Nicki Minaj lands a role in the upcoming animated film, Ice Age: Continental Drift. She joins Drake, Jennifer Lopez and Queen Latifah who are amongst the cast. Film is set for a July 2012 release.

Queen Latitah continues to diversify her business portfolio as she now gets into the bottled water business as investor in New York Spring Water, Inc. The deal is in association with Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment business arm, the same one that manages her film and TV projects.

“Latifah and I are really excited about this partnership,” Flavor Unit Co-Founder Shakim Compere stated. “New York Spring Water is an innovative company and is definitely at the forefront of new product developments in the industry.”

The hope is for Latifah to leverage her connections in film, TV and music to push the New York Spring Water brands such as VBee vitamin water and Aqua84. AHH states that distribution will be making its way to 7-11 stores in the next coming weeks. The biggest challenge though will be convincing people to pay for water that comes from New York.

The Queen Latifah and Common flick Just Wright opened this past weekend to the tune of $8.5 million at the box office which was strong enough for fourth behind Iron Man 2, Robin Hood and Letters to Juliet. Considering the big media budgets of the other films, Just Wright fell right in where most projected. It has aslo been widely reported that the film did not cost much at all to make and at least gave Common the opportunity to step up as a leading man in a movie. For those who saw it this weekend…let us know what you thought of it.

Playoffs? You wanna talk about the Playoffs? Well luckily for Jim Mora we are talking the NBA as Common and Queen Latifah continue their marketing efforts for the release of Just Wright which opens Friday. They join the crew of “1st and 10″ on ESPN to discuss their Playoff favorites.

Queen Latifah x Common x Just Wright. With just less than two weeks from the May 14th release date, Queen Latifah and Common pump up the marketing activity for their upcoming flick Just Wright. Check the interview of the two here where they talk about their experience working together. Via: NahRight

Queen Latifah x VH1. Weeks after signing a multi-project deal with BET, Queen Latifah and her Flava Unit production company have signed on to produce the VH1 TV movie Single Ladies starring Lauren London and Stacey Dash. According to BV, Single Ladies is a comedic drama about a group of female best friends with different philosophies on sex and relationships, set in the world of Atlanta fashion, music, and celebrity. This is a modern, sexy ‘Odd Couple’ that will constantly test which woman has the right approach to relationships.

Filming is set to take place in Atlanta soon. In the meantime Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit continues to gain more and more business as the go-to production company for female based urban entertainment. You can check the Queen next in front of the camera alongside Common in Just Wright.

The April/May issue of UPTOWN features Common and Queen Latifah as they promote the new movie, Just Wright which hits theaters on May 14.

via: Uptown