Queen Latifah will team up with Dolly Parton in the gospel musical comedy, Joyful Noise.

The movie quest to get married gets flipped on its axis in the cute, delightful new comedy White Wedding.

It looks like Brandy will be juggling two reality shows this fall.

American Bandstand may have been first to air, but once it premiered Soul Train soon became the indisputable American cultural institution of soul music.

Despite lukewarm responses from most film critics, Takers, proved to be a crowd pleaser; it debuted number one its first week in theaters stateside, taking in 20.5 million at the box offic

Just when it seems like everyone and their mama has a reality show, minority and female racing enthusiasts are getting added to the mix and are changing the game.

Los Angeles Laker Ron Artest is probably best known for being one of the NBA?s most talented and skilled basketball players, but in tonight?s edition of TV One?s documentary series

Rah Digga has come a long way since her days as the leading lady in Busta Rhymes' Flipmode Squad. After releasing her solo debut, 2000's Dirty Harriet, Digga became disenchanted with the music industry and embarked on a 10-year sabbatical. She went to film school, settled down, and had a child. But, like Jay-Z during his myriad retirements, the allure kept calling her back. She's back in the fold with her first album in 10 years, .

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Review: Rah Digga - Classic originally appeared on About.com Rap / Hip-Hop on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at 12:45:25.

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Ladies and Gents, Freddie Gibbs' new video for "Oil Money" is now upon us. The song appears on Gibbs' . Watch the video below:

• Freddie Gibbs - "Oil Money" Video

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Music Video: Freddie Gibbs' "Oil Money" originally appeared on About.com Rap / Hip-Hop on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at 10:32:27.

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Kanye's GOOD Friday series rolls on with the release of "Devil in a Dress." Kanye tweeted that the song, which was produced by Bink, instantly gave him a feel he's been missing in music for so long. Check it out below and let me know what you think.

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New Music: Kanye's "Devil in a New Dress" originally appeared on About.com Rap / Hip-Hop on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 at 12:07:25.

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It's a good week to be a hip-hop fan. OGs like Kanye and Jay-Z seem to be on a winning streak lately, while younguns like J Cole and Freddie Gibbs have been cranking out fiery hits that make their peers look ordinary. May the weekend cradle you like a baby, and may these guide you through your journey. Here are the .

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Top 10 Rap Songs - September 10, 2010 originally appeared on About.com Rap / Hip-Hop on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 15:30:11.

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Get excited. Get very excited. Lauryn Hill is readying her new, yet-to-be-titled album for a release soon. There's not a lot of specifics right now, but L'Boogie told that she's getting closer to finishing the LP. The only thing that seems certain for now is that she doesn't plan on doing many, if any, collaborations on her new album.

"I have respect for what people do," Hill said. "I also like to hear the eclectics, I like to hear the mixture. There's a lot of different creative energies out there right now. I respect the different sounds that I'm hearing. It's been such a long time since I've gotten my voice and my ideas [out]. In terms of collaborations, that's not even something I've been thinking about per se. I'm happy that people are still making music. That we still have a platform with which to make music. It's gonna be interesting to see what the future holds."

C'mon, Lauryn, just say what you really think: 90% of new music sucks lemon balls.

Related: Top 10 Female Rappers

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Lauryn Hill Close to Releasing New Album originally appeared on About.com Rap / Hip-Hop on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 09:50:48.

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Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors latched onto positive news out of Europe in the latest in a string of low-volume sessions suggesting little confidence in market direction.

Reuters - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich and accused Republicans of being fiscally irresponsible.

AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.

AP - The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off.

AP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.

AP - Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.

AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine caused widespread flooding in northern Texas and began buffeting southern Oklahoma on Wednesday, killing at least two people and submerging low-lying pockets of Arlington under several feet of water.

AP - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday he has "no doubt" that chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will be weighing his future options now that the race for Chicago mayor is wide open.

AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors latched onto positive news out of Europe in the latest in a string of low-volume sessions suggesting little confidence in market direction.

Reuters - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich and accused Republicans of being fiscally irresponsible.