adder stone: Word of the day for January 31, 2016

adder stone , n :
A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as amulet or bead.

‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Masters Friday With Est. $11M+; Now Punching $41M+ Opening – Friday PM Update

Word of mouth on Kung Fu Panda 3 is just as strong as its previous installment with the DreamWorks Animation sequel earning an A CinemaScore tonight.  Projecting off of east coast cash registers which recently closed, non-20th Century Fox estimates have KFP3 at an opening day of $11.3M and an opening weekend of $41M at 3,955 theaters. While that’s less than the $47.7M 3-day of KFP2, keep in mind it’s winter and only 4% of all K-12 schools are off per Rentrak. Nonetheless, it’s still too early to call the weekend on KFP3. During this time of year, animated films make their bread off of Saturday and Sunday matinees. One industry calculation projects a 60% hike on Saturday for KFP3 or $18.1M. All of this could spike by late Saturday night. PLF, 3D pricing are also working in KFP3‘s favor this weekend. KFP3 carries an estimated production cost of $120M-$140M.

20th Century Fox also has the spoil of claiming the No. 2 film as its New Regency title The Revenant stays strong with an industry estimated $3.27M Friday and sixth weekend of $11.6M, down just 27%. Cume by Sunday should be $137.4M As the northeastern seaboard thaws, many distributors are expecting decent holds for last weekend’s films as audiences are hunkering to head back to the cinema. This is true especially with last weekend’s crop — The Boy, The 5th Wave and Dirty Grandpa — registering second weekend declines between -38% and -43%.
Disney’s The Finest Hours  is looking to open with $10.5M in third at 3,143 venues after a $3.5M Friday. Not the best of starts for a movie that carries an estimated budget between $70M-$80M. These seafaring films always have the water against them during production, hence their lofty budgets. Despite the fact that it’s a smart ensemble with Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana and Ben Foster, none of them individually have the marquee power yet of a Channing Tatum or a Leonardo DiCaprio; stars which could sail this pic to a taller wave. Another obstacle for Finest Hours per RelishMix: None of the stars practice social media. Facebook conversation has been dominated by two things: the red carpet premiere and the Q&A with the cast.  That said #Pinenuts have taken over the Q&A with all kinds of questions for Pine, some about Finest Hours, but most related to his favorites, from wine to vacation spots and Star Trek.  On the upside, Finest Hours is coming in with an A- CinemaScore tonight, so this ship might steer to better grosses.

Richard DeNeut Dies: ‘Our Gang’ Actor, Photographer & Author Was 84

Richard DeNeut, a child actor who notably appeared in Hal Roach’s Our Gang series in the 1930s who became a successful photojournalist covering entertainment as an adult died on Tuesday at 84 after suffering pneumonia, kidney disease and congestive heart failure.

DeNeut was recruited when he was just 4 years old to join the Meglin Kiddies troupe of child actors, and soon after was cast in a minor tole in the Our Gang comedy films, billed as Dickie De Nuet. He appeared in a total of six Our Gang productions, including the sole Our Gang feature, General Spanky. He also appeared in the films City Without Men, The Song of Bernadette, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Boys’ Ranch.
He left acting behind after his teens, but went on to study at Glendale College followed by UCLA, where he became friends with Carol Burnett. He served in the military following his university studies, and was then hired by Globe Photos. He rose to become West Coast bureau chief, overseeing celebrity photography, and retired after 27 years.He also became an author, and among his literary projects he assisted in developing the autobiography of his friend Dolores Hart, who famously abandoned her acting career at 24 to become a Benedictine nun at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut

'Mad Max' Wins Best Picture & Director At Australian Academy's International Awards

Winners of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts’ International Awards were announced in LA this evening. The 5th annual AACTAs honor big-screen excellence from the last year. While these are international prizes, they did largely go to a film with an Aussie pedigree. George Miller’s hit return to the road warrior, Mad Max: Fury Road, which has 10 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, scooped Best Film and Director at the AACTAs.


