Screen
Gems has set Jan. 8, 2010, as the release date for "The Takers," which
stars Chris Brown in his first role since being charged with felony
assault for the alleged Feb. 8 beating of Rihanna.
Students at Washington D.C.'s SEED School were excited to get a visit
from President Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton, Sen. Ted
Kennedy and others to promote the signing of a new $5.7 billion
national service act. Beyonce's father/manager Mathew Knowles wasted little time Wednesday
firing back at TMZ.com over posting a supposed "board mix audio" of the
singer's performance at "The Today Show" in which she appeared
completely tone deaf.Prince is being sued by a literary agency over his coffee table book
"21 Nights," a multimedia photo essay collection documenting his
21-night residency at London's O2 Arena.Tyler Perry's new 34th Street Films has purchased its first property -
an as-yet-untitled feature pitch from the writing team of Jennifer
Heath and Michele J. Wolff ("Ella Enchanted").Kermit the Frog isn't the only one thinking "it's not easy being
green." According to a recent Earth Day-inspired poll, 
Mariah Carey is
singing the eco blues after being voted the "least green celebrity" out
of a group of five.A man hired to tend bar at a 2007 event hosted by Jamie Foxx is now
suing the actor over injuries suffered during his employment. Eminem used his Twitter feed Tuesday to reveal the cover art to his upcoming album "Relapse."While promoting her new reality series "The Cougar," about a
40-something woman courted by much younger men, Vivica A. Fox was asked
if she has adopted the cougar philosophy in her own life. Mary J. Blige will join Clay Aiken, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow and
Adam Levine of Maroon 5 in the May 14 season finale of NBC's "30 Rock,"
the network announced.The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann will tape an
interview with the "Oprah Winfrey Show" tomorrow for an episode
scheduled to air on May 4.NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has set a few guidelines for Michael
Vick to meet before the jailed quarterback is allowed back into the
league. Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry
was in serious condition at a South Carolina hospital Tuesday after
experiencing complications from Guillain-Barre Syndrome, two Chicago
newspapers reported. A judge has refused a request by rapper Lil Wayne to block the release
of QD3 Entertainment's documentary about his career, titled "The
Carter."Cicely Tyson, Yolanda Adams and Dorinda Clarke Cole will participate in
the unveiling of a Sojourner Truth memorial bust in the U.S. Capitol
building, the culmination of a ten-year journey by the National
Congress of Black Women. Bob Marley's "One Love" sits atop a list of Jamaica's 100 best songs
over 50 years that was unveiled Tuesday by a panel of musicians and
cultural officials associated with the University of the West Indies.Singer Seal is well into a career that will cement him as one of the
most critically acclaimed singers of his generation. His most recent
album, 'Soul,' is a David Foster-produced opus that covers classic
R&B standards. The British-born crooner also ... Read more Mike
Tyson's documentary comes out Friday, which is absolutely amazing and I
encourage everyone to see it over that Jungle Fever meets Fatal
Attraction movie that they aren't doing press screenings for until the
day it comes out. Anyway, a few weeks ago I was in the screening for
Tyson and they showed a clip of Mike having a conniption at a press
conference. He was grabbing his d*ck and shouting. 
LeToya Luckett could’ve used some better luck during the release of her
first album in 2006. Soon after her self-titled debut hit the stores,
her label, Capitol-EMI, announced it would merge with Virgin Records to
form the Capitol Music Group. In the midst of the restructuring, the
group’s executive vice president of urban music, Ronnie Johnson, died
of a heart attack.“When you get caught up in a merger and then lose someone who was so
involved in your project, there’s nothing you can do,” Luckett tells
the Hollywood Reporter. “You don’t have control; you can’t release
another album. So you learn to be patient.” (Continue Reading…) ♫ Ciara - Like A Surgeon (full) - listen
Here’s a new track from Ciara’s new album, Fantasy Ride. With all the
material that leaked, it seems they’ve been able to get keep some under
wraps before it’s release date on May 5th. “Like A Surgeon” was a track
written by none other [...] Your favorite two-fingered mandude Diplo
made a ridiculously ill sneak peek mixtape at the new Major Lazer
record he and Switch have been cooking up in their alien Caribbean
kitchen—it's basically snippets in the mix of the entire album,
which is awesome and features everyone from Vybz Kartel to Santigold to
Ricky Blaze to Nina Sky, plus that ridiculous Black Flag sample, and
the T-Pain autotune baby. Basically when we are kneeling by our bed
praying to Jah, this album is what we are asking for. Can we die now?
Cool except we don't want to cause then we couldn't listen to this
record every single day. That sounded corny but we are not shy about
our love... tell the world!Former national security adviser and secretary of state Condoleezza
Rice "verbally approved" the "earliest known request" by the Central
Intelligence Agency to torture and waterboard detainees, reports the
Associated Press, which contradicts her own testimony. As national
security adviser to...The House Judiciary Committee passes H.R. 1913, the Local Law
Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act by a vote of 15-12. The bill is
sometimes called the Matthew Shepard Act. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.),
chair of the judiciary panel, introduced the...CONTINUE READING...
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don't want to be the next Danity Kane: "We are going to be together
forever," Que said. The "Making the Band" season finale airs Thursday
at 9 p.m. ET.
king his inspiration from the French term Classique - an author, artist or work of art, of the highest excellence - Will Downing returns with his 14th collection of sensual grooves and true love primers. Classique is his second album for Peak Records (in stores June 16 via the Concord Music Group) and a triumphant encore presentation following the challenges he faced creating his Peak debut, After Tonight (recorded while battling the muscle disorder Polymyositis). ONE HOT MESS, ONE BLESSED EVENT: While The Real Housewives of Orange County's Gretchen Rossi appears all kinds of compromised in photos on the dirty.com, Jacqueline Laurita from the newest Real Housewives of New Jersey is expecting her third child!WOLVERINE IS THE MAN: Hugh Jackman opened up to Parade Magazine and the Wolverine
star had a refreshing response to rumors about his sexuality: and
ldquo;I and rsquo;d be happy to go and deny it, because I and rsquo;m
not. But by denying it, I and rsquo;m saying there is something
shameful about it, and there isn and rsquo;t anything shameful." Read
more...HOLLYWOOD ON THE HUDSON: Robert Deniro's Tribeca Film Festival opens in New York City today with a line-up of films including An Englishman in New York, based on the later life of gay icon Quentin Crisp, Luc and iacute;a Puenzo's, Fish Child and the new documentary Making the Boys which goes behind the scenes of the 1970 gay classic The Boys In The Band.
