The Commission, Weathermen, Crooklyn Dodgers and the rumored Pharoahe/Black Thought/Mos Def/Talib collabo are just a few that spring to mind. They once had people bouncing off the wall with excitement over future prospects that, for various reasons,...

Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid look set to join the cast of Switch, a film based on the prequel novel to Rum Punch, which Quentin Tarantino filmed as Jackie Brown. Both books were written by Elmore Leonard. Dan Schechter will direct the film which...

Flashpoint Gallery. The site-specific installation is influenced by Dutch paintings and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. An opening reception will be held on Friday. MUSIC Brooklyn-based alt-rock pioneers They Might Be Giants celebrate 30 years at Rams Head Live.

Jackie Brown was based on the Elmore Leonard novel 1992 Rum Punch. Rum Punch utilized many of the same characters as Elmore Leonard’s 1978 novel The Switch, which features younger versions of both the Samuel L. Jackson and Robert DeNiro characters. ...

...of Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name, reported Deadline.The 43-year-old - who previously appeared in romantic comedy The Switch alongside Jason Bateman - is in talks to play kidnapped housewife Mickey Dawson, with Dennis tipped to be cast as her crooked...

According to Deadline, Aniston is currently in talks to star in Switch, a screen adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name, the New York Post reported. Aniston is up for the role of Mickey Dawson, the wife of a real estate tycoon who is...

JENNIFER ANISTON TALKS MARRIAGE, BABIES WHILE POSING IN BRA JUSTIN THEROUX: I'M HAPPY WITH JENNIFER ANISTON Aniston is up for the role of Mickey Dawson, the wife of a real estate tycoon who is kidnapped by two ex-cons, to be played by John Hawkes of...

Deadline is now reporting that Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid have joined the crime drama, which takes place 15 years before Jackie Brown (which was based on Leonard’s novel, Rum Punch ). The story centers on a jilted housewife (Aniston) who’s...

The dynamic established between these two actors was highly entertaining, and the fate of this film may largely depend on whether or not Hawkes and Mos Def will be able to replicate that chemistry. Plus, they'll need to score points with nostalgic...

Instead of the glittery, commercialized oeuvre groomed for wider audiences, emcees including Def took to Afrocentricity and racial injustice for subject matter. Like forebears Public Enemy, Mos Def’s lyrics spoke of the consequences of violence as...

York MC Talib Kweli has confirmed two exclusive shows for this spring at London’s HMV Forum and Manchester’s HMV Ritz and is to be supported by Lowkey and MIC Righteous. Kweli is no stranger to British soil having performed here on several occasions,...

BROWN. The duo would be cast alongside Ty Burrell, John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) to star in the pic, which is based on the novel The Switch by Elmore Leonard. SWITCH is being directed by Dan Schechter, based on his script. Ordell Robbie...

John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def ) play the two guys in this film, and they were recently joined by Ty Burrell. Now the cast has also added Dennis Quaid and Jennifer Aniston as two of the story’s most important characters. So the Elmore...

I like the casting for the younger Louis and Ordell. John Hawkes has really been impressing me on 'Eastbound and Down,' and I've often thought Mos Def, who now goes by Yasiin Bey, is one of the better rapper-turned-actors in the business today. Ty...

Things get tricky when the husband opts not to pay. But Ordell and Louis get to know the wife and decide to join forces with her to make life miserable for said hubby. Quiad would play the husband and Aniston would play…you guessed it, the wife. Daniel...

The film recently landed John Hawkes and Yasiin "Not Mos Def Anymore" Bey as younger versions of Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson, and now Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid are reportedly in the mix as well. Aniston, playing Quaid's wife, would be...

John Hawkes and Mos Def were recently cast in the roles of Louis Gara and Ordell Robbie, characters seen in JACKIE BROWN. Now two more cast members are possibly soon to join. Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid are currently in talks to board the Elmore...

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“That has always appealed to me.” For his part, Ronson brings one of his favorite backing bands, the Dap-Kings, to New Orleans to create a jazz song with Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def and drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste. “We were all pretty...