Filming is officially underway for Chocolate City, a movie about Black strippers that got greenlit off the success of Magic Mike. Tyson Beckford, Michael Jai White, Robert Ri’chard, Vivica Fox and Ginuwine (singer of the universal stripper anthem “Pony”) are part of the cast. Whether the movie is good or bad, it’ll surely be hilarious. [Necole Bitchie]
Saturday Night Live, the sketch show that now loves minorities but we won’t complain, just hired a black co-host for Weekend Update. Finally! Daily Show correspondent Michael Che is taking the place of Cecily Strong. [Deadline]
Here’s the first poster for the Annie remake, which stars Quvenzhané Wallis and Jamie Foxx. [YBF]
And here’s an image from season 5 of The Walking Dead that tells us nothing about season 5 of The Walking Dead except that Rick is alive. [Vulture]
Robin Givens shared her thoughts on Ray Rice. “What’s important about this video is that people can’t deny it,” Givens told Us. “It happened to me and it happens to women quite a bit. And women die from this. So we have to really begin to hold these actions and these men accountable.” [Us Weekly]