Things are shaking up on the set of Jamie Foxx’s new film. There have been murmurs of discontent involving Back in Action, Foxx’s latest feature co-starring Cameron Diaz. Close attention is being paid to the movie, notably because it marks Diaz’s return to acting following an eight-year hiatus. This week, Daily Mail reported they spoke with “sources” who claimed Diaz was ready to leave Hollywood for good once again following Foxx having a meltdown on set. A follow-up report said that the fury stemmed from an alleged scammer lurking in production.
The Sun reported Back in Action is currently in London, facing delays due to bad weather. While the nature of the scam is unclear, it was said to have been “elaborate,” as an employee attempted to steal upwards of $40,000 from Foxx. “One staffer has been sacked, and there are investigations after someone tried to get access to £33,000 in cash from Jamie Foxx,” a source claimed. “It sounds as though they tried to offer up a Rolex watch as part of the deal, but now there’s an investigation into everything going on.”
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Additionally, it’s speculated that the employee in question may have pulled off similar scams with other wealthy celebrities. Their involvement in the production is unknown, and the person’s name hasn’t been shared publicly. It is also unclear if formal charges have been filed or if Foxx or Netflix will take legal action. “This film has been a bit of a nightmare,” the source further shared. Despite the controversy, Foxx, Diaz, and Netflix have not issued formal statements.
Meanwhile, in September 2022, Diaz visited The Tonight Show and told Jimmy Fallon she was “nervous and excited.” It was reported that Foxx even recruited the help of Tom Brady to help drag Diaz out of retirement. “You know, it’s a little bit of muscle memory, you know what I mean?” the actress said. “Sort like, I did that for so long, it’s kind of like the process, I kind of just fell back into it. But, it kind of feels a bit different.” Watch Cameron Diaz discuss her return to Hollywood above.
Jamie Foxx was born Eric Marlon Bishop in December 1967. He is a comedian, actor, and singer. He started his entertainment career in 1989 as a standup comedian. His film debut came in 1992 with a supporting role in the comedy movie Toys. Jamie has appeared in both big-budget and independent films. Additionally, he occasionally appears as himself in television programs. Jamie’s ability to impeccably and successfully conquer comedy, movie, and music genres makes him one the most versatile entertainer in Hollywood. He has played many characters on the big screen, but there are some that have undoubtedly put him in the greatest-of-all-time status. These are his most memorable acting performances.
Ray Charles – Ray (2004)
Ray is a biographical drama film that highlights the life of the legendary musician Ray Charles. The movie premiered in October 2004 and went on to achieve critical acclaim and commercial success in its theatrical run. Ray reportedly grossed over $120 million from a $40 million budget. The success of the film was largely due to the outstanding performance by Jamie Foxx in his portrayal of the soul singer.
The film closely follows Ray Charles’ life starting from a young age, and the major moments that shaped his career. For example, we see that Ray Charles started playing the piano at a young age. He also had to deal with unscrupulous club owners who tried to exploit him and his fight with heroin addiction. Ray also highlight’s the musician’s private life by showcasing tension with his family and his infidelities.
Jamie Foxx’s outstanding performance as the lead role in the film earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, and Critics’ Choice, entering a prestige league of actors who have won all five major lead actor awards for the same performance.
Max Durocher – Collateral (2004)
Foxx portrays a taxi driver who is unknowingly caught up in a crime web in the thriller Collateral. Actor Tom Cruise plays the lead. The film might have been slightly overshadowed by the brilliant Ray movie that was also on its theatrical run that year but was still a box office juggernaut grossing over $220 million worldwide. The brilliance of the film was the chemistry between Foxx and Cruise. This was yet another incredible performance by Jamie Foxx in 2004. Collateral largely received positive reviews when it premiered. It has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 71/100 score on Metacritic. Jamie Foxx was nominated for best-supporting actor at the Academy Award and the British Academy Film Awards.
Django Freeman – Django Unchained (2012)
Foxx taking the lead role in the Quentin Tarantino-directed Western film is perhaps his most popular in his recent filmography. The movie grossed over $400 million at the worldwide box office making it the most successful project helmed by Tarantino. Django Unchained was heavily criticized for its graphic portrayal of slavery and the derogative use of the word ‘nigger’ despite the success.
Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx) is looking to reunite with his wife after they separated because he has sold off. A German bounty hunter buys the slave as the movie progresses. Django helps the bounty hunter in his conquests and in turn, he promises to help the slave get his wife back. Jamie’s portrayal of Django was sharp and witty. The supporting cast that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, and Kerry Washington provided the gravitas that pushed the plot forward. Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards for his role. For his screenplay, Tarantino won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA for the movie.
