1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,730 Black Panther, we're kinda forever premieres in LA. 2 00:00:02,730 --> 00:00:04,695 We have a new track from Riana. 3 00:00:04,695 --> 00:00:06,840 Harvey Weinstein is back in the courtroom, 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,225 and Kanye West is no longer a billionaire. 5 00:00:09,225 --> 00:00:12,310 It's all coming up right now on the tape. 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,385 Hey everyone, and welcome to the tape. 7 00:00:25,385 --> 00:00:27,650 I'm Elizabeth wag my star, and I'm Clayton Davis. 8 00:00:27,650 --> 00:00:29,300 And we're here to give you our take on some of the weeks 9 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:32,600 biggest stories differently together again and spent a week apart. 10 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,265 And lot of news to share. 11 00:00:34,265 --> 00:00:37,115 Yes, that is because you were always on the go. 12 00:00:37,115 --> 00:00:40,520 I know you are going to break down the latest festival that you were at because it 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,090 feels like you're always add another festival and you're always add another court case. 14 00:00:44,090 --> 00:00:45,770 So we have lots to talk about what we do. 15 00:00:45,770 --> 00:00:49,220 But first, let's get into the biggest news story of the week. 16 00:00:49,220 --> 00:00:52,025 Kanye West has been dropped by Adidas, 17 00:00:52,025 --> 00:00:54,065 his talent agency, CAA, 18 00:00:54,065 --> 00:00:56,345 his law firm, Balenciaga. 19 00:00:56,345 --> 00:00:57,695 The list goes on and on. 20 00:00:57,695 --> 00:00:59,420 This of course, is the fallout from 21 00:00:59,420 --> 00:01:04,325 Kanye West anti-semitic rhetoric against the Jewish community. 22 00:01:04,325 --> 00:01:08,165 Forms has said that after Adidas cut Kanye loose, 23 00:01:08,165 --> 00:01:10,505 that he has lost his billionaire status, 24 00:01:10,505 --> 00:01:15,260 Adidas said that they expect to lose around $250 million just in 25 00:01:15,260 --> 00:01:20,495 Q4 of this year from getting rid of their business with Kanye and his easiest line. 26 00:01:20,495 --> 00:01:24,740 Now, I don't really care about the money that Kanye is losing. 27 00:01:24,740 --> 00:01:29,960 What I do care about is that we're finally seeing these companies do the right thing. 28 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:32,855 Now a lot of people have been saying about Adidas. 29 00:01:32,855 --> 00:01:34,265 What took so long. 30 00:01:34,265 --> 00:01:36,470 This is too little, too late now, yes, 31 00:01:36,470 --> 00:01:38,720 this did come after their stock fell. 32 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,805 This came after public outrage. 33 00:01:40,805 --> 00:01:43,160 I do think that they should have taken action further, 34 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,140 but I'm not going to say that it's too little, 35 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:47,870 too late because ultimately they did the right thing. 36 00:01:47,870 --> 00:01:49,970 And that is a huge business decision. 37 00:01:49,970 --> 00:01:51,740 And they made the right decision, 38 00:01:51,740 --> 00:01:53,390 a moral decision, which yes, 39 00:01:53,390 --> 00:01:54,980 should have been done a little bit sooner, 40 00:01:54,980 --> 00:01:57,800 but I'm just glad that they did the right thing. 41 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,710 What is your list? 42 00:02:00,710 --> 00:02:05,060 I'm sure there were some legal terms and contracts is to go through. 43 00:02:05,060 --> 00:02:06,905 So I'm gonna give credit where credit's due. 44 00:02:06,905 --> 00:02:09,395 Good for you. Thank you Adidas for doing the right thing. 45 00:02:09,395 --> 00:02:13,400 Looking now at Kanye as a whole here, 46 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,040 I am reminded of what Trevor Noah said during 47 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,595 his show last week when someone had asked them, 48 00:02:19,595 --> 00:02:21,335 Why do you have beef with Yea, 49 00:02:21,335 --> 00:02:22,865 I don't have beef with the a. 50 00:02:22,865 --> 00:02:28,400 Here's someone who actively has spoken out about him struggling with 51 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,730 mental health and what happened to him when he's not 52 00:02:31,730 --> 00:02:35,480 on meds and someone is putting a Mike and his face right now. 53 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,750 And both things are true that he could have 54 00:02:38,750 --> 00:02:40,550 mental health issues and this could be 55 00:02:40,550 --> 00:02:43,085 incredibly disrespectful and he's a horrible person. 56 00:02:43,085 --> 00:02:45,095 So not just by one with the other, 57 00:02:45,095 --> 00:02:47,855 but looking at Kanye now, 58 00:02:47,855 --> 00:02:51,410 something needs to give in terms of his enablers. 59 00:02:51,410 --> 00:02:54,874 We're seeing so much of that theme this season. 