Jesse L. Martin to Replace Lenny Kravitz in Marvin Gaye Biopic

Jesse L. Martin to Replace Lenny Kravitz in Marvin Gaye Biopic

According to Deadline, Law and Order alum Jesse L. Martin will play the legendary Marvin Gaye in the upcoming biopic titled Sexual Healing.  read more

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This Week’s New Album Releases (8/30/2011)

This Week’s New Album Releases (8/30/2011)

A lot of heavyweight's released new albums this week. Lil' Wayne finally dropped _Tha Carter IV_ teaching children everywhere how to spell incorrectly and about roman numerals. Another highly anticipated album, Red Hot Chili Peppers _I'm With You_, the first without John Frusciante also came out. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, released his third album under his Nightwatchmen name while the ever present Lenny Kravitz explored _Black and White America_ for his latest release.  read more

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Lenny Kravitz: Black and White America

Lenny Kravitz: <i>Black and White America</i>

Pop music chameleon Lenny Kravitz, being a half-white/half-black American, has plenty of justification for titling his ninth album Black and White America. There aren’t too many biracial rock stars in the U.S., after all. But as a musician, producer and songwriter, Kravitz has always been a tough nut to crack—he’s been a spaced-out guitar hero-hippie (“Are You Gonna Go My Way”), a falsetto-sporting soul man (“It Aint Over ‘Til It’s Over”), a fist-pumping, riff-driven modern rocker (“Fly Away”) and a piano balladeer (“I’ll Be Waiting”), among other titles. Being deeply immersed in both black and white cultures—and the musics...  read more

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Lenny Kravitz Cast in The Hunger Games

Lenny Kravitz Cast in <em>The Hunger Games</em>

Lionsgate has announced that rocker Lenny Kravitz will be playing Cinna in The Hunger Games....  read more

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Tracklist For the New Michael Jackson Album Featuring 50 Cent, Lenny Kravitz, Akon

Tracklist For the New Michael Jackson Album Featuring 50 Cent, Lenny Kravitz, Akon

Sony recently revealed the tracklisting for Michael Jackson’s upcoming posthumous release, and the album will feature collaborations with Lenny Kravitz, 50 Cent and Akon....  read more

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Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Allen Toussaint, More Play Gulf-Aid in New Orleans

Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Allen Toussaint, More Play Gulf-Aid in New Orleans

Musicians are coming together in New Orleans at Mardi Gras River City this Sunday, May 16, to raise money to help mitigate some of the myriad problems caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Called Gulf-Aid, the show’s proceeds will go to local groups working to clean up the coasts and wetlands affected by the spill and to Gulf Coast fishermen and the damaged seafood industry....  read more

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Tyler Perry's Precious Wins Top Award at Toronto Film Fest

Tyler Perry's <em>Precious</em> Wins Top Award at Toronto Film Fest

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire won the Toronto Film Festival's top honor this past Saturday, their People's Choice Award, which is voted on by filmgoers....  read more

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Five Musicians Who Should Wash My Car

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According to a story broken by the U.K. Guardian and subsequently reported in The States, big-shot director Michael Bay made sexpot actress Megan Fox wash his Ferrari as part of her audition for Transformers.This touching bit of casting news makes us pause and ponder who, in the musical universe, could stand to wash our dashing Pastemobile—the one with the stolen radio and the scratched-up paint. These five artists seem especially well-suited to work a sponge and chamois cloth while we sip lemonade from a shaded lawn chair. ...  read more

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