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...Thursday, Vick admitted to sufficient facts—in effect, acknowledging that the Commonwealth has sufficient evidence to find him guilty and forgoing a trial—on all three counts with which he was charged, according to Middlesex District Attorney spokeswoman Emily LaGrassa. Cambridge District Court Judge Severlin Singleton sentenced Vick to three concurrent sentences in a house of corrections: 30 days for his failure to register as a sex offender, two years for trespassing, and two years for breaking and entering in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony. The sentences will run concurrently...
...days after André Benjamin--known musically as Andre 3000, the wig-wearing, Hey Ya!--singing half of the multiplatinum duo OutKast--moved to Los Angeles to become an actor, he ran into the film director John Singleton at a health-food restaurant. OutKast had contributed a song to the sound track of Singleton's Higher Learning, and the two talked amiably until Benjamin mentioned that he was trying to break into movies. "When he said, 'I really want to get into this acting thing,' I just smiled politely," says Singleton of the 2002 conversation. "I didn't take him seriously...
...success arrives this Friday. In Four Brothers, a revenge movie about a family of gun-toting, black and white, adopted brothers (based loosely on the 1965 John Wayne western The Sons of Katie Elder), Benjamin plays Jeremiah Mercer, the least trigger-happy character. The movie was directed by Singleton. "Dre came out here, worked hard and ate the whole humble pie," says Singleton. "Now things are heating up for him. I'm lucky to have him in this movie...
...rapper from the streets made good known as Skinny Black. Performers on the sound track--including T.I., Mike Jones (from Houston) and Juvenile (from New Orleans)--will be playing Hustle & Flow concerts in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and New Orleans this summer. Hustle, says co-producer John Singleton proudly, is "the first crunk movie...
...just striving toughs--and tyro directors--who have dreams. Producers can catch the fever too. Stephanie Allain was a Columbia Pictures executive in 1990 when she signed Singleton, then just 22, to make Boyz n the Hood, which established the urban drama as a viable genre. When Allain could find no studio to say yes to Brewer's script, she sold her house and invested in the project. Then she alerted Singleton. "He loved it," says Brewer, "He said, 'All you need is me to go into the room with you.'" Still no takers. So Singleton put his house...