Music, Movies and the Not So Mundane

Rapper 50 Cent says Hip Hop is lost. “The whole culture, I think, is a little … confused,” 50 said in an interview with XXL. “It’s not what I fell in love with, you know? So my job is to make a album that doesn’t have any holes in it, that is a representation of all of the elements I fell in love with.”

Which is why he wants to be your Hip Hop safari guide.

“You know, I see the bloggers. My audience hasn’t grown with me. They keep saying, ‘Aw, man, I want the old 50!’ ’Cause those people, it would take them on a safari. I was bringing them close enough to the animals, without being able to get hurt. I was taking them into my neighborhood, where you can very well get your ass killed.”—-

Rosie O’Donnell is engaged to New York City personnel recruiter Michelle Rounds, M. Night Shammylambshanks is now on Twitter and Bruce Willis was a ghost the entire goddamned movie.

Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots and Rango lead the Annie Awards nominations.

Amy Winehouse’s posthumous release, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, is now available on iTunes

Happy Birthday to Judd Apatow, Janine Turner, Torri Higginson, Steven Wright, Chris Culkin and Leon Russom.

Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly says he has no plans to pursue charges against a homeowner who subdued and hogtied a would-be burglar.