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Picture of Xbox Live new feature Music Games Stores
Just when you thought you’ve heard enough about Xbox LIVE or the gaming console Xbox 360, Microsoft released days ago a new Dashboard section on it’s Xbox Live Music ‘Music Games Stores’ for the video games Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and LIPS. The new music game store section which was unveiled now allows for gamers to smoothly browse music selections without the need to load up each game for their individual in-game stores.
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Picture of Warner Music Group and Hulu Joining Partnership
Warner Music Group (WMG) has joined with online video service Hulu and the two will be providing music videos and concert footage to online viewers. Hulu, who’s known for offering streaming video of TV shows, movies and video clips which can be watched online, made the agreement public on last week along with Warner.
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Photo of Rapper T.I. In the Recording Studio
Word is that rapper T.I., who was released from federal prison on last week to report to a halfway house, is back already in the recording studio. T.I. was released from low-security federal prison in Forrest City, Arkansas on Tuesday, December 22 after serving time on federal gun charges. Now, the rapper may already be back to business — music business, that is.
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Photo of supermodel, talk show host and singer Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks to end TV talk show?! Following in the footsteps of media mogul Oprah Winfrey who announced that she will be ending her talk show in 2011, it seems that the reigning TV princess Tyra Banks has too decided to end her television talk show as well to move on with other business ventures.
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Sneak peek of the television commercial ad for Beyonce Knowles’ first fragrance, HEAT which features an new version of her 2003 cover song ‘Fever.’ ‘Catch the Fever!’

Photo of Lil Wayne Rebirth album cover
Lil’ Wayne’s ‘Rebirth’ album isn’t to be released until February 1st but Amazon.com customers who have pre-ordered the album are enjoying it now thanks to a shipping mishap.
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Photo of Tiger Woods wife, Elin Nordegren
TMZ is reporting that Elin Nordegren, the wife of Tiger Woods, is very close to signing an endorsement deal with Puma.

Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, may soon be signing on with Puma as a spokeswoman for their new clothing line ‘Tretorn’. Puma just so happens to be the arch enemy to Nike, so why wouldn’t Elin get some ‘get back’ on Tiger, who is fighting to basically keep his deal with Nike?
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Picture of Tiger Woods in Nike cap - golf photo
Gillette, a company owned by Procter & Gamble, announced that they are phasing Tiger Woods out of their ads while he sorts out his personal problems. Gillette was the first sponsor to halt Tiger’s endorsement ads due to his affairs with his multiple mistresses.
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Sean Diddy Combs On Home Shopping Networks - HSN
Entrepreneur, music mogul and award winning actor and producer of a ‘A Raisin In The Sun‘, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, now in the fragrance business, has done it again! This time breaking a sales record on the Home Shopping Network selling out his fragrance in less than 15 minutes!

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs appeared on the Home Shopping Network on Monday and Tuesday with the release of his Empress fragrance, which is the female equivalent to his cologne I Am King. He hit it big with the viewers as he sold out his entire collection in 15 minutes setting a new sales record on HSN.
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Snoop Dogg Opens Up the NYSE on Wall Street!!

Written by Robert Douglas on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 in Business, Celebrity News, People - U.S., Snoop Dogg, Hip Hop, News.

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LBC rapper and entrepreneur, Snoop Dogg hosted an event and opened the NYSE on Wall Street Monday afternoon.

Snoop Dogg, real name Cordazar Calvin Broadus, 38, rang the bell on Monday afternoon opening the New York Stock Exchange. There he hosted the 2nd Annual Mentoring Madness Event and gave a speech on mentoring and entrepreneurship along with Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of Tom Shoes, Blake Mycoskie, Steven Hanson Founder and President of B. R. Guest Restaurants and Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, Barry Sternlicht.
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