“Mama” will start production in Baton Rouge, La., next month. It’s slated for theatrical release next February under CodeBlack’s multi-picture deal with Fox’s FoxFaith label.
“Mama, I Want to Sing!” tells the story of a preacher’s daughter, who rises from the church choir to pop stardom; the character’s based on Doris Troy, best known for the 1963 hit “Just One Look.” The stage show played more than 2,400 performances between 1983 to 1991.
Deal marks the first feature role for Ciara, a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter who will play the lead.
According to Sandra Rose, rapper Diamond of the rap group Crime Mob was arrested on aggravated assault charges stemming from a May 15th stabbing incident on board the group’s tour bus.
According to a source close to Diamond, the rapper and another woman aboard the tour bus were arguing over a man when another female on the bus (alleged to be a friend of Diamond’s) intervened and slashed the woman’s face with a sharp object, possibly a knife.
Police were called to the scene but no search of the bus was conducted for weapons. Diamond had apparently left the scene before police arrived. The source insists Diamond is a victim of mistaken identity [READ MORE OVER @ SANDRA ROSE]
DMV EMPLOYEE IMPERSONATES NIA & ASHANTI
Ashanti and Nia Long were just two of several other people defrauded by Henrietta, New York couple Charles Curry, Jr. and Shameika Drain Curry in a scheme that was uncovered earlier this week.
In the scheme, the couple requested a replacement drivers license in Ashanti’s name in August 2006 and also said that she had moved from Nassau County to Rochester. When they received the new ID, Shameika reportedly impersonated the singer to purchase a 2003 Infiniti and secure a $37,000 loan from a local bank.
In another incident, Shameika also impersonated Nia Long to write a check for upwards of $8,000 to Shameika’s cleaning service.
The couple also was also receiving mail at their residence in Mariah Carey’s name, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether or not they had attempted to defraud her as well. [SOURCE]
I wish rappers, and singers would stop trying to act if they aren’t going to put any thought or skill into the roles they pick. I mean damn…isn’t ruining hiphop and R&B enough for these mutherfuckers. Why you gotta go and ruin film too!
@ 80
Before you mentioned Shanice, I was thinking about her. Her voice is crazy!
Ciara is beautiful, and she can dance her butt off however she is not ready for a Gospel singer role. They gone have to do some serious promo to get people out to the theater for tha, or it’s just go gone straight to dvd like her last movie.
Why do people keeping sleeping on Fantasia for some of these roles. When she sang “do not pass me by” in her lifetime movie she brought me, and everybody in the house to tears. They didn’t see her sing “Endow me” on the Bet gospel show last year, when she almost caught the holy gost!
This Ciara role sound just as dumb as them letting JHud play Aretha Frankiln in her bio pic.
Side Note: I love J-Hud but that role should have been Fantasia’s and they know it.
Trust me folks is gonna come in DROVES to see this flick. It dont matter if they are haters or congradulaters, erbody gonna wanna see it. I think thats part of the reason why they chose ciara. Sure she’s popular, but she’s also known for being a ho hum singer. SO what better way to get people in the theatre seats than to get Ciara in the movie? People wanna see her fail or succeed, but most of all people wanna see wtf she is doing in a gospel!
Tell me why all this time I thought this was about “Ashanti” starring in the moive…and I was like “I dunno how she gone pull that off…” THEN as I kept reading the post I realized it was CIARA and um…DAMN is this a JOKE?
“It should be called ‘Mama, I wish I could sing’”
lol. I congratulate Ciara…but isn’t this a bit of a stretch?
SMH @ the people trying to steal money from Ashanti and Nia. Stealing in general is stupid… but why steal from famous people? You know your ass is going to get caught.
Congrats to CiCi! Are they really going to let her sing? Let’s face it Ciara isn’t strong in the vocal department. If it were Mama, I wanna be the next Aaliyah or Janet Jackson movie then she’s a shoe in. Can’t wait to see how this turns out.
That Diamond chick is just a HOT F*CKIN MESS! First of all why are you fighting over some dude?!?!? That is just foolish. Second, you can’t just be bringing hood Tamika & Bonisha on the tour bus. This is why alot of “celebs” (& I use that word very loosely in this case) entourage’s get them into trouble. You can’t bring your friends from the hood with you all the time. See what happens when you do that!!!!!
Diamond is the definition of a hoodrat.
I dont know????
maybe this movie will be interesting!
You know how a movie can change things up so “DRAMATICALLY” so maybe they will do something “DIFFERENT” in the movie to take the foucous off her VOCIE?!?!?!
You bets believe people are going to see this movie, just to see if ciara can pull it off?!?!
In my opinion I think ciara can do it?
I dont think they will just up and go get an artist who cant sing all that well for a SINGING ROLE…I just dont believe it!
Maybe ciara do have something hiding behinde them weak vocals of hers, are maybe they’ll just work with what ciara has…she not that damn bad, and she did improve alot since her goodie days!
So maybe…just maybe ciara will suprise us…Just maybe?????
