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By LT Dinwiddie

Shout out to Sam Jackson for slithering his way to the top, with the number one movie in America. “Snakes On A Plane” sold 15.25 million worth of tickets, ending Will Ferrell's "Talladega Nights" dominance over the box office for two straight weeks. "Snake’s" marks Sam’s 107th film over an amazing 38 year movie career. Most recently, Sam wrapped production on "Home of the Brave", a film co-starring Jessica Biel and 50 Cent which chronicles the struggle of three soldiers returning home after a lengthy tour of duty in Iraq to cope with life after war.
Jackson has also completed work on" Black Snake Moan", filmed entirely on location in Memphis, with director Craig Brewer (“Hustle and Flow”). There, Jackson plays named Lazarus, a blues musician who attempts to cure a character portrayed by Christina Ricci. FULL STORY


It was the worst American tragedy of our time. We all watched in disbelief as millions of our people were left helpless, and stranded by a horrible natural disaster. What was more disbelieving was to watch our own government stand by and do absolutely nothing. Hurricane Katrina will forever stand out in our minds as the worst tragedy since September 11th, 2001. Though a year has passed, the pain and devastation remains prevalent in our minds, and most importantly the victims of Hurricane Katrina. From the highly populated area of New Orleans, through parts of rural Mississippi, Spike Lee took cameras to the most destroyed parts of our country to engage, educate, and demonstrate how we all still have a tremendous obligation in helping our brothers and sisters through this truly devastating struggle. "When the Levee's Broke", brought to you by HBO, will be premiering this ground breaking documentary Monday, August 21 at 9pm, and all throughout next week.

I know here on O1LT.COM we talk about celebrities and entertainment news. We" kee kee" it up, and have a great time, but this is more important then any celebrity information that I can bring you. This is about real life. Please take the time to tune in and watch this program. Maybe it will spark something inside you that will make you want to get involved, if you haven't already.

Acts I and II premiere Monday, August 21 at 9pm (ET/PT), followed by Acts III and IV on Tuesday, August 22 at 9pm. All four acts will be seen Tuesday, Aug. 29 (8:00 p.m.-midnight), the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.MORE INFORMATION SPIKE LEE INTERVIEW



Last week I just talked about Busta Rhymes getting his Karma’s due, and it seems like his Karma isn't finished with him just yet. We all know about the shootout, and Busta’s lack of cooperation with authorities in providing them with any information (code of the streets). And I am the one who reported that Busta’s “Big Bang” album has failed to be certified gold by the RIAA, well now CNN.com is reporting that Busta Rhymes (Trevor Smith) was arrested this past weekend for assault, though know one is reporting exactly why.
What is known is that Messages left for Violator Management and for a lawyer who once represented Rhymes were not immediately returned, and police have wanted to interview Rhymes since the February shooting death of one of his bodyguards, Israel Ramirez.
I will updated you with more information once my sources update me. FULL STORY

*******THIS JUST IN********

According to Allhiphop.com and The New York Daily News:

Police claim Rhymes may have assaulted a concertgoer that allegedly spit on his car, after his performance around 5 p.m shortly after an appearance at Heineken's AmsterJam Festival last night (Aug. 19) on Randalls Island.

The New York Daily News reports that members of Rhymes' entourage were also arrested and that police used the opportunity to question Rhymes for hours, about the Feb. 5 slaying of his bodyguard Israel Ramirez.FULL STORY

Developing.......

