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Music and TV producer Russell Simmons has signed a two year deal with HBO, bringing back the cable network ” Def Comedy Jam.”

Simmons agreed to develop new projects for the channel. Jam aired from 1992-97 and 2006-08 and was responsible for launching several careers of African American stand-up comedians. The co-founder of Def jam was an executive producer on MTVs reality shows “Daddy’s Girls” and “Run’s House.” He recently also executive produced two stand-up comedy series that aired on Comedy Central.

Simmons created Dej Jam Recordings back in 1984 and also published the New York Times best seller, Do You, in 2007. As if all of that is not a long enough resume, he also founded Globalgrind.com, an online website for entertainment news. He is certainly an extremely accomplished man.

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by: Dalynn

Usher has been confirmed to play legendary boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard, in a new film called “Hands Of Stone.” The movie will focus on the story of Roberto Duran when he beat Sugar Ray to win the WBC welterweight title.

He spoke with the Huffington Post recently on his new role,

You couldn’t find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard. He was an incredible motion guy, the way he moved around the ring, and I think my dancing will make it easier for me to pick up his moves. I’ve been working on familiarizing myself with the ring, sparring and just understanding how to move in the ring.”

Usher also said he needs to lose about 20 pounds and replace it with muscle:

He had such incredible discipline, and he was flashy and classy at the same time. I want to be as passionate and dedicated in preparing for this role as he was every time he stepped into the ring.”

This will be his first leading role in a feature film.

I’m up for the challenge, and I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “I think my overall feeling is one of anticipation. It seems like this is a real passion project. It’s a film that everybody is so invested in, and I have the good fortune of having the character I’m playing still around.”

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by: Kristen

Jamie Foxx as Daddy Warbucks???

Foxx is currently in negotiations to star opposite Quvenzhane Wallis in the upcoming re-make of “Annie” which is produced by Will Smith & Jay-Z.

‘Annie’ is an updated version of the classic musical, and Foxx would play a character named Benjamin Stacks, an updated take on the Warbucks character. Wallis, an Oscar nominee, will be playing the spunky orphan girl that he takes in. Reports are saying Foxx has received an offer for the role and his team is currently negotiating, but that has not yet been confirmed by Sony. We all know Foxx can sing as he he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for portraying the legendary musician Ray Charles in “Ray,” and also starred in “Dreamgirls.” Not to mention, he’s released several successful R&B albums, and has won a Grammy.

The film is set to start shooting in the late fall for an anticipated 2014 release.

What do you think of Jamie Foxx starring in ‘Annie???’

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by: Kristen 

Nicki Minaj is about to add another role to her resume and is set to make her film debut. She’ll be hitting the big screen in Cameron Diaz’s comedy, “The Other Woman.”

The film is directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) and also stars Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Kate Upton. Diaz learns she is the other woman in an affair and is joined by a group of women who have all been done wrong by a man and look to seek revenge. Minaj will play Diaz’s ‘outspoken’ assistant at a law firm who is on her third marriage.

The Other Woman will begin shooting in New York in late spring/early summer this year.

I think it’ll be fun to see Nicki on a different platform… thoughts?

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by: Kristen

Last night the 2103 MTV Movie Awards were held in at Los Angeles’ Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA.

Stars such as Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Zoe Saldana, Snoop Dogg and Kim Kardashian were all spotted on the red carpet.

Check out some pics:

Foxx brought along his beautiful 19-year-old daughter, Corinne, and proudly wore a Trayvon Martin shirt…

He was also spotted with the beautiful Washington, who presented him with the Generation Award later in the show.

A pregnant Kim Kardashian posed for pics before the show…

Actress Zoe Saldana wore a floral printed Givenchy dress and showed a little leg.

Snoop Lion, star of “Scary Movie 5″  kept it simple and very ‘Snoop-like’ and rocked a plaid shirt and red fur jacket.

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by: Kristen

It’s official! “Think Like A Man Too” is set to hit theaters May 30th, 2014.

The film, that was based on Steve Harvey’s best-selling relationship book, was such a hit in 2012. The budget for the film was $12 million and it made a whopping $91 million! It really resonated with people.

Will Packer will produce the film and David A. Newman and Keith Merryman signed on as writers.

Last July Harvey said,

You can’t take my book and turn it into anything close to buffoonery. The first movie wasn’t—and it really struck a nerve with men and women—and so the second movie has to be in that same vein.

I’d love to duplicate the success of the first one. That’s going to be pretty hard, but we’ll get there eventually.”

The first movie was loved by people so it will be tough to top it, but it’s definitely a possibility because let’s be honest, we’ve all dealt with relationships in some capacity, male or female, so we can all relate.

Are you looking forward to the sequel?

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by: Kristen