MARIO VAN PEEBLES TO DIRECT "BAILEY"

Michael Clarke Duncan and Morgan Simpson will star in and Mario Van Peebles will direct indie drama "Bailey."

Heavy Duty Entertainment's Jeff Balis and Rhoades Rader are producing along with Charlie Poe.
The film, which will lens in Nashville in August, centers on spiritual redemption against the backdrop of Memphis blues. Simpson scripted and will play the title character.

Van Peebles recently wrapped Yari Film Group's "Kerosene Cowboys," starring Cam Gigandet, Bill Pullman and Rachael Leigh Cook.

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WILL SMITH "SAILS"

"I Am Legend" director Francis Lawrence is back in business with Will Smith.
Lawrence is aboard to develop and direct "City That Sailed," a 20th Century Fox project about a father and daughter living on opposite sides of the ocean whose love is so strong that it causes Manhattan to split off and float across the Atlantic.

The film will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Smith, who is producing with Overbrook Entertainment partner James Lassiter.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE TRAILER

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WILLOW SMITH JOINS TRUE JACKSON

Willow Smith, the 8-year-old daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, has signed up to make her television debut on Nickelodeon.

The child actress, who has appeared in the movies "I Am Legend" and "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," will appear in a special one-hour episode of Nickelodeon's comedy series "True Jackson, VP," which is to air July 25, the network said.

Willow will play a younger version of the show's title character in flashback scenes. The older True, who is the teenage head of the youth division of a major fashion label, is played by Keke Palmer.

"I get my style ideas from 'True Jackson, VP,'" Willow said in a statement. "If I had my own fashion company, I would call it 'Willow's Reign.'"

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HALLE IN MIAMI WITH NAHLA

HOW CUTE!!

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MICHAEL JACKSON'S MEMORIAL

Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King. Well, the King of Pop was laid to rest today in what turned out to be a beautiful memorial service. My head is still throbbing from crying and laughing at all of the speeches and thoughts that were shared today by Michael's friends and family.

Although I didn't receive tickets to attend the memorial, I really want to say THANK YOU to Katherine Jackson for allowing all of us to be a part of the celebration of her son's life. What a selfless woman! My heart goes out to Michael's children. I can't imagine the pain and utter shock they are in. Their lives are about to change forever but hopefully the strong family unit that surrounded them today will hold them up and keep them strong.

Click below for several pictures from the memorial.

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ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL...DAY 1

Here are pics from Day 1 of the Essence Music Festival held this past weekend at the New Orleans SuperDome. Above is a New Orleans Style Second Line and Funeral in honor of Michael Jackson. Click below for more pics.

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MICHAEL JACKSON: "THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT US"

The drums on this song are ridiculous. This has always been one of my favorite Michael Jackson videos. Love how he shows Brazil and love how into it the kids are. Plus Mike was getting his dance on in this one.

R.I.P. MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON

YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN

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ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL...DAY 2

Here are pics from Day 2 of the Essence Music Festival at the SuperDome in New Orleans. Looks like a fun time was had by all.

This guy isn't a celeb but I must have one of these shirts immediately!

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ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL...DAY 3

The Essence Music Festival in New Orleans went on this past fourth of July weekend and it looked like an uber classy affair. En Vogue reunited again and there were performances from Frankie Beverly and Maze, Teena Marie, Lionel Richie, as well as numerous others. Click below to check out pics from concerts from Day 3.

MAYBE HE'S TELLING HER TO READ HIS BOOK...

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"OLD DOGS" TRAILER

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MEADOWS LATEST TO JOIN "GROWN UPS"

Former SNL alumni is the latest to join in the party for the upcoming "Saturday Night Live" reunion taking place on the set of the Columbia comedy "Grown Ups."

Tim Meadows, a 10-year "SNL" alum, joins former colleagues Adam Sandler, Maya Rudolph, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Chris Rock, Norm Macdonald, Tim Herlihy and Colin Quinn in the cast of the ensemble comedy about high school friends who get together 30 years after graduation.

