Coolio bringing out own cookbook.

Coolio is planning his own cookbook, he insists he's a skillful "chef" and he's been broadcasting his culinary abilities on YouTube.

"I'm a gourmet chef, I have my own YouTube channel for cooking. I do a lot of healthy fusion food - I do Black Italian - Blitalian, Black Asian - Blasian, Black English - Blenglish and I'm about to try Black Scottish - Blottish. I like traditional food and putting my own twist on it."

He's even stated that he could rival Gordan Ramsay in the kichen, I wouldn't mind be the taster on that challenge.

He adds, "I ate in one of his restaurants and I was not impressed. I would take all his dishes and make them better."

Fighting words, can't wait for the cookbook, check out his cooking channel HERE

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Entertainment Quick Bits...

Congrats to Damon Dash and wife Rachel Roy who gave birth to their second child Tallulah Ruth last week.

Check out Ne-Yo's new blog yearofthegentleman.com

After six years of delays, the long-awaited R. Kelly sex tape trial is set to begin with opening arguments today.

Janet Jackson has announced she will be hitting the road for a North American tour - her first in seven years. The singer/actress will open her "Rock Witchu" tour in Vancouver, British Columbia on September 7, 2008, followed by dates in New York and Washington, D.C.

Barack Obama became an honorary member of a native American tribe yesterday and promised policies to help tribal people if he wins the White House in November.

Tyson, the documentary of ex-champ Mike Tyson’s rise to fame as the youngest pro fighter to hold a heavyweight title, played to acclaim and an extended ovation this past weekend at France’s prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

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Camry Magazine - The Online Magazine that aims to please

Remember the NEWS ALERT last week? Hopefully you checked it out..

This has been a labor of love for my friend Lila and it looks and sounds AMAZING.

Check out CAMRY MAGAZINE - The online magazine that aims to please, don't let the image of the XLE V6 fool you, log on now and check it out.

Be sure to peep out the video on the NEW MUSIC PAGE and let me know your thoughts.

THANK YOU

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Jamie Foxx Set to Play the Role of Mike Tyson

Jamie Foxx is to take on the role of legendary boxer Mike Tyson in a forthcoming film about his life.

The retired sportsman is planning a Hollywood blockbuster biopic about his controversial career which he will produce - and he has already signed up Foxx to play the lead role.

Tyson says: "Jamie Foxx and I will be working together. He will play me in the film about my life. We already talked about it several times."

Tyson also insists he is finally free of drugs for the first time in years, admitting he was never completely sober - even in his boxing heyday.

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Writer Strike nearing and end??

The ongoing Hollywood writers strike is nearing a resolution after negotiations between union officials and studio bosses resulted in draft contracts being passed between both sides.

The strikes have crippled the U.S. film and TV industry with many movie projects being put on hold indefinitely and several hit shows including Desperate Housewives being suspended.

But it is now reported that WGA officials and film bosses have sketched the outline of an agreement on how much writers will be paid for Internet broadcasting of their work.

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Tyra tapped for new show

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the CW has green-lighted an untitled fashion-magazine reality series from Tyra Banks and Ken Mok, the duo behind the network's No. 1 show, "America's Next Top Model."

The series has received an eight-episode order and will begin production in April for a launch in late spring or summer. The show, which the CW unofficially describes as "The Devil Wears Prada" meets "The Assistant," is eyed as a potential companion piece for "Top Model."

"It is a competition show about aspiring assistants looking to become assistant editors at a fashion magazine," Mok said. "At the same time they're trying to prove themselves as aspiring fashionistas, that they have a sense of style and savvyness, all the things to make it in the fashion world."

In each episode, the contestants will compete in two challenges, an individual competition and a team competition, in which each squad will submit a page for "The Book," a mock edition of the magazine. The losing team's page will end up in the trash, and one of its team members will be eliminated. The page from the other team will be included in "The Book." The winner of the competition will land a job in the fashion industry.

The producers are in negotiations with a real fashion magazine to host the contestants, and its editors will help judge the challenges.

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Oprah Winfrey getting her own TV network

OWN — for Oprah Winfrey Network — will debut next year in nearly 70 million homes with cable and satellite, part of a deal announced Tuesday with Discovery Communications. It will replace the Discovery Health network.

The announcement builds a media empire that already includes the top-rated TV talk show, a magazine, a satellite radio network, a Web site and TV movies made under her banner.

"This is an evolution of what I've been able to do every day," Winfrey said. "I will now have the opportunity to do this 24 hours a day on a platform that goes on forever."

She will be chairwoman of the network, owned 50-50 by Discovery and her company, Harpo Productions Inc. In return for taking over a network already operated by Discovery, Winfrey gives half ownership of the Oprah.com Web site.

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Report: Studios cancel writers contracts

Four major studios have canceled dozens of writers' contracts in a possible concession that the current television season cannot be saved, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

The move means the 2-month old writers strike may also endanger next season's new shows, the Times said.

January is usually the beginning of pilot season, when networks order new scripted shows. But the strike leaves networks without a pool of comedy and drama scripts from which to choose.

20th Century Fox Television, CBS Paramount Network Television, NBC Universal and Warner Bros. Television told the Times they have terminated development and production agreements.

Studios typically pay $500,000 to $2 million a year per writer for them and their staffs to develop new show concepts.

"I didn't see it coming," Barbara Hall, a writer and producer whose credits include former CBS series "Joan of Arcadia" and "Judging Amy," told the Times, which said ABC executives gave her the news Friday. "I am not entirely sure what their strategy is, all I know was that I was a casualty of it."

The newspaper said more than 65 deals with writers have been eliminated since Friday.

Source: AP

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Celebs Do Lunch....

One-hundred plus iconic celebrities from the entertainment, fashion, art, music, literary and culinary worlds, remind us that food matters, by creating personalized lunchbox art to be offered for online auction to benefit two hunger relief organizations – Food Bank for New York City and The Lunchbox Fund of South Africa.

Celebs include: Michael Stipe, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mike Myers, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kanye West and The Beastie Boys to name a few.

Each lunchbox is reflective of the artists personal expression and no two lunchboxes are alike. Each lunchbox will be signed and numbered.

The Lunchbox Auction will go live on Friday, December 7th @ 12am EST during a star-studded invitation only fundraiser preview party hosted by Michael Stipe at Saatchi & Saatchi in Manhattan.

The auction will run through Friday December 21st.

www.thelunchboxauction.org

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Diddy's banned commercial for "Unforgivable"

This ad confuses the hell out of me, its Diddy's ad for his fragrance "Unforgivable" which has been banned from all major networks..

Honestly, I think it looks like a trailer for an indecent proposal type of porno (if there's such a thing??) AND it's 3 loooooooooong minutes... Check it out for yourself..

Unforgivable

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Diana Ross to Recieve Kennedy Center Honors

The iconic and legendary Diana Ross has been chosen as one of five to receive a Kennedy Center Honors Award for 2007.

Considered the highest award an American artist can receive, previous recipients have included playwrights Tennessee Williams, Neil Simon and Arthur Miller, opera diva Leontyne Price, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, dance legend Martha Graham, and actors Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier.

Ms. Ross, who is one of only a few who have legitimately earned the title "legend," will be honored this year along with film director Martin Scorsese, singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, classical pianist Leon Fleisher, and writer-director- comedian Steve Martin.

"With their extraordinary talent, creativity and perseverance, the five 2007 honoree have transformed the way we, as Americans, see, hear and feel the performing arts,' said John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Stephen A. Schwarzman.

The annual awards gala on December 2 will be taped for broadcast on CBS December 26.

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