“It’s important to Branson to get a spark. In the economic situation the world is in right now, people will pay for great entertainment,” said theater manager Paul Dunn.

What’s funny is Branson strip is a town that is used to having country, gospel and blue-grass concerts. So having a hip hop concert should be a bit interesting. Not sure how many of its town’s residents will show up, but there may be some out-of-towners who may swing by just to see Nelly.

“The shows are getting a little monotonous. They each have a comedian, they sing, they have female singers, they bring their kids on. It’s entertaining, but when each show is exactly alike, you need a little variety,” said Kimble.

“We are going to modernize our entertainment here. Branson has the best shows, but we are going to bring entertainers that are hot now, everywhere, even worldwide,” said Dunn.

“Despite my best hopes, it is apparent that my mother will need surgery earlier than anticipated. In light of this news, I have made the difficult decision to cancel my European tour in order to support her during her recovery, just as she supported me through the years,” Drake said in a statement. “I cannot thank my European fans enough and look forward to performing abroad soon. I ask everyone to please respect my family’s privacy during this time.”

So far he has canceled 10 dates on the European Run of the Home Away from Home tour. The tour began on July 2nd. He was set to appear in different areas of Europe, including London, Amsterdam and Paris – which are being rescheduled for November 2010. Those who already bought tickets will have them honored for the rescheduled dates. He is planning to get on the road and resume the tour on the 16th of July; his first stop being at Ottawa Bluesfest.

Lebron James, a two-time NBA MVP, became a free agent at midnight on July 1st. There has been a lot of speculation regarding which team he will choose. Rumors have spread, saying that he is trying to team up with Dwayne Wade and Ray Allen on Miami Heat. Everyone has their views on where they would like to see Lebron James and other free agents end up this summer, but in the end it will all be up to free agents.

“Prokhorov left with a few members of the Nets’ entourage at 12:43 p.m. Lagging a few minutes behind them was Jay-Z , a close friend of James, who was sitting in the back seat of a black sedan leaving the garage as the Knicks’ motorcade – 2 sedans and 2 SUVs – pulled in,” the AP wrote.

There are some rumors that Jay-Z has a meeting with Lebron James and supposedly went well.

“I think it went well,” New York coach Mike D’Antoni told The Associated Press. “But obviously everyone that gets the chance to talk to him will probably say same the same thing.”

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This took place back in November of 2007 and now she is supposedly out on work release. She was on Jermaine Dupri’s Living the Life blog, saying that she was out on a pass and visiting her lawyer. The work release program she is on involves her making windows daily from 9 to 5.

“I’m out on a little pass,” Brat said before thanking fans for all their support while she was in lock-up. “I got a job. I work 9 [a.m.] to 5 [p.m.] because I’m in the work release program. I make windows, so if you need a window, holler at your girl.”



“I’m doing my thing, when I come out I’ma be making windows, music, movies, TV shows, anything I can get my hands on,” Da Brat said. “It’s too much grass done grew up while I aint do nothing all this time and it got on my nerves. I’m fittin to come out and run..fast.”

Da Brat, born as Shawntae Harris, didn’t release any details about her upcoming music work, but I’m sure we’ll hear something about it soon.

Well, the movie he will be starring in is about a college football player that is fighting cancer. This isn’t the first time an actor has lost a lot of weight or gained a lot of weight in order to play a role in a movie. Will Smith gained a lot to play as Mohammad Ali and then lost a lot of weight in the movie “Seven Pounds”. Then Matt Damon lost weight for “Courage Under Fire” and Christian Bail was thin for “The Machinist”.

It’s not official whether 50 Cent’s movie will hit theaters or not. Fifty Cent has played in a couple of films like “Get Rich or Die Trying” and alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in “Righteous Kill”. So what do you guys think? Do you feel that 50 Cent losing 50 pounds shows enough dedication to want to support the film?

Willie Ray Norwood Sr is their father, but no word has come from him about these claims. Danyelle took the test of May 22nd in Atlanta, Georgia, when Willie didn’t show up. “I don’t know if you really know but we planned for Mr. Norwood, which is my father, to come down and take DNA the test,” Brown told the test administrator. “I’m here trying to do the righteous thing. I wanna show a lot of people that I came down. I took care of my business. Apparently, no show for him. If he cared about the situation he would be here.”

The aspiring rapper, Danyelle, documented the process on a web show called Unfinished Family Business. As you can see, this is somewhat of a parody for Brandy and Ray J’s VH1 reality celebrity show, A Family Business.

Danyelle has yet to receive any word back from his estranged family, but he has spoken with Ray J before. Willie and Danyelle’s mother are both from Greenwood, Mississippi, but Danyelle was born in Chicago. He is 35 years old; recently he aired his grievances about wanting closure with his alleged family.

The couple was spotted at the movie premiere of Date Night back in April, but then on May 4th, Serena Williams attended the premiere of Just Wright without him. Just last week, he was on the Wendy Williams show, where Common was talking about marriage. He said that it would be a great thing, but he couldn’t say that right now, and that he would love to be married and have children one day. If it happened to be Serena then it would be a “lovely thing” he stated. (Doesn’t seem like there will be any engagement rings poppin’ up any time soon).

In another interview, Common was talking about being one of the great actors and that acting was now his creative medium. Guess he caught the acting bug.

“My hip-hop background really can’t catapult me to where I want to be as an actor,” Common told The Philadelphia Inquirer last week. “I do acknowledge that hip-hop has built a foundation for me in the way that it allows me different experiences as a performer and taught me how to endure when you’re dealing with difficult situations. But acting is a different medium. I know I have to go through the process of training and the things that it takes to become a great actor. And my goal is to become one of the greatest.”

He has an upcoming album called The Believer, which is set to drop this coming Fall.

“Of course, everybody knows that I’ve been on vacation for a while and now I’m back,” City Spud told the St. Louis American.

The group got together earlier last week to put together a video for “Money Talks”, their first one for their upcoming album. It was shot at Visiontracks Studio in Fenton, Missouri.

“He wasn’t able to be a part of Country Grammar or any other Lunatic album that had been done up to this point,” Nelly told KMOV-TV. “It’s exciting for us to watch him because this is his first time really going through the whole process of putting out an album and everything that comes along with it.”

As mentioned, Birdman will be making an appearance with the group. He is featured on “Money Talks”. The video was filmed by the director named Juwan Lee. The new album doesn’t have a release date yet, but it will be called “City Free”, so keep an eye out for it.