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...days after Andr?? Benjamin--known musically as Andre 3000, the wig-wearing, Hey Ya!--singing half of the multiplatinum duo OutKast--moved to Los Angeles to become an actor, he ran into the film director John Singleton at a health-food restaurant. OutKast had contributed a song to the sound track of Singleton's Higher Learning, and the two talked amiably until Benjamin mentioned that he was trying to break into movies. "When he said, 'I really want to get into this acting thing,' I just smiled politely," says Singleton of the 2002 conversation. "I didn't take him seriously...
...meeting with the director of Boogie Nights and Magnolia. The informal conversations covered a lot of different ground, but Benjamin always made a point of explaining that Andre 3000--the platinum blond superfreak put together from the spare parts of George Clinton, Rick James and Prince--is nothing like Andr?? Benjamin, the person named Esquire's best-dressed man in the world. "Andre 3000 is wild and crazy. He's got the energy of a little kid," says Benjamin. "I'm totally opposite from that, way more calm. I have friends that call me Turtle...
...walked in the room he had the energy and charisma to handle the part," says director Ron Shelton. Shelton is the rare director who seeks out rappers ("There's a freedom, a looseness and a respect for the text I like," he says), but Benjamin still exceeded his expectations. "Andr?? sent me a note after the movie, thanking me. Honestly, it might be the first note I ever got. I sent him one back saying, 'Thank you. I hope I have a bigger part for you someday.' He was really prepared, a true professional...
True to the traditions of Tennesee Williams’s characteristically grandiose Southern dramatic style, lies seethe, childhood romances reignite, and drunken desperate drama unfurls in this play, which follows Hollywood gigolo Chance Wayne (Andr??©s X. López, an extension school student)—accompanied by fading Hollywood actress Alexandra—as he returns to his small town...
...rally scheduled to coincide with a large-scale march in Mexico City, around 35 students and local community members gathered in Harvard Square on Sunday to protest the prosecution of the popular leftist mayor of Mexico City, Andr??©s Manuel López Obrador...