Latest news with #Barbershop2:BackinBusiness
Axios
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Axios
Keke Palmer: It would be a "dream" to start a business in Chicago
Keke Palmer wants to reinvest in the city that taught her how to "hustle." Driving the news: In an interview with Axios, the actress and host said it would be a "dream" to start a Chicago-based incubator for rising content creators. The big picture: The star's acting career began in Chicago with a small role in "Barbershop 2: Back in Business." The Harvey native says she's helped fund 20-30 scripted and unscripted projects, showcased on her YouTube channel, KeyTV. What she's saying: Palmer says her Chi-town upbringing has helped her navigate Hollywood. "Chicago is like a hustler type of place. Everybody is trying to make it happen, like entrepreneurialism was something that I saw very early on with my mom, from her being a teacher to doing music on the side, to having her own album, to her writing for other people, to getting paid for her performances during church services." "I think it just naturally showed me that you can be a business person. You can have a bunch of different ways to make money, to feed your goals, chase your dreams." Behind the scenes: The " One Of Them Days" star tells Axios she learned to be a savvy businessperson at a young age and got her first credit card at 12 years old. "I understood early on that the card company that I'm working with is not just supposed to be taking from me, but they're supposed to give me something in return that helps my business become easier." Dig in: Palmer says when she's not eating her father's cooking, she likes to dine at Alinea.
1736930668-0%2FUntitled-design-(97)1736930668-0.png&w=3840&q=100)
Express Tribune
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Keke Palmer shares financial mindset and explains why she keeps her rent at just $1,500
Keke Palmer may be a celebrated actress, singer, and author, but she's just as focused on saving money as she is on red carpet appearances. In a recent interview with CNBC, Palmer revealed how deeply she values financial discipline: 'I live under my means. If I have $1 million in my pocket, my rent is going to be $1,500—that's how underneath my means I'm talking.' Palmer credits her parents for instilling strong financial habits early on. Speaking on the Club Shay Shay podcast last fall, she explained, 'I learned from my parents very early on because they knew their limitations with money and finances. I believe in saving and frugality…I don't play around with that.' The True Jackson, VP star began her acting career at just nine years old, landing a role in Barbershop 2: Back in Business. By her teens, she had her own TV series and credit card. 'My parents, at their best, made $40,000 a year,' she recalled. 'I was making that a show.' Palmer's disciplined approach to finances hasn't dulled her eye for fashion. In March 2025, she paid tribute to Christina Aguilera's early-2000s glam at Vanity Fair's Oscars party, donning a sheer crystallized Versace gown from the Italian label's spring 2004 collection. She put her own spin on the vintage look with a sleek ballerina bun, sculpted cheeks, and rhinestone-studded heels. Palmer's blend of financial discipline and star presence continues to resonate with fans. Her candid insights offer inspiration to those seeking a balance between personal success and responsible living.
CNBC
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNBC
Keke Palmer: Living below my means is 'incredibly important' to me—'if I have $1 million in my pocket, my rent is going to be $1,500'
Keke Palmer has worn many hats over her career so far: actress, entrepreneur, producer, podcast host, singer, author. But the 31-year-old spends her money prudently due to her humble upbringing, she says: Living below her means is her top financial habit for having a secure lifestyle. "I live under my means. I think it's incredibly important," says Palmer. "If I have $1 million in my pocket, my rent is going to be $1,500 — that's how underneath my means I'm talking. My car note is going to be $340. I don't need a [Bentley] Bentayga, I'll ride in a Lexus." As a child, Palmer realized that she earned more than her parents. She got her first acting job at age 9 in Ice Cube's 2004 film, "Barbershop 2: Back in Business." By age 13, she had her own credit card and was the star of Nickelodeon's "True Jackson, VP," she says. "My parents, at their best, made $40,000 a year," Palmer told the "Club Shay Shay" podcast in a November episode. "I was making that a show." Palmer now tries to follow their example, she says. "I learned from my parents very early on because they knew their limitations with money and finances," says Palmer. "I believe in saving and frugality ... I don't play around with that."She also shares her wealth with her parents, she noted during her "Club Shay Shay" appearance. "My dad gave up his pension for me to have an opportunity for my dreams. My mom gave up everything so she could travel with me," Palmer said. "What's mine is theirs and what's theirs is mine ... I would sacrifice 20 more years of my life working in this industry so that I can provide and we can have the business we have today." Living below your means looks different for everyone. For example, the classic 50-30-20 budgeting rule — 50% of your taxable income for living expenses, 20% for savings and 30% for everything else — is increasingly out of reach for many Americans, CNBC Make It reported in May 2023. If you can't afford to save 20% of your earnings, start by finding a way to boost your income and minimize your large, fixed expenses, certified financial planner Rachel Camp recommended. That could look like picking up a side hustle, taking on roommates or even rethinking whether you need a car in the city you live in. Palmer has an additional word of advice for young people, especially young women: "learn up" on economics. That might mean reading personal finance books, taking a course at a local community college, talking to your money-savvy friend or even using ChatGPT to help you create a monthly budget plan. "Be curious about that kind of stuff, because you don't want to do things based off of survival," says Palmer. "You want to do them out of choice. That's something that my mom and my dad taught me very early on."
