Amazon’s ‘Cross’ Gets Season 2 Renewal Ahead of Season 1 ...

Amazon must be very confident about its upcoming series based on James Patterson’s Cross novels because before the first season hits the streamer, we already know it is getting a second season.

Variety reports that the series starring Aldis Hodge (Black Adam) as Cross still doesn’t have a season one premiere date, but it did enough to impress the folks at Amazon that it was greenlit for season two and has begun casting, with Jeanine Mason (Roswell, New Mexico, Upload) allegedly joining the season two cast.

The website reports that Amazon reps did not provide any comments.

The description for Cross labels it as “a thriller series, while Cross himself is said to be “brilliant, flawed, and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it,” per Variety.

Joining Hodge for season one will be Isaiah Mustafa, Ryan Eggold, Karen LeBlanc, Melody Hurd, Juanita Jennings, Caleb Elijah, Jennifer Wigmore, and Samantha Walkes.

Social Media Is Excited About Alex Cross Getting A Second Season

X, formerly Twitter, is excited about the news, mainly because they have the assurance they will be enjoying the show’s plot, aka Aldis Hodge, for two seasons. Plus, a show with a Black lead is getting early support from a streaming platform, which is rare.

“FUCK YES. I love me some gawd damn Aldis Hodge and James Patterson books this the Mac n cheese and yams touching,” one excited user on X wrote. 

Another X user wrote, “HOLD ON why did no one tell me about this???? Aldis Hodge leading a franchise love this for him (even if the source material….anyway).”

We love to see it. You can see more reactions in the gallery below.

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Black Women Share How They See Themselves in Beyonce’s ‘C...

I’ve been a Beyonce fan since the day I was born. Yes, I said what I said. There’s always been something magical about the Houston baddie. From her style to her effortless way of communicating my feelings in her songs, I have always felt connected to her.

However, something truly transformative happened when she entered this new phase, particularly around the release of Lemonade. Suddenly, her lyrics resonated with a newfound intensity. Then came Renaissance, which felt incredibly liberating. And now, with Cowboy Carter, the excitement continues to build. 

The impact of Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter”

Blue Ivy’s mama conceptualized Cowboy Carter as a mystical journey through a reimagining of Americana, specifically shining a spotlight on the often-overlooked contributions of Black pioneers to American musical and cultural history. While many have categorized it as a country album, the album seamlessly blends an array of musical genres, including pop, hip hop, trap, psychedelic funk, blues, soul, rock, rock and roll, opera and even a little “Irish” jig“. What I love most is how the album is framed as a radio broadcast by the fictional station “KNTRY Radio Texas,” with country legends Dolly Parton, Linda Martell, and Willie Nelson serving as disc jockeys. Those little pieces of history make the album even more intentional. Featuring tracks by lesser-known Black country artists like Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts, Shaboozey, and Willie Jones, the album boasts a rich musical landscape driven by acoustic instruments played by acclaimed musicians like Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Nile Rodgers, Jon Batiste, Gary Clark Jr., and Rhiannon Giddens.

Beyoncé consistently gives us reasons to embrace our Blackness in ways that few other artists do. Above all, she has reclaimed numerous genres that were once taken from us, asserting her power in meaningful ways. HelloBeautiful was intrigued by this thought, so we asked four Black women how they see themselves in Beyonce’s latest album, “Cowboy Carter.”

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Drake Responds To Kendrick Lamar’s “Euphoria” Diss With 1...

After weeks of waiting for Kendrick Lamar to respond to Drake’s “Push Ups” diss record, Compton’s own took aim with “Euphoria.”

In typical Drake fashion he’s already responded in the most trollworthy way possible by taking to his Instagram Stories. He posted a short clip from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You where Julia Stiles’ character reads a poem in front of the class, saying “I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair/ I hate the way you drive my car, I hate it when you stare/ I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind/ I hate you so much it makes me sick, it even makes me rhyme.”

Drake responds to Kendrick Lamar’s diss track via IG pic.twitter.com/FgvOpOPekj

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To cap things off, Drake added a broken heart emoji and a winking face emoji.

The clip from a random 1990s romantic comedy may seem random, but it’s actually a reference to Kendrick going full hater mode on “Euphoria” when he professed everything he dislikes about the 6 God.

“I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk/ I hate the way that you dress/ I hate the way you sneak diss, if I catch a flight, it’s gon’ be direct,” he rapped on the 6-minute diss track.

Drake literally just proved Kendrick Lamar’s points in euphoria of culturally being ambivalent by missing the DMX Breakfast Club reference using an extra corny Julia Stiles reference https://t.co/4NXaYzcjkf pic.twitter.com/Z6HaJXHVD7

— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) May 1, 2024

Those bars were borrowed from DMX, who hilariously went on a rant on the Breakfast Club years ago when asked why he doesn’t like Drake.

“I don’t like anything about Drake. I don’t like his f-cking voice, I don’t like nothing he talks about. I don’t like his face. I don’t like the way he walks. Nothing. I don’t like his haircut,” DMX said in a similar sentiment to Kendrick’s new diss.

Elsewhere in “Euphoria,” which is named after the teen-drama Drake produces on HBO– Lamar takes aim at Drake’s Blackness, as did Rick Ross, ending the song by singing, “We don’t wanna hear you say ‘N-gga’ no more.”

Kendrick also brings up Drake hiding his child, rapping, “I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ ’bout that.”

See how social media is reacting to the latest round of the Drake vs. Kendrick beef below.

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