Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson is laughing off claims that his massive Power franchise was ripped off from a former drug kingpin’s life story. After New York District Judge Hon. Analisa Torres dismissed Cory ‘Ghost’ Holland’s lawsuit against the Grammy Award winner, Jackson shared the news on…

What is the purpose of police in the U.S.? To ensure public safety, many people might answer. But that's a thoroughly misleading definition in the view of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Yance Ford. In his new documentary Power, premiering on Netflix this Friday, the filmmaker argues policing in America…

Fans of the Power franchise are losing Ghost again — but this time, it’s the series. Starz has canceled Power Book II: Ghost, with the show’s fourth season to serve as its last. It will be broken into two parts, premiering June 7 and September 6. Watch the teaser above. The move was…

Starz is expanding the Power Universe again with a prequel spinoff series that will reunite Ghost and Tommy. In the vein of Power Book III: Raising Kanan, which follows the youthful years of everyone’s favorite foe, Kanan Stark (played by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson), the new series Origin will…

EXCLUSIVE: "Plan to leave something behind so your name’ll live on / no matter what the game lives on," says Nas on his 1999 album Nastradamus, and now the revered rapper is making some moves in a new game. Chess to be precise. Chess at the highest level. Nas has teamed up with Power…

TITLE: Power Section: Premieres Director: Yance Ford Screenwriter: Yance Ford, Ian Olds Logline: Driven to contain threats to social order, American policing has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, it can be described by one word: power. Distributor:…

Bill Maher loves to talk politics, but the Real Time host may be about to get a lesson in how real Power works. Two days after WGA member Maher declared he was bringing back his HBO show despite the ongoing scribes' strike, Power creator Courtney Kemp revealed she and others plan to flick the…

It was an accident that the dead microphone 50 Cent threw off stage in Los Angeles last night hit a radio host in the head, according to the former Power star's attorney. "Let's be very clear, as I told LAPD this afternoon, my client Curtis would never intentionally strike anyone with a…

Editors' Note: This guest column by former Luke Cage showrunner and Creed II writer Cheo Hodari Coker is part of Deadline’s series commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop on August 11. In 1999, Yasin Bey — then known as Mos Def – dropped the seminal album "Black On Both Sides.” The…

MGM’s international streaming service is to rebrand as MGM+ International outside the U.S. and has struck a content deal with Lionsgate for key European territories. Following the lead of the U.S. version, the Amazon-owned Billy the Kid SVoD will become MGM+ International in Germany, Austria…

Lone Survivor producer Randell Emmett today finds himself once again facing a litany of loathsome allegations, according to a multi-claim discrimination and hostile workplace lawsuit filed by a former personal assistant. “G'Blae was unlawfully terminated due to his race, religion, and disability…

UPDATED: Less than a week after busting it up at the Emmys and MPTF’s Evening Before party, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is busting loose from his long-term deal with Starz, opting not to renew his rich pact at the Lionsgate-owned premium cabler. In a series of posts on social media over the last few hours, the…