Archive for March, 2009

Mar
6

More Christian Combs (AKA Little Diddy) Sean John ads

Diddy x¬† Sean John. The one time you will see me posting photos of a little kid. Diddy has decided to get his family involved with his latest Sean John ads. The new ad campaign features his son Christian Combs AKA Little Diddy. I wonder how Diddy’s five six seven other kids feel about this. Luckily for Christian he looks like a spitting image of his dad. These ads are currently running in various print publications.

Mar
0

Mary J. Blige to star in new Tyler Perry movie

Mary J. Blige x I Can Do Bad All By Myself. Billboard reports that Mary J. Blige will be making her major film debut in the upcoming Tyler Perry movie I Can Do Bad All By Myself. The movie hits theaters on Sept 11, 2009 and already has started early production at Perry’s headquarters in Atlanta. Here are the details of Blige’s role:

Based on Perry’s stage play of the same name, the film centers around Blige’s character Tanya, a nightclub manager, and her good friend April, played by Taraji P. Henson. Also part of the cast is Perry’s comedic alter ego, Madea.

So yes, Mary J. will have a prominent role and the chance to show off her acting skills. While she has had various appearances in TV shows and small roles in film, this will definitely peg her a major Hollywood player if she can pull it all off.

Mar
1

Pharrell launches new season of BBC clothing collection

Pharrell x Billionaire Boys Club. BBC continues to roll out despite the high price tags and bad economy. Who knew that a clothing line would end up being Pharrell’s cash cow? Although there seem to be as many BBC haters as lovers he still makes bank on it. Check out the newest BBC collection here which now even includes a hockey jersey shown after the jump. Continue Reading…

Mar
4

Snoop steals Oscar from “Slumdog Millionaire” campaign

Snoop Dogg x Snoop Dogg Millionaire. Snoop has always been down with the trends and what’s hot in Hollywood so it’s no surprise that his new single and marketing campaign is all built around the Academy Award Winning Slumdog Millionaire. Snoop has just released his new single “Snoop Dogg Millionaire” which even features Tanvi Shah (Oscar winner for Best Original Song, “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire) to create the song. Check the song from the YouTube video and photo that Snoop’s reps just sent me. “Snoop Dogg Millionaire” will be from his first album released by MTV.

Mar
3

50 Cent replaces Forrest Whitaker in movie “Expendables”

50 Cent x Expendables. It’s official. 50 Cent is replacing an Academy Award winner (Forrest Whitaker) in a movie. Props to 50′s film agent. He gets mad props for pulling this one off. In the movie Expendables, 50 will play Agent Will Sands, a CIA liaison for a group of mercenaries who are clandestinely sent to South America to overthrow a dictator.

The movie already has a line-up reminiscent to a WWE fighting match: Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Eric Roberts, Dolph Lundgren, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and UFC star Randy Couture. And then 50 Cent. This leads to the question then, why was Forrest Whitaker originally cast in this movie to begin with? Movie begins filming March 28th in Brazil and Louisiana.

Mar
5

AllHipHop.com founder gets major love for his b-day

It was “Grouchy” Greg Watkins’ B-day celebration this past weekend (shown in pic with Raekwon) held here in Hollywood at Club Sushi. Usually I don’t cover events but this party was really just another indication of the power that us internet folks can have over hip-hop. AHH.com might have its critics but it still was one of the first major sites out there and Watkins deserves some credit for kickin off the internet hip-hop game. Folks like Raekwon, Planet Asia and even Farnsworth Bentley showed up to celebrate. Now I’m just waiting for my party…

Mar
10

Fabolous to launch blog and entertainment website

Fabolous x MyFabolousLife.com. Fab (AKA Loso) is claiming 2009 as the year of his comeback…and what better way to start things off than by launching a website?! Yup, Loso has big plans to rule the net although he will have some heavy competiton with every rapper and their mother already with their own blog and social networking site. Fab recently told BET:

“I‚Äôm definitely going to do some blogs on the site. I‚Äôve really held back my internet presence just for the involvement in this site. For people who like to go on and see blogs and the entertainment that I bring, I really saved that for my actual website.”

Come on Fab! Everyone in online marketing knows you can’t hype a website unless it’s launching soon! So far myfabolouslife.com just redirects to his MySpace page. Via: RR

Mar
1

Preview video of Mos Def’s new UNDRCRWN clothing line

Mos Def x UNDRCRWN. Here is the brand new preview video of the Mos Def x UNDRCRWN clothing line collaboration that we talked about and previewed yesterday. Enjoy. The collection looks sick if you ask me.