Regina King Confirms Death of Her 26-Year-Old Son Ian Alexander Jr.
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Regina King has confirmed the death of her 26-year-old son, Ian Alexander Jr. “Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian,” she said in a statement to People. “He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others. Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time. Thank you.” According to People, King’s only child died by suicide. He turned 26 on January 19, two days before his death.
King shared her son with record producer Ian Alexander Sr., her former husband. The younger Alexander was a DJ who performed under the name desduné. Last week, King promoted her son’s track “Green Eyes” to her followers on Instagram, posting a short clip and linking to the song in her bio. He was also a celebrity chef who told Flaunt Magazine in May 2021 that he hoped to develop his private dinner parties into a restaurant.
In 2017, King shared that she and her son had matching tattoos that said “unconditional love” in Aramaic. For his mom’s 50th birthday last year, he posted a long tribute on Instagram. “Happy birthday to my co, so extremely proud of you and inspired by your love, artistry, and gangsta!” he wrote. “To be able to watch you take this lifetime by its neck and make it yours is something i will forever be grateful for. But to have you as my mother is the greatest gift I could ask for. To be all that you are while always having the time to be there, love and support me unconditionally is truly remarkable.”
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Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ and ‘8’ delayed until 2023, 2024 due to pandemic
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Delayed again!
Fans will have to wait a little longer as Tom Cruise’s highly-anticipated movies, ‘Mission Impossible 7’ and ‘Mission Impossible 8’ have been delayed again due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘MI 7,’ which was previously scheduled to release in September. 30, will now debut on July 14, 2023. ‘Mission: Impossible 8, previously set to open on July 7, 2023, will instead shift to June 28, 2024.
Regina King’s son Ian Alexander Jr. dies by suicide
Producers Paramount Pictures and Skydance announced in a statement on Friday.
‘‘After thoughtful consideration, Paramount Pictures and Skydance have decided to postpone the release dates for Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 in response to delays due to the ongoing pandemic. The new release dates will be July 14, 2023, and June 28, 2024, respectively,’’ the companies said in a joint statement. ‘‘We look forward to providing moviegoers with an unparalleled theatrical experience.’’
The seventh film was originally slated to open on July 23, 2021, and has been postponed multiple times due to multiple delays and shutdowns amid the Covid-19 crisis. Pandemic was the biggest hurdle for the production of the movies, which spanned across Italy, Norway, and England.
Tom Cruise hangs upside down from airplane wing for ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ stunt
Christopher McQuarrie has directed both films starring Cruise, who is set to reprise his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, with Rebecca Ferguson, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff and Henry Czerny also starring in the upcoming high octane action film.
Ian Wright and Paul Merson in agreement over “mind-blowing” Trent Alexander-Arnold
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The two former Arsenal legends were united in their admiration for the Liverpool right-back who caused havoc against the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night
Both Ian Wright and Paul Merson lavished Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander Arnold in praise after the defender’s stunning display against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup.
Jurgen Klopp’s side made the trip to north London for the second-leg of their semi-final clash with the tie finely balanced following last week’s 0-0 draw at Anfield.
Liverpool weathered an early storm before taking full control of a game that saw Diogo Jota bag a brace in which both of his goals were laid on for him by Alexander-Arnold during the 2-0 win.
The two Arsenal legends echoed each other’s sentiments when it came to analysing the performance of Liverpool’s full-back after the game.
Wright watched the game from the Emirates terraces with the other 60,000 Arsenal fans and took to twitter during the game to highlight both Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool’s goal-scorer Jota.
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“Jota and Trent have been a different level. Killing us with football,” wrote the Gunners legend.
The opening stages of the contest suggested Alexander-Arnold may have been in for one of his more difficult nights after Gabriel Martinelli got the better of him during a couple of Arsenal attacks.
However, Alexander-Arnold’s ability to influence a game from right-back is frankly quite remarkable and the Gunners failed to nullify the threat he posed.
His cross-field pass for Jota’s second left the Arsenal defence helpless as the Portugal international took it in his stride to eventually delicately loft over the onrushing Aaron Ramsdale.
Jota’s brace marked Alexander-Arnold’s 14th and 15th assists of the season and Merson wasted little time in pointing out the full-back’s ‘mind-blowing’ attacking ability for someone whose first role is to defend.
“He’s phenomenal,” the ex-Arsenal star told Sky Sports after the game.
“People say, ‘he can’t defend’. Why do you have to defend when you go forward like he does?
“To put up the figures and the assists that he gets is just mind-blowing, absolutely mind-blowing.
“Some of the balls that he plays, the weight of pass - everything he picks out he composes himself, never panics. That ball was David Beckham.
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“If you’d have just had a look at his feet there and nothing else, you’d of thought it was David Beckham.”
Merson went on to address the remarkable fact that Alexander-Arnold is not viewed as England’s first-choice in his position by national team boss Gareth Southgate.
“Can’t talk highly enough of the lad,” said Merson. “He’s not even our England right-back. We’re blessed.”
Alexander-Arnold’s double act with Jota on the night inspired Liverpool into the final of the Carabao Cup.
Klopp will meet Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea at Wembley at the tail-end of next month in what will be the first domestic British cup final contested by two German managers.
Star Trek: Discovery nominated for Outstanding Drama Series in 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards — Daily Star Trek News
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JANUARY 20, 2022 - Star Trek: Discovery has been on the forefront of LGBTQ representation from the beginning, with its portrayal of the relationship between Dr. Hugh Culber, played by Wilson Cruz, and Paul Stamets, played by Anthony Rapp. As a result, Discovery is being recognized again for these efforts with another nomination from the GLAAD Media Awards.
According to TrekMovie, Discovery stands to warp away with another Outstanding Drama Series award, which it did for the first time last year. This makes the fourth nomination for the series, the first of which was in 2018, according to Wikipedia. This year, Discovery is competing with 9-1-1: Lone Star (FOX) Batwoman (The CW), The Chi (Showtime), Doom Patrol (HBO Max), Good Trouble (Freeform), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime), Pose (FX), and Supergirl (The CW).
Wilson Cruz tweeted out his thanks to GLAAD for recognizing the show’s “fierce commitment to showing the true and beautiful diversity of our #lgbtq community.” Discovery has most recently introduced and developed the trans and nonbinary characters of Gray and Adira, played by Ian Alexander and Blu del Barrio, who are themselves transgender and nonbinary, respectively.