Val Kilmer, Xzibit join 'Bad' update

Join Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendez in Herzog's cop drama

NEW YORK -- Val Kilmer and Xzibit are about to have a "Bad" trip.


They're set to join Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendez in Werner Herzog's cop drama "Bad Lieutenant," an update of Abel Ferrara's cult classic.


The original followed the depraved adventures of a corrupt policeman (Harvey Keitel) investigating the rape of a nun. The new film will feature Kilmer as the partner of Cage's crooked cop and Xzibit as a villain.


"Lieutenant" will likely capture the spirit of the original, with the protagonist's drug intake, his accepting sexual favors as bribes and other elements that endeared so many to the 1992 version.


The original's producer, Edward R. Pressman, will produce the new version with Stephen Belafonte, Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky. Randall Emmett and Cage's Saturn Films also produce. Billy Finkelstein wrote the screenplay, loosely based on Ferrara and Zoe Lund's script. Filming is set to begin later in the summer.


Kilmer is repped by ICM and Affirmative. Xzibit is repped by Paradigm and Management 360.

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The Underdog Project

   
Artist: The Underdog Project

   Genre(s): 
Dance
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 It Doesn't Matter

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14


   
 Remixes

   Year:    
Tracks: 5

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Ramsey Trio Lewis

   
Artist: Ramsey Trio Lewis

   Genre(s): 
R&B: Soul
   

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Discography:


   
 In Crowd

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 9

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Ramsey Lewis has longsighted straddled the bound 'tween bop-oriented idle words and pop music. Most of his recordings (particularly by the mid-'60s) were very approachable and attracted a large non-jazz hearing. In 1956, he formed a triplet with bassist Eldee Young and drummer Red Holt. From the start (1958), their records for Argo/Cadet were democratic, although in the early years, they had a strong jazz content. In 1958, Lewis also recorded with Max Roach and Lem Winchester. On the 1965 albums The In Crowd and Hang On, Ramsey made the pianist into a major drawing card and from that point, on his records became practically more predictable and pop-oriented. In 1966, his trio's force changed with bassist Cleveland Eaton and drummer Maurice White (by and by the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire) joining Lewis. In the seventies, Lewis much played electric pianissimo, although by later in the x he was protruding to acoustic and hiring an extra keyboardist. He toilet static play melodic jazz when he wants to, just Ramsey Lewis has generally stuck to easy listening pop music during the past 30 days. In 2004 he released Time Flies, a appear back at some of his most popular songs through new recordings.

Biovore

   
Artist: Biovore

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Thrash
   

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Discography:


   
 Scientific Proof

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 10

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Kiss and Tell: Rock Legend Gene Simmons

50 Cent Shocked By Exes Arson Accusations

There's some things 50 Cent's bulletproof vest can't protect him from.

The tough-guy gangsta rapper has spoken of the shock he felt after his ex accused him of burning her house down and the pain of being separated from his son.

After her house went up in flames in May, Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of 50's 11-year-old son Marquis, told the TMZ.com Web site that she suspected the rapper had been involved in the blaze.

"He said that he was going to have someone come kill me, and see what he does? This is what he did," she told their cameras.

Now the G Unit star has told MTV News that he was stunned by the claims -- and that she only made them because she's bitter about being cut off from his multi-million dollar fortune.

"The relationship between my wallet and [Tompkins] has changed," he told MTV News. "When people have expensive habits, it's a hell of a transition for them when that money is not there anymore. She said all kind of things about me I never would expect."

But he said the real suffering has been caused by the damage that the rift could do to his relationship with Marquis -- especially after Tompkins took out a temporary restraining order against him last month.

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"My relationship with my son is changing because he and his mom aren't friends anymore," he said.

"There's different channels I have to go through. He has lawyers appointed to him through the court. So I have to talk to his lawyer to get things situated for me to for me to actually get him."

"This is the toughest [thing I've had to face], because he's my motivation," he said.




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Couch

   
Artist: Couch

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Figur 5

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 9

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Munich experimental rock group Couch consists of keyboardist Stefanie Böhm, guitarist Jürgen Söder, bassist Michael Heilrath, and drummer Thomas Geltinger. The group formed in 1993 and found inspiration in classic Krautrock groups as well as more current artists such as Slint and Stereolab. Their ignoble 1995 debut was a vinyl-only release. Their 1997 loss, Etwas Benutzen, was likewise their debut for Kitty-Yo, which is likewise the home of To Rococco Rot, Tarwater, Surrogat, and Laub. Two days by and by, Fantasy arrived and was licensed by Matador Records a year by and by. In early 2001, they released their quarter proper album, Blasphemous. They switched to Morr Music for 2006's Figur 5.

Alla Rakha&Zahir Hussein&Sultan Khan

   
Artist: Alla Rakha&Zahir Hussein&Sultan Khan

   Genre(s): 
Ethnic
   

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Discography:


   
 Tabla Duo

   Year:    
Tracks: 4

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Orion Weiss, Hawken Graduate and Young Pianist on the Rise, Makes Blossom Festival Debut

GATES MILLS, Ohio, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Acclaimed pianist
Orion Weiss, a 2000 graduate of Hawken School, will return home and make
his Blossom Festival debut with the Cleveland Orchestra on July 20 at
Blossom Music Center.

Heralded by the Cincinnati Post as a "new star on the pianistic
horizon," Weiss attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with
Paul Schenly and is a graduate of the Julliard School where he was a
student of renowned pianist Emanuel Ax.

In addition to performing with the Cleveland Institute of Music
Orchestra and Akron Symphony Orchestra, he has also appeared with the San
Francisco, Baltimore, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Phoenix,
Rochester, Memphis, Annapolis, Louisville and Omaha symphony orchestras
among many others.

Weiss made his Cleveland Orchestra debut while a student at Hawken in
1999, performing Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 and will make his Blossom
debut performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. He is a former resident
of Lyndhurst, Ohio.

For more information about Weiss, visit http://www.orionweiss.com

Hawken School is an independent, nonsectarian, coed day school of
approximately 960 students, grades pre-K through 12, located on two
campuses in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland. Founded in 1915, Hawken is
recognized as one of the premier college preparatory schools in the nation
with a diverse student body participating in a challenging program of
academics, arts, and athletics that prepares them to meet the challenges of
tomorrow's world.




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