Sandler, who is producing with Jack Giarraputo via their Happy Madison shingle, wrote the script with Fred Wolf. Dennis Dugan ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry") is directing. Barry Bernardi is executive producing.

Meadows, repped by APA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, has appeared in the features "Mean Girls," "Benchwarmers," "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," "Semi-Pro" and "The Ladies Man."

He stars on the TBS comedy "The Bill Engvall Show" and will appear in Fox's summer movie "Aliens in the Attic."

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CHARLIE MURPHY JOINS "WEDDING"

Charlie Murphy (“Chappelle’s Show”) has started working on the “Family Wedding” for Fox Searchlight. Pic stars Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera and Carlos Mencia. Murphy will play the friend to Whitaker’s character.

Past credits for Murphy include “Mo’ Better Blues” and “Roll Bounce.”

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THIS WEEKEND AT THE BOX OFFICE...

This weekend's box office battle between Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" ended with a tie amongst the two flicks. They both came into first place with 42.5 Million dollars for the weekend. This brings Ice Age's total to $67.5 Million dollars and Transformers to $293 Million.

Coming in third place this weekend is the Johnny Depp finally out of costume flick "Public Enemies" which brought in $26.2 Million dollars which brings it's total to $41 Million.

Rolling into fourth place is the Sandra Bullock RomCom "The Proposal" which brought in $12.8 Million to bring it's total to $94.2 Million.

Rounding out the box office top five spot is "The Hangover" which brought in $10.4 Million dollars which brings it's total to a whopping $204 Million dollars.

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MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL TICKETS FOR SALE...

So with yesterday came with the news of those that won or in my case "lost" tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial scheduled for Tuesday July 7th at 10am. With this news comes the inevitable folks without scruples who registered for tickets knowing that they would not attend the event. So instead of picking up tickets at Staples Center tomorrow morning, they are selling the tickets on ebay. I've seen at least three auctions for tickets ranging from one hundred to upwards of one million dollars.

I don't know about you but I believe that selling tickets to someone's funeral is totally tacky and there's a special place in you know where for these folks. R.I.P. Michael.

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Just want to wish everybody a Happy 4th weekend. Hope you have a safe and eventful weekend!

Shequeta

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BLACK IN THE DAYS...

SUPERFLY was a total oldie and goodie and a classic blaxploitation film. The soundtrack was stupendous thanks to Mr. Curtis Mayfield, that guy was talented. Be sure to check it out if you haven't seen it yet.

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GLADYS KNIGHT DEBUTING NEW JEWELRY LINE

Gladys Knight is coming out with a jewelry line. The singer-actress and entrepreneur is stoked about her new venture. The Gladys Knight Jewelry Line will be sold at major department stores and through The Home Shopping Network.

The Gladys Knight Jewelry Line debuts in December. Knight will also be starring in the upcoming Tyler Perry flick "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," which opens in theatres in September.

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QUINCY JONES HEADED TO BROADWAY

Quincy Jones is headed to Broadway. "Genesis: An Evolution of Jazz and Blues" is a project that Jones says that he's been working on for 33 years. No word yet on when it's supposed to premiere.

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MICHAEL JACKSON TOPS THE CHARTS...AGAIN

Nielsen SoundScan says Michael Jackson's album sales have exploded - three of his albums are in the top three spots and 2.3 million tracks have been downloaded in the United States since his death.

Album sales for the week through Sunday hit 422,000 in the U.S., up from 10,000 a week earlier. The week's tally was greater than all the Jackson albums sold from the start of the year to June 21.

The top three albums were "Number Ones," "Essential Michael Jackson," and "Thriller."

In other Michael Jackson news, Hip-OSelect.com -- an Internet retail site specializing in reissues of Universal Music Group items -- will release “Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection” on Friday. The three-CD set features every Jackson solo recording released between 1971 and ‘75, plus all Motown-era songs issued after he left the company to sign with Epic in 1975.

