Hill adapted the ’80s TV series — one of his ‘Moneyball’ co-star’s first acting gigs — for the big screen. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Brad Pitt Photo: MTV News After years of pleading and promising, Jonah Hill has reportedly landed Johnny Depp for a cameo in the big-screen adaptation of the ’80s TV series “21 Jump Street.” Hill actually had another connection to a “Jump Street” vet in Brad Pitt, who appeared in one episode as a long-haired high school kid. The actors now star in “Moneyball,” a film that had wrapped production a year before cameras began rolling on “21 Jump Street.” But Hill never hit up Pitt about joining in the new “21 Jump Street,” as MTV News learned at the Toronto International Film Festival. “I did ’21 Jump Street,’ ” Pitt told his co-star. “It was one of my first jobs.” “Yeah, I know!” Hill responded. “I didn’t bring it up with him just because I didn’t think he’d want to talk about it that much. You were on ’21 Jump Street,’ because I had to watch all the episodes before I adapted it. You were fantastic!” “I don’t even know what I did!” Pitt said. “That was the first big gig. You get a gig, man, you get a line! I think [my one line was] yes or no. I don’t know what I said.” Hill, meanwhile, is still refusing to confirm reports that Depp will appear in “21 Jump Street,” which is set for a March release date. “You’ll have to see,” he told us earlier this month. Depp himself is not nearly as circumspect, dishing us the details this past summer. “I went and did my bit as I was hoping to, and it worked out really well. It was really fun,” he said. “I got to spend some time with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum and the wonderful directors [Phil Lord and Chris Miller] on that. It was a great experience.” Check out everything we’ve got on “21 Jump Street.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: Brad Pitt And Jonah Hill In ‘Moneyball’
Fitness and beauty expert Cathy Koreana White was found dead in her Manahattan apartment September 2, White a Howard University graduate, contributor to various online publications and was the CEO of her own public relations firm, White Label PR, the reported cause of death was a aneurysm. The L.A. beauty battled the blogs last year after the Hollywood Street King reported that she was the mistress of Jay-Z. The rumors were sparked after she and model Claudia Jordan were allegedly spotted at Las Vegas’ Tao nightclub, sitting at a table with Jay Z and Puffy. A young woman who was rumored to be tied to Jay-Z has died at only 28-years-old. Industry publicist, fitness and beauty expert, Cathy Koreana White, known as Kori to friends has passed away. Friends of White have confirmed reports that White died from an aneurysm. Its not clear what kind of aneurysm she died from, as it can develop on many parts of the body. A website called Medical News Today , states: “An aneurysm occurs when part of a blood vessel (artery) or cardiac chamber swells, – either the blood vessel is damaged or there is a weakness in the wall of the blood vessel. As blood pressure builds up it balloons out at its weakest point. The swelling can be quite small or very large – when large it tends to extend along the blood vessel. As the aneurysm grows there is a greater risk of rupture – this can lead to severe hemorrhage, and other complications, including sudden death.” Her death has stirred up some unwanted attention for Jay-Z, with claims of a hidden”Love Child” in Trinidad and Tobago and Illuminati Crazies Theorist claiming her death was a sacrifice for the famous couple. It’s so sad, R.I.P Cathy source mzshyneka.com RELATED: Beyonce, Baby Bump & Jay-Z Watch The US Open [PHOTOS] RELATED: How Jay-Z Spent The 10th Anniversary Of 9/11 [PHOTOS] RELATED: Beyonce & Jay-Z Show Some Affection On The Streets Of NYC [PHOTOS]
Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Bobcat Goldthwait explains his pop-culture revenge fantasy … Amitabh Bachchan is the only one not getting rich off Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby … A Hollywood terror may soon be back on the street … and more.
