Pages tagged “50 cent”

We Need More Cowbell! VH1's Behind the Music Returns, But Who Deserves an Episode?

Were it not for VH1's Behind the Music, a whole generation would never be able to answer the many haunting questions of modern music: Did Milli Vanilli really lip-sync their groundbreaking "Girl You Know It's True?" Why were the guys in Hootie and the Blowfish smiling all the time? And what the hell was with that bumblebee girl in Blind Melon's "No Rain" video?It was with heavy hearts that fans of BtM watched a chapter of their lives end when the show was pulled to semi-retirement in 2002....  read more

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Travis Morrison Announces Retirement, Social Networking Aspirations

Google Travis Morrison these days, and the first thing that will pop up is a site simply titled "RETIRED." Yes, friends, according to the Web site of former the Dismemberment Plan frontman/solo artist, the man has taken himself out of the game. "No shows, no records, no bands," the page reads. "Just relaxing in Brooklyn. Befriend me on facebook. I'm so nice!"...  read more

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Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent to Star in Jekyll and Hyde

In Hollywood, many ideas emerge in pairs (Deep Impact/Armageddon, Capote/Infamous), and new project, Jekyll, starring Keanu Reeves, is no exception. Director Abel Ferrara has a different vision for the mismatched pair, and has cast Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent to play the lead roles in Jekyll and Hyde....  read more

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Paste's Tax Refund Playlist: Cash Money Mix

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The best thing about giving your money away is getting a bit of it back. Some people say that money can't buy happiness, but we respectfully disagree with this opinion; it definitely makes us feel warm, fuzzy and well-fed. If you aren't smiling when you get your tax-refund check in the mail, you might be a robot. In fact, you're most likely incapable of feeling emotion and Blade Runner's Rick Deckard is closing in on your mailbox as you read this. As you patiently wait for that refund check to arrive, whether you're making a wish list of goodies for...  read more

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50 Cent buys film company, nabs Nic Cage as first co-star

The best stories always seem to tell themselves. 50 Cent has purchased his very own film production company—called Cheetah Vision, no less—and he's wrangled Nicolas Cage to be his co-star in the operation’s first venture, a fact-based parable about a former fighter sent to state prison and the founder of a boxing program who he connects with there....  read more

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Ten Awesome Obamicon Posters

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Have you heard? Paste just launched a fabulous new website designed to help bide your time as you anxiously await the inauguration. Some people already have the hang of it. Below are 10 especially good posters created through the site. (And here's an updated list of 40 more awesome Obamicons.)...  read more

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Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 to hit stores Dec. 2?

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It's turning out to be quite the season for hip-hop lovers. T.I.'s Paper Trail was released Tuesday, Missy Elliott's much-delayed Block Party will (hopefully) finally hit Nov. 11, Kanye West has moved up his new album to "sometime in November," 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct debuts Dec. 9, and now Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 record is rumored to drop Dec. 2....  read more

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Righteous Kill

In Double Indemnity, one of the classic film noirs...  read more

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Pirate's Dilemma to bring piracy to TV?

To hear Matt Mason tell it, if you want to change the world your best bet is not realpolitik, but innovative piracy....  read more

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50 Cent Timeline, 2005-2008

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The story of 50 Cent’s rise to fame has been told countless times by countless people, chief among them Fiddy himself. In fact, aside from his derision for other rappers, there’s little else he actually raps about. But it may have been difficult to keep track of the artist...  read more

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