Eminem is set to star in a 3D hip-hop horror movie, according to Hollywood trade paper Screen International.
The acclaimed rapper will also produce Shady Talez, a horror anthology cross between Creep Show and The Twilight Zone, that will feature three stories offering a hip-hop spin to classic horror films. The frightfest will be Eminem’s first big-screen appearance since his role in the 2002 box office hit 8 Mile.
The film will be accompanied by a four-issue Shady Talez comic book series, due out in 2010.
Eminem will perform at the American Music Awards later this month, Entertainment Weekly has learned. The acid-tongued rapper has joined a line-up of previously announced acts that includes Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, The Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Daughtry, Lady Gaga, and Adam Lambert.
The American Music Awards will air live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday, Nov. 22 @ 8 p.m. on ABC.
Daytime’s newest diva, Wendy Williams, is calling on Nick Cannon to do something besides quote Bible scriptures on Twitter to defend wife Mariah Carey’s honor against the verbal beating she’s receiving at the hands of Eminem.
MTV News has announced that hip-hop heavyweights Eminem and Kanye West will duke it against each other in four different categories at next month’s ceremony in New York City.
Eminem’s “We Made You” and Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” are both up for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Best Hip Hop Video. “We Made You” will face Kanye’s “Paranoid” for a Best Special Effects prize.
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by Russell Brand, will air live September 13, 2009.
It sounds like Nick and Mariah have company on Eminem’s Shit List. The lyric dynamo verbally rips “Crank That” star Soulja Boy on the bars of a new diss track — entitled “Die Already” — that is heating up the interwebs.