My girl Lil Kim is always the trend setter. Just days after “unofficially” announcing that she is in fact jumping ship from Atlantic records and is making the move to Interscope records, it would seem that Trina is right on Kim’s heels. According one of my “go-to” sites Allhiphop.com, Slip-N-Slide Records’ rap diva Trina, born Katrina Taylor, has officially cut ties with her distributing label Atlantic Records, and is now searching for a new recording home. Ted Lucas, owner of Trina’s label Slip-N-Slide Records, said that Atlantic was no longer able to assist the rapper in her upcoming endeavors.
“We decided to look for another label that will be able to promote Trina more effectively, and turn her into an even larger selling artist,” Lucas told AllHipHop.com and added that the "departure was amicable," stating that Atlantic and Trina ended their relationship on positive terms.
OK I haven’t said this in a long time, but will someone please tell Trina to sit her ass down somewhere. Bottom line Trina can’t sell records. Her last album “The Glamorous Life” hasn’t gone gold yet, and it was released in October 2005. I know what you are all thinking, “neither did Lil Kim’s”, but Lil Kim has an excuse, she was in jail. Trina has lost the effectiveness of marketing herself as the “baddest bitch”. It disappoints me that as talented (OK with Trina I realize that’s a stretch) as these female M.C’s are, they drop the ball when it comes to keeping their name’s on top of the billboard charts. Foxxy can’t do it, Da Brat can’t do it, Jackie-O damn sure can’t do it. The only one who does it, and does it well is Lil Kim. I had heard a rumor from one of my sources that Trina is trying to make the move to Def Jam (allegedly) but there aint no way in hell Jay-Z would let that happen. FULL STORY


Shout out to Concreteloop for getting pictures of Outkast at their “IdileWild” movie premier and listening party last week. I was invited to go, but I had so much stuff to do that I couldn’t seem to find the time on Thursday to make it happen. Though Angel and I don’t get along for reasons beyond my control, I still wanted to shout her out for posting great pictures.OUTKAST-"IDLEWILD" PICTURES


If you cant already tell, I LOVE youtube.com. With my crazy schedule and even crazier deadlines, I don’t get a chance to watch a lot of TV. Youtube.com allows me the comfort in knowing that if my TIVO missed it, then someone’s DVR didn’t, and whatever I am looking for will show up on that amazing site.

Justin Timberlake recently sat down with MTV’S John Norris to discuss his new album ‘FutureSex/LoveSounds’. I missed the premiere of if on television, but good ole youtube didnt let me down. Here are the most interesting parts of that interview. Though this is the “Hot and Black” site many will agree that Justin has been “grandfathered” into our culture. His music is hot, and his talent does put in the remembrance of Michael Jackson. Justin’s new album comes out on September 12, 2006.

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Justin Timberlake was on top of the world in 2002, but secretly he was miserable…Puleezzz, I hate it when celebrities complain about being celebrities. I’d take their life over my own any day. FULL STORY

Everyone had to see this coming; Beyonce has written a letter to Vibe.com, setting the record “straight” about the “Ring The Alarm” single, and video. If you aren’t aware there has been a little controversy over her latest aggressive, energetic single. With lyrics like:

She go be rockin’ chinchilla coats
If I let you go
She gone have the house by the coast
If I let you go
She go take everything I own
If I let you go
I can’t let you go
Damned if I go

She gone rock them VVS stones
If I let you go
In the 'Bach or the Rolls
If I let you go
She gonna profit everything I taught
If I let you go
I can’t let you go
Damned if let you go

Ring the alarm
I been going too long
But I’ll be damned if I see another chick on your arm

It’s rumored that the new single and video is aimed at Def Jam recording artist Rhianna over allegations (by whom I don’t know-mediatakeout.com but you didnt hear that from me) that she is cheating with Beyonce’s hip hop beau Jay-Z.

