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News in Brief: Run-DMC, DMX, Opeth, Enslaved, Crippled Black Phoenix, Tim Exile

-- Rap biopic alert! The former music writer Cheo Hodari Coker, who adapted the script for the Biggie biopic Notorious from his own surprisingly great Biggie book of the same title, has signed on to write a Run-DMC biopic. According to the Hollywood Reporter, he'll adapt Bill Adler's book Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC for the horribly named production company DJ Classicz, which hopes to secure the involvement of Run, DMC, and Russell Simmons. Weirdly enough, this won'...

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13:00 on February 2 2009

The Smiths - Morrissey Poses Nude For Album Art

ContactMusic — Former THE SMITHS frontman MORRISSEY has shocked fans by stripping off and posing nude to promote his new single. The singer and his four bandmates are pictured completel... more info

14:55 on February 2 2009

News Ticker: “Now That’s What I Call Music,” DMX, Morrissey and Bruce Springsteen

Rolling Stone — The Now That’s What I Call Music! compilation series may be coming to TV, thanks to American Idol’s 19 Entertainment and producer Simon Fuller. While details of the s... more info

Bruce Springsteen DMX Morrissey

15:34 on February 2 2009

Glory day scenes: Rootin' and rockin' in Tampa

USA Today Music — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed a four-song, 12-minute set at halftime of the Super Bowl. Springsteen took ... more info

Bruce Springsteen

21:45 on February 2 2009

News in Brief: Run-DMC, DMX, Opeth, Enslaved, Crippled Black Phoenix, Tim Exile

Pitchfork — -- Rap biopic alert! The former music writer Cheo Hodari Coker, who adapted the script for the Biggie biopic Notorious from his own surprisingly great Biggie book of the... more info

Opeth Enslaved DMX Electric Wizard Mogwai Portishead Jamie Lidell

21:45 on February 2 2009

News in Brief: Run-DMC, DMX, Opeth, Enslaved, Crippled Black Phoenix, Tim Exile

Pitchfork — -- Rap biopic alert! The former music writer Cheo Hodari Coker, who adapted the script for the Biggie biopic Notorious from his own surprisingly great Biggie book of the... more info

Opeth Enslaved DMX Electric Wizard Mogwai Jamie Lidell

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