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    Ice Cube Too Upset Over George Floyd's Death to Appear on 'Good Morning America'

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    46-year-old Floyd died at the hands of Minnesota police after a white cop kneeled on his neck during an arrest and ignored his plea that he was struggling to breathe.
    May 29, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rapper/actor Ice Cube cancelled a planned TV appearance on Thursday, May 28, because he was in “no mood” to chat following the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of Minnesota police.
    The “Friday” star is among a host of celebrities outraged about the death of George Floyd, who was caught on camera gasping for breath as a white cop kneeled on his neck during an arrest on Monday.
    Floyd, who repeatedly told the arresting officers he was struggling to breathe, lost consciousness at the scene and was pronounced dead at a nearby medical center.

    All four cops involved in the incident, which has sparked violent protests across the U.S., have been fired, and now activists are demanding authorities charge the men with Floyd’s murder.

    Ice Cube vented frustration over George Floyd’s death.
    Ice Cube vented about the latest act of police brutality against African-Americans on Twitter on Tuesday, writing, “How long will we go for Blue on Black Crime before we strike back???” and on Thursday, he revealed he was too angry to go through with his scheduled interview on U.S. breakfast show “Good Morning America” to promote his new film, “The High Note”.

    Ice Cube announced cancellation of his ‘GMA’ appearance.
    Explaining his absence to fans, he tweeted, “I apologize to everyone expecting to see me on Good Morning America today, but after the events in Minnesota with George Floyd, I’m in no mood to tell America, good morning.”

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    Ice Cube to Portray Boxing Coach in 'Flint Strong'

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    The film itself will be Universal Pictures’ adaptation of a 2015 documentary about Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields, who won the gold medal for women’s boxing at the London Olympic Games in 2012.
    Feb 6, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Ice Cube’s next film will be a knockout – he has signed on to play a coach in real-life boxing tale “Flint Strong”.
    The rapper/actor has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ dramatic adaptation of “T-Rex”, a 2015 documentary about teenage boxing prodigy Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields, who won the inaugural Olympic gold medal for women’s boxing when the sport was first introduced as a competitive event at the London Olympic Games in 2012. Ice Cube will play her coach, Jason Crutchfield.
    Actress Ryan Destiny, best known for musical drama series “Star”, will play Claressa, a Flint, Michigan native, who was 17 when she won gold in the middleweight division and repeated the feat at the 2016 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Ice Cube, a huge boxing fan, has an impressive team in the ring for the project – “Flint Strong” will mark the directorial debut of “Black Panther”‘s director of photography, Rachel Morrison, who made history as the first female cinematographer ever nominated for an Academy Award in 2018 for “Mudbound”.
    The script will be written by Barry Jenkins, the writer/director of Oscar-winning Best Picture “Moonlight” and 2019 hit “If Beale Street Could Talk”.

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