Walter McMillan – Just Mercy (2009)
This is perhaps Jamie Foxx’s best performance since Ray, albeit in a supporting role. Just Mercy is a 2009 biographical drama starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. The movie is based on Bryan Stevenson’s (played by Michael B. Jordan) memoir where he explores his life’s work of being a defense lawyer for African American prisoners.
The film follows one of the cases involving Walter McMillian. Walter (played by Foxx) was wrongfully convicted of murder. The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. Foxx was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Michael and Foxx both won the NAACP Image Awards for their respective roles in the movie.
Stan Tookie Williams – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
This film was based on true events and follows the life of the founding Crip gang member, Stan Tookie Williams. Jamie Foxx had a conflicting schedule when production of the film began as he had also signed up to work on the movie, Collateral. He, however, finished making the film saying that his portrayal of Stan was an opportunity to inspire the black communities in the inner cities.
Jamie Foxx frequently visited Stan who was in prison during the shooting of the film. The movie follows Stan’s life as a gang leader in the streets of Los Angeles and his time behind bars. The film also highlights the work that Stan did in an effort to decrease gangs and gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles. Stan was executed in 2005 via lethal injection.
Willie ‘Steamin’ Beamen – Any Given Sunday (1999)
Yet another stellar supporting role performance by Foxx. Any Given Sunday is widely regarded as one of the best sports movies of all time. Jamie Foxx stars alongside Al Pacino, Dennis Quid, and Cameron Diaz. The film is loosely based on a 1984 novel of the same name by former NFL player Pat Toomay.
Foxx plays Willie, who believes that racism in the NFL affects his career. He is given a chance to prove himself and surprisingly becomes a successful quarterback. He, however, creates unnecessary tension within the team by disregarding the coach during plays. Willie is also heavily criticized by some of his teammates for not showing leadership skills on the pitch. The quarterback is eventually demoted to the bench, but we later see him being inspired to change his character as the movie progresses. As much as this is a supporting role, Jamie Foxx’s character plays an important role in the movie by constantly pushing the plot forward.
Voice of Joseph “Joe” Gardner – Soul (2020)
The Pixar animated film follows pianist Joe Gardner in New York City. He finds himself as a disembodied soul seemingly floating to the afterlife after he accidentally falls into a manhole. The movie features his initial pursuit of trying to escape the afterlife. He then meets Tina Fay’s character, 22 and their adventure finds them learning more about themselves.
The movie premiered in October 2020, but Soul was released in December on Disney+. Disney scrapped its North American theatrical release due to the COVID pandemic. The critical response to the movie was largely positive. The movie has an aggregated approval rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. It scored 83/100 on Metacritic.
James ‘Jamie’ Percy King – The Jamie Foxx Show (1996 -2001)
Jamie Foxx’s acting career is widely regarded to have taken off on the Sitcom. It lasted five seasons between 1996 and 2001. The show had relative success because it aired on the then-little-known WB channel. The plot sees Jamie King, an aspiring musician moving to Los Angeles to follow his entertainment dreams. King financially supports himself by working at his family’s hotel owned by his aunt and uncle (played by Ellia English and Garrett Morris).
The show also dives into King’s love life. Jamie King meets his love interest Francesca ‘Fancy’ Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais) while working at the family hotel. His romantic overtures toward Fancy are mostly unreciprocated until the final two seasons. The two eventually date and get married in the final episodes of the show. The wittiness and silliness of King’s character have defined how Jamie Foxx has approached his comedy career.
Dean “Motherfucker” Jones – Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Jamie’s appearance on the second installment of the off-beat crime comedy adds a fresh comic perspective to the film. His supporting role deliberately goes off-script from the conventional portrayal of black criminals. The first and second Horrible Bosses films have a common theme; a group of friends trying to seek revenge on their ‘horrible bosses’. Nick, Dale, and Kurt (played by Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis respectively) hire Dean to help them kidnap an investor who tried to swindle them out of their invention and leave them in debt. Foxx proved to be the right choice for the role as he delivers comedy gold in almost every scene he appears. The movie’s disappointing box office numbers did not take away from Foxx’s performance.
Celebrity relationships run deep in, with some of the unlikeliest of stars being seen together from time to time. Many may not be aware of the friendship between singers Chris Brown and Jamie Foxx, but the two have been chummy since meeting when Breezy was 15. Foxx shared the story during a visit to The Joe Rogan Experience podcast five years back. Today, Chris chose to upload a hilarious, animated version to his Instagram page.
