BEVERLY HILLS, California — In 2004, Jamie Foxx and director Taylor Hackford teamed up to make a biopic about a legendary figure who'd endured tremendous triumphs, failures, loves and losses. The film was called "Ray" — and in case you haven't heard, it turned out to be pretty good.
Now Foxx has revealed exclusively to MTV News that he is making plans to reunite with the filmmaker — and that he wants to collaborate on a follow-up film that would…
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According to one of MediaTakeOut.com's insiders close to Mariah, the platinum selling artist and her husband Nick Cannon are expecting their first child together.
The couple has been trying for nearly a year to have a child and they’ve finally made it work.
But don’t expect an announcement anytime soon. The insider explained to MediaTakeOut.com, " Mariah is superstitious, and she doesn’t want to talk about the pregnancy until she’s a…
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Has Jennifer Lopez - aka J. Lo - taken on yet another identity?
It sure sounds that way judging by a new single, credited to an artist named "Lola." The singer sounds suspiciously like the woman who heavy-breathed through hits like "If You Had My Love" and "Jenny From the Block."
The song, titled "Fresh out the Oven," turned up on the Web this morning with credit given only to Lola. Produced by the Neptunes, the track has a lustful…
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It's official: Russell Brand and Katy Perry are an item. A week after the British comic and the American pop singer hinted on their respective Twitter pages that they had shared a vacation in Thailand, the pair were spotted all over Paris acting like lovebirds, reports People.com.
Brand was at Perry's side at the runway shows for Paris' Fashion Week on Wednesday night, where the pair set tongues wagging with old-fashioned…
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And on the seventh day, he lost it.
An enraged John A. (Junior) Gotti exploded Thursday, fed up after a week's worth of damning testimony from his ex-best friend - reportedly threatening to murder the mob informant in a Manhattan courtroom.
"I'll kill you," Gotti mouthed at John Alite just before the once inseparable duo shared a high-decibel Mafia meltdown in front of a stunned audience.
Jurors didn't see Gotti send that…
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Cops investigating the murder of a Bronx man are looking back at a 2007 assault case in which he took the rap for one of 50 Cent's sidekicks.
Lowell Fletcher, 32, was killed on Jerome Ave. Sept. 27, just two weeks after making parole, and cops are looking to the rap world for a possible motive.
Fletcher, who used the rap name Lodi Mack, was employed by G-Unit rapper Tony Yayo, who was busted two years ago for smacking the 14-year-old…
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In a decision that stunned the nation and the world, President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace prize Friday for his attempts to win peace in the Middle East and stem nuclear proliferation.
Obama woke up just before 6 a.m. to learn that he had been awarded the prestigious award for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
He's the third…
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Rap star Soulja Boy was arrested in Georgia Wednesday night after authorities say he ran from cops.
Police showed up to a home in Henry County where a music video was being shot. Cops say several people suddenly took off when the cops showed up -- including Soulja Boy -- but he showed back up a few minutes later and was subsequently arrested.
He was charged with obstruction, a misdemeanor.
Soulja Boy, real name Deandre…
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If you were given $75,000 what would you do with it? Some might put it in a low-yield savings account, maybe a college fund, down payment for a house…or if you are Pharrell…you buy a Hermes crocodile skin hoodie. Yes for $75,000. Here he is showing it off…if he wore that around with no body guard only a matter of time before someone snatches it.
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NEW YORK – Miley Cyrus has quit Twitter, leaving her fans puzzled over her abrupt exit.
The teen pop star was one of the most popular people on the microblogging site, with more than 1.1 million followers. But the account for the 16-year-old Cyrus is no longer available.
In one of her last posts, she wrote that Liam Hemsworth, her co-star in the upcoming film "The Last Song," wanted her to delete her Twitter account "with good…
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In an interview to promote his line of Monster headphones, the reporter casually asked Dre what upcoming projects he had. "Only my album that I've been working on for the last 10 years, that's it, Detox record," he laughed.
While he didn't go into any specifics, Dre said, "Hopefully, I'll get it done at the end of this year, and we can hear it next year."
Asked what was causing the holdup of the album that would be his first solo…
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After keeping her pregnancy on the down-low, Jennifer Hudson sat down with People magazine for a photo shoot with her new son, David Jr., born August 10. In the issue, set to hit newsstands on October 15, the singer opened up about what it's like to be a new mom and about her nearly two-month-old son.
"I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy," Hudson tells the magazine about her new role. "Who better to devote…
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On Tuesday, Fat Joe released his ninth solo LP, J.O.S.E. 2. We caught up with the veteran as he drove in his old neighborhood in the Bronx on the way to Trinity Avenue.
"I couldn't sleep last night," he said. "You gotta understand, I do this from the heart. With me, it's all about making great music. Just to know my fans, who have been my fans forever, get to hear the new Fat Joe for me, it gets me real excited. ... I wanna make the people think,…
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A dagger-wielding psycho was shot to death by an NYPD cop in Harlem on Wednesday night after stabbing two men in his apartment building - killing a courageous neighbor who tried to help the other victim, police said.
Carlton Lewis, 21, knifed his mother's boyfriend, Charles Davis, and fatally stabbed a good Samaritan neighbor, Marco Betancourt, inside the Frederick Samuel Houses before cops arrived at the W.144th St. complex about 6:45…
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Frances Bean Cobain isn't happy with people who exploit their famous relatives for attention.
The 17-year-old daughter of rockers Courtney Love and the late Kurt Cobain has taken to Twitter to sound off against 15-year-old Ali Lohan, the younger sister of the world's best-known Lindsay.
What apparently set young Cobain off was the fact that Lohan released a holiday album, titled "Christmas Magic," back in 2006.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Authorities have found the body of a 71-year-old woman after wading through a Jacksonville, Florida home filled with garbage piled eight feet high.
The Florida Times-Union reports that officers were checking on Carina E. Decampo late Tuesday, after worried family members called to say they hadn't heard from her in weeks.
They were met with what police called "unbelievable squalor" and a stench that made officers…
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Rapper and actor Xzibit wasn't sure what to expect when he agreed to appear on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," but he's glad he did.
He'd seen the show, but he wasn't aware of how much hard work goes into building a house in a week.
"It was something I was definitely interested in," Xzibit, born Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, told the Daily News on Wednesday. "I didn't know what I was signing up for; building a house in seven days is…
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