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Jamie Foxx to Host Michael Jackson Tribute

Jamie Foxx to Host Michael Jackson Tribute

Rolling Stone reports that comedian, actor and singer Jamie Foxx will be the host of the controversial Michael Jackson Forever tribute concert, which is scheduled for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales. The show was organized by Jackson’s mother, Katherine with help from Global Live Events.   read more

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Jamie Foxx Confirmed for New Tarantino Film

Jamie Foxx Confirmed for New Tarantino Film

Quentin Tarantino has officially chosen Jamie Foxx for the lead role in his upcoming spaghetti Western, Django Unchained, according to Variety. As previously reported, Foxx will play Django, a freed slave who sets out to save his wife from a devilish plantation owner played by Leonardo DiCaprio. The German bounty hunter who helps Foxx’s character will be played by Christoph Waltz, and Samuel Jackson will also be in the film as one of the ranch’s henchmen....  read more

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Tarantino's Django Unchained Gets Release Date

Tarantino's <i>Django Unchained</i> Gets Release Date

Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated Django Unchained has received a release date. The Weinstein Company announced that the spaghetti Western will open in theaters Dec. 25, 2012....  read more

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Five More Actors Martin Scorsese Should Consider for His Frank Sinatra Biopic

Five More Actors Martin Scorsese Should Consider for His Frank Sinatra Biopic

It’s hard to keep up with the seemingly endless films Martin Scorsese has brewing (a George Harrison documentary, a Mafia flick dubbed The Irishman and a 3D kids movie, The Invention of Hugo Cabret), but, for more than a year now, our favorite living director has also been piecing together a biopic on romanticized singer/actor Frank Sinatra....  read more

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Update: Jamie Foxx Not Writing Laverne & Shirley Movie

Update: Jamie Foxx Not Writing <em>Laverne & Shirley</em> Movie

Didn't see this one coming...  read more

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The 25 Best Movie Performances of the Decade

The 25 Best Movie Performances of the Decade

Sometimes, a good actor can make a bad script tolerable and mediocre script enjoyable. But occasionally, an actor will stumble upon a role they seemed born to play, and watching them transform themselves is an utter joy.  read more

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Jamie Foxx to Play Frank Sinatra?

Jamie Foxx to Play Frank Sinatra?

When we found out last week that Martin Scorsese had officially signed on to make the long-rumored Frank Sinatra biopic, the first question you were probably asking yourself was, "Who is going to play Ol' Blue Eyes?" And as we're hearing today, one of the top candidates for the role has brown eyes and is quite unexpected....  read more

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Paste's Double Life Playlist: The Actor/Musician

<em> Paste's </em> Double Life Playlist: The Actor/Musician

Jenny Lewis has recently released her Summer tour schedule, and we're amped about it. Many indie-music enthusiasts know her as the charming chanteuse of Rilo Kiley; however, any child of late '80s television knew the face well before the voice. Before jamming, Lewis appeared in Jell-O commercials. Before Rabbit Fur Coat, she pushed Girl Scout cookies in Troop Beverly Hills. And before romancing Jonathan Rice, she was on Fred Savage's radar in the 1989 film, The Wizard. All of this reminiscing got us thinking about some of our favorite actor-musicians, so we've created a playlist with a few faces you've...  read more

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The Soloist debuts with powerful trailer and Oscar buzz

<em>The Soloist</em> debuts with powerful trailer and Oscar buzz

It has finally arrived...the trailer for the much anticipated Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) film The Soloist, that is. And before you ask, no, it doesn't star Keira Knightley. ...  read more

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Jamie Foxx - Unpredictable

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Let’s Talk About Sucks: Foxx escapes Ray Charles’ shadow only to wallow in oversexed R&B numbers  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews