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...receding hairline to play another past-his-prime policeman escorting a witness on an ill-fated trek from precinct to courthouse in 16 Blocks, a thriller that unfolds in real time. Willis hand-picked his co-star, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's MOS DEF, after seeing the rapper-actor in the play Topdog/Underdog. For Willis, playing the burnt-out officer "is obviously not a vanity role," says director Richard Donner. But, for the record, "Bruce's gut is mostly padding." Phew. Then he hasn't hurt his shot at an Abs of Steel video...
...world knows 50 Cent as the hustler-turned-rapper who was shot nine times and survived, then left the drug game to make music with Dr. Dre and Eminem. But the real story of Curtis James Jackson III, as he explains in the prologue to his intense yet ultimately unsatisfying autobiography, “From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens,” is filled with more pain, guilt and hope than one episode—taking nine bullets in the legs, hand, shoulder, and face as he sat in a car outside...
...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 at all because frankly, every rapper in the world says that." As Benjamin recalls, "The conversation kind of stopped right there. John blew...
...character. It created a lot of nervous tension." Perhaps, but Benjamin happily allowed his agents to use his renown to get auditions, so he could hardly take offense at the parts he was reading for ("Andre 3000 knock-offs, basically") or the burden of being seen as just another rapper...
...about half the $33 billion spent worldwide, compared with Nike's 36%. "North America is the market where you have to be," Hainer said. The deal is the latest sign that Adidas is trying to pump up its image. Over the past year, legendary boxer Muhammad Ali and rapper Missy Elliott have appeared in marketing campaigns. The firm has also hired Stella McCartney and Yohji Yamamoto to design sportswear. But Nike is aggressively challenging Adidas on its home turf of European soccer. It has signed up more than 40 clubs, including Manchester United and Barcelona. With its move to acquire...