Young Muslims and Arab-Americans tell MTV News about their lives as Americans in the decade since the September 11, 2001, attacks. By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tami Katzoff Photo: Robert Nickelsberg/ Getty Images Life changed for every American on September 11, 2001, but perhaps no group felt that change so profoundly as Muslims and Arab-Americans, who, after spending decades living largely under the radar, suddenly found themselves the target of scorn, harassment, discrimination and, in some cases, violence — and all because of the color of their skin. In the months following the attacks, as reports of anti-Muslim hostility circulated and protests outside of mosques became a regular occurrence, MTV News’ Sway Calloway worked on a story that attempted to document the lives of young Muslims in post-9/11 America, in part because he saw parallels between their ordeal and the ongoing civil-rights struggles faced by African-Americans. “The country was in fear, people were scrambling, no one trusted anyone, no one knew what was coming next,” Calloway said earlier this week. “At the time, there were a lot of racially motivated crimes that were starting to take place against Muslim-Americans … so, it was important to go into the Muslim community and talk to our audience. “It was something that I truly wanted to do, because I could, in some way, relate to it. There were kids who were school-age, kids who were college-age, parents and grandparents, who all had horrible stories to tell. It definitely divided us as a people.” But, 10 years later, has that division grown or has time helped heal the wounds? Sadly, given recent events like the fervent debate over the planned Park51 Muslim community center , the answer appears to be the former. MTV News recently sat down with a group of young Muslims and Arab-Americans, who have spent the past decade growing up in a society that has fundamentally changed, to hear their experiences in this very new America. Adil Ibrahim, 26, student “I remember: It was physics class and … we were watching [the aftermath of the attacks] on TV, and immediately, I felt people around me giving me a look. Twenty minutes later, the teacher asked me, ‘Hey, you’re from Pakistan, right?’ And my global knowledge grew eons in, like, a week. I became an educator for my religion. “I think, in some aspects, things have gotten worse since, and in some aspects, they’ve gotten better. People are more aware of the religion of Islam, and some people are more aware of what the Middle East is, and the differences between the regions and the people there. … People have become more knowledgeable. But, at the same time, people have become more angry, people’s relatives and sons and daughters have died in the war, so there’s a hatred there, and I understand that. We need to educate people even more.” Nadine Sfeir, 24, law student “[On September 11, 2001,] I was 14 years old, in high school, in drama class, and I remember my mom pulling me out, crying, because she thought it was going to be just like when America detained all the Japanese [after the attack on Pearl Harbor]. And I remember, distinctly, on the drive home, hearing on our local radio station: ‘It’s the Palestinians.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ Because if our local radio station was saying it was the Palestinians, we were in deep trouble. … It was very scary. “I think people are starting to get more numb to the whole issue of Muslims in America. … The ignorance is still there, of course, in many ways, but I feel most people aren’t as scared anymore.” Ramy Youssef, 20, artistic director, New York Arab-American Comedy Festival “I was in fifth grade [on September 11, 2001], and I remember, pre-9/11, I was just a kid, and then after 9/11, I was a kid on the defensive. … It became a positively defining thing for me in a lot of ways, because it became the cause I was fighting against, as opposed to fighting against, like, my parents. “I feel like I grew up in a very fear-based society, and I feel like we’re at a breaking point. I don’t know if things have gotten better. For a while, like in 2007-2008, I thought they had, then a taxicab driver gets stabbed for being Muslim, then a mosque can’t be built in New York City. … I don’t think things have gotten better, I think people’s perceptions have just settled.” Cyrus McGoldrick, 23, civil rights manager for the New York chapter of Council on American Islamic Relations, rapper/singer performing as “The Raskol Khan” “I was 13 [in 2001]. 9/11 was in my first week of high school, so it was a pretty dramatic coming of age. I was in a small town near Pennsylvania, and, at first, it was just fear. As soon as the news started zeroing in on ‘These were Muslims, and they did it because of Islam,’ we were getting calls from my aunts and uncles who were getting yelled at on the street, were getting flipped off by cars, were getting chased in the city … and I think Muslims were terrified. “A lot of things have changed. … Back then, the hate was just directed at individuals, but now, I see it more formalized in police. Now we see this anti-Muslim bigotry being formalized in law-enforcement policy and so-called ‘counter-terrorism policy.’ It’s almost a harder battle to fight now. We have a lot of work to do, as Muslims and Americans.” Share your comments on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the comments below. Related Videos Commemorating The Tenth Anniversary Of The September 11 Attacks
Word on the street is that Chad Ochocinco dumped his bride-to-be Evelyn Lozada after T.O. confessed to Chad that he had a fling with Ev. This drama started on Monday when Mediatakeout told the world about the fling, Evelyn laughed it off on twitter, and her fiance Chad did the same. Then VH1 repeated the story (they have since removed the story) and Evelyn is furious saying the rumor is not true and she feels betrayed by the network.Well fast forward to a day later as Chad posted this not so cryptic message on his twitter page: “No Sabes Como Duele.” Translation: “You don’t know how much it hurts.” Chad hasn’t updated his twitter page since posting that on Tuesday. Chad then dumped Evelyn and unfollowed her on Twitter prompting her to quit the show. Check out Chad’s tweet: We’re hearing that Evelyn is devastated and now feels that “Basketball Wives” ruined her reputation and relationship with Chad meal ticket. Somehow we’re sure this is not the end of this drama! Evelyn Lozada Quits Twitter & “Basketball Wives”! Evelyn Lozada Cheating On Ochocinco With Terrell Owens? Chad Ochocinco & Evelyn Lozada Sleep With The Fishes? Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada Talk “For Hours” About Past Sexual Partners