Give this girl a break, just for once give her a damn break!
Me too I cant wait to show yall BITCHES THAT Ciara CAN SANG AND BLOW BEYONCE OUT OF THE STUDIO AND YALL FEEL STUPID HAHAHaaaaa you shudnt doubt someone until it happns and believe me she BREAKTHROUGH
Wait, can Ciara sing? LOL, good luck to her on that one. Diamond? Well, what do u expect from with such a ghetto ass name and ghetto weave.
I can’t wait to see Ciara’s new movie, I want to see her acting chops, I want to know if she can have a real future in acting like I think Michelle from DC3 should! The story line sounds interesting and with Patti and Lynn you can’t go wrong!
“Mama, I want to sing”
is going to be the peek of ciara’s career,
I know it is!
People are going to see this movie, just to see if ciara will FAIL or SUCCEED…ciara is going to make it happend, dont nobody know what the chick has been doing in her spare time?!?!?!?
MAYBE….NO, SHE IS GOING TO PULL IT OFF!
#130 are you serious she will never be on Beyonce’s level, and I’m not even a big B fan but you are absolutely set tripin! Even if Ciara were to work really hard she could maybe be as good as Aaliyah vocally.
Wow Diamond looks like a wig head, those mannequins you see in Chinese-run wig/weave shops. LOL@ her hair and makeup game being effed up, she looks like she applied all that ish by candlelight.
come on people… we all ciara doesnt have the strongest vocals in the world, but why put her down about wantin ta act in a movie like this… whether or not she is a good actress, im pretty sure she knows this isnt her dream role and she can probly pick up a few tips while on the set from lynn and patti… this can be a real good look for her is she does it right…
Lmao off at #76! That clip always keeps me laughing.
But seriously, if i’m not mistaken this movie is by codeblack ent. which had a hand in making ‘The Salon’ and unfortunately i saw the movie, hot mess to the 10th power!
But sure tamia, shanice, lil mo and others would be perfect but they are not current and don’t have as much crossover appeal as ciara. Plus, Bey is tired of playing singing roles, so the next r&b chick in line would be ciara.
But I think Keyshia cole would have done better in the singing department for gospel don’t know bout acting though.
Lmao at #76, she sound like those people in the choir who cant sing and rarely get solos.
But seriously, this movie is by codeblack ent. and if I am not mistaken they had a hand in ‘The Salon’ which was terrible to the 10th power!
Any tamia, lil mo, shanice and others could have done better but they are not that current, young, or have as much crossover appeal as ciara. Plus if Bey gets handed one more singing role I’m sure she will scream, lol!
I think Keyshia Cole could have done the job well as far as singing.
The only way I’m going to see this movie is to laugh because she can’t sing.
This is very interesting!! I can’t wait to see her in the movie. Ciara has alot more to offer than her good looks and her dance/performance ability. And I don’t think they put her in as the leading role to get the attention of movie-goers. People should wait until the movie comes out to judge, and she will succeed. BE POSITIVE FOR ONCE BLACK PEOPLE! no comment on the rest.
ALL OF YOU HATIN’ ASS BITCHEZ TALKIN’ SMACK ABOUT CIARA’S VOICE NEED TO STFU!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE, KNOW THIS: IF CIARA COULDN’T SING, LIKE SOME OF YOU DYKING ASS BITCHES PROCLAIM, THEN WHY THE HELL WOULD SHE BE SUGGESTED FOR THIS FILM ANY-DAM WAY?!
Y’ALL NEED TO GROW THE FUCK UP, AN WAIT ‘TIL THE ACTUAL FILM COMES OUT BEFORE Y’ALL PUT YA WACK “2-CENTS” IN IT! JUST BECAUSE AIN’T NONE OF Y’ALL ON CIARA’S LEVEL, DON’T MEAN YOU GOTTA HATE ON HER!!!!!
oops!
FUCK YOU, HATERS!!!!!!!!!
I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THIS MOVIE COMES OUT AND ALL OF YOU SAD ASS BITCHEZ ARE GONNA HAVE EGG ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOU HEAR CIARA SANG!!!!!!! KISS MY ASS, YOU FILTHY WHORES!
CIARA’S GONNA SHUT IT DOWN ON THIS FILM!!!!!!!
FUCK HATERS!!!!!! AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED CIARA IS BETTER THAN ALL Y’ALL BITCHEZ, AND IF SHE COULDN’T SING THEN SHOE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFERED THE ROLE! GROW UP AND GET TESTED, YO SAD SKANKZ!!!!!!
lmao TALISA! hahahahaha, calm down. Its just the same damn haters posting/hating. It’s not like that’s anything new, but I love the hate, lol I seriously have to admit to that:) Ciara haters are a special kind of haters; you don’t find people like them everyday. They really LOVE cici!
CIARA ALL THE WAY!!!!!! SHE’S GONNA HOLD IT DOWN WITH THIS FILM, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT!
Um, Player (Quit spilling your GODDAMN drinks on me0, who are you?
