Daily 30: Thu 08.28.2014

Is that Cleveland? 4mo
Marlon Wayans SUED

11 Marlon Wayans SUED TMZ

Well, actually, he’s being sued by a guy who LOOKS like Cleveland from “The Family Guy”. It’s a whole thing.
Breaking News! 4mo
JPMorgan Struck by Cyberattack

17 JPMorgan Struck by Cyberattack The New York Times

A number of United States banks, including JPMorgan Chase and at least four others, were struck by hackers in a series of coordinated attacks this month, according to four people briefed on a continuing investigation into the crimes. The hackers infiltrated the networks of the banks, siphoning off gigabytes of data, including checking and savings account information, in what security experts described as a sophisticated cyberattack. The motivation and origin of the attacks are not yet clear, according to investigators. The F.B.I. is involved in the investigation, and in the past few weeks a number of security firms have been brought in to conduct forensic studies of the penetrated computer networks. According to two other people briefed on the matter, hackers infiltrated the computer networks of some banks and stole checking and savings account information from clients. It was not clear whether the attacks were financially motivated, or if they were collecting intelligence as part of an espionage effort. JPMorgan has not seen any increased fraud levels, one person familiar with the situation said. “Companies of our size unfortunately experience cyberattacks nearly every day,” said Patricia Wexler, a JPMorgan spokeswoman. “We have multiple layers of defense to counteract any threats and constantly monitor fraud levels.” Joshua Campbell, an F.B.I. spokesman, said the agency was working with the Secret Service to assess the full scope of attacks. “Combating cyberthreats and criminals remains a top priority for the United States government,” he said. The intrusions were first reported by Bloomberg, which indicated that they were the work of Russian hackers. But security experts and government officials said they had not yet made that conclusion. Earlier this year, iSight Partners, a security firm in Dallas that provides intelligence on online threats, warned companies that they should be prepared for cyberattacks from Russia in retaliation for Western economic sanctions. But Adam Meyers, the head of threat intelligence at CrowdStrike, a security firm that works with banks, said that it would be “premature” to suggest the attacks were motivated by sanctions. Russian hackers began a monthlong online assault on Estonia in 2007 that nearly crippled the Baltic nation, after Estonian government workers moved a Soviet-era war memorial from the Estonian capital. Still, security experts say that the stealthy nature of the recent attacks suggests that their motivation was not political. The American banking sector has been a frequent target for hackers in recent years, with the vast majority of attacks motivated by financial theft. But not all of them. Over the past two years, banks have been targeted in a series of politically motivated attacks from Iran, in which a group of Iranian hackers flooded United States banking sites with so much online traffic — a method called a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack — that the websites slowed or intermittently collapsed. Hackers who took credit for those attacks said they went after the banks in retaliation for an anti-Islam video that mocked the Prophet Muhammad, and pledged to continue the attacks until the video was removed from the Internet.
Before He Was Cliff Huxtable! 6mo
Himself

18 Himself Bill Cosby

Himself is a 1983 stand-up comedy film featuring Bill Cosby. Filmed before a live audience at the Hamilton Place Theatre, in Hamilton, Ontario, Cosby gives the audience his views ranging from marriage to parenthood
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True Skin

19 True Skin N10N

True Skin – A sci-fi short set in the not too distant future where augmentation is the way of life. For Kaye, still a natural, augmenting will help him keep pace in this now hyper-paced world. However, after acquiring an off-market prototype, Kaye quickly finds himself fighting not only for his own humanity, but something much larger.
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Beef III

20 Beef III QD3 Entertainment

Beef III is the third installment of the Beef series. It is a documentary about Hip hop rivalries and beefs (arguments).
Tells crazy Biggie & Jay-Z story! 4mo
DJ Clark Kent

24 DJ Clark Kent HOT 97

DJ Clark Kent tells some stories about back in the day with Jay-Z and Biggie on the Juan Epstein podcast.
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Andre 3000 Opens Up

