50 Cent has reportedly filed a $1 million lawsuit against a New York internet advertising company “Traffix, Inc.” for using his image without permission after his management company learned about the ad via a page on MySpace. The banner featured the rapper on a flash animation walking back and forth with a photographer which prompted the viewer to “shoot the rapper and win $5,000 or 5 ringtones”. Although the game didn’t use 50 Cent’s name, the character resembled him greatly.
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If there’s one thing about Beyoncé Knowles that makes her stand out, it’s that she’s a true entertainer. Nothing would have prevented this star from performing for her fans, not even a fall down a staircase, head first.

Beyoncé took a grueling fall while trying to walk down the staircase when performing her song “Ring The Alarm” and somehow she tripped while walking. As you’ll see in the video, she bounced back up and began singing where she left off like nothing never happened. Real troopers know how to just “brush it off”, because its “mind over matter”. (more…)

Celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony showed up at the premiere of their new movie “El Cantante” in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, which is based on the biography of Hector Lavoe, one of the biggest Spanish-language singers of the 1970s. The movie will be hitting theaters on August 3.

In addition to the new movie, Jennifer Lopez and Mark Anthony will be doing a joint tour together this fall the couple announced.

The tour, which is Jennifer Lopez’s first national tour, will begin on Sept. 29 in Atlantic City. The full schedule will be announced next week.
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So So Def Summer Fest cooked up its “Welcome To ATL”, “Streets On Lock Concert”, “So So Sexy All White Affair” and “The Pool Party” hosted by Jermaine Dupri, Nelly & Larenz Tate. Check out a few photos. Guests included Bun B of UGK, Da Brat, and a host of others. (more…)

The Weinstein Company presented the Los Angeles Premiere of “Who’s Your Caddy?” in Hollywood on last night which stars Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, Lil Wayne, Andy Milonakis, Faizon Love, Terry Crews, Tony Cox, Jeffrey Jones, Tamala Jones, Finesse Mitchell and Sherri Shepherd.

“Who’s You Caddy?” will be opening in theaters on July 27, 2007. Check out a few photos.
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Will Smith, Jada Pickett-Smith, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes held a private party for David and Victoria (Posh) Beckham of Europe. The couples private party had dozens of stars to show up, including Quincy Jones, Rihanna, Lil Kim, Common, Vivica A. Fox, and others at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. The party was by invitation only which had gold lettering on deep gold card stock. (more…)

Tons of screaming fans showed up to the Southern Hospitality restaurant grand opening in Manhattan Wednesday. The idea behind the restaurant is to “bring a taste of Memphis to New York”.

Justin Timberlake showed up, along with his co-owners and close friends Trace Alaya and Eytan Sugarman. Guests at the grand opening included his grandparents and mother, Jay-Z, actress Jessica Biel, Lance Bass, actress Sherri Saum, DJ Ani Quinn, Rev. Al Sharpton and others.
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BET held a press conference on yesterday for the 2007 “Screamfest” Tour which will be headlined by Grammy Award winning artists Ciara and TI. In addition to having performances by Ciara and T.I., artists Yung Joc, Lloyd, and T-Pain have been added on.

“This is my second time being a part of the SCREAM and I must say that it feels bigger and better this year,” said Ciara. “I am very excited about the lineup. It’s the hottest names in music and I can guarantee that fans will be excited as well. Expect a lot of energy on this tour and expect to hear hit after hit after hit!”

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Rapper Remy Ma (Remynisce Smith), who’s most known for being a former artist of Terror Squad and for her appearance on the song “Lean Back,” is reportedly being sought for questioning by police due to a shooting that took place early Saturday in New York near the Pizza Bar at 48 Ninth Ave after a mutual friend’s birthday party. The New York Police Department spokesperson states that at around 3:14 a.m. a 23 year-old black woman named Makeda Barnes-Joseph was shot in her lower torso at the corner of 14th and Washington Streets in Manhattan, NY by another black woman in her 20′s.

Remy Ma was stated to have been with a group of people outside the Pizza Bar when a fight broke out in which Makeda Barnes-Jospeh was accused of stealing $2,000 from her. Just when Makeda Barnes-Joseph stepped foot into her Nissan Maxima, Remy Ma reportedly got out of a Cadillac Escalade and pulled open the driver’s side door of the Maxima and shot Barnes-Joseph twice.
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MC Hammer looks like he’s back to his gangsta ways, well maybe not. The rapper was snapped performing at The 25th Anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. in Brooklyn, NY.
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