Ike Turner was a musician, band leader, talent scout and record producer, best known for his work with his former wife Tina Turner as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner duo. Ike’s repertoire included blues, soul, rock and funk. Alongside his former wife, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and in 2001 was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
From TMZ:
TMZ has confirmed that music legend and the former Mr. Anna Mae Bullock has died. He was 76.
Turner apparently died in his home in San Marcos, Calif., just outside of San Diego.
Sources close to the family tell TMZ he may have died in his sleep.
Ike Turner was portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the movie, ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?‘. Tina Turner (real name, Anna Mae Bullock) was played by Angela Bassett.
Their tumultuous relationship, which included physical as well as mental abuse, was the basis of the film.
His website, IkeTurner.com, is at the time of writing, down (probably being updated).
Gabrielle Union is insisting that movies, especially her new movie ‘The Perfect Holiday’, should not be called ‘urban’ just because black people star in them.
In a recent interview she said:
“No one calls Fred Claus the white Christmas movie. The Perfect Holiday is a movie about the holidays. It’s not race-specific.
“If there’s more than one black person in the movie, it’s an urban romantic comedy, an urban thriller - it’s just a flipping movie. The way kids think, the demographic they pander and chase - they don’t care.
“The same way guys are like, ‘Halle Berry’s hot, Jessica Alba’s hot’ - they don’t say, ‘She’s a hot black girl’ or ‘a hot Latina’. They notice trends, they buy movies they like, they Google people they like. It’s not race-specific…
“Give me a break. It’s an old-fashioned notion of marketing, and how they like to label things.”
I agree with her, because, black movies of late tend to be the same stereotypical stuff rehashed:
Fish out of water comedy - Black person in ‘white setting’ teaching white people how to be ‘hip’
Eating and praying - I liked Soul Food, great movie, however, does every ‘black’ movie made after Soul Food have to center on black folks eating big meals of soul food and praying? Check out ‘This Christmas‘ and you will see what I mean (it could have easily been Soul Food 2 by the way). Oh yeah, please, for the love of God - NO MORE SOUL TRAIN LINES!
Can’t forget about the magical black man story lines where the character’s sole purpose is to help the white stars and rarely has a back story that would conflict with that. (Side note: these movies aren’t called ‘urban’)
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As a result of the same ol’ stuff being done over and over, the ‘urban’ tag tells black folks exactly what is going to be in the movie, and guess what, WE EAT IT UP.
Studios make movies to make money. If these ‘urban’ flicks didn’t make money, they would not be made. Studios know that to make money, they need to make movies like ‘The Cookout’, ‘Who’s Your Caddy?’, etc.
Their tumultuous relationship, which included physical as well as mental abuse, was the basis of the film.