25 Andre 3000 Opens Up The New York Times

Q. You’ve been attached to various Hendrix projects over the years. What did you hope to convey about him through this one? A. I thought, “What would Hendrix want people to know that’s not on YouTube?” He’s a god, he’s an idol. But he did that onstage. He was totally the opposite in real life. Continue reading the main story Given that playing Hendrix had been discussed for so long, were you reluctant? I may have said it to John [Ridley]: “Man, I’m old. I have gray hair. Get some young unknown kid to play Hendrix.” I turned it down. They kept at it. I actually asked my son, [Seven]. He said, “Yeah, man.” Honestly, I needed it in my life, too. Hendrix kind of saved me. I was in a not-so-great space, just in a dark place every day. I needed something to focus on to get me out of my depression and rut. Sometimes, when you’re alone, you can let yourself go. I knew if I got on a train with a lot of different people, then I couldn’t let them down. What spoke to you about this particular Hendrix treatment? Really, this movie is about what made him. You study any great artist, there’s always women that help support that or turn them on to new things. The film shows how open he was to letting women in. It’s funny, the parallels [to me]. People like to joke about [his former girlfriend] Erykah Badu, the mother of my child: “Oh, you completely changed.” I was on my path before I even met Erykah. But one thing I can say. I’m singing around the house, and Erykah’s like: “That sounds great. Why you not doing it?” I’ve heard you say that you didn’t want to become an old rapper. I remember, at like 25, saying, “I don’t want to be a 40-year-old rapper.” I’m 39 now, and I’m still standing by that. I’m such a fan that I don’t want to infiltrate it with old blood. But over the last five years, you’ve recorded maybe three or four guest appearances a year, and those verses are always really strong. I struggle with the verses. I don’t sit around and write raps, I just don’t. Now the only time I’m really inspired to write raps is if an artist that I enjoy invites me to their party. So if Future calls and says, “Hey man, I want you to do this,” I don’t want to let Future down. I don’t want to let Lil Wayne or Drake down, because I love them. But when you show up to the party, do you believe that you have something to contribute? My son, he’s 16. Him and his buddies, they’ll be in the car, and I’ll say, “Hey, what do you think about this verse?” That’s my gauge at this point. I don’t have the pulse. Part of art is knowing when not to put paint on. And when to change your medium. Why the tour now, then? Honestly, I never planned to go onstage again in that way. If I feel like I’m getting to a place where it’s mimicking or a caricature, I just want to move on. But I felt like: Let me do it now ’cause these kids [in the audience], it feels good to know that they’re happy. I really don’t actually get anything from performing. Not even over the course of the whole tour? I feel good in being able to look at Big Boi and say, “Hey, man, we did it.” Big Boi’s got these great records on his own, but this means something else for him. On the T.I. song “Sorry,” you have a line apologizing to Big Boi about leaving a lot of money on the table over the years. Continue reading the main story We’ve left millions and millions of dollars on the table. We didn’t even tour for our biggest album [“Speakerboxxx/The Love Below”]. I just wanted to say I know how hard it must be. When you started the tour, was it difficult to be onstage after so long? Yeah, I think people could see it at Coachella, the very first show. It was foreign. My head wasn’t there. I kind of fluffed through rehearsals. A few hours before the Coachella show, I get a message that Prince and Paul McCartney are going to be there. My spirit is not right, and idols are standing side-stage, so as the show started, I’m bummed. This is horrible. In my mind I was already gone to my hotel room halfway through. So Prince called a couple days after. It was my first time actually talking to Prince. He said: “When you come back, people want to be wowed. And what’s the best way to wow people? Just give them the hits.” I’m explaining to him that I really didn’t want to do it. He said: “I’ve been there. I’ve tried to do other things. After you give them the hits, then you can do whatever.” Prince told you to boss up, so you bossed up. He broke it down like this: “You’re a grown man. You’re either going to do it or you’re not.’ On tour, you’ve been wearing full bodysuits, wigs, sunglasses. Is that a person who’s hiding? It’s always easier to play characters. They actually got André Benjamin the first night [at Coachella], and I clearly saw they don’t want André Benjamin. He loves what he’s done, but I hate cages, and sometimes nostalgia is a cage. You’d also lost both your parents not long before the tour. Did you ever think about canceling? No, it was actually the biggest blessing ever. These shows force me to have to be in front of those people, so it was good therapy for me. How much of your time nowadays is just given to being a father? Seven’s been going to school in Atlanta for the last two years. I wake up every morning, take him to school, pick him up from school, going to soccer games, going to wrestling matches. Total dad, which is cool, because so much of that was taken by my early Outkast years. We were at the height, so a lot of the time that should have been [spent] with him, I’m on the road entertaining everybody else. Continue reading the main story RECENT COMMENTS JOHN 2 hours ago I was a huge Hendrix fan while he was alive; saw him perform live literally more than a dozen times including many of the so-called classic... mjs 2 hours ago Unfortunately, Andre 's , Seven's and my favorite Hot dog Restaurant, with real German butcher style hot dogs went out of business in... jmcaddell 5 hours ago This is a serious interview and Andre is clearly a complex artist, but let me share something simple and basic. No matter what else he has... SEE ALL COMMENTS WRITE A COMMENT How did your life change when he moved in? The way you deal with people, the way you deal with female energy. I’ve pretty much been a bachelor, kind of whatever goes, up until Seven comes to live with me. So that changes completely. Was that ultimately a net positive for you? It’s twofold. It was a positive in refocusing your life, but I guess it was a negative [in] that it kind of sterilizes you in a way. You’re sitting around the house watching TV just horny, looking at the women. [Groans.] Did Seven’s moving in and the movie help you out of your rut? Well, it’s an ongoing thing, but I think it’s definitely helped the same way the tour has helped. The biggest thing about the tour is momentum. It’s helpful, because it makes me want to do music. Does making music stave off depression or stress for you? Nah. Sometimes you’re sitting in it and creating in it. That’s just how it is. Is part of the reason you retreated from doing music because of how confining the rapper box was? No. My thing is I’m an idealist. What I get off on is doing things people said could not be done. And so if I’m at a place where I feel like I’m regurgitating or doing the same thing, it’s doing nothing for me. I get bored really fast. I saw a certain thing in rap. It started becoming acceptable. It wasn’t rebellious. So what could be more rebellious than singing love songs, emotional songs [on his half of “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below”] when everybody else is mean-mugging, saying “I’m a player.” I want to say: “I love these bitches, man. I really do.” What’s your creative life been like since that era? It’s mostly been out of view. I write ideas, I write thoughts. Melodies come more for me than raps. I sit in my house and just play. I’ve been drawing and painting a lot more. I’ve always drawn costumes, things I was going to wear onstage. Seven and I hate folding clothes, so we’d always take all of our clean clothes and just put ’em on the table. One day, I was like, “Man, we living like college students.” I got so fed up with [the mess]. I drew it. [He pulls out iPhone and flips through some sketches.] I see me moving into a visual space. So no plans to put out an album, but we might get a gallery show? No, I’d love to put out an album. Sung or rapped? It’s hard to say. [Laughs.] I’m just going to call it honest. I know this may sound morbid, but I was like, if I were to die today, I have all these half-songs on my hard drive, and I don’t want that. But you don’t have a time window. When you feel it, it’s right. If you don’t feel it, then why? Honestly, think about it. Why do it? Why?
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Texan brewery unveils 99-Pack of beer