CIARA LOOKS BETTER AND SINGS BETTER THAN ALL OF Y’ALL LAME ASS WILDEBEESTS!!!!!
ATTENTION:
Sweetneesee has a GRIMY yeast infection! *STAY AWAY!*
CIARA: THE PRINCESS!!!!
lmao, who am I! I am a huge fan of you!
lmao, who am I?! I am a huge fan of you!
no I’m just kiding. Did it look like I my comment was made to you? I hope not because I just told your ass to calm down, and the rest was just my post. Not concerning you in any way, shape or form. now I have to go get a life, while you continue w/ your insanity. good day!
Um….okay………..
The Goodies Princess will deliver. I smell an Oscar nomination for Ciara and Beyonce . Ciara is the only artist that shut down Concrete Loop with a performance. The same people hate are the first to praise after she shoot a video or fuck-up a stage at any televised event. Ciara has a new single (REPRESENT ME) for all her fans who believes in her. Ciara goals are to gain more fans and too embrace hater for helping make her the best in the game. So I personally would like thank haters around the world. Ciara is here to stay. I second everything lisa posted, We are Ciara true fans. Ciara for life/
wow, that fraud thing is crazy. Since they’re celebs, they won’t have much process to go through, to straighten this issue out.
I’m a big fan of Cici, however, I’m skeptical about her singing lead. If anybody, it should have been Monica. Hopefully, Ciara proves me wrong.
Who the hell is Diamond? Never heard of her before.
@73
I didnt come on here to be called retarted. I’m on this message board to give my opinions. please keep all of your comments intelligent because you dont know me. besides that like i’ve said before I went to school with her and after school, after our marketing club meeting, Ciara was just blowing it! I was really impressed. we all were, except the few that hate the fact that not only is she pretty, but she can sing. honestly i havent seen her potential on her past two cd’s, but I know she’s got it. she just might surprise ya’ll. It’s okay for people not to like her, but im happy for her.
OMG #76 just confirmed that Ciara CANNOT sing!! That YouTube video of her singing “Away in A Manger” was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!
I hope Ciara acts better than she sings….
Diamond ain’t no damn celebrity… get the fuck outta here with that Crime Mob shit…
Looks like Nia and Ashante got done… lol
I am so mad right now because I am originally from Rochester… That is crazy!
Some of you need a life.
Ciara is so beautiful…..that girl from crime mobb she ugly as hell….and Nia and Ashanti are pretty they kinda look alike acyually except Nia is prettier lol
Ciara in a musical? LMAO yea…..right. I wonder who’s going to be singing for her. I would rather see her in a role for something a la You’ve got served perhaps.
WHY ARE YOU HOOD-RATS STILL HATING?! I SAID WAIT AND FUCKING SEE THE FILM! YOU SKANKS BETTER LISTEN TO YOUR QUEEN!
Also, Knockkey, I agree with you WHOLEHEARTEDLY!!!!!!!
Talisa J…shut the fuck up! you are some crazy obsessed fan who is on the verge of pulling a John Lennon on Ciara one of these days, you better go seek some counseling for that crazy ass of yours.
Bitch, shut yo BITCH ass up! I’m Ciara’s #1 fan and if you and ya grmy ass clit-fungi got a problem with that then BOUNCE! Tramp-can!
OH NO! Talisa J did I strike a nerve? CRAZY ASS BITCH! Go get some therapy for that crazy ass of your’s.
damn
@ PARIS HILTON DONE GAVE ME DA HERPES!
bitch, shut the fuck upppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!
what up yall is ur gril snoogzs im new.what it do talk 2 me
what up
I can’t wait to see “Mama I Want to Sing.” I saw it years ago in New York. Ciara better work!
i think that ciara wuld be a good person to act as aaliyah in the life story of aaliyah.
i dont think that ciara should play aaliyah. im her #1 fan. they already found a look alike. im sketchy bout diamond from crime mob. she just came to rochester saturday night. my boyfriend, jayeoutstanding, is with them now.
but anyway. i think the whole fraud thing is kinda funny. its serious, but kinda funny . i cant wait for rhianna cd to come out.
Being a blogger myself I am very excited to see the outcome of this movie, I found out that Kelly Rowland,Usher have signed on and I cant wait to see what Ciara is going to do in the movie. Mama I want to sing, and her having weak vocals hopefully she will prove us wrong. Being trained in vocals for over a decade I do hear potential in her voice. She needs to try different notes and use better breathing, From what I see now she is growing as well now so thats good signs…unlike other singers who have weak vocals and are not growing..Im pretty sure who you know Im talking about…GOD BLESS..and hit me up
thats some crazy as shit
CIARA, GOOD LUCK !! PEOPLE STOP HATIN’ SHE’S IN THE MOVIE, LIKE IT OR NOT GET OVER IT !!! WHO KNOWS MAYBE SHE’LL SURPRISE US YOU NEVER KNOW ANYWAY, I WISH HER LUCK AND I CANT WAIT FOR THE MOVIE.
ya’ll jus hatin on her…she’ll show u she can sing when the movie hits the theaters