60 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:58,400 Enablers, people are monsters because they are allowed to be monsters. 61 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,815 Someone needs to step up and do something about it. 62 00:03:00,815 --> 00:03:04,340 Here's the thing. There's a lot of people suffering from mental health issues and they 63 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:07,730 are not spewing hateful comments and anti-semitic comments. 64 00:03:07,730 --> 00:03:11,030 So I, of course we want Kanye to be okay 65 00:03:11,030 --> 00:03:14,480 and mental health is a huge issue that needs to be paid more attention to. 66 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,780 But for me, that is not an excuse at all. 67 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:21,140 Now I really commend the people who have spoken out about this. 68 00:03:21,140 --> 00:03:23,269 There's been a lot of people in Hollywood, 69 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:25,310 Kim Kardashian, his ex-wife, said something. 70 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:29,975 We've also seen the heads of major agencies, UTA CAA, girl. 71 00:03:29,975 --> 00:03:32,780 They have all condemned Connie's hateful speech, 72 00:03:32,780 --> 00:03:38,510 but we should also shout out the people who condemn Kanye two weeks ago. 73 00:03:38,510 --> 00:03:40,130 People like David swimmer, 74 00:03:40,130 --> 00:03:42,890 people Debra Messing, Jamie Lee Curtis, 75 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:44,180 they saw this at the beginning. 76 00:03:44,180 --> 00:03:46,295 We saw at the beginning we spoke about it. 77 00:03:46,295 --> 00:03:49,745 And I just want to say that words do matter. 78 00:03:49,745 --> 00:03:53,240 We saw this week in Los Angeles on the four or five freeway, 79 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,890 a banner from neo-Nazis that said Kanye was right about the Jews. 80 00:03:57,890 --> 00:03:59,375 It was after that, 81 00:03:59,375 --> 00:04:02,240 that indeed does finally decided to drop him. 82 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:03,905 So these words do matter. 83 00:04:03,905 --> 00:04:06,560 There are 15 million Jews and the entire world. 84 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,955 Kanye has over 18 million followers on Instagram alone. 85 00:04:10,955 --> 00:04:15,455 So people who don't think that there's consequences for your words. 86 00:04:15,455 --> 00:04:17,930 The Holocaust is not ancient history, 87 00:04:17,930 --> 00:04:19,520 it was less than 100 years ago, 88 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,060 so we just need to remember that no form of hate, 89 00:04:23,060 --> 00:04:26,165 no form of antisemitism should be allowed. 90 00:04:26,165 --> 00:04:27,830 And this is nothing new. 91 00:04:27,830 --> 00:04:30,800 But I'm glad that if Kanye happened to be the trigger that people 92 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,445 finally woke up and realized that antisemitism is alive and well, 93 00:04:34,445 --> 00:04:36,095 then we just need to be aware. 94 00:04:36,095 --> 00:04:41,120 Hopefully, we can see that as a good sign and move in the right direction. 95 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:42,890 But I'm happier. 96 00:04:42,890 --> 00:04:48,980 News. Black Panther will conduct forever has premiered in Los Angeles this week. 97 00:04:48,980 --> 00:04:51,470 The second installment of The Black Panther franchise 98 00:04:51,470 --> 00:04:55,130 comes four years after the passing of Chadwick Bozeman, 99 00:04:55,130 --> 00:04:56,510 who played the cello, 100 00:04:56,510 --> 00:04:58,400 our beloved Black Panther. 101 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,455 We see no spoiler alert. 102 00:05:00,455 --> 00:05:03,605 I will let you know the movie lives up to the hype. 103 00:05:03,605 --> 00:05:06,170 Positive reactions coming to social media, 104 00:05:06,170 --> 00:05:08,600 praising the performances of Latisha, right? 105 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,855 Angela Bassett and Lupita neon go. 106 00:05:11,855 --> 00:05:15,380 This could be a big player for Marvel Studios because they made history in 107 00:05:15,380 --> 00:05:20,045 2018 by getting Black Panther nominated for best picture for superhero to do so. 108 00:05:20,045 --> 00:05:22,685 Looking at this film in this installment, 109 00:05:22,685 --> 00:05:27,035 I think we can pencil and Angela Bassett for supporting actress nomination, 110 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:31,205 nearly 30 years after her nomination for what's love got to do with it. 111 00:05:31,205 --> 00:05:33,920 Pretty sure she's due for some LUB now at this point. 112 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,765 But the biggest news that comes out is that Riana has an original song called lift me up. 113 00:05:38,765 --> 00:05:41,045 It plays up the end and the end credits. 