The wins follow Fury Road‘s eight laurels at AACTA’s domestic ceremony n Sydney last month, which also included Best Film and Directing nods.
Carol, which was the nominations leader going into tonight, picked up Best Actress for Cate Blanchett and Best Supporting Actress for Rooney Mara. Those perfs are both nominated at tomorrow night’s SAG Awards, as well as at BAFTA and the Oscars. Blanchett has now won a prize from the Oz academy seven times in 19 years.
Oscar Best Picture nominees Bridge Of Spies, The Revenant and Spotlight also each took an international AACTA tonight.
Australian Film Institute/AACTA CEO, Damian Trewhella, said, “This year marks the first time we’ve seen an Australian film, Mad Max: Fury Road, win at our domestic Awards in Sydney and then again at our International Awards in LA, and we’re delighted to see our U.S. and British counterparts also recognize this excellence with Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Over the past five years we’ve seen AACTA International Award winners go on to win 16 BAFTAs and 14 Oscars, and we look forward with great anticipation to seeing if this trend again continues this year. We congratulate all winners, and wish them every success as we head towards the pointy end of this competitive awards season.”

Here’s the full list of winners:

AACTA International Award for Best Film
Mad Max: Fury Road

AACTA International Award for Best Direction
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, Spotlight

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance, Bridge Of Spies

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress
Rooney Mara, Carol

I Want Back on Reality TV ... With Blac Chyna

Rob Kardashian wants back on reality TV ... but this time around, his sisters won't be in the act.
We're told Rob wants a show about his life with Blac Chyna. It will chronicle their day-to-day lives, which reinforces what we've heard ... that they're going to be living together for a long time.
As for why Rob wants back on TV -- especially since he's lived like a hermit for 2 years -- we're told it's simply what he knows and how he makes a living.
Here's the rub ... Rob's in deep with the Kardashian TV franchise, and we're told their contract gives the E! Network first bite at any reality show any of them might do. We're told Kris is none too happy about Rob's new relationship, and she has a lot of power at E!.
Even if the network turns thumbs down, Rob can still shop it elsewhere.
Here's the reality about this reality show ... he can probably sell it.

Angelique Kerber stuns World No 1 Serena Williams to win Australian Open final

World number one, Serena Williams today surprisingly lost the Australian Open final to Angelique Kerber after battling with the world no 6. She later admitted with tears in her eyes that Kerber deserved to win. "You did so well, let me be the first to congratulate you," a teary-eyed Williams said on court. "You truly played so well in the moment."

Angelique Kerber beat Serena 6-4,3-6,6-4 in the final on the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne

After emerging victorious , Kerber couldn't hold back her tears of joy.

 "I was with one leg in the plane for Germany," she said of nearly going out in the first round. "I take my chance to be here in the final and play against Serena. My dream come true tonight, on this night. My whole life I was winning so hard and now I can say that I’m a Grand Slam champion… it sounds so crazy.

“I’m really enjoying this moment right now. This is the best two weeks of my life, my career. I had goosebumps when I was playing on the court," said Kerber, playing in her first major final.

French Montana, Diddy, 2Chainz, Kanye West in the studio

Working on new music...?

Morning inspiration from I Go Dye...

Check out Blac Chyna' cute mugshot...Rob even liked it on social media

The former stripper was arrested yesterday at Austin airport for public intoxication. When TheShadeRome, shared her mugshot on their page, Rob Kardashian went there to like it. He must be in love...lol.

Kim K shares photos of North and Kanye West with same snarl on their faces

Kim K shared this photo of her Husband and daughter with the same snarl on their faces, lol. Like Father, like daughter.

Chris Brown goes on Twitter rant about Grammys 2016

This Jan 2016 is something else. Chris Brown is venting his frustrations over the 2016 Grammy Awards on Twitter. Chris who is nominated in one category this year, seems to be venting on the current state of affairs in the music industry.

