May 24, 2013

50 Cent Developing Drama ‘Power’ for Starz

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*Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will executive produce an hour-long drama for Starz called “Power,” according to Variety. The show follows a New York City nightclub owner who “skirts the line between legitimacy and criminality.” The project , from CBS TV Studios, will be co-executive produced by “300′s” Mark Canton and “End of Watch’s” Randall Emmett. [...]




50 Cent Ends Bromance with Mayweather; Joins Pacquiao

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*Not only is it splitsville for BFFs 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr. when it comes to business, but the rapper has rubbed salt in the wound by sparking a new venture with the boxer’s longtime rival. 50 told New York’s Power 105.1 that he has partnered with Manny Pacquiao to set up a new [...]




50 Cent Starts Boxing Promotions Business

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*50 Cent has gotten a taste of the boxing world, working alongside friend and champion bruiser Floyd Mayweather. Now he’s getting into the business for himself. The rapper and entrepreneur founded TMT Productions, which is short of The Money Team, and has been licensed in New York. According to reports, he’s in the process of [...]




50 Cent Released from the Hospital after Car Crash

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*50 Cent was released from a Flushing, Queens, hospital on Tuesday, June 26 after an early morning car wreck on the Long Island Expressway. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] As previously reported, photos of the incident were posted on ThisIs50.com around 3 a.m. ET, showing the rapper (born Curtis Jackson) on a stretcher wearing a [...]




50 Cent’s Straight to DVD Films are Making Him Rich-er

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*Although 50 Cent’s acting abilities have yet to win the hearts of theatergoers, the multi-talented rapper said there’s a method to his madness. In an interview, he explained that his straight to DVD films are hit. Here, he compares his strategy to the big boy studios: “They’ll spend a $120 million on a film or [...]




50 Cent Ready to Launch Comic Strip Based on His Life

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*It’s no secret that 50 Cent is a moneyman all about his business. So he’s keeping it strictly financial. The rapper is trudging forward with his plans to become the all-powerful 50 Cent with the SmarterComics adaptation of “The 50th Law.” The comic strip will begin with 50 as a young man when he was [...]




Copyright Lawsuit against 50 Cent Thrown Out

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*A copyright infringement lawsuit filed against 50 Cent has been tossed out by a judge. Rapper Tyronne Simmons launched a legal battle against the rapper and music producer William C. Stanberry in 2010, claiming he owned the exclusive right to the instrumental featured in hit 2007 track “I Get Money (Straight to the Bank Pt. [...]




50 Cent Visits Famine Victims in Africa

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*50 Cent flew to Dolo, Somalia on Wednesday with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya. Tens of thousands of women and children have fled there over the last year to flee a devastating famine that killed tens of thousands of people across Somalia. WFP confirmed that [...]




BET to Premiere 50 Cent’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ This Saturday, December 3rd

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*Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has certainly demonstrated the diversity in many areas of entertainment, not falling too short of great particularly in the movie industry. When the rapper committed fully to play the role of a cancer stricken football player, many couldn’t believe the 80-pound transformation, let alone the sacrifice. Finally his hard work is [...]




Video: 50 Cent Talks about Being a Teen Bully on ‘Today’

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*Sporting jailhouse cornrows, rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson dropped in on the “Today” show this morning to plug his new book “Playground,” which takes a look at school bullying – from the bully’s point of view. 50 said he wrote from experience, because he was a bully himself as a teen. He’s hoping the book [...]




50 Cent, Director Jessy Terrero In ‘Pursuit’

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*Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has signed on to star in “The Pursuit” for Emmett/Furla Films and Cheetah Vision Films, which 50 runs with producer Randall Emmett, and director Jessy Terrero, who just signed a three-picture directing deal with the production team. According to the producers, “The Pursuit,” written by Matt Johnson, follows “a cop and [...]




50 Cent’s Life Captured in a Comic Book

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*50 Cent has been very active lately with movies and production projects all over the place. His latest development is his comic book. His story from growing up with nothing to becoming a star has been chronicled in the new forthcoming Bluewater Productions comic book. To be released this July, “Fame: 50 Cent” follows young [...]




50 Cent to Play a Cop in ‘Freelancers’

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*Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is set to produce and star in the cop film “Freelancers,” under “Soul Plane” director Jessy Terrero, reports Variety. Jackson play the son of a slain NYPD officer who joins the force and is welcomed by his father’s former partner into the ranks of his vice crime task force – and [...]




50 Cent Earns $8.7 Million from Twitter

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*50 Cent earned $8.7 million in real money on Monday – all thanks to some tweets, the New York Post reported. The rap star helped pop the shares of the penny stock of H&H Imports, in which he has a stake, by talking it up on Twitter over the weekend. “You can double your money [...]




50 Cent, Chelsea Handler Do Lunch

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*E! late night host Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent went on another date Sunday, stirring up more rumors of a romance — not to mention dirt-cheap publicity for both parties. This time, the pair went to lunch in Malibu, then, drove off together in his Rolls Royce. [See photo above.] As previously reported, they went [...]