The latter recordings include “Farewell My Summer Love,” originally released in 1984 as a “lost” Jackson solo album slated to hit the racks a decade earlier, and “Looking Back to Yesterday,” a 1986 compilation of then-unreleased tracks from Jackson and the Jackson 5. And while all the music has been available before, Hip-OSelect touts bonus tracks on the new collection in its “original, undubbed mixes.”

Curiously, the U.S. Copyright Office lists more than 1,000 titles under Jackson’s name; a good number of have been recorded but many have not. Titles range from the seemingly sentimental “Elizabeth I Love You” to the cryptically named “(I Took an) Overdose.” Signal Hill Capital Group and Fortress Credit Corp. are listed among copyright owners, presumably as future collateral to settle the singer’s debts, reported to be in the $400 million range. Neither firm returned calls.

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DRAKE'S KANYE WEST DIRECTED VIDEO "BEST I EVER HAD"

Here's the video for former "Degrassi" star and current rapper on the rise, Drake's, song "Best I Ever Had." Kanye West directed the video and it's clear that directing is not his forte'. I think he probably would have been better off just sticking with the lyrics of the song because this video is extra cheesy.

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JERMAINE JACKSON SPEAKS OUT ON MICHAEL'S DEATH

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"A WAR FOR YOUR SOUL" DOCUMENTARY

All I can say is WOW after seeing this. I wish more people in the black community were making these kinds of statements but I'm glad to see this and hope that a lot of our youth have a chance to view it. People always laugh at me when I suggest that the black race in America will one day cease to exist if things keep going the way they are.

Slavery really had it's effects on us and I truly feel that a lot of our youth are mentally enslaved to self destruct. Be sure to check out the video above and feel free to leave a comment or two with your thoughts.

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SPIKE LEE "DO THE RIGHT THING" ANNIVERSARY SCREENING

A few nights ago in NYC Spike Lee hosted a special screening to celebrate the twenty five year anniversary of his classic film "Do the Right Thing." Below are more pics from the event that looked like a lotta fun. I LOVE the pics of Q-Tip and Ruby Dee dancing. It's always fun to see different generations meeting on the dance floor.

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JANET AND MICHAEL IN PICTURES

Janet and Michael... There's a lot you can say about the Jackson Family and of course there's much to say about Michael but what always stood out to me was the close bond that seemed to remain solid between Janet and Michael over the years. These pictures prove just how tight that bond was and how much Janet looked up to her big brother. R.I.P. Michael and my prayers are with you Janet.

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VIBE MAGAZINE COWERS TO THE RECESSION

Another day, another magazine folds. The latest victim, Vibe Magazine. According to internal memos issued to the staff on Tuesday by editor in chief Danyel Smith and Steve Aaron, former CEO of the Vibe Media Group, Vibe magazine will be no more.

"It is with great sadness, and with heads held high, that we leave the building today," wrote Smith. "We were assigning and editing a Michael Jackson tribute issue when we got the news. It's a tragic week overall, but as the doors of the Vibe Media Group close, on the eve of the magazine's 16th anniversary, it's a sad day for music, for hip hop in particular, and for the millions of readers and users who have loved and continue to love the Vibe brand."

Quincy Jones, the producer behind Jackson's best-selling LPs "Off the Wall" and "Thriller," founded the magazine with Time Warner in 1992. Like other music publications that have closed shop recently -- a list that includes Blender, Radio and Records and Performing Songwriter -- Vibe suffered from a steep drop in print advertising, having announced in February that it would cut its rate base from 800,000 to 600,000.

In his memo, Aaron also cited the lack of investments sources need to keep the enterprise afloat.

"The deal market right now remains very poor and at the end of the day, the lack of investment resources to restructure the huge debt load on our small company has made this outcome a reality," he wrote.

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SPIKE LEE ON MICHAEL JACKSON

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