"#GRAMMY? This is probably the main reason I love being free to create any kind of music I want. Too many people kiss ass and work less," He said:

"If u turn on ya radio right now I promise within the hour you will hear Chris Brown on damn near half the songs or I've co-written. The awards used to mean something. Now it's about likes, and memes."

Cop shoots 12 year old girl but her Dad gets charged for her death

The father of a 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was killed while a constable was serving an eviction notice has been charged with criminal homicide in his daughter's death, prosecutors said.

Don Meyer allegedly pointed a loaded semi-automatic assault rife at the chest of Constable Clarke Steele as they argued over an order to vacate on January 11.

Steele fired one round, which struck the 57-year-old father in the arm and then pierced the chest of his daughter, Ciara, who was hiding behind him. She died at the scene.

She had been home from school that day because she was sick.

 

Prosecutors upgraded charges against Meyer on Thursday. He now faces counts including criminal homicide, involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and illegal possession of weapons.

 

He is being held without bail in Pennsylvania's Perry County Jail and has pleaded not guilty.

Several eviction orders had been issued against Meyer, authorities said, and he had been notified by telephone that a constable was on the way to serve him with another notice. Meyer met the constable at the door of his apartment with the rifle slung over his shoulder, authorities said. 

Meyer allegedly raised the loaded weapon and pointed it at Steele's chest as the two argued.

“The constable was there the day before to remind them that the next day was the day they had to be out,” family member Hope Cordas Rohde told INSIDE EDITION after the shooting. “Don had an arsenal of weapons and he had them ready. He wasn’t going to pay,” she said.

Perry County District Attorney Andrew Bender has said the constable acted in self-defense and will not be charged in the shooting. The officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

By law, Meyer was not allowed to possess firearms because he had previously been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility, authorities said. Constables who responded to the shooting said they confiscated five weapons at Meyer's home.

Ciara's family blames her father for her death and they support the district attorney's decison to prosecute him for homicide.

“I think he is deserving of every single charge,” uncle Jason Gehman told ABC 27.

Ciara's grandmother, Alice Gehman, agreed. "I hope he never gets out," she told the station. "Because if he does, we are in trouble."

Fighting back tears, family members recounted how they recently sat down with constable Steele after he requested a meeting with Ciara's kin.

 

The officer is distraught over her death, they said.

“He just needed to have some kind of closure - that we don’t blame him for this,” Alice Gehman said. “It went wonderful and this man has so much pain, I cannot even explain it to you.”

The grandmother said she wrapped her arms around the officer.

“When I was holding him and he was saying how sorry he was, I said ‘How are you?’ And he said, ‘I can’t breathe.'''

She told him, "Just slow down, because everyone is having trouble breathing, believe me.”

meek vs drake

i never knew meek mill released another diss track until today.. with a lot of hope and enthusiasm i listened to it all to find out that meek just wasted another 5 minutes of my time...

‘Ride Along 2’ To Sideswipe ‘Star Wars’ At MLK Weekend Box Office – Preview

“It’s going to be a fantastic January,” beamed one distribution chief this morning.
Yeah, but compared with last January? When we had American Sniper gunning down $242.2M for the month?
Coming off of the phenomenal success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which currently counts $819.7M, the argument is that there’s more depth this month than a year ago.

Pretty sure The Revenant will grab 2nd from Star Wars. It has too much momentum and the...

