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AHH Stray News: Tupac's Screenplay, Bumpy Knuckles & KRS, Salt Sells Mansion

By Roman Wolfe (AllHipHop News) The rights to "Live 2 Tell," the only screenplay written by rapper Tupac Shakur have been acquired by Nstar Studios. "Live 2 Tell" is the screenplay Tupac wrote while he was serving 11 months in prison in 1995, on a gun charge. The movie revolves around a college student who becomes a drug boss. Afeni Shakur is executive producing the movie, which will begin production in 2012 with an $11 million dollar budget. Bumpy Knuckles and KRS-One have announced the highly anticipated release of their collaborative album, Royalty Check . Bumpy Knucks and KRS recorded the album together in the recordin...

WORLD RENOWED FILM MAKERS DONALD RANVAUD, NICK BROOMFIELD, AND DANNY SCHECHTER TO HEADLINE 14th ANNUAL ZANZIBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 18-26 J

Zanzibar International Film Festival | www.ziff.or.tz | Zanzibar, Tanzania An exciting program of Films with an African focus, international music acts, and stunning natural settings at the 14th annual Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) June 18-26, 2011 on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. High-profile film makers such as Oscar Nominated Producer Donald Ranvaud ( City of God, The Constant Gardner ), Documentary Maker Nick Broomfield ( Kurt & Courtney, Soldier Girls, His Big White Self), and Emmy award winning journalist and film producer Danny Schechter are all involved in an exciting programme of Workshops at ZIFF 2011. The focus will be on Documentary Film Making, with award winning British Documentary Maker Nick Broomfield lending his expert knowledge to a Master class. Broomfield is ranked as one the world’s top documentary makers. Grammy Award winning reggae star Shaggy will headline a dynamic Performing Arts program. He is the only certified Dia...

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A Cause For Concern: The Obama/Osama Commentary

Monday, May 02, 2011 10:54 AM By: K1ng Eljay Sunday night, (5/1/11) President Obama Deebo’d the TV and gave a stirring speech to announce that Osama Bin Laden had been killed thanks to the bravery of the men in the armed forces, similar to the end scene of a random Call of Duty game. After interrupting Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” (see? Silver lining!), tugging on people’s emotions to cloud their judgment with his grim introduction, and redefining the meaning of “Colored People Time” by making everyone wait a good hour past his scheduled impromptu-speech (that was written), Obama gave the address and then turned and walked away. And just like that, 80% percent of the people on my timeline started celebrating, as if this means something right now. Do not misconstrue my words; this means a lot to those families touched by the Word Trade Center t...

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Mwenyekiti wa Taasisi ya WAMA Mama Salma Kikwete (kulia) akipokewa na Mwenyeji wake ambae ni Rais wa Taasisi inayoshughulika na utoaji wa huduma za kibinadamu ya Project C.U.R.E. nchini Marekani Daktari Douglas Jackson (kushoto) alipohudhuria katika hafla iliyoandaliwa baada ya kumaliza ziara ya kikazi Arizona hivi karibuni.Pichani katikati na Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Marekani Mwanaidi Maajar.