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At first, the thought of The Hughes Brothers (‘From Hell,’ ‘American Pimp,’ ‘Menace II Society’) directing an overtly religious movie seemed a bit unbelievable. Perhaps ‘The Book of Eli’ just features Denzel Washington as a weapon-wielding badass with a penchant for quoting the Old Testament like Samuel L. Jackson in ‘Pulp Fiction,’ right? Wrong…

Well, OK, Washington’s post-apocalyptic loner Eli is a master at killing AND quoting Scripture, but the critical buzz about the overwhelming spiritual themes is correct: ‘The Book of Eli’ contains just as much (if not more) Christian imagery as ‘The Chronicles of Narnia.’ Read more »

Though Jay-Z and Beyonce were recently dubbed Hollywood’s richest couple of 2009 by Forbes magazine, money can’t buy Hov everything.

Jay recently lost a lengthy court battle with 51-year-old celebrity chef Terry Miller over Miller’s “Rockafella” restaurant, which Jay felt infringed on his infamous Roc-A-Fella record label.

The lawsuit began in 2006, after Miller won $250,000 on cooking reality show ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ and named his restaurant after his specialty dish, the King Prawn Rockafella. In the suit, Jay claimed that the name of Miller’s restaurant mislead people into believing that it was associated with his record label.

However, the Newcastle, UK court ruled in favor of Miller, granting him the trademark and exclusive rights to use the name. A similar case came up in the U.K. in 2007, when Sean “Diddy” Combs was forbidden the use of his chosen nickname after losing a court case with Richard “Diddy” Dearborn, who held the rights to the name in the U.K.

In any event Jay-Z and Beyonce raked in a reported $122 million in 2009, so Hov can definitely brush the dirt off his diamond-encrusted shoulders.

Source: Theboombox

The violence that has gripped Haiti in the wake of the massive earthquake has claimed the life of at least one aid worker — a teenage boy killed working for Haitian born-rapper Wyclef Jean‘s charity, according to reports.

“Somebody wanted to carjack him,” Jean told London’s Telegraph.

The boy, whose name wasn’t released, was shot dead as he was leaving a Port-au-Prince cemetery after dropping off corpses, the paper reported.

And two Dominican workers were shot as they were giving out food in the increasingly dangerous city, the country’s police told MSNBC.

Source: NYPost

Matisyahu has explored a number of musical styles over the course of a relatively short, whirlwind career, but his universal message of peace and unity has always remained the same. The reggae MC is continuing his pursuit of positivity on ‘One Day,’ the first single of his third studio album, ‘Light,’ due in late August.

“‘One Day’ is the song I’ve been wanting to make since I started my career,” Matisyahu tells Spinner. “It is an anthem of hope with a big beat — the kind of song that makes you bob your head and open your heart at the same time.”

Listen to ‘One Day’ on Spinner

This is gonna be a huge radio hit!

Matisyahu‘s latest, One Day, is one of those songs you know will have everyone singing along in their cars. It is pleasing on the ears, uplifting and extremely commercial. The track also features Akon.

Watch the Official Video on Youtube

Source: Spinner