Consider the goods: This weekend we have the sequel to an action-comedy that previously owned the MLK weekend opening title before American Sniper smashed all records (4-day $107.2M). Universal’s Kevin Hart-Ice Cube pic Ride Along 2 is estimated to open with a $50M-plus four-day weekend at 3,175 venues and kick Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens out of No. 1. That would make it the second-highest opening over the MLK four-day stretch. Meanwhile, the highest-grossing film of all time domestically is expected to chalk up a FSSM in the high $30Ms during its fifth go-round.
Other highlights looking to move the B.O. needle later this month include Lionsgate’s Dirty Grandpa, Disney’s The Finest Hours and DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 3 via 20th Century Fox. 
The first Ride Along, also released during the MLK holiday in 2014, rang up $48.6M over four days. The sequel carries a reported budget of $40M, which is 60% higher than the first. It’s an action comedy, so older guys are coming, right? Maybe. The first Ride Along drew older women — 57% female audiences and 54% over 25 — off its A CinemaScore. Ethnic breakdown for that film was 50% African-American, 30% Hispanic, and 12% Caucasian. Thursday previews for Ride Along 2 rev up at 7 PM.
Coming in third is 20th Century Fox/New Regency’s The Revenant, riding a wave of three Golden Globe wins including best picture, director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu) and actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) as well as 54 Imax locations. Industry estimates lie in the high-$20M range, but it could go higher. To date, the frontier thriller has clocked $50.4M stateside.

Paramount has Michael Bay’s 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi at 2,400 locations, which is projected to take in a four-day in the low-$20M range. The film is based on the nonfiction tome by Mitchell Zuckoff and members of the Annex Security Team. Strong play for 13 Hours is expected in the South, Southwest and Midwest regions. Paramount has screened the film extensively at a number of military bases. The premiere in Dallas last night drew 35K.
Lionsgate is making a play for families with Splash Entertainment’s Norm Of The North at 2,411 engagements. The distrib is only on the hook for P&A as Splash has fully financed the pic. Low estimates have Norm Of The North at $5M over FSSM, however, some think it can do lower double digits. The last family title in the marketplace was Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip. There aren’t any Thursday previews for Norm.
In regards to how the Oscar noms will impact business, insiders say that Carol and Room have the most gain if they grab a Best Picture nom tomorrow morning as they’re still in limited release. Most of the films in wide release — read The Revenant, The Hateful Eight and Joy — already have an awareness among mass moviegoers since they’ve been in wide release for some time. Open Road’s Spotlight re-expands on Friday from 368 to 973 theaters.

Kris Jenner launches Jewellery line (photos)

The Kardashians/Jenners taking advantage. With her daughters involved in one fashion endeavour or the other, it was only a matter of time before the matriarch followed suit. She has teamed up with JOIA de Majorca to launch her Kris Jenner Signature Collection which features only one item.

The multi-colour pearl piece can however be won as a necklace or a bracelet. For $149.99, fans can lay their hands on the design, which includes gray, black, white, champagne and gold-hued pearls arranged in colour order. The 45-inch strand is also sold with a pair of white pearl stud earrings, which the brand says retail for $55. More photos...

Billionaire loses $6bn in 1 day but is still the 5th richest in the world + see top 10 richest men

Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos (right) lost $6 billion in one day after his company's share price fell 11 percent but don't cry for him, he still has $49.2 billion even though he slipped from fourth place to fifth on Forbes's rich list.

According to Forbes, he was worth $49.8 billion at 5pm. In the space of 30 minutes he lost $800million, so ended up falling behind Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico, who is now the fourth richest person in the world with a net worth of $49.6 billion.

 Bezos prefers to look on the bright side of things however.

'Twenty years ago, I was driving the packages to the post office myself and hoping we might one day afford a forklift. This year, we pass 100 billion dollars in annual sales and serve 300 million customers. And still, measured by the dynamism we see everywhere in the marketplace and by the ever-expanding opportunities we see to invent on behalf of customers, it feels every bit like day one.' 

See the top ten richest men below.

Billionaire                     Net Worth  (billions)           Company/ source                Country

1. Bill Gates                     $76.2                               Microsoft                           United States

2. Amancio Ortega          $68.4                                Zara                                 Spain

3. Warren Buffett             $59.8                               Berkshire Hathaway         United States

4. Carlos Slim Helu          $49.6                               Telecoms                          Mexico

5. Jeff Bezos                    $49.2                               Amazon.com                    United States 

6. Mark Zuckerberg         $47.9                               Facebook                          United States

7. Larry Ellison                 $44.1                               Oracle                              United States

8. Charles Koch               $39.7                               Diversified                         United States

9. David Koch                  $39.7                               Diversified                         United States

10. Larry Page                 $37.5                               Google                              United States

Funmi Iyanda has had enough of snide insinuations about her skin colour....

