Coming back just a few short years later, Ice Cube sets his third film in the Friday franchise at Christmastime. It’s a fun shift in the franchise, which also shifts locations yet again to a low-end strip mall where Craig and his cousin Day-Day work as security guards. Cube is yet again tackling the script by himself and bringing on a first-time filmmaker to bring the film to life, this time through music video director Marcus Raboy. Join us as we wrap up our Friday franchise series with Raboy’s 2002 film Friday After Next.

Sweetgreen has partnered with World Central Kitchen to create the sweetgreen impact outpost fund to get much-needed nutrition to hospitals around the country. Sweetgreen’s Kirby Bumpus talks about this and other important social impact work at sweetgreen.

Mars Incorporated—the company behind some of your favorite brands, from Snickers to Seeds of Change—is guided by a simple statement: We believe the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. To talk about Mars’ purpose, Purpose 360 welcomed Andy Pharoah, VP Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Mars.

What happened to Will Smith? Universal, AMC Agree to 17 day theatrical window. Dave Franco set to star as Vanilla Ice in new biopic. Quibi is going to win an Emmy! Plus a list of movies celebrating non-numbered sequels and our ever-persistent IMDB Game: FRIDAY EDITION!

The Silver Winner in the Consumer Donation Category is a partnership between No Kid Hungry and Denny’s. No Kid Hungry’s Victoria Garcia drops by Cause Talk Radio to discuss this award-winning effort.

When Ice Cube started up his own production company it made sense to leverage the first film he wrote to make a sequel. After all, most sequels are guaranteed to earn back a part of what their predecessors made. But without Chris Tucker and DJ Pooh, how does Cube handle taking Craig to the suburbs? Join us as we continue our series looking at the Friday franchise with Steve Carr’s 2000 film ‘Next Friday’.

The Gold Winner in the Education Category is “Drive Bigger”, a partnership between Volkswagen and DonorsChoose. DonorsChoose’s Vashti Barran drops by Cause Talk Radio to discuss this award-winning effort.

Emmy Nomination Predictions. Bill & Ted Face The Music hits on Sept 1st. Box office reopens in China. Plus three new trailers and a list of movies that all take place in one day!

The Silver Winner in the Sustainability Category is Don’t Feed the Landfills with partners Subaru and the National Parks Conservation Association. The partners drop by Cause Talk Radio to discuss this award-winning effort.

Ice Cube’s rap career was on fire because of the work he was doing with N.W.A., but after playing Doughboy in John Singleton’s 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, he got the acting bug and wanted to do more films. Join us as we kick off our new series looking at the Friday franchise with F. Gary Gray’s 1995 film Friday.