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Student Sues 'MIB3' Writers For $2B, Claims Studio Stole His Homework Constantino Basile also claims his work was used in projects such as 'Prometheus' and 'Elysium' Caimille Travis Posted: 06/17/2014 10:45 AM EDT Filed Under What's Good steven spielberg Will Smith Men in Black 3 Tommy Lee Jones Entertainment News Film News Prometheus Elysium A California film school student is looking to get a big payday for work he claims was lifted from his homework and used for big budget films such as Men In Black 3, Prometheus and Elysium. Constantino Basile has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against the writers of MIB 3, alleging that his script ideas were the inspiration for three Hollywood movies. He also claims his stories were spoofed by Steven Spielberg for the 2012 "Saturday Night Live" short, "Laser Cats 7." According to the suit, Basile submitted the stories "The World of Jupiter" and "Crisis on Jupiter" as assignments for a class at Los Angeles Film School back in 2011. He says a teacher at the school sold his work to Hollywood film writers who then incorporated the stories into their movies. Basile filed the lawsuit without an attorney and is seeking $2 billion in damages. Don't miss the Flick Centric premiere of Men In Black 2, airing Saturday (June 21) at 5:30 p.m. EST on Centric! http://www.centrictv.com/whats-good/entertainment/2014/06/17/student-sues-mib3-writers-for-2b-claims-studio-stole-his-homework.html

I can't wait to give it a listen!

I've had a promo of Too Tight for a few years. I love it. Family Affair is near impossible to find. You could only order it over the phone or through his website. I have a COPY of it that I spent a good bit for because I thought it was a legit release of it.

This isn't even an interview, this is just a conversation he's having. 2Pac had so much heart and way more motivation than any other emcee I'm aware of when it comes to community. Just imagine where the culture would have went once he was off Deathrow.

This is dope. Even if you aren't a huge 2Pac fan, this is worth listening to. It's 2Pac, just months before All Eyes On Me came out. The vision he has for the community and cleaning up violence is insane. His connection with the Hip-Hop community, the neighborhoods, and the church is pretty amazing. The connection with some of his legal troubles is pretty crazy too. People just wanted to stop this man, and they succeeded. Author Saniyka Shakur talks a bit more than necessary, but this is still great. Check it. http://thesource.com/2014/06/08/never-heard-conversation-between-2pac-saniyka-shakur-reveals-incredible-details-of-his-life/ Never Heard Conversation Between Tupac & Saniyka Shakur Reveals Incredible Details Of 2pac’s Life spencer | June 8, 2014 | 0 Comments Almost Too Real A conversation from 1995 between Saniyka Shakur (better known at Monstr Kody) and Tupac Shakur (not blood relatives) has recently been unearthed for your listening pleasure. The 22 minute audio is nothing short of incredible, containing a platitude of incredibly interesting topics that Pac candidly and (then) privately spoke on. According to Saniyka Shakur, who is the author of the book “Monster: Autobiography of an LA Gang Member” the conversation happened after he was released from Pelican Bay prison in 1995 just days after Tupac had also been freed from incarceration, and was the result of his wife accidentally pressing record on the answering machine . Some of the topics they speak about - Pac playing Kody in a film, set to be directed by a then unknown director, Antoine Fuqua (director of ‘Training Day’) - John Singleton is a coward - The Hughes Brothers are cowards - Pac speaks on who shot him (no mention of Biggie, Badboy etc) , and how the girl who accused him of rape was in with them and it was part of a bigger conspiracy. - What happened with the shooting at the police incident in Atlanta - What his experience in jail was like, all the politics and ****ery he dealt with as a result of being 2pac. The most incredible part of the conversation is when Pac passionately details to Saniyka a plan he has to restore the hood and bring respect back to the leaders in the community, as well as getting people registered to vote. The plan involved youth sports where famous rappers have individual teams and perform at weekly free block parties for the community. Your best to hear the man himself describe it (starting at the 4:35 mark) but take this quotable for example “Imagine me Redman, Trech, Ice Cube them typa.. gettin out , going up to the main drug dealer on that block, whos the ni#$a that run ****… look playa can you please have these streets clean” Seriously LISTEN TO THIS CLIP Speaking of Tupac, the play “Holla If You Hear Me” , which is based on his life and music will be opening to the public on June 19th, look for our review of it before then.

AD's new album is streaming on their website! I'm only a few songs in and it's not as organic as their previous stuff, but I'm still liking it. Check it here: http://arresteddevelopmentmusic.com/music/arrested-development-splash/

This song is do dope! Probably the best song he's done in the past 10 years. This sounds a lot like the work he did on V: Inside Out, Too Tight, and Family Affair. Classic Hip-Hop and heavy lyrics. I pray this song gets some hype.

MICHAEL JACKSON - Loving You (2014 Version) Xscape (2014)

MARIAH CAREY + NAS - Dedicated Me. I Am Mariah. (2014) This song is so dope. I've been playing it non-stop for a week. This video has is just slightly slowed down for some reason.

It seemed like he was finding his groove the more it went on. His show serves a unique purpose compared to the others (and always has). I hope somehow, someway it gets picked up in some other form.