Talk show host, Funmi Iyanda took to her Instagram page recently to share these side by side photos of her bare skin to put paid to various speculations surrounding her lighter complexion. She wrote;

"The top is what happens to my skin in fall, winter and spring. The bottom is what it is in summer or when l'm home in my lovely hot country. There are no filters. Pictures taken six weeks apart. Top in London in November, bottom in Lagos in January. I do not like the unhealthy pasty lighter one much the golden brown one being much yummier, fortunately it is mostly bundled up in warm clothing until summer or when l come home. I spectacularly hate the snide insinuations and speculations l get on account of this from those who hate the skin they are in. This is my skin, it changes with the weather as nature designs. Next person who talks trash to me will end up in lawma's bin. #iyalayaanybody #melaninonfleek #shadesofblack"

Kanye West Won't Let Up On Wiz Khalifa

by Victoria Hernandez on January 28th 2016 |   139 comments

"I didn’t mean to talk to you heavy," West says to TMZ. "A show of respect to you and your family—to all y’all."

TMZ caught up with Kanye West on the evening of evening January 27 and asked him about his Twitter beef with Wiz Khalifa.
The correspondent asked West whether "he went a little bit hard on Wiz this morning."
"I said what I had to say," Yeezy replied. "I said what I had to say. I ain’t saying nothing else. I told you I said all I had to say. Don’t ask me no more questions about it."
But before the conversation ended, West asked the correspondent his name and said, "Charlie, man. Good meeting you. I didn’t mean to talk to you heavy. A show of respect to you and your family—to all y’all."
Watch the exchange below.
Kanye West slammed Wiz Khalifa on Twitter on January 27 after the Pittsburgh rapper questioned the new title for West's forthcoming album. West changed the title from SWISH to WAVES and Wiz Khalifa found it disrespectful to Max B.
"Oh niggas must think I’m not petty cause I’m the best that’s ever made music," West writes in a series of posts. "Like, oh that’s Ye and I can put his wife’s initials on my twitter @Wizkhalifa."
Wiz Khalifa responded, saying that the reason he wrote a post saying, "hit this KK and become yourself" has nothing to do with Kim Kardashian, West's wife.
"KK is weed fool," the Pittsburgh rapper, who is known for rapping about marijuana, writes in a series of posts. "Reason's why your not wavy. Go bacc to Swish.I been smashed the idea of that album even existing. I got joints to roll @kanyewest."
West creates a list of 17 reasons that Khalifa should not have questioned him.
"Bro first of all you stole your whole shit from Cudi," West writes, referencing his frequent collaborator and former G.O.O.D. Music artist Kid Cudi. "Second, your first single was corny as fuck and most there after."
West then posts a meme of Kardashian crying with the the title of Wiz Khalifa's "Work Hard Play Hard" song and comments on the skinny jeans Khalifa is wearing in his profile picture before continuing the list.
"3rd no one I know has ever listened to one of your albums all the way through," West writes and then blasts Khalifa for having a child with Amber Rose, West's ex-girlfirend. "4th you let a stripper trap you. 5th I know you mad every time you look at your child that this girl got you for 18 years. 6th don’t ever come out the side of your neck at me. 7th I am your OG and I will be respected as such. 8th I made it so we could wear tight jeans. 9th me and Cudi created this shit. 10th don’t you ever in your fucking life speak sideways about a nigga that’s fighting for us I do this for all of us. 11th I showed you respect as a man when I met you. 12th You wouldn’t have a child if it wasn’t for me. 13th You own waves???? I own your child!!!! 14th Nigga it’s called creativity #youshouldtryitsomeday. 15th Nigga I tried to call you and you changed your number. 16th don’t even hint at mentioning me my family or my wife I am your OG. 17th I think you dress cool I wish I was skinny and tall."
After the list, West expresses a sense of appreciation for Khalifa bringing more attention to the forthcoming album.
"Thank you for the extra promotion #WAVES available February 11th."
View screenshots of Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa's tweets below:

