NEWS:Mavado To Star In Shottas Sequel

Dancehall star Mavado will be making his acting debut in the upcoming film Shottas 2, the sequel to the 2002 hit Jamaican movie Shottas.

The We The Best Music singjay will co-star with Ky-Mani Marley, who played the role as the notorious Biggs.

Shottas director Cess Silvera said filming for the movie kicks off in June in Jamaica and overseas.

According to Mavado’s manager, Julian Jones-Griffith, several big name rappers were vying for the role, including Lil’ Wayne and Chris Brown, but Silvera cast Mavado, who he believes fits the role.

“Cess Silvera reached out to me saying he has written a part for Shottas 2 that would be perfect for Mavado,” Griffiths said. “It’s a leading role and he believes Mavado can bring the realism and credibility to do the character justice. Cess thinks Mavado is the only person to really bring it to life and make it believable.”

Mavado said he could not pass up on the offer to cast in the films sequel.

“I’ve had a few offers for movies that we have turned down, but I couldn’t pass on being a part of Shottas 2,” Mavado said. “Just like everyone else I am a huge fan of the first movie so it’s an honour to be a part of the production. When my manager told me Cess reached out to him I felt blessed. Acting is another way for me to express myself as an artiste so I’m really looking forward to it and will do my best to bring the character to life and make people believe in it. Shottas is such an iconic movie and brand so to be a part of the second one is going to be a great part of my legacy as an artiste.”

Shottas, which debut on the big screen in 2002, tells a story of two young men, Wayne and Biggs, who grew up in a tough Kingston inner-city community. The two later grew up to be major crime players in Kingston and Miami.

Dancehall veteran Spragga Benz played Wayne, while Ky-Mani Marley brought Biggs to life.

While not revealing his role, Mavado said he will be working hard to bring his character to life on the big screen.

“Fans can expect what they always get from me – keeping it real. The character I am playing is gritty as you would expect so I will be bringing it to life as real as I know how,” he said.

Shottas 2 is set to debut in the summer of 2013.

NEWS: Rihanna Considering Ditching Music For Movies

After conquering the world of music, Rihanna sets her eyes on Hollywood.

The Bajan pop beauty was in Australia last week promoting her debut film, Battleship. RiRi plays a navy weapons specialist in the budget buster film, battling an alien invasion at sea.

The “We Found Love” singer had so much fun filming the movie that she is considering taking up acting full time.

“There are some festivals here and there throughout the year but I want to do some more films before I go back on tour,” Rihanna told the Sydney Daily Telegraph.

After her action flick debut, Rihanna hopes to do some comedies.

“I don’t want to stick to one thing yet,” she said. “I want to see where I excel. I want to try things – comedy and probably another action film.”

Rihanna is also looking to play Whitney Houston in a rumored biopic.

MOVIE WATCH REMINDER: " BATTLESHIP"

Battleship is an upcoming 2012 American science fiction naval war film based on the classic children's game by Hasbro, the samecompany that made Transformers. The film was directed by Peter Berg and will be released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, and Liam Neeson.

The film was originally planned to be released in 2011, but was rescheduled to May 18, 2012

In the Hawaiian Islands, an international naval fleet at Pearl Harbor engage in a dynamic and intense battle against an alien species known as "The Regents". The aliens come to planet Earth on a mission to build a power source in the ocean. Upon their visit, they come in contact with the naval fleet. The film is also purported to show both sides of the story, from the aliens' perspective, as well as the humans' so the audience knows exactly where the opponent's ships are

UPDATE ON RIHANNA

• Rihanna “We Found Love” music video is nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards 2012: Best Female Video & Best Pop Video. Vote here! Japanese Navy, don’t forget that Rihanna will be there in April and August!

• Katy Perry has recently mentioned a possible collaboration with Rihanna: “We’ve collaborated on a lot of things, but just not songs yet. It’s one of those things that’s got so much build up that we have to deliver. I want it to be like that Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves,’ not ‘Beautiful Liar.’ But I definitely want to do something that is so iconic. [Rihanna's] kind of busy too. We’re both busy but we planted the seed two years ago. How disappointed would you be if that song came out and it’s no good? Sometimes you have to wait for greatness.” Katy has also talked about Battleship and “We Found Love” — read here. She was also asked to sing a little bit of “We Found Love”, click here to watch.