Since I don't have TV, I had to settle or the clips he uploaded, but I'm FURIOUS! They cancelled the show even though they announced a second season a couple of months ago. http://highlighthollywood.com/2014/05/arsenio-hall-show-canceled-cbs-tv-distribution-changes-mind-on-second-season-highlight-hollywood-news/ ‘Arsenio Hall Show’ Canceled; CBS TV Distribution Changes Mind On Second Season, Highlight Hollywood News May 30, 2014 TV The Arsenio Hall Show will not continue on for its second season. Despite renewing the late-night syndicated show for a sophomore run in February, CBS Television Distribution has instead opted to cancel the series. “Unfortunately, The Arsenio Hall Show will not return for a second season; while there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue,” CBSTVD said in a statement Friday. “Arsenio is a tremendous talent and we’d like to thank him for all the hard work and energy he put into the show. We’d also like to thank Tribune and all our station group partners for their support of the show.” Added Hall: “When I started this adventure with CTD and Tribune, we all knew it would be a challenge — I’m gratified for the year we’ve had and proud of the show we created. I’d like to thank everyone on my staff for rallying around me and striving to make the best show possible every night.” The decision to backpedal on a renewal comes as station groups Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tribune Co. and LIN Television all downgraded the series from its respective time slots. CBSTVD originally announced a second-season pickup in February, citing that the series is the youngest-skewing late-night talk show and that Hall was “reaching a new generation.” Despite premiering to optimistic numbers, 1.5 rating with households (and, more importantly, a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49), the ratings took a dive. The show dropped 60 percent in the key demo within its first several months. There were bright spots along the way. A visit from prince Prince saw ratings surge 56 percent in March, tying even ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel that night, but the pressure cooker of the Jimmy Fallon era late night was ultimately too much.

One of Hip-Hop's greatest groups is about to drop a new album. Here's the new song/video for the song "Up" off their upcoming album Splash!

LOL....more embarrassing than when FP was playing soccer last Summer.

I don't have any details, but Chuck D just posted the news on his Facebook. Rest in peace to a legend. "The PE family sends condolences out to the family and friends of DJ Father Shaheed from Poor Righteous Teachers, who was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident."

MICHAEL JACKSON - Loving You (Xscape Version) Xscape (2014)

I think this could be the start of a great tradition. I'd love to hear a "Will 2K" remix with alternate, non-dated lyrics that gets performed every year.

Not exactly the most interesting article. I was hoping to hear something amazing when I saw the title, but nothing amazing is really said. For one thing, it shows it complete distrust and respect for police after all they put him through. Why is isn't a dignified last look at him, it shows he wasn't weak in that moment. Tupac's Final Words Revealed by Police Officer on Scene of Murder Retired Las Vegas sergeant Chris Carroll was the first responder to rapper's 1996 shooting By Ryan Reed May 23, 2014 10:50 AM ET Tupac Shakur Ron Galella/WireImage The first police officer at the scene of Tupac Shakur's 1996 drive-by murder has revealed the last words spoken by the late rap legend. And they're not exactly peaceful. "He looked at me, and he took a breath to get the words out, and he opened his mouth," says Chris Carroll, a retired sergeant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, in a new feature with Vegas Seven. "And then the words came out: ‘**** you.’" Shakur was shot multiple times on September 7th, 1996. After leaving a boxing match with former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, the rapper and his bodyguards got into a scuffle with 21-year-old Crips gang member Orlando Anderson in the lobby of the MGM Grand casino. Carroll, who worked with the city's bike patrol unit, had also been watching the same Mike Tyson fight, but was unaware of the brawl taking place in the lobby. Later, a white Cadillac pulled up beside Knight and Shakur while they were stopped at a traffic light and one man began shooting out of the back window. Carroll was the first officer to respond to the grisly scene. "I grab the car door and I’m trying to open it, but I can’t get it open," he says. "[Knight] keeps coming up on my back, so I’m pointing my gun at him. I’m pointing it at the car. I’m yelling, ‘You guys lay down! And you, get the **** away from me!’ And every time I’d point the gun at him, he’d back off and even lift his hands up, like ‘All right! All right!’ So I’d go back to the car, and here he comes again. I’m like, ‘****er, back off!’ This guy is huge, and the whole time he’s running around at the scene, he’s gushing blood from his head. Gushing blood! I mean the guy had clearly been hit in the head, but he had all his faculties. I couldn’t believe he was running around and doing what he was doing, yelling back and forth." Carroll says when he finally was able to open the door, Shakur's limp body fell out of the vehicle, "like he was leaning against the door." "So I grabbed him with my left arm, and he falls into me, and I’ve still got my gun in the other hand," he continues. "He’s covered with blood, and I immediately notice that the guy’s got a ton of gold on – a necklace and other jewelry – and all of the gold is covered in blood. That has always left an image in my mind. . . After I pulled him out, Suge starts yelling at him, ‘Pac! Pac!’ And he just keeps yelling it. And the guy I’m holding is trying to yell back at him. He’s sitting up and he’s struggling to get the words out, but he can’t really do it. And as Suge is yelling ‘Pac!,’ I look down and I realize that this is Tupac Shakur." Carroll says he attempted to get a "dying declaration" of a potential suspect from Shakur, but the rapper was ignoring him at first. "And then I saw in his face, in his movements, all of a sudden in the snap of a finger, he changed," he says. "And he went from struggling to speak, being noncooperative, to an ‘I’m at peace’ type of thing. Just like that. . . He went from fighting to ‘I can’t do it.’ And when he made that transition, he looked at me, and he’s looking right in my eyes. And that’s when I looked at him and said one more time, ‘Who shot you?’. . . He looked at me and he took a breath to get the words out, and he opened his mouth, and I thought I was actually going to get some cooperation. And then the words came out: ‘**** you.’ After that, he started gurgling and slipping out of consciousness." So why is Carroll coming forward with with information in 2014? Two reasons: Retiring from the Metro has allowed him the freedom to speak about the homicide case without being reprimanded ("It's been almost 18 years," he says. There's clearly never going to be a court case on this."), and he also didn't want "Tupac to be a martyr or a hero because he told the cops '**** you.'" Carroll says Shakur never spoke another word – remaining silent even when another officer tried to draw out a declaration in the ambulance. “As soon as he got to the hospital, he went into surgery and was heavily sedated, and I guess he went into a coma and really never came out of that, until they took him off of life support," he continues. "So that moment I talked to him was his last real living moment where he was speaking. I talked to the cop who rode in the ambulance with him. He said Tupac never came out of it, and he never said anything at the hospital. There was nothing else.” Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tupacs-final-words-revealed-by-police-officer-on-scene-of-murder-20140523#ixzz32a1j3s13 Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