The letter to vibe of course didn’t directly address the rumors or allegations, but she is proud of the video, and Vibe plans on clearing up the pressing issues when they interview her in the next few weeks. When I know, you’ll know! FULL STORY

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Say it isn’t so? Beyonce’s new album “B-Day” which is being released on September 5th is getting bad reviews?? According to FoxNews.com that’s what the word is. “Imagine if Whitney Houston never had Clive Davis steering her career for those first few important image-defining albums. The result would have been Beyonce Knowles ’ new "B'Day,"…Ouch! FULL STORY

I don’t understand how anyone can put Beyoncé and Janet in the same breath. No matter how successful Beyoncé is, she still has a long way to go to be considered a legend. Janet Jackson consistently makes great music, and not only great, but she has been a top album seller for 20 years. I will say it again, 20 years. Even if Beyoncé were to win the Academy award for her role in Dreamgirls, she still wouldn’t be able to be in Janet’s league. Comparing Beyoncé to Janet is like comparing Christina to Mariah, or Justin to Michael you can’t do it!! Janet has earned the respect and success, while Beyoncé is trying to earn it. Beyonce is talented and all of that, but she is still wet behind the years compared to Janet (Mrs. Jackson if your Nasty). FULL STORY

Janet’s second single has been released. The new track “So Excited” features Khia. If you don’t remember, this was the song that Khia was supposedly upset over and wanted people to boycott Janets album. Khia had gotten word from someone that the song was being cut from the album, and she was apparently pisssed, but as you can hear she is very much apart of the project. I don’t have an opinion of the song yet. I have to hear the actual CD version of it.
FULL STORY (Thanks Sandra Rose)

Random Thought...

Am I the only person who thinks MTV’S Video Music Award show is the biggest joke on television? MTV doesn’t even play videos anymore. I can’t say that I watch much MTV since the “OC” has taken over. From “Laguna Beach”, to “The Hills”, even “Cassie”, “Ocean Drive” and “The Real World”, the channel that I would watch at least 12 hours out of the day when I was younger, has lost me. The station is called Music Television, but they’ve some how along the way forgotten all about the music part.VMA INFORMATION


Despite leaving Aftermath, though some would say he was kicked out, Chuck Taylor’s (The Game) manager says that Dr. Dre and The Game's relationship is stronger then ever, though I doubt that highly. Jimmy Rosemond who is The Game’s manager says:

"If you look at the history and that's what people tend not to do a lot of times... is game on Geffen? Has he left Aftermath? You just gotta look at the history of Dr. Dre and when you look at the history of Dr. Dre you'll see that every artist that Dr. Dre had, there was a time where he allowed them to blossom and move on," Rosemond told SOHH.com. "This isn't Game leaving Aftermath. This isn't 50 [Cent] making him leave or so on and so forth. This is strictly the history of Dre allowing his artist to blossom. And what it is, it's just a Black Wall Street/Geffen thing. It's his opportunity to shine on his own."

I don’t know it all sounds like a little to fake to me. At this point the only thing that will make me believe that everything is really OK with The Game and Aftermath would be for Dr. Dre to publicly put it on the record in some MTV Exclusive interview, and even then I would only half believe it.FULL STORY


Puffy makes his singing debut on his new album “Press Play”. How lame can Puff get? Is that supposed to attract you to by the album, because its acting as a deterrent for me. FULL STORY

Radio Personality Fatman Scoop, aka Big Colorado, is set to release his first solo album and a syndicated/joint venture/talk radio/television show with his wife.
Scoop's debut album titled, In The Club Vol. 1, is set to drop early 2007 on his own AV8FM record label. The album includes guest appearances by Ying Yang Twins, Elephant Man, Youngbloods, MOP and many more. FULL STORY

Initially I was all ready for the new season of “Flavor of Love” but after watching two episodes I can’t say that I am interested anymore. It’s just too much. These girls, and you have to call them just that because no respectable women would stoop so low to get on TV or to find a man. From the sh*t seen around the world, to the cat fights over basically nothing, I can’t be apart of this nonsense. The first season was great. The girls didn’t go as far as these girls have so quickly. To be honest I can’t think of anything from last season that was as raunchy as what this season’s girls have demonstrated so far. I’m over it! I got better things to do with my time.

Oh course you realize that I say this now, but I could easily be sucked in at anytime. Hey, it is what it is!!FLAVOR OF LOVE