Young Jeezy x Janky Promoters. We were the first to break the news that the Weinsteins were pulling the plug on the completed Ice Cube and Mike Epps comedy Janky Promoters, and staying true to our reports, The Weinstein Company officially released the movie straight-to-DVD with no marketing, no media and no promotions last Tuesday. The movie was filmed over a year ago and starred Ice Cube, Friday franchise counterpart Mike Epps and a special musical performance by Young Jeezy (see video clip after jump) and originally was developed and set to be distributed by The Weinstein Company as part of their push for urban films.

At the time, the Weinstein Company also developed and was set to distribute Hurricane Season starring Bow Wow and Lil Wayne to give the studio a formidable 1-2-punch in the urban film genre. Unfortunately, as we previously reported, The Weinsteins ran into financial difficulty and were forced to shelve a majority of their 2009 slate because they wouldn’t be able to afford the distribution and marketing costs. Janky Promoters was then taken off the release schedule and Cube and his production company Cube Vision awaited a new release date from the Weinsteins.

As time went on and the 3rd quarter of 2009 rolled around, our insiders report that The Weinstein Company had to make the decision to completely cut certain films from their slate and sell off the rights or distribute straight-to-DVD. In the case of Janky Promoters, it was decided that with the star power of Ice Cube behind it and it being a comedy which generally rent well, that they would go straight-to-DVD and take their chances with it as a Blockbuster exclusive.

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We dropped Part 1 of the interview not too long ago now here is the second and final part as QD3 gives us a closer look at the scratching and mixing elements of the game including the interface with the Numark turntable and fader. Check out the official site for more info on the game and videos.

Quincy Jones III AKA QD3 gives us this exclusive deeper look into the upcoming video game Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. While Mix Master Mike previously showed the world a hands on tutorial of how the game works, QD3 demonstrates plain and clear the design of the Numark console and how it replicates real life beat making and scratching techniques. Look for part 2 of the video to come soon.

Xzibit x Bad Lieutenant. WoooHa has exclusively learned that the action crime drama The Bad Lieutenant co-starring Nicolas Cage and Xzibit will have such a short theatrical run in theaters that it technically could be labeled as the dreaded straight-to-DVD. We have been covering this film for some time now and were excited that Xzibit was taking on one of his largest roles yet.

Unfortunately the November 20th release date is just a legal formality as the movie will only be shown in a handful of theaters in a couple of cities to make way for a February 23, 2010 DVD and Blu-Ray release. Industry site Blu-ray.com confirms our findings. Although the news is a bit disheartening and reminds us of the 50 Cent straight-to-DVD film Streets of Blood, we still plan on seeing this flick in the theaters just for the plain bad-assness.

50 Cent x Dead Man Running. 50 Cent’s new film Dead Man Running hits theaters this coming Friday but you won’t be able to see it here in the U.S. The indie low-budget film will only be playing in limited theaters in the U.K. and select parts of Europe. Luckily for you WoooHa readers, the film production company, Revolver Entertainment, was nice enough to send us pics of their official movie poster where 50 Cent is clearly the main marketing hook. Check the newer trailer after the jump….

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The Weinstein Company, the studio home of Lil Wayne and Bow Wow’s Post-Katrina basketball film Hurricane Season, has just announced their 2009 – 2010 film slate. Unfortunately for those involved in making Hurricane Season and those Wayne fans hoping to get a glimpse of him playing a punk high school kid, the movie has been dropped from the schedule…again. Many involved with the film were optimistic that it would get a proper release but due to major financial issues facing the Weinstein Company including recent layoffs, the film has been shelved indefinitely. In a recent interview with the Times Picayune – New Orleans, Hurricane Season producer Raymond Brothers still hopes for the best.

“We’re very grateful to the Weinstein Co. and (sister company) Dimension for making the movie in New Orleans — we spent $50 million in New Orleans. The movie tested extremely well, and we’re very hopeful that in a very short period of time we’ll come to some resolution about the release date.”

Considering the multi-million dollar budget, urban appeal with Lil Wayne and Bow Wow and major star appeal with Forest Whitaker, one hopes this movie will not get the dreaded straight-to-DVD treatment. Some Wayne fan out there needs to start a petition and get this movie in theaters.

Love him or hate him Dame Dash always keeps popping up in the latest hip-hop business news for his new ventures. Once a hustler…always a hustler. Personally, WoooHa feels Dame Dash still has plenty to offer the hip-hop world as we await his Blac Roc project and new film with Mos Def. Unfortunately WoooHa has exclusively learned that Dame’s biggest internet project to date, BlockSavvy.com is now dead.

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Diddy x Sean John. Some how Diddy found time to throw his annual White Party while taking a break from taking over the world. Well now that the party is over…Diddy is back to all business with the launch of his new Sean John Fall clothing collection. The Fall Collection and Sean John has a couple of recent notable things going on for it specifically a stronger online push:

- The winners from the online Sean John Faces of the Future model search held back in May are featured in the new Fall collection photos (shown below)

-A brand new Sean John blog was just launched to kick off the new fashion season

-Sean John releases this new “Celebrate Life” t-shirt with proceeds going to the Malaria No More foundation. Check em here along with Diddy’s message.

And now on to our exclusive first look of the Sean John Fall Collection. See if you can pick out Diddy’s son Christian in the ads.

