Bravo’s hit tv show (one of my faves) The Real Housewives is now hitting Atlanta.  Previously they did 3 seasons of The Real Housewives of the OC and just showed the finale of The Real Housewives of New York Season 1.  Not one black Housewife was ever featured on any of the 4 seasons total.  But now, after rumors of this new season have been going around for a while, it’s official that Bravo is bringing the show to Atlanta.  And 4 out of the 5 Housewives are YBF chicks.  Sources associated with the show have given YBF some exclusive inside info and pics of the cast.  They just wrapped the season last week and a few of the Housewives were spotted at a private party for Ed Hartwell a few nights ago.

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The long-awaited animated television series co-executive produced by industry leading musician André “3000” Benjamin, has finally been granted a television premiere on its home network, the Cartoon Network. The story of a popular musician named Sunny Bridges who gives up the life of a superstar to teach children the wonders of music, the new animated television series Class of 3000 will be filled with audio interests and much more. André Benjamin, one-half of the popular musical group OutKast, has expanded his repertoire with various acting and production projects and efforts in recent years; and as such, contributes a great deal to the look and feel of Class of 3000  Read the Rest

Atlanta rapper T.I. will be starring along side Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in a new movie titled “American Gangster”. T.I. will be the nephew of Frank Lucas played by Denzel Washington whereas Russell Crowe plays Detective Richie Roberts. Rapper Common also plays a unknown role in the film.

The film is about a drug kingpin in the 1970’s who smuggles heroin into Harlem by hiding the stash inside the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam.

“Right now I’m learning everything I can about my character. I’m just there to soak things up,” T.I. said in a statement. “There’s a bunch of Academy Award-winners on this cast and I’m just there to learn. I’m in school.”

The movie was written by Steven Zaillian and is directed by Ridley Scott and will be released in 2007.