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Lil Wayne Pens A Note About U.S. Open Tennis From Prison

Rapper sent the handwritten letter to Sports Illustrated. By Jayson Rodriguez Lil Wayne Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage Lil Wayne knows his sports well enough to understand free agency: When you’re not signed, you go with the best offer. The Cash Money rapper was formerly a blogger for ESPN, opining about the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, among other topics. Now, however, the incarcerated rap star has sent his latest athletic musings to ESPN the Magazine ‘s rival, Sports Illustrated. (He’s also been posting about sports on his personal blog .) Weezy sent a handwritten note to the publication with his predictions for the U.S. Open’s men’s and women’s tournaments. The rapper picked top-seeded Rafael Nadal in the men’s bracket and Belgian star Kim Clijsters to take the woman’s crown. “I’m definitely rooting for [Nadal] to get the Grand Slam and win the U.S. Open,” Lil Wayne wrote on SI stationary after the magazine sent him a letter. “He’s already became the 2nd youngest player to win 8 major titles before the age of 25. He’s halfway there to Roger [Federer]’s 16. And even while battling knee tendinitis, he’s still ranked #1. His Wimbledon performance was one of a kind. He simply plays with pure passion and leaves it all out there on the court.” Lil Wayne is slated to be released from prison in November. He was sentenced to a year in prison in New York after a 2007 gun bust. Next month, the Cash Money Records superstar will release an EP directly online. Since he began his jail time, the rapper has released a flurry of music videos, recently appearing in Drake’s “Miss Me” clip. Wayne’s prot

Jessica Alba ‘Inspired’ Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Spy Kids 4’

Writer/director recalls seeing the ‘Machete’ star change diapers on set. By Kara Warner Jessica Alba at the “Machete” premiere Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images Let’s face it, Jessica Alba is known for her sexy factor. No matter what role she’s in, be it a superhero (“Fantastic Four”), a pharmaceutical sales rep (in the upcoming “Little Fockers”) or an immigration officer (this week’s “Machete”), Alba’s addition to any cast turns up its heat. Such is even the case with Robert Rodriguez’s “Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World.” When MTV News caught up with the actress and her director at the L.A. premiere of “Machete” earlier this week, we asked them how her casting came to be. “I was so inspired, seeing her on [the ‘Machete’] set trying to be beautiful for the camera and yet having to [run off] to change her baby’s diaper,” Rodriguez explained. “I thought, ‘You know what, that would be great as a spy mom, I’ve got to write that in.’ ” And since Rodriguez is the writer/director/creator of the “Spy Kids” franchise, he did just that. “I wrote that into the script, based on her,” he said of what will his third film with Alba. The 28-year-old actress/mom said she’s most looking forward to working with Rodriguez again — and to eating more of the director’s specialty: homemade margherita pizza with jalape