Fantasia Barrino packing on the pounds

Fantasia Barrino will be packing on the pounds for a new movie role.The American Idol has signed on to play gospel legend Mahalia Jackson in. Can Fantasia imitate such a great life?. Fantasia Barrino has been sporting a fuller figure as of late, which has prompted rumors of a baby on board. The American Idol winner has insisted that she’s not pregnant and that the excess weight . Filed under: Movie News, CinematicalFantasia Barrino is ready for her closeup.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the ‘American Idol’ season 3 winner
has landed her first leading role in a biopic about the life of American gospel singer and civil rights activist Mahalia Jackson.The movie, which will be directed by Euzhan Palcy, is based on the 1993 book ‘Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel.’ Jim Evering is penning the script.Filming begins in April, according to the report. … .
Fantasia Barrino earned rave reviews for playing Celie in Broadway’s The Color Purple, but is the oft-troubled American Idol alum suited for a big-screen triumph? According to a new report, she’s set to play gospel legend Mahalia Jackson in director Euzhan Palcy’s film adaptation of the 1993 book Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel. Let’s start with the pettiest question: Is Fantasia a worthier post-Idol Oscar contender than Jennifer Hudson or not?.

guitar hero reduce

Things are not good for all you fans of the Guitar Hero franchise, as we have learned that Activision Blizzard has canceled the game. This has had a knock on effect with the developer’s shares, and as a result of this shocking news has fallen by 8 percent. The company believes that their expected revenue will be $640 million in Q1 2011, this was short of the $734.70 million that analysts expected.

Charlie Sheen may pay staff salaries

Charlie Sheen offered to pay a portion of the Two and a Half Men crew’s Salary during the two-week hiatus of the show. He extended this deal as long as CBS and Warner Bros. agree to pay the remaining portion. Showing signs of loyalty to his Two and a Half Men crew, Sheen attempted to cut a deal with the studio to help foot the salaries of the 300-member crew, which does not get paid when Men stops filming. Sheen looks to return to the set next week, but a CBS executive believes that “...

Harry Baals Center

Harry Baals (pronounced "Harry Bales", and not "Harry Balls") will likely not get his name attached to the new city-county building in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Harry Baals is a former mayor of Fort Wayne, and his name continues to inspire juvenile humor. These are the same people who would find San Diego politician Dick Rider's name funny, too. Visitors to the Fort Wayne voting page will see that Harry Baals is destroying the competition by more than 7,000 votes, but Deputy Mayor Beth Malloy said that just winning the popular vote wasn't enough, and expressed concern that calling the new building the Harry Baals Government Center would "look bad".

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Lawsuit in Super Bowl seat fiasco

Ticket-holding football fans who ended up with no seats or what they considered bad views of the Super Bowl have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones.
The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Dallas — just two days after the big game — alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices on behalf of people who ended up watching the game on TV at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, or had seats the lawsuit labeled "illegitimate."

Brangelina adopting?

The rumor mill is buzzing today with the news that Brad and Angelina are looking to adopt another baby, which would be number seven in their tribe. Sources say they're looking in Namibia to adopt, which is the country where Shiloh was born. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, they're also looking in Bolivia and Paraguay because Angelina wants to draw attention to the large number of desperately needy orphaned children in Latin America. Seems strange to adopt a child just to make a statement. But hey, we can't judge them! They do more than the average family when it comes to philanthropy!
We really wouldn't be surprised if the rumor was true. After all, didn't poppa Brad say he wanted something like 12 kids?!

iPad2 to be released soon?

The tech world is buzzing with rumors that Apple will soon release the second version of its popular iPad. There’s rampant speculation about a possible iPad2 release date, but the company is not saying when it will happen.