• To ready for her role as Raikes in Battleship, Rihanna had to go through some tough military training. Check out the video below and look for the movie in theaters near you this spring 2012:

NEWS: DR. DRE TO PRODUCE NEW HORROR MOVIE

Looks like Dre is trading in music for the bright lights of Hollywood for a bit. The doc is switching gears from producing music to producing an upcoming horror flick,Thaw. We’re never getting Detox. LOL. Details on the movie below.

(HHDX) – Dr. Dre has been tapped to produce the upcoming horror-thriller Thaw, set to be written by Vik Weet for Crucial Films.

According to Variety, Dre is producing with Crucial partner Daniel Schnider, who came up with the idea for the flick. The movie focuses on “an ancient evil that emerges from the rapidly melting ice in the Yukon.”

Dre is no stranger to Hollywood. The super producer/rapper launched Crucial Films in 2007 with a first-look deal with New Line. This marks the first release under the partnership.

NEWS: Rihanna SINGS Adele's Praises, Takes A Break From Music & Says "Single Life Is Overrated"

Battleship star Rihanna (shown above on the movie's Italian promo) recently sat down with London's "The Jonathan Ross Show" where she sang the praises of Adele and admitted that she thinks "the single life is orrated." Get the deets inside.....

It seems as though Rihanna is ready to move on to a new relationship (and a new career focus) as she was recently quoted talking about how much she hates being single.

On her taped "Jonathan Ross Show" appearance in the UK this week (airing tomorrow), she said,

"Single life is so overrated. It sucks. I have such incredible experiences in my life. You don't want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone. That's what I'm missing right now."

So what type of man is she into? She said she wants someone who is "...cool, fun, funny."

And Rihanna also stanned for Adele (don't we all?) during the interview.  She said,

"I saw her at the Grammys and I love her.  I'm a big fan. … Her last album, 21, spoke to me so much. It was so personal to her, but I feel like everyone in the world identified with it, to the point that I had to stop listening because it was depressing me so much. If you identify with it, sometimes you don't want to hear about it."

But while she is searching for love, Rih will give music a break focus on her acting and other projects, saying:

'I just want to pick films that are wise for me and roles that I can pull off, nothing that is too big for me."  She added, 'I love doing movies now. It's something I want to do more of."

Rih just flew back to L.A. from London last night.

Catch Battleship when it's released on May 18 in the US!

NEWS: RIHANNA TALKS ABOUT BATTLESHIP

Earlier this week, Rihanna talked to the press about Battleship, her first acting role, in London. She plays Petty Officer Raikes — a weapons specialist who gets a thrill from firing heavy artillery. And the singer admitted she enjoyed working with guns almost as much as her character. Rihanna said:

“The one on the boat was so powerful, on the ribs, every time, ugh, I remember. I would come back to the set with black gunpowder everywhere — it was crazy. But it was so much fun. I loved it, every moment. I loved feeling it in my chest.”

Rihanna has history with the military. She joined the army cadets as a youngster in Barbados — and not because of the boys.

“I just wanted to join an organisation. I didn’t want to be at school for school work, that was boring. Everything else was kind of not my thing, so I joined the cadets. They had weapons. I wasn’t into boys then.”

Rihanna has worn some pretty uncomfortable outfits on stage during her career, so her Navy clobber in the movie provided some light relief.

“I thoroughly enjoyed it. I really did. It felt good to not have to think about what to wear. Every day was the exact same thing. It was really comfortable.”

But Rihanna’s appearance in the sci-fi movie — which is out on April 11 in the UK and also stars Liam Neeson — has not been without its drawbacks.  Since making the film, Rihanna doesn’t feel quite as confident that aliens don’t exist.

“Now I don’t know what to believe, but I’m not worried about it, you know? People are so concerned with the unknown, it’s hilarious. I mean, whatever is to be will be. And what can we do if they do exist and they do decide to invade earth? We will just know when we get to it.”

The Bajan star insists she will never give up pop to concentrate on becoming an actress full-time because music still “makes the world go round”. But she hasn’t ruled out starring in a comedy film in the future.

“I want to do comedy, maybe a romantic comedy. I want to try being more vulnerable, but I want to try different things. I don’t want to stick to one type of role.”