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Prime Video Orders ‘Barbershop' Series Starring Jermaine Fowler
Amazon Prime Video has ordered Barbershop, starring Jermaine Fowler (Ricky Stanicky), to series. Marshall Todd (Woke), who wrote the original Barbershop's screenplay, is writing and executive producing the series; Max Searle (Dave) is set as co-showrunner and executive producer. The Barbershop series will be produced by Kevin Hart's Hartbeat (he's among the executive producers), Prominent Productions, State Street Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios. More from The Hollywood Reporter Inside the NBCUniversal Upfront: A Caustic Seth MacFarlane, an Aerial Ad Chief and ... John Tesh NBC Planning 100th Anniversary TV Special in 2026 'Lupin' Returning for Season 4 The television adaptation of the Barbershop movie franchise revolves around Travis 'Trav' Porter (Fowler), who is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a legendary barber at the iconic 'Calvin's' barbershop in Chicago. And though 'the barbers are new, the shop remains just as lively, the customers just as argumentative and the fades are still the dopest in the city — because at Calvin's, the community comes together for way more than just a haircut,' the logline reads. 'We are thrilled to announce a new series based on the hilarious and innovative world of Barbershop forour global Prime Video customers,' Vernon Sanders, global head of television Amazon MGM Studios, said in a statement. 'The television adaptation of this iconic film franchise is in excellent hands with co-showrunners Max Searle and Marshall Todd. We couldn't be happier with their collaboration and hard work to bring Calvin's Chicago-based barbershop to life for a new audience on Prime Video.' Bryan Smiley, Mike Stein, Bradley Gardner, Cameron Burnett and Autumn Bailey-Ford are also among the show's executive producers; Tiffany Brown co-executive produces. There have been a trio of Barbershop films: the OG Barbershop in 2002, Barbershop 2: Back in Business in 2004 and Barbershop: The Next Cut in 2016. The movies starred Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainment, Anthony Anderson and Eve, among others. Amazon Prime Video hosted its upfront event on Monday night, capping off a busy day for advertisers that began at 10:30 a.m. ET with NBCUniversal and continued at 4 p.m. for Fox. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
The Independent
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Actress Keke Palmer on One Of Them Days and the power of leaning into your community
American actress and singer Keke Palmer hasn't had to do any crazy things to make money. But in new buddy comedy One of Them Days, where the 31-year-old stars as Dreux, alongside American singer-songwriter SZA, 35, who portrays her on-screen best friend and roommate Alyssa, she's been close. After Alyssa's boyfriend, Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) blows the rent money, Dreux is faced with obtaining enough cash to replace the empty funds, all while the clock is ticking. If she fails, the two girls are faced with eviction, and their friendship being torn apart. '[I've never had to do] nothing really too, quote, unquote crazy, [but it] depends obviously [on] what you think is crazy. I've been doing the same thing for money most of my life, which is performing. 'So I don't know, if people think it's crazy to get in front of people and perform, then maybe it would be that. But yeah, that's the main job and only job I've had,' says Palmer. In 2004, she made her acting debut as a child with roles in Barbershop 2: Back in Business and The Wool Cap, before her breakthrough role as Akeelah Anderson in the drama film Akeelah and the Bee two years later. It was winning entertainer of the year at the 56th Annual NAACP Image Awards this year, that served as a full-circle moment for Palmer. It was a timely reminder of why belonging to a group or community helps us develop a stronger sense of personal and collective identity – something that was also mirrored in the sisterhood between Dreux and Alyssa. 'You need people, good people around you to remind you of who you are when you lose yourself. I think it's really hard to be a human being. We're constantly trying to build esteem, right?' she says. 'I think people talk about low self-esteem, high self-esteem, I don't think that really exists. I think you're learning how to create your boundaries and how to build what esteem is to you through experiences, and so when you foster a great sense of community around you, they can also be supportive of you in that. 'When it's the right people, they'll be the ones to say, how do you really feel, and is this really good for you? And is this taking from you? 'They're going to ask the right questions, the questions that sometimes we can't ask ourselves, and they're going to be seeing us from a vantage point that we can't see ourselves. 'They're perceiving us outside of ourselves, which I think is so important, because, you know, sometimes we do need those extra set of eyes. 'And I feel like for me, my community has always been that. I'm autonomous, I can think for myself and all that good stuff, but sometimes I do need another voice, and I have a trusted community to go to for that.' When it comes to another community, one of music fans, American star SZA (real name Solana Rowe) has built up a steady following since releasing her debut studio album Ctrl in 2017. It earned her four Grammy nominations and became the second longest-charting R&B album by a woman on the US Billboard 200. Over the years she has gone on to work with big names in the industry like Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar and Maroon 5, but this is her first film role. For Palmer, black comedy has the unique ability to both challenge and entertain us at the same time. But what would she say is a key message this film is trying to portray to viewers? ' Life is crazy. You know, one of them days can be one of them weeks, one of those months, and can be one of those years. But it's the people around you and your sense of community that helps you get through. Even if they sometimes play a part in it, they're going to be the ones that, at the end of the day, love you and stick through with you,' she explains. 'Alyssa's character was nuts, and she was definitely doing too much, but she never left Dreux's side and Dreux never left her side. 'Same thing even when we think about Jameel (Dewayne Perkins), the character that didn't want to do Dreux's hair, he was tripping, but like when they needed him to crack into that phone, he was there. And when they needed him in the end to fix all that stuff up, he was there. 'And so I think that's a big part of a community. They're going to come through when you need them. I feel like that's the point of the movie: never forget that the people around you, they're the ones that you got to go to, that are going to help you get to the next level.' But the clue is always in your imagination when trying to figure out what steps you need to make in life, she muses. 'I think throughout my whole life, I talk a lot about that, actually, in my book, Master of Me that, you know, sitting with myself and and leaning into the fact that, hey, it doesn't have to be this particular way. 'We can just pivot and still get where we're going another way. It's like when they say there are multiple ways to skin a cat, so to speak – although save the cats – it really is.'