Kanye West x GURU Energy Drink. Back in April, Kanye West announced he was becoming an equity partner of GURU Energy Drink and would also be developing his own flavor of the drink in the coming months. Since then, news has been slow about when his drink would hit the market but WoooHa has landed the first official Kanye x GURU collaboration pics that will be used for promotional and advertising purposes. So THAT’s how he gets his beats to sound so good! GURU it up folks and be cool like Kanye.

Diddy x ENYCE. Diddy’s long awaited relaunch of the ENYCE Clothing line is almost set. We received a very interesting tip last night that Diddy has been carefully crafting the relaunch after the annoucement that he bought the company back in October of 2008. Between his various MTV shows, Ciroc, Sean John, and actually making music, Diddy has had to shuffle his time around to focus on the new ENYCE clothing line.

Our insiders say Diddy and team are currently focusing on the new mens and boys line first with the challenge of keeping ENYCE’s trademark style but with some new Diddy style as well. Purpose is for ENYCE to become another brand extension of Sean Combs, Co. which is Diddy’s official apparel company name but maintain a distinct style separate from Sean John.

The strategy makes sense as a way for Diddy’s empire to further expand. Check the exclusive new ENYCE logo here and it’s pretty obvious that Diddy wants the world to know who runs ENYCE now. Next phase is a complete website relaunch which we will have for you in the coming months.

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We have just confirmed with movie studio Anchor Bay that they have bought the outright film distribution rights to 50 Cent’s new movie Streets of Blood. Those in the industry know though that Anchor Bay buys and distributes movies…straight to video. Yes, that’s right. WoooHa can confirm that Streets of Blood is going straight to video and will be available in stores July 28, 2009.

We have been covering Streets of Blood for sometime now. We were the first to break their sales trailer that the producers were pitching to studios months ago. But clearly no theatrical studios were interested. For those 50 fans, you might remember that this is the movie where 50 and co-star Val Kilmer formed a strong friendship…to the point that Val bought 50 a classic car.

Anyways, there you have it. All in all it’s not a good week for 50 Cent news. Earlier this week, sales numbers for his game “Blood on the Sand” were released and they were VERY VERY low and now this news about his movie going straight to DVD. The good news though is that 50 has a bunch of other movie projects coming soon including Twelve and a bunch of other projects in the works. Let’s just hope they hit theaters this time though.

Check the new trailer just cut by Anchor Bay and new DVD art as well. Remember, you saw it here first.

UPDATED: After many attempts of trying to reach them directly, a spokesperson for Sears has reached out to us refuting the claims that LL’s clothing line is shutting down. Their official statement as follows:

Sears values its partnership with LL Cool J and will continue its commitment to providing the LL Cool J collection to its customers, both in-store and online. The collection is characterized as affordable, iconic apparel for the family and represents an important breakout brand in Sears’ wide assortment of tees, denim and hoodies.

Our source still says it’s true and it sure wouldn’t be the first time that company public relations says one thing but their own staff says another.

LL Cool J x Sears. WoooHa drops another exclusive and unfortunately it’s not good news…for LL Cool J. In case you haven’t noticed, LL has basically been silent about his Sears clothing line for the past year…and for good reason. A source at the apparel buying department at Sears has exclusively revealed to us that the LL Cool J clothing line is indeed shutting down due to a lack of sales and forced cutbacks from the Recession. We got the drop way back in February but WORD ON THE STREET is now it looks like it’s official.

The benefit to the consumer though is that Sears is drastically cutting prices of all LL Cool J branded apparel from 50%-75% off to clear all existing in-store inventory. Check the official Sears site to directly purchase. Sears had invested millions in bringing LL in as an official spokesperson which included ad campaigns and in-store merchandising. Unfortunately the Recession took a big hit out of his sales and the label never recovered. WoooHa is still waiting for an official response from Sears Corporate to confirm these claims.

Some how I think LL will get over it. Wait…he already did. LL will be starring in the upcoming “NCIS” spin off TV show later this year.

We have partnered with 20th Century Fox for today’s release of NOTORIOUS on DVD (and don’t forget that Naturi nude scene in hi-def Bluray) and present to you this exclusive clip from the Unrated Director’s Cut. Check out the video after the jump. The video is called “The Ladies” and it’s pretty obvious what it’s about. Faith>Kim in my book.

And don’t forget to enter our contest where you can win the NOTORIOUS DVD….or just buy it. But don’t download it or studios won’t exist any more and I won’t have any more free stuff to give away.

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Jermaine Dupri x TAG Records. When Jermaine Dupri was booted from his job at Def Jam earlier this year, there were rumors that Dupri’s deal with TAG Records was in jeopardy as well. Fortunately for Dupri, the Def Jam and TAG Body Spray collaboration was arranged as a separate deal and Dupri kept his job as President of TAG Records…for the time being.

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WoooHa drops another exclusive as we have obtained the full legal documents to the current case between Afeni Shakur and Morgan Creek Entertainment. The cross complaint documents were just drafted two days ago by Afeni Shakur’s legal team who represents her company Amaru Entertainment (AE).¬†What we do know from the legal docs (obtained with permission from Shakur’s reps) is that Afeni Shakur had been looking for the right film studio partner to make her son’s movie since 1997:

That documentary of course was Tupac: Resurrection. The documents then go on about how due to the success of Tupac: Resurrection that Afeni reopened talks with studios in 2005 to finally produce the Tupac biopic. She talked with various studios including MTV Films, New Line Cinema, The Weinstein Company and Benderspink Productions but all to no avail. This is where it gets interesting. Get all the rest of the juicy details after the jump. Continue Reading…