26 Texan brewery unveils 99-Pack of beer The Telegraph

If you hate having to pop out to the off licence to pick up more beers during a party, an American brewery could have the answer.
Austin Beerworks, a small craft beer producer in Texas, has created an astonishing 99-pack of its Peacemaker Anytime Ale, on sale for $99.
The huge pack is seven feet in length and looks rather cumbersome to carry (we're not sure how you’d fit it in your car, let alone your fridge).
Though the pack looks like a stunt, the brewery confirmed that the “99 packs are absolutely real” and that it was planning to make more, due to popular demand.
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Life of Crime

28 Life of Crime Lionsgate

Based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch," "Life of Crime" is a dark caper comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey, Will Forte, Mark Boone Junior, Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins. The wife (Jennifer Aniston) of a corrupt real estate developer (Tim Robbins) is kidnapped by two common criminals (Yasiin Bey and John Hawkes), who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and plot twists that could only come from the mind of Elmore Leonard.
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Book of Life

29 Book of Life 20th Century

From producer Guillermo del Toro and director Jorge Gutierrez comes an animated comedy with a unique visual style. THE BOOK OF LIFE is the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. Rich with a fresh take on pop music favorites, THE BOOK OF LIFE encourages us to celebrate the past while looking forward to the future.
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Outcast

30 Outcast Arclight Films

A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel Uncle, who seeks their deaths.