According to the 2005 tale, Jamie was throwing a party in Miami when he noticed some kids dancing in the general area. Not wanting to be one-upped at his own event, the veteran entertainer proceeded to head Brown’s way. “Everybody’s following me, I’m about to go battle whoever this kid is,” Foxx recalls to Joe. At this point, the “You Changed Me” artists prepare themselves for the showdown, with Jamie pulling a particularly awkward pop-lock move.
”Listen to me. We’re all jammed together, right? He doesn’t do a move, you know what he does? He does a backflip,” he remembers. “But the way that he did the backflip—and he’s 6’2–he’s standing in the middle of the crowd. He jumped over the crowd, did the backflip up here, and came straight down.” He then said “‘What’s up?’ I said motherf**ker I’ma leave you the f**k alone… That’s some Avenger s*t.” If the story wasn’t comical enough, PaulyToon’s animated reimagination brought some to tears, including Jamie Foxx. Underneath Chris Brown’s post, Jamie jokingly writes ”And it was just like that! And I never danced again,” with laughing emojis.
Lately, Chris Brown has taken to IG for some laughs amidst some serious allegations. After being accused of denying Black women into his section at a club, Brown responded with a clip of President Joe Biden. The clearly edited video was posted to his Story, with a voiceover stating the colorism rumors are simply untrue. Shortly after, the women accusing the entertainer retracted their statements, citing it was no one’s fault but the venue’s. “The only reason why his name was mentioned was because we were going to a club where he was hosting at,” one wrote.
There have been so many R-rated comedies that follow the “they go on a chaotic journey together” trope. From The Hangover to Bad Moms to Good Boys, it’s all there. However, the R-rated comedy starring talking dogs has never been done before– until now. Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx reunite on screen for the first time since Get Hard to co-star as dogs in Strays. Ferrell plays Reggie, a poor dog whose owner (Will Forte) mistreats and abandons him.
Reggie, of course, does not realize that his owner is the worst. He loves his owner, Doug, more than anything. He even thinks being taken somewhere and having to find his own way home is a game. So, when he finds himself in the city, he is shocked to hear the truth from his new friends, a group of strays. Apparently, Doug abandoned him. There isn’t much time for the film to go all Homeward Bound. Reggie decides, with the help of his new friends, that he’s going to get rid of the one thing Doug loves. He’s going to bite Doug’s dick off. He is joined on his quest by his fellow strays.
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When Reggie meets his new city stray friends, they get into all kinds of shenanigans. They get drunk and drink beer. When that happens, Bug and Reggie fight other dogs (themselves) that they see in a window. They run through sprinklers and curse up a storm. Bug introduces Reggie to “humping things,” which Reggie does with a garden gnome while the other dogs hump an owl decoration and a fake deer. Bug gets abducted by a hawk. The dogs eat mushrooms and get high as kites. The team go through fields, fairs, trees, and even jail cells to get back to Doug so Reggie can enact his revenge.
One of them is a Boston Terrier named “Bug,” played by Jamie Foxx. The film also stars Isla Fisher as “Maggie,” and Randal Park as “Hunter.” Strays was directed by Josh Greenbaum (Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar) and written by Dan Perrault (Players). It was executive produced by Nikki Baida, Shayne Fiske, Douglas C. Merrifield, and Jessica Switch. Strays comes to theaters on June 9.
Jamie Foxx has a bone to pick with a podcaster, and the internet is trying to figure out who the multi-talented actor, comedian, and musician is talking about.
Foxx took to his IG stories yesterday where he posted a message to an unknown podcaster, or to the podcast community.
“Just cause they got a podcast…don’t make them a philosopher,” Foxx wrote in his first IG story. “Just cause they gotta loud fcking mouth… don’t make them the voice of the people,” he said in the next.
This left many people confused as to who this message was directed to if anybody.
However, someone in the comments section thought that the Grammy and Academy Award winner was talking about DJ Akademiks, who has been under fire recently by the hip hop community for calling pioneers of the genre “dusty” and “broke.” Among those who called Ak out on his comments were Scorpio from Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5, The Sugarhill Gang’s Hen Dogg, and even LL Cool J who delievered a scathing nearly 6 minute long response to Akademiks.
