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Lil Wayne Scores 18 BET Hip-Hop Award Nominations

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West rolled up nine each. By Gil Kaufman Lil Wayne Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images Lil Wayne is having a moment. On the heels of landing a nearly platinum first sales week for Tha Carter IV, Weezy put up another set of gaudy numbers on Wednesday when he was nominated for a record 18 BET Hip-Hop Awards . How big a figure is that? Wayne’s number equaled the combined total of the next two biggest nominees at the sixth annual show, Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa , who each earned nine a piece. Among his nods: Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, Track of the Year, Best Club Banger and Viewers’ Choice (“6 Foot, 7 Foot”), Best Featured Verse (“Motivation” by Kelly Rowland) and Hustler of the Year. Right behind Wiz and ‘Ye is Rick Ross , with eight nominations including Hustler of the Year, MVP of the Year, Lyricist of the Year and Reese’s Perfect Combo Award for best collaboration for his verses on Ace Hood’s “Hustle Hard” remix and DJ Khaled’s “I’m on One.” Kanye got lots of love for his visuals and performances, including Best Hip-Hop Video for “All of the Lights,” Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Video Director of the Year, Producer of the Year, MVP of the Year and CD of the Year for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy . Wiz was noticed as Rookie of the Year, Made-You-Look Award for hip-hop style, Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice) and Best Club Banger for “Black and Yellow,” and two bids for the Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse for his bars on Tinie Tempah’s “Till I’m Gone” and Cee Lo Green’s “Bright Lights, Bigger City.” Other Rookie of the Year nominees include Big K.R.I.T. , Big Sean, Frank Ocean, Diggy Simmons and Tyler, the Creator . The show, which will air on October 11, will be hosted by comedian Mike Epps and feature Maybach Music’s Meek Mill in the cypher. Related Videos 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards Show Related Photos 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards Show Related Artists Kanye West Wiz Khalifa Lil Wayne

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Has Angelina Jolie’s ‘Cleopatra’ Found A Director In Paul Greengrass?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘Bourne’ director is reportedly close to being signed for the movie. By Eric Ditzian Angelina Jolie in “Alexander” Photo: Warner Bros. For a hot minute, it appeared as though James Cameron would be switching up his directorial itinerary, sweeping into the world of ancient Egypt and helming the Angelina Jolie-starring “Cleopatra” before jetting back to Pandora for his “Avatar” sequels. Now it seems that Paul Greengrass — who, for a similarly hot, similarly short minute, was circling the director’s chair for the Cameron-produced “Fantastic Voyage” — will be taking on directing duties for “Cleopatra,” the 3-D adaptation of the current New York Times best-seller, “Cleopatra: A Life.” Deadline is reporting that producer Scott Rudin has said “we’re pretty close” to signing a director for the project and that sources tell the website filmmakers “like the idea” of Greengrass for the gig. Jolie, though, hasn’t yet discussed the possibility of Greengrass, who left the “Bourne” franchise late in 2009. “I hope to one day [play her], but we don’t have it all together,” Jolie told MTV last month about the film. “All the pieces are not together.” Sony is said to be eyeing a production start in 2011 and readily acknowledges that the budget will be massive. Rudin described the script, which has been penned by Brian Helgeland (who also wrote the “Green Zone,” which Greengrass directed) and is based on Stacy Schiff’s biography, as presenting “a completely revisionist Cleopatra, a much more grown-up, sophisticated version.” “She’s not a sex kitten, she’s a politician, strategist, warrior,” he went on to explain. “In the Joseph Mankiewicz movie, Elizabeth Taylor is a seductress, but the histories of Cleopatra have been written by men. This is the first to be written by a woman. It felt like such a blow-the-doors-off-the-hinges idea of how to tell it, impossible to resist.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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Taylor Swift Holds On To Billboard Top Spot

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Slow week produces no new names in top 50. By Gil Kaufman Taylor Swift Photo: Steve Granitz/ WireImage After gorging themselves on new releases over the holidays, music consumers seemed like they were in the mood to nest and cuddle up with the usual suspects during the final chart week of 2010. According to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor Swift will once again hang on to the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart next week thanks to sales of 77,000 for Speak Now, which saw a 72 percent drop in business from the week before, even as the 21-year-old newly single singer zeroed in on 3 million in sales in just over two months in stores. With every album in the top 30 suffering from significant double-digit losses, the traditionally slow final week of the year was especially lethargic. Rounding out the top 10 are Eminem , Recovery (#2, 63,000, down 54 percent); Rihanna , Loud (#3, 62,000, down 44 percent); Nicki Minaj , Pink Friday (#4, 61,000, down 54 percent); Kanye West , My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (#5, 58,000, down 54 percent); the “Tron: Legacy” soundtrack by Daft Punk (#6, 54,000, down 22 percent); Bruno Mars , Doo-Wops & Hooligans (#7, 45,000, down 46 percent); Mumford & Sons , Sigh No More (#8, 39,000, down 29 percent); Katy Perry ‘s nearly platinum Teenage Dream (#9, 38,000, down 62 percent) and Keyshia Cole , Calling All Hearts (#10, 37,000, down 71 percent). It was no party for Jamie Foxx ‘s Best Night of My Life, which shed 75 percent of its business in week two to land at #11 on sales of 36,000. Keri Hilson also saw a significant dip in week two of her No Boys Allowed, which slips four spots and 68 percent to #15 after moving 33,000 copies. As the trial for his former doctor revs up, sales of the first posthumous studio album from late pop icon Michael Jackson , Michael, are slowing down. The disc slips 13 spots in its third week, as sales dropped off by 82 percent to 27,000. And on the cusp of a new season of a revamped “American Idol,” the chart battle between last season’s winner and runner-up has turned into a dud. Slipping another 15 spots to #62 in its third week, Farmer’s Daughter, the debut from the dreadlocked #2 finisher, soul mama Crystal Bowersox , sold 11,000 copies for a to-date total just north of 106,000. Meanwhile, winner Lee DeWyze ‘s major-label debut, Live It Up, dipped 68 percent as it slips another 45 slots to #170 while moving more than 4,000 copies for a seven-week total just over 102,000. Those figures make the pair of albums the weakest debuts by #1 and #2 “Idol” finishers in recent history. Over on the iTunes tally, the “Tron” soundtrack is tops on the albums chart, followed by Eminem, Swift, West, Mumford & Sons, Mars, Rihanna, Ke$ha ‘s Cannibal, the self-titled debut from Big Time Rush and Minaj. Sales figures aren’t provided, but the singles chart is topped by Mars’ “Grenade,” which edges out Perry’s “Firework.” The rest of the list includes Ke$ha, “We R Who We R,” Enrique Iglesias , “Tonight,” Pink , “Raise Your Glass,” Black Eyed Peas , “The Time (Dirty Bit),” Rihanna/Drake, “What’s My Name,” Wiz Khalifa , “Black and Yellow,” Trey Songz , “Bottoms Up” and Nelly , “Just a Dream.” With no new major releases this week, the charts are likely to look similar next week, at least until the Decemberists hit stores on the 18th with The King Is Dead.

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