Kanye West changed his album title from SWISH to WAVES  January 26.
Wiz Khalifa took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the new name.
"Please don't take the wave," the Pittsburgh rapper writes in a series of posts. "Max B is the wavy one. He created the wave. There is no wave without him."
Max B's style is known as "wavy." Wiz Khalifa shares a few videos of Max B's songs and explains the Harlem, New York rapper's influence on his own career.
"He's the reason I sing on all my songs," he says. "That's the wave. If theres nothing wit that sound ITS NOT WAVY."
Kanye West acknowledged industry executive Andre Harrell and Max B's influence on the project. Harrell founded Uptown Records and has served as a mentor to Puff Daddy.
"All respect to Andre Harrel and Max B #Waves," he says.
"Yea aight," Khalifa says, quoting West's post.
Max B was convicted of murder conspiracy and robbery charges in 2009 and is serving a 75-year prison sentence.

Meek Mill - 4-4

"4-4" isn't the momentum building warm up to "Dreamchasers 4" it should have been.

Last year’s Dreams Worth More Than Money was a sprawling, immensely successful commercial project for the star of MMG, Meek Mill. He was riding high after selling a reported 200,000-plus the first week, and his singles “Rico” with Drake and “All Eyes on You” with his dream girl Nicki Minaj and chronic hit-maker Chris Brown had him sitting pretty. It seemed he was set to achieve escape velocity. In the past, the stasis of probation for a crime done too young, the streets of Philly that raised him, and the squabbles of a label constantly in flux. In his present and now, it seemed then, soon to be fly-as-fuck future, he was going to be taking photos with Jay Z and Beyonce´, and caking off the success of both his album and his lady.
Then those Twitter fingers began to itch. For some reason or another, he called out Drake for not writing his verse on “Rico.” He fingered his “ghostwriter” Quentin Miller (a guy who seemed just cool on getting a check) for writing the verse. Funk Flex started dropping bombs and promising reference tracks. A few did emerge. And it was Miller’s voice, not Drake’s, that was running through the six with his woes. Now, Meek was in the hot seat. Could his meteoric rise end in even greater spoils: toppling the king of pop-rap at the height of his powers? No. By the time the Philly screamer dropped “Wanna Know” it was already over.

He waited out the rest of the year, but popped up mid-January and dropped 4-4, where he promptly shook up the hornet’s nest that was 50 Cent. He hurled a few boulders at him on “Gave ‘Em Hope.” “You poppin’ shit on your Instagram / Shit that you poppin’ ain’t addin up / Shit that you’re popping ain’t making sense.” Uh Oh. He continues, “I got fifty reasons say you taking dick / And it’s 50 reasons I should kill, nigga / But, for real, nigga, I been taking trips with my Philly niggas / Got the richest chick, she’s from your hood.” He holds Nicki Minaj flush against his chest like a Jesus piece in rhymes, clowning Fif for his legal woes, his bankruptcy and his beefs. But he ends up sounding reliant on her, as though she were propping his reputation upon a stool. So the result is ineffectual and lethargic. Later in the verse, he calls 50 a rat. Yet, of course, Drake was the real target of the EP.
He went at him on both “Pray For ‘Em” and  “I’m da Plug,” and talked slick about double parts and head bands. We get it. Meek thinks Drake is a square. That, if he saw him on the street, there would be no contest about who the bigger man was as lines like, “ You around cause you paid niggas / In the dark when we spray niggas / When we run into you, we ain’t playin’ with you” suggest.  His booming, aggressive rap style shine here if only for too short a time. His bars are personal and churlish, and he sounds like he’s frothing at the mouth when he spits, “ Was that world tour or your girl’s tour / I do not know what you pussy niggas goin’ for / This that hundred K a night when you perform tour / Swimmin’ in that good pussy when you’re on tour, Oh!” But you get the idea that Meek doesn’t know the game he’s playing. No tough talk around who your lady is or how many bricks you’ve sold is going to get you out of this one. So at the end of the day, waiting six months for one minute and forty-two seconds of sophomoric bro-rap and vague allusions don’t move the needle on the artist whose diss-track got nominated for a Grammy.
Like the beef that he began and yet failed to respond to fast enough last year, 4-4 misses the mark. He is both too little on this one and too late. And despite the buoyant production from Jahlil Beats and what seems like the best of intentions, the ineffectual rhymes stammer the EP that could have whipped the fervor around Dreamchasers 4 into a maelstrom. Instead, we’re left wondering if the guy who continues to have so much going for him will finally figure it out.