“It came to my attention that a DJ — and I’m not gonna say any names ’cause I don’t think it’s necessary — a DJ basically said that a lot of the pioneers in Hip Hop, they’re dusty or how can they be the person that invented Hip Hop if they don’t have a lot of money, or if they don’t represent like they have a lot of dough,” LL Cool J said.
Ak recently responded to LL Cool J, and agreed to have a sit down conversation with him.
“I feel like the last generation — multiple generations of Hip Hop artists — has failed the new generation,” he said. “That’s why I think it’s the blind leading the blind. That’s why I don’t think older artists should be criticizing or really have any leg to stand on even if y’all call yourself pioneers to criticize how new artists are moving.”
Jamie Foxx shared a rant about podcasters and people who have a “loud fcking [sic] mouth” on his Instagram Story, Tuesday, prompting fans to theorize who he could have him so upset. One popular suggestion was DJ Akademiks, whose recent comments on older rappers and Reginae Carter have had countless people upset with him as of late.
“Just cause they got a podcast…don’t make them a philosopher,” the actor wrote. “Just cause they gotta loud fcking mouth… don’t make them the voice of the people.”
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“He talking about you fam,” one user commented on a repost of the story by Akademiks, while many others shared the same sentiment.
As for what has had DJ Akademiks be the target of so much hate, he recently said that older rappers are “dusty,” comments he has since said were taken out of context. He also controversially discussed the dating life of Reginae Carter, the daughter of Lil Wayne.
Foxx recently starred in the Netflix film, Day Shift, which was released last month. He’s also expected to star alongside Will Ferrell in the 2023 film, Strays.
Check out Jamie Foxx’s recent Instagram Story below.
Pi’erre Bourne is rising. The producer is prepping for the release of Good Movie and is heading out on a big tour soon. He’s so famous that Jamie Foxx’s kids are fans, and they don’t believe that his producer tag is actually an old sample of Foxx’s voice.
“I thought that was great, man,” Foxx said when asked in an interview what he thought of the producer tag sample. “My kids… I’m always trying to impress my daughter. She’s 13 and with her friends and I’m like, ‘Listen, that’s me saying that,’ and she’s like ‘Dad, that ain’t you.’ Because, you know, she’s too young to have seen that show when it was out.”
The iconic tag, if you don’t know, comes from an episode of The Jamie Foxx Show and it consists of Foxx shouting, “Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here?” and then making the hilarious sound of a door creaking.
Good Movie is set to arrive in just a few days, and it follows up a joint album with Juicy J in June and reuniting with Lil Uzi Vert on his album The Life Of Pi’erre 5 last year. Last week, the rapper unveiled the single “Good Movie” which kept fans eager to hear the rest of the album.
We’ve all seen our fair share of Donald Trump impressions, but Jamie Foxx might’ve just taken the cake. Foxx appeared on the Rap Radar Podcast with Snoop Dogg to promote their new action-comedy vampire movie, Day Shift, which is out now on Netflix. And in the midst of it all, Jamie Foxx might’ve just given Saturday Night Live’sJames Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump impression a run for it’s money.
“I love Snoop D-O Double-G. Great person,” Foxx said in his Trump voice. Then host Brian ‘B. Dot’ Miller asked him if he loves Death Row Records and Foxx just went off and nailed Trump’s hip-hop wannabe-isms: “I love Death Row Records. I love Death Ro…” and as co-host Elliott Wilson started laughing, Foxx says, “Excuse Me. Excuse me, fake news. I love Death Row.” And added that his favorite Death Row record is, “All of them.”
If you close your eyes while listening to Jamie Foxx doing the bit, it’s pretty eerie how much he really sounds like Donald Trump. Foxx eventually can’t help himself and starts laughing at how ridiculous he sounds saying the exact things that Trump would say, like “They tried to give me the virus” and “I beat the virus.” Just another day in America y’all.
Day Shift‘s Netflix premiere was held at the Regal LA Live theater on Wednesday, August 10. Along with co-stars Karla Souza, Meagan Good, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Oliver Masucci, Steve Howey, Zion Broadnax, and director J.J. Perry, Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg attended.
Along with executive producers Datari Turner, Charles J.D. Schlissel, Peter Baxter, and Alex Young, the team now includes producers Shaun Redick, Yvette Yates Redick, Chad Stahelski, and Jason Spitz. Also present were the movie’s authors, Tyler Tice and Shay Hatten.
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Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg are ready to hunt vampires. Netflix has announced the new movie, Day Shift, which will arrive on the streaming service on Friday, August 12.
In the new movie, Jamie Foxx stars as a hard-working blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters.
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