114 00:05:41,045 --> 00:05:44,435 And I think we got a contender and Riana, 115 00:05:44,435 --> 00:05:46,655 I mean, of course we have a consensus in Riana. 116 00:05:46,655 --> 00:05:51,980 We have been waiting for new music from the queen for a very long time. 117 00:05:51,980 --> 00:05:54,545 And if we're getting new music with Black Panther, I mean, 118 00:05:54,545 --> 00:05:58,850 I can't think of a better, better combination. 119 00:05:58,850 --> 00:06:00,340 I am so excited for this, 120 00:06:00,340 --> 00:06:02,959 the Super Bowl by the way, because in January, 121 00:06:02,959 --> 00:06:05,300 this I mean, in my mind, it's always the year, 122 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:08,465 every Ana but this is really the year of Riana and I am ready. 123 00:06:08,465 --> 00:06:10,670 Yeah, I'm just ready for everyone's 124 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:13,400 experienced Black Panther when it hits theaters, November 11th. 125 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:14,510 But now switching gears, 126 00:06:14,510 --> 00:06:15,815 staying on the topic of film, 127 00:06:15,815 --> 00:06:17,930 the savanna Film Festival took place this week. 128 00:06:17,930 --> 00:06:21,545 We're big stars were in attendance including genome on star of Glass, 129 00:06:21,545 --> 00:06:23,765 Onion and Knives Out story, Miles Teller, 130 00:06:23,765 --> 00:06:25,355 a Top Gun, Maverick, 131 00:06:25,355 --> 00:06:27,665 and Eddie red mane of the good nurse. 132 00:06:27,665 --> 00:06:32,840 The one-week festival took place has animated film contenders premiering. 133 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:36,200 They're also got the first 30 min of Puss in Boots, 134 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,300 which was brought by the director Joel Crawford. 135 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:40,220 And then I myself moderated 136 00:06:40,220 --> 00:06:44,510 the animation panel with all the directors of some of the year's biggest contenders, 137 00:06:44,510 --> 00:06:46,880 including deemed Fleischer camp of Marcel, 138 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,940 the shell with shoes on which we are still looking to 139 00:06:49,940 --> 00:06:53,885 see if it's going to qualify for Best Animated feature. 140 00:06:53,885 --> 00:06:56,330 So this is the great thing about scad, which is by the way, 141 00:06:56,330 --> 00:06:59,510 in this beautiful part of span of Georgia. 142 00:06:59,510 --> 00:07:02,210 And it is just like history and all goods up there. 143 00:07:02,210 --> 00:07:04,550 So go if you feel like it. 144 00:07:04,550 --> 00:07:08,120 But looking at some of the stars over there, 145 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,775 Miles Teller for Top Gun Maverick in particular. 146 00:07:10,775 --> 00:07:12,620 Of all the movies that played there, 147 00:07:12,620 --> 00:07:17,615 I learned first movie to sell out of all the movies that were playing there. 148 00:07:17,615 --> 00:07:20,450 That includes class on in the good nurse. 149 00:07:20,450 --> 00:07:23,285 Like interesting that a film that you 150 00:07:23,285 --> 00:07:26,300 could've seen in theaters for the past few months is the one to sell it. 151 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,000 And also like I'm Prime Video and I think it's coming to four K students. 152 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,275 So people wanted to be there. 153 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:31,685 Miles Teller had a, 154 00:07:31,685 --> 00:07:34,070 drew a huge crowd there. 155 00:07:34,070 --> 00:07:35,555 Top Gun Lake. 156 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:37,895 As we continue to get closer to the end of the year, 157 00:07:37,895 --> 00:07:43,010 I'm thinking we're going to see some real play for best picture here. 158 00:07:43,010 --> 00:07:45,995 And it'd be interesting to see with all these popular choices, 159 00:07:45,995 --> 00:07:47,555 what does Miles Teller, 160 00:07:47,555 --> 00:07:50,390 or how does he fit into an awards conversation? 161 00:07:50,390 --> 00:07:51,860 Because I don't think we were thinking, oh, 162 00:07:51,860 --> 00:07:53,810 he could get the best supporting actor nomination, 163 00:07:53,810 --> 00:07:55,265 but maybe we can. 164 00:07:55,265 --> 00:07:56,540 I mean, I remember you and me, 165 00:07:56,540 --> 00:07:59,330 we were at the premiere together of Top Gun Maverick at 166 00:07:59,330 --> 00:08:02,600 the Cannes Film Festival and we walked out and we looked at each other and we said, 167 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,595 this movie is going to make $1 billion. 