I read it early today....excellent article!

Michelle is working on a new album, which is set to be a mix between her gospel work and her R-N-B music. Destiny's Child has reunited for one of the songs, which you can hear if you click the link below. Sadly, this isn't good as the two previous songs they've recently done. It has this faux Latin/Dance vibe that sounds a little underdone. Hopefully it'll get a more solid remix or something to take it to that next level. http://thesource.com/2014/05/21/listen-to-michelle-williams-new-song-say-yes-featuring-beyonce-kelly-rowland/ Of course this follows 2012's "Nuclear" off their Love Songs compilation... And last years "You Changed off Kelly's most recent album (which is the best of the three songs)...

I've always been a fan of Ice-T, though I was never that much in to Body Count. To be honest, I haven't listened to the majority of their stuff. Partly because I'm selective when it comes to Rap-Rock fusion. Well, I must say, the new track is dope!! Ice-T is a monster in it. The shocking music video reminds me of the music videos of the early and mid '90's when artists were pushing the boundaries of what could be in a music video. Check it!

It's kinda crazy, because they are fueling this off a tabloid angle of a picture that is completely innocent. I don't understand how they can dignify an investigation. Idiots...

I thought there was a post on this topic, but I can't find it....so it's going here. Looks like they're taking this too far. Will & Jada Pinkett Smith Being Probed By Protective Services For Willow Photo? Will & Jada Pinkett Smith Being Probed By Protective Services For Willow Photo? The Smiths are reportedly being 'extremely cooperative with officials' during the investigation Camille Travis Posted: 05/20/2014 04:30 PM EDT It seems Will and Jada Pinkett Smith aren't just catching flak from the general public about a picture that showed their 13-year-old daughter Willow Smith in bed with a shirtless 20-year-old Moises Arias. Radar Online reports Protective Services are also looking into the incident. An insider alleges the Los Angeles Department of Children & Family Services has launched an investigation over the controversial photo, but say the Smiths have been "extremely cooperative with officials." "The investigation was formally opened last week and is being taken very seriously by the department," the insider told the site. "Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have been extremely cooperative with officials. Of course, they aren't happy that their parenting skills are under scrutiny, but they understand." The photo of Willow caused a firestorm after Arias, best known for his role on "Hannah Montana," posted it to social media. The picture was later deleted. The insider continued, "Social workers will also be talking separately with Willow, and they also want to talk to the young man in the picture with her as well. This won't just be one or two visits with the family, and it will likely be an open investigation for at least a month, out of an abundance of caution." In response to the backlash, Jada told inquisitive paps earlier this month, "Here's the deal. There was nothing sexual about that picture or that situation. You guys are projecting your trash onto it. You're acting like covert pedophiles and that's not cool." The Smiths have yet to speak out about the reported investigation. http://www.centrictv.com/whats-good/entertainment/2014/05/20/will-jada-pinkett-smith-being-probed-by-protective-services-over-willow-photo.html

This article by Complex was done to celebrate 20 years since Aaliyah's debut. As a huge fan, I'm actually pleased with this list. it has the hits, as well as some lesser-known songs. If you're a fan, check the list and post your own top favorites. http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/the-best-aaliyah-songs/

DJ KAY SLAY w/ THE OUTLAWZ + ONYX - My Brother's Keeper (2014) Whoa, I love this!

98 DEGREES - Impossible Things 2.0 (2013)