BET Star Cinema Movie Fun Facts: April 2 to April 6, 2012

Learn fun facts about this week's movies!

The Longshots, Tuesday at 10A/9A - Ice Cube's teaching KeKe Palmer how to run the show. Peep other athletic flicks that run things. (Photo: Dimension Films)

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The Longshots (2008) - Fun fact: This is Ice Cube and Keke Palmer’s second movie together.(Photo: Dimension Films)

Dead Presidents (1995) - Did you know: Dead Presidents was partly inspired by Ari Sesu Merretazon, a real life Vietnam War veteran that was forced to turn to a life of crime upon returning from service.(Photo: Hollywood Pictures)

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Dead Presidents (1995) - Did you know: Dead Presidents was partly inspired by Ari Sesu Merretazon, a real life Vietnam War veteran that was forced to turn to a life of crime upon returning from service.(Photo: Hollywood Pictures)

Boyz N the Hood (1991) - Fresh out of USC’s Filmic Writing program, a 24-year-old Singleton made his film debut, writing and directing this groundbreaking movie about three friends growing up in the drug and gang-infested streets of South Central Los Angeles. The emotionally riveting film instantly becomes a classic, earning Singleton Oscar nods for screenplay and directing. While turning Ice Cube, Nia Long, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Morris Chestnut into film stars, Boyz also launched a new black film genre called “hood movies.”(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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Boyz n the Hood (1991) - The first and last scene pay tribute to the film Stand By Me.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)

Photo By Photo: Courtesy Columbia Pictures