Timbaland Holds Benefit Concert For Flint, Michigan

The producer gave the proceeds from the Detroit stop of his tour to the city.

Timbaland stopped in Detroit yesterday (January 28) for his "King Stays King" tour and donated the proceeds from the concert to Flint, Michigan.
The producer shared the news on Twitter with a flier for the concert.
"Detroit come out tonight and help me support the#FlintWaterCrisis #givingback #KingStaysKing #TextbookTimbo," Timbaland writes.
"Proceeds from this event will go to purchasing more supplies for the Flint water crisis," the event's flier says.
The city of Flint's water is contaminated with lead after the water supply was switched from Detroit's water system to the Flint River in April 2014. President Barack Obama declared a national emergency earlier this month.
Other rappers who have donated to help Flint include The Game, Meek Mill and Big Sean. Flint native Jon Connor released the "Fresh Water For Flint" single January 28 to raise awareness for the crisis.

Kanye West To Return To "Saturday Night Live"

This will be Kanye West's seventh time performing on the late night show.

Kanye West is set to return to Saturday Night Live February 13, NBC announced today (January 29), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Melissa McCarthy is scheduled to host the episode.
This will be West's seventh time performing on the late night comedy show. Last year, he performed with Sia and fellow Chicago rapper Vic Mensa for the show's 40th anniversary.
West's WAVES album is due out February 11.

Judgement Made In $1 Million Cash Money Records Lawsuit Over Jay Sean Albums

UPDATE: A group of producers sued Cash Money for $1 million in 2014.

A judgement was made Wednesday (January 27) in the Cash Money Records lawsuit over Jay Sean's albums, according to Billboard.
Magistrate Judge Karen Wells Roby recommended that Cash Money owes production group Orange Factory Music $1.14 million for its work on two of Jay Sean's albums, 2009's All or Nothing and 2012's Japan release, So High.
Eight tracks from the former album, including the hit song "Down," were produced under contract and the ruling says the producers are owed the royalties for their work.
Cuts from So High, including "2012," were made without any written agreement. Roby said Orange Factory Music should be named as co-authors of the songs and receive 50 percent of the revenue from those tracks.
The ruling will become official when Roby's recommendation is adopted by a District Court Judge.
Jay Sean left Cash Money in 2014.
(This article was first published on November 17, 2014 and is as follows.)
A group of music producers are suing Cash Money Records for the sum of $1 million after working on singer Jay Sean’s 2009 album, All Or Nothing.
According to TMZ, the group of producers, who work for Orange Factory Music, produced seven songs on Sean’s All Or Nothing album. They also produced “Down,” a single from the album, which also featured Lil Wayne.
Those at Orange Factory Music have received some payment for their production work, but the group of producers says it took two years for them to receive their first check and have only received royalty statements.
Orange Factory Music is suing Cash Money Records directly and not Jay Sean. As of this year, Jay Sean is no longer signed to Cash Money Records.
News of Orange Factory Music’s lawsuit comes days after it was revealed that a lien was filed against Cash Money Records CEO Birdman due to money owed to a construction company who renovated his Miami, Florida mansion