MTV parent company Viacom recruits Gaga, DJ Pauly D, Nas and others to answer ‘What will you do to remember?’ By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Christina Garibaldi Lady Gaga Photo: MTV News As many Americans reflect on the events of September 11, with the upcoming the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks, MTV parent company Viacom has teamed with artists including Lady Gaga , Nas , DJ Pauly D, Julianne Hough and Drake Bell to launch a national day of service campaign that asks, “What will you do to remember?” Gaga, a native New Yorker, recently remembered where she was and what she was doing when it all happened. “On September 11, I was at school with my girlfriends,” she recalled of the day that forever changed her home city. “I just remember that the history teachers had us all piled into one room and had a television on and none of us believed it was happening,” she continued. “So we didn’t believe it, so we ran up to the roof and I just remember we got up to the roof, and one tower had already fallen and we all watched the second tower fall all together.” While Gaga was not anywhere near the actual site of the attack in downtown Manhattan, her mother was near it. “I don’t know; you really can’t describe something like that,” she said. “It’s too horrific. We were in disbelief. I still think sometimes I’m in disbelief. “My dad picked us up, we couldn’t reach my mom for a long time because she worked right across the street,” she continued. “We were really nervous and I just remember all we saw were these young men, really young. You could tell they worked on the floor at the stock and they were in their jackets and they were just covered in ashes and all you could see was the lines from the tears on their face. [My school] was miles and miles away, but the sky that hovered above us was jet black.” Through Sunday, Viacom’s networks will air specially produced “I Will” public service announcements featuring artists and actors, including Gaga, Fran Drescher, Pauly D, Nas, Hough and Bell, along with Viacom employees. The multiplatform public service campaign is designed to inspire Americans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks by committing to good deeds, charity or volunteer service. Working with MyGoodDeed and HandsOn Network, organizers of this year’s September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, the “I Will” campaign asks participants, “Ten years later, what will you do to remember?” “Every year on September 11 with my family, we take a moment together and acknowledge a tremendous loss in our city and in the world,” Gaga said. “I remember so many friends that lost family and so many people that lives were changed forever. “It’s a moment to honor New York,” she continued. “It’s a moment to come together and realize that New York really is forever changed and will always now be a family.” What will you do to remember 9/11? Share your thoughts below, and visit 911day.org to upload your video response. Related Artists Lady Gaga Nas
Over at his blog, Ricky Gervais has an idea. Possibly the best idea to ever hit the awards season circuit. “A live 3 hour podcast during the Golden Globes. Me and a few chums (like Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Karl Pilkington, John Stewart, Larry David popping in and out) doing our own alternative commentary… People at home can have the telly on with the sound down listening to us online say things that no broadcaster can get away with.” Like, say, eviscerating Hollywood’s brightest and shiniest on the big day like it was a Comedy Central roast? Make it so, Ricky!
“I’m embarrassed,” explains Ryan Gosling of the infamous street fight he stopped in New York that eventually went viral. “I think that guy really was stealing that other guy’s painting, so I should have just kept my nose out of it.” The good Samaritan has clearly put a lot of thought into what went down that day when he sprang into action while casually strolling through the street in a striped tank and capris, satchel in hand. Watch Gosling relive that harrowing day on video after the jump.
Can you imagine this chronic-smoking fool in the boardroom?!? Another Yahoo CEO has taken a fall for the Web giant’s inability to fend off younger rivals such as Google and Facebook. Carol Bartz, 62, was fired Tuesday with more than a year left on her contract. She announced the move in a note to employees Tuesday afternoon, AllThingsD reported: “I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board,” she wrote. The move is another acknowledgement that the company has been playing a losing game of catch-up to Google. Bartz, the tough-talking former chief of the software firm Autodesk, was brought in two-and-a-half years ago to try to reverse Yahoo’s slide. But the Wall Street Journal reports that time spent on the site by U.S. web surfers has plummeted 33 percent since Bartz took over, according to comScore, and its stock price has been stagnant. Its shares leapt 6 percent on the news of her exit. The company’s CFO, Tim Morse, will step in as interim CEO while the board hunts for a replacement. Look no further folks…
Someone is living foul up in the Toy Building at 1107 Broadway in New York City. Five union rats popped up in front the 40/40 Club. NY.Curbed.com who reported the story, received this e-mail saying what exactly the giant rats stand for “A rat is a contractor that does not pay all of its employees the Area Standard Wages, including either providing or making payments for family health care and pension benefits. Shame on the 40/40 CLUB & Shawn Carter aka Jay Z for contributing to the erosion of area standards for New York City Carpenters. The New York City District Council of Carpenters has a labor dispute with A&V Drywall which is performing work at 6 West 25th Street in NYC. 40/40 CLUB & Shawn Carter aka Jay Z is responsible for hiring CONELLE CONSTRUCTION CORP. Conelle Construction does not meet area labor standards, including providing or fully paying for family health care and pension for all of its carpenter craft employees.” [Spotted Here] Jay-Z Opening A 40/40 Club In Atlanta? Jay-Z Lands Deal To Bring 40/40 Clubs To Airports In The U.S. Grandmaster Flash’s Laptop Stolen After Gig At Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club
