Def Jam Rapstar debuted its first TV commercial for the highly anticipated interactive game, which is due in stores this October. "The World is Your Stage" commercial was shot in Brooklyn, New York, by famed director Anthony Mandler. Mandler has shot a number of high profile videos, including Jay-Z's "Run This Town" and Drake's song "Find Your Love." Def Jam Rap Star allows you to freestyle over instrumental Hip-Hop tracks by well known rappers and producers like DMX, Fat… Continue
Young Buck is trying his best to get out of the deal with G-Unit. Now, as you know, there is a rumor that Buck got out of the deal after he filed for Bankruptcy. But, I guess, I am wondering why he's still suing unless he's just attempting to get paid. “Mr. Brown intends to reorganize his debts and pay off the IRS in a timely manner… He will also be filing a lawsuit in the next 30-60 days against his former manager, G-Unit label and Mr. Curtis… Continue
She may be a teenage dream, but looking up Katy Perry's skirt can be a nightmare for paparazzi.
Russell Brand was arrested on Friday for attacking a photographer who, according to police, was set off by one of them aiming a camera up his fiancée’s dress, tmz.com reports.
The paparazzi descended on the duo as they passed through security at Los Angeles' LAX airport. Brand told police that he attacked the… Continue
Kid Cudi and Wale are at odds and the fray has spilled into the public. The bulk of the beef manifested itself in an interview with Complex magazine, where Kid Cudi explained that he was “unf**kwittable.” He said that Wale, a former friend, made reference to him where there was a comparison to various genres of sports.
“Did you see that Wale interview that he just did, comparing us to sports? Let me clear this up: I'm incomparable to… Continue
Having eight kids has taken its financial toll on Nadya Suleman.
Suleman, better known as "Octomom," is going on welfare after a deal she had hoped would turn into a reality series didn't work out, RadarOnline.com reported.
"Nadya has nannies and huge expenses raising 14 children," a source close to Suleman told the gossip site. "She needs a lot of money just to keep up with the basics. And now the income has dried up and she didn't… Continue
California authorities are frantically searching for a missing religious sect apparently bent on mass suicide.
Authorities across the state were seeking five Salvadoran adults and eight children, ranging in age from 3 to 17, who disappeared after leaving a prayer service Saturday morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said.
"The letters essentially state that they [missing persons] are all going to heaven shortly to… Continue
The deli clerk who tried to swindle a grandfather out of a $14 million lottery ticket was the shopowner's son - and he claims it was all a mistake, a source familiar with the case said Saturday.
"'It was just an accident! It was just an accident!'" clerk Salem Al Saidi, 18, told investigators, according to the source.
Milledge McCassell, 72, handed his ticket to the clerk Aug. 25 after a self-scan machine at the Dynasty Deli and Grocery… Continue
The NYPD is armed with a portable gizmo that allows cops to immediately confirm identities at crime scenes with the roll of a thumb.
Police hope the technology - used primarily by the crime scene unit and warrant division - will help speed up investigations by quickly generating names.
They first tested the mobile fingerprint devices about three years ago, using just a few of the gadgets.
As if planning a star-studded wedding wasn't stressful enough, former MTV VJ Lala Vasquez orchestrated her July nuptials to NBA player Carmelo Anthony while letting the VH1 cameras roll.
Her five-episode reality show, "Lala's Full Court Wedding" (premiering tonight), traces her trip down the aisle, including picking out invitations to her A-list bash at Cipriani 42nd St., where Ludacris, Spike Lee and the entire Kardashian clan were in… Continue
JACKSON, Miss. -- Actor Morgan Freeman and his wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi. A Tallahatchie County judge entered the divorce decree on Sept. 15, William R. Wright, an attorney who represented Freeman, told The Association Press. Terms of the divorce are sealed, Wright said.
"It was done without a trial," Wright said Friday. "Everybody is glad it's over."
LOS ANGELES - Jail and rehab couldn't scare Lindsay Lohan straight - she's flunked a drug test, a source told the Daily News Friday.
The positive result on a court-mandated test last week could send the "Mean Girls" starlet back to the slammer.
TMZ.com reported the test was for cocaine.
Prosecutors declined comment, and Lohan's lawyer could not be reached.
Lohan, 24, denied it at first. "They're all nuts," she told… Continue
LOS ANGELES - Superstar rapper T.I. is back in the feds' crosshairs with new allegations he had more than Ecstasy when he was busted earlier this month. The Grammy winner, whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., had codeine and marijuana and tested positive for opiates, according to a petition signed by his probation officer.
On probation from a gun-possession case that landed him in federal lockup for seven months, T.I. could end up back… Continue
It's a "Scare Jordan": bedbugs are biting in Niketown.
The Manhattan flagship store of the athletic wear giant was closed Saturday after the nasty little buggers were discovered inside, the company announced.
"Our primary concern is the well being of our consumers and sales associates," Nike said in a brief statement. "We are taking all proper steps to eradicate the problem and we expect the… Continue
Rihanna is at the center of a $4.7 million lawsuit -- in which a bunch of Brazilian concert promoters claim they were duped by frauds masquerading as the singer's reps.
According to legal docs filed Thursday in New York -- and obtained by TMZ -- a Brazilian promotion company called Unique Sports and Marketing signed a $1.7 million agreement to book Rihanna for three Brazil shows in November.
Problem is -- Unique claims the people who… Continue
Paris Hilton will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony charge after she struck a plea deal with prosecutors in Las Vegas.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Paris will plead guilty to drug possession and obstructing an officer (both misdemeanors) to avoid two consecutive six month-sentences in the Clark County Detention Center.
Instead, according to the paper, she will get a year of probation and also must complete a… Continue
T.I. isn’t the only one blowin’ kush and rollin’ on happy pills… New studies show Americans are “partying” more
Oh no! Illegal drug use in America has risen to the highest level since 2002, according to a government report, driven by increases in the use of marijuana, ecstasy, and methamphetamine. Here are some of the figures:
* 21.8 million Americans (8.7 percent of the over-12 population) told survey takers that they’d used drugs in… Continue
Rapper Busta Rhymes is facing more court action and his been sued for $250,000 by a woman who claims he threw a glass at her at Mr. Chow's in Beverly Hills, California. According to the lawsuit, which was filed earlier this week, a woman named Devin Cooper and a companion were eating at Mr. Chows at a table next to the rap star.
Trouble started when a woman with Busta Rhymes claimed Cooper and her companion were too close to the rapper's… Continue