168 00:08:04,595 --> 00:08:08,960 And we underestimated that by the way, we underestimated that. 169 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,495 But moving on, while you were having fun in Savannah, 170 00:08:11,495 --> 00:08:14,450 I was at a courthouse here in downtown LA covering 171 00:08:14,450 --> 00:08:18,485 the Harvey Weinstein trial opening statements kicked off this week. 172 00:08:18,485 --> 00:08:24,200 And as expected, the prosecution and the defense painted entirely different pictures of 173 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,300 Harvey Weinstein who was on trial for 174 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:30,620 the second time facing rape and sexual assault allegations. 175 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:33,230 Now Harvey Weinstein has already been convicted in 176 00:08:33,230 --> 00:08:36,170 New York and is currently serving a 23-year sentence, 177 00:08:36,170 --> 00:08:39,125 but these charges are entirely different. 178 00:08:39,125 --> 00:08:41,540 Now, I covered the trial in New York. 179 00:08:41,540 --> 00:08:43,010 I'm now covering here in LA. 180 00:08:43,010 --> 00:08:44,075 It's expected to be 181 00:08:44,075 --> 00:08:48,740 about two months this week we had the first witness come up, Jane Doe one. 182 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:50,750 It was grueling testimony. 183 00:08:50,750 --> 00:08:52,820 She was on the stand for three days. 184 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:56,765 She detailed her allegations of rape and sexual assault. 185 00:08:56,765 --> 00:09:01,070 As you would expect, Weinstein's defense really hit her hard with cross-examination, 186 00:09:01,070 --> 00:09:03,830 but something from the defense that's really getting a lot of 187 00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:07,415 attention as some of the language that they used in their opening statement. 188 00:09:07,415 --> 00:09:10,100 While the DA is saying that Harvey Weinstein was 189 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:13,490 a monster who used his power to attack women. 190 00:09:13,490 --> 00:09:15,890 Essentially, his lawyers are saying, 191 00:09:15,890 --> 00:09:17,840 no, that's actually not true. 192 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,465 There was a casting couch and everyone knew what they were doing. 193 00:09:20,465 --> 00:09:23,390 They use the word transactional sex and said 194 00:09:23,390 --> 00:09:27,530 these women were sleeping with him in order to get ahead. 195 00:09:27,530 --> 00:09:29,090 Now, Jennifer Siebel Newsome, 196 00:09:29,090 --> 00:09:32,390 who is the wife of California's governor Gavin Newsom. 197 00:09:32,390 --> 00:09:34,370 She is going to be on the stand. 198 00:09:34,370 --> 00:09:35,750 She is one of the star witnesses, 199 00:09:35,750 --> 00:09:37,175 Jane Doe number four. 200 00:09:37,175 --> 00:09:40,145 When talking about her in opening statements, 201 00:09:40,145 --> 00:09:42,875 Harvey Weinstein's lawyer called her a bimbo. 202 00:09:42,875 --> 00:09:44,090 That's the exact word he used. 203 00:09:44,090 --> 00:09:48,740 So you can probably understand why there's some outrage to some of the language that's 204 00:09:48,740 --> 00:09:53,600 been used in the courtroom as we navigate through all these court trials. 205 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,115 And we are reckoning, 206 00:09:55,115 --> 00:09:59,450 I say we Hollywood industry journalists are reckoning with 207 00:09:59,450 --> 00:10:08,030 our complicit participation in the enabling of a monster to stay in power. 208 00:10:08,030 --> 00:10:14,600 It will be interesting to see if this could turn the narrative coming off of Johnny Depp, 209 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,065 Amber Heard, and seeing how ugly that got. 210 00:10:18,065 --> 00:10:22,340 Everyone just feels very exhausted by just like this, 211 00:10:22,340 --> 00:10:23,870 the world we live in. 212 00:10:23,870 --> 00:10:26,615 And seeing Harvey Weinstein on trial again. 213 00:10:26,615 --> 00:10:31,010 Here, a home field advantage right here is going to hit close Selma, 214 00:10:31,010 --> 00:10:33,905 especially with, she said about to open in theaters, 215 00:10:33,905 --> 00:10:37,040 which is going to play into this in a big way? No. 216 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,020 I mean, obviously the jury has been told do not 217 00:10:39,020 --> 00:10:41,015 pay attention to the media, do not see it. 218 00:10:41,015 --> 00:10:42,470 She said, But you are right. 219 00:10:42,470 --> 00:10:43,580 It's interesting that he's in 220 00:10:43,580 --> 00:10:47,120 the Criminal Courthouse in the town that he wants was king in. 221 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,295 But of course, we know that in a court of law, 222 00:10:49,295 --> 00:10:51,800 even though he was already convicted in New York right now, 223 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,170 he's technically, he's innocent until proven guilty. 224 00:10:54,170 --> 00:10:57,170 So we will see what happens much more to come. 225 00:10:57,170 --> 00:10:58,790 Thanks to you guys as always, 226 00:10:58,790 --> 00:11:02,315 for watching us and we will be right here every Friday is on the tape. 227 00:11:02,315 --> 00:11:04,020 See you next time.