet but fans of Tyler Perry‘s beloved ‘Madea’ franchise received quite the fright this week when the media maven took to Bevy Smith‘s SiriusXM show, ‘Bevelations,’ recently to discuss his most popular character’s ultimate fate.

Gracing film and stage for nearly 20 years, the franchise – via films like ‘Madea’s Family Reunion,’ ‘Madea Goes to Jail,’ ‘Madea’s Big Happy Family,’ and more collectively – has grossed Perry over $500 million.  Alas, not even that could save Mabel Madea Simmon.

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