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Again, Sylvester Stallone requests that the Rocky franchise’s rights be returned.

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To further the current debate over who owns the rights to the Rocky brand, Sylvester Stallone has resorted to social media to call out Rocky producer Irwin Winkler.

According to Deadline, on Sunday morning, Stallone posted an illustration of Winkler as a serpent with a knife for a tongue on Instagram, sparing no insults. Directly addressing Winkler in the post’s title, he demanded a “just gesture” from the 93-year-old producer, accusing him of retaining ownership of the franchise and its successor series Creed.

“After Irwin controlling Rocky for over 47 years, and now Creed, I really would like have at least a little of what’s left of my rights back, before passing it on to only your children,” Stallone wrote. “I believe that would be a fair gesture from this 93 year old gentleman? This is a painful subject that eats at my soul because I wanted to leave something of Rocky for my children.”

Stallone played the title role in eight films, directed four, and wrote or co-wrote all of the Rocky flicks as well as Creed II. Then, in 2018, he said he was resigning from the role for good, so we won’t see him in Creed III, the third installment of the Rocky spin-off series starring Michael B. Jordan.

Stallone has expressed his disappointment in recent years that he does not legally own the Rocky franchise despite his extensive involvement with the series. Variety reports that Stallone was paid $75,000 plus 10 net points for the first film, which was worth at least $2.5 million. A second source put the actor’s earnings from Creed and Creed II at around $10 million and the mid-teens, respectively.

However, Stallone told the outlet in 2019 that he had “zero ownership” of the lucractive franchise. “When I finally confronted them, I said, ‘Does it bother you guys that I’ve written every word, I’ve choreographed it, I’ve been loyal to you, I’ve promoted it, directed it and I don’t have 1% that I could leave for my children?’ And the quote was, ‘You got paid.’

Michael B. Jordan’s Creed III hits theaters on November 23, a year after Rocky IV’s ultimate director’s cut. Rocky Vs. Drago commended Stallone for “wonderfully fine-tuning Rocky IV with The Ultimate Director’s Cut”

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Tough world we live and some people are even nuttier. Mr. Irwin fits that description and is very close to getting THE PORK AWARD! We absolutely side with Sylvester on this. Irwin Winkler ate one or two many PORK SANDWICHES obviously. The 1st Rocky was made in 1976. Sylvester is right in saying that the pulse of his life is all in the Character and the series. He is ROCKY. The greatest minds of us all would think that after all this time IRWIN WINKLER would have some good in him and do the right thing. With all this time that passed, doesn't seem like he is. We bet we know why though "cause he's special right? he's chosen to get other people's hard work right on his lap. It's all for him. He put no hard word into it. But yet, other people's hard work is all for him and his family as if they created the character and held it down for all these years. MR IRWIN, YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL, in this moment YOU'RE PORK INDEED!

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In Joker costume, Diddy clashes with “Power” actor.

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Diddy’s Joker costume from the 1989 film provided plenty of laughs on Halloween night. On the other hand, he may have been too immersed in his role when he had a weekend altercation with “Power” actor Michael J. Ferguson.

On camera, Ferguson refers to Diddy as “p—-,” prompting the rapper to laugh like the Joker and label Ferguson “clown.”

“What’s up, baby? You don’t like me,” Diddy asked Ferguson. “Then motherf—— get to it, n—-. If you don’t like me, you motherf—— fronting. Get to it b—-. Don’t f—— play with me on Halloween. I’m out here with love, n—-.”

At this moment, Ferguson still seems to be unaware that the man behind the mask is actually Diddy, as he keeps attacking the performer.

“You f—— p—-, make sure you won’t never talk to me that like,” Diddy said. “We’re having a good time. Why do you want to come at me like that? You got a problem? You really taking over my energy right now. What did I do to you? Do you know who I am?”

Diddy then tells him who he is, and it deescalates.

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Janet Jackson and Jill Scott are called out by Tyler Perry for “Why Did I Get Married?”

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Recently, movie mogul Tyler Perry challenged Janet Jackson and Jill Scott, two megastar singers, to continue the Why Did I Get Married? series, and Scott has since answered.

The owner of Tyler Perry Studios joked on “Entertainment Tonight” before Perry’s first TheGrio Awards that the two singers are delaying production on Why Did I Get Married 3.

Perry said in a deadpan, “If Janet and Jill Scott say yes, I’m waiting for them to say it.”

Scott’s “A Long Walk” vocalist immediately responded by quoting the tweet and tagging the rest of the cast of the “Why Did I Get Married?” series.

Janet has yet to respond, though. But others have.

Jill, sent out another message for Janet.

Why Did I Marry? series follows married couples who have trouble when vacationing at exotic resorts.

The films are part of Perry’s best 10 movies, that grossed over $115 million.

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Kanye West to Buy Conservative Social Platform Parler After Twitter, Instagram Ban

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The controversial conservative social networking site Parler has announced that it will be acquired by Kanye West.

Parler’s parent company, Parlement Technologies, released a statement on Monday stating that they are “pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement in principle for Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire the Parler platform.”

Further, “the acquisition guarantees Parler a future role in developing an uncancelable ecosystem where all opinions are welcome,” the company said.

President and CEO of Parler George Farmer remarked, “Ye’s acquiring of Parler will strengthen our ability to create an uncancelable ecosystem. No one should have to self-censor out of uncertainty about which legal speech will get him or her banned. No individual or business should worry about being completely deplatformed, as Parler was, merely for the expression of opposing viewpoints. 

We intend for Parler to always be a safe space for open discussion and open minds. We shall keep up our resistance to tyranny, censorship, and cancel culture.

The 45-year-old artist and entrepreneur Kanye West bought Parlor after having his Twitter account suspended earlier this month for a regulation violation.

The Hollywood Reporter claims that in a now-deleted tweet, West threatened to unleash “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.”

“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” he wrote, per the outlet. “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”

Twitter took this action after the Grammy winner had his account blocked by Instagram and had content deleted from his profile for breaking Instagram’s terms of service, as reported by NBC News and CNN.

Even though many people were offended by a post published by West that has since been deleted, a Meta spokeswoman would not clarify to any outlet what content was in violation.

The “Stronger” singer posted a screenshot of a conversation he had with Sean “Diddy” Combs, in which it appeared that West had said Combs, 52, was under Jewish influence. He captioned the photo, “Jesus is Jew,” as reported by NBC News.

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