XXL Magazine reports that Rapper David Banner and Academy Award winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. are set to appear in an upcoming independent film about Marley Marl’s legendary Juice Crew. Called The Vapors, the film will chronicle the rise of the groundbreaking Queens collective that counted MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Craig G, Tragedy Khadafi, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Masta Ace, and Roxanne Shanté as members. (more…)

PageSix.com is reporting that Oprah Winfrey has taken control of the long-gestating Lena Horne biopic and Alicia Keys will play the role.  “We’re going to start filming next year, and we’ve got Alicia,” Oprah reportedly told the New York Post column during an interview for her film “The Great Debaters.”  (more…)

The staff of Tyra Banks show are pissed! Tyra Banks’ staffers are disgruntled because they got no Christmas gifts. Most of the staff were asked to move from LA to New York with Tyra where her show is currently located. It’s rumored that Tyra moved her show to New York because she had a boyfriend there. Nevertheless, she negotiated a $30 million dollar deal. Well, Tyra threw a modest holiday party at a lower east side dive bar. One of her employees told media there was no food, just alcohol. According to a source, Tyra arrived for a brief stop, looking like a million bucks, and said she was on her way to Italy. (more…)

NFLer Osi Umenyiora is dating Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks (Nick Cannon’s ex fiance). WOW…Osi just had a brand new baby a couple of weeks ago. I guess his baby’s mother is just that….”a baby momma”! Hmmmm. As you can see in picture below, OSI is a “ladies man” (click next page)….. (more…)

One of MediaTakeOut’s readers dished some juicy scoop about Lisa Raye and her husband Premiere Misick and his infedility. Here’s what the reader, who lives in the “island”, had to say:

[The trouble] started when Lisa Raye found out about the affair that Michael Misick is [allegedly] having with her friend Nicole Murphy. As you know, it is true that they were in the Bahamas together. [When] Lisa found out, she was very shocked and upset – she carried on really bad in the islands.

A few days later Lisa Raye set up the boxing show featuring Zab Judah and other contenders. Well she showed up extremely late and when the Minister went to kiss her on the lips, she pulled back and said loudly “No Mr. Missick” and walked away. (more…)

Damon Dash may be in some deep trouble. This is very bizarre though! An Atlanta woman claims to have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, after Dash allegedly exposed himself in front of her. LMAO! I’m sorry, but that was funny. I digress. According to The New York Post, Atlanta resident Jamie Roberts, 24, filed the lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court, claiming she met Dash at a Miami club in March of 2004. (more…)

Britney Spears’ 16-year-old sister, who stars as a schoolgirl in Nickelodeon’s popular TV show “Zoey 101,” is pregnant! In the interview with OK Magazine, which is scheduled to hit newsstands Wednesday, Jamie-Lynn Spears reportedly tells the magazine the baby’s father is Casey Aldridge, her boyfriend whom she met at church. “It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected,”Jamie-Lynn said. “I was in complete and total shock and so was he.” (more…)

Why does every entertainer feel the need to come out with their own fragrance? Rapper Chingy is set to become the latest celebrity to launch a fragrance entitled Confident By Chingy in 2008. Oh please!

R&B group Pretty Ricky are searching for a new member to replace the departing Pleasure. I could have sworn they found his replacement already, but I guess it was temporary. The group tells MTV.com that they are actively searching for Pleasure’s replacement however, they require specific qualities. (more…)

The African-American Film Critics Association has compiled a list of the best films of the yet. The AAFCA has selected Golden Globe nominated “The Great Debaters” as the Best Picture of 2007. (more…)