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The rapper calls the company racist and says "Power" lost 500,000 viewers. 50 Cent is upset that AT&T appears to not be renewing its distribution deal with Starz. The cable provider and subscription channel's pact is set to expire by the end of July, according to the Los Angeles Times . 50 Cent is an executive producer for the Starz show  Power , which is now in its second season . The rapper took to Instagram to share his feelings on AT&T dropping the channel and his show. "Man Im sorry I have to say this, but AT&T is racist they have had issues in the past and here we go again," he writes. "500,000 homes will not be able to view the next episode of POWER." In April, AT&T fired its president for sending racially offensive content via his work phone. "When this was happening they were saying they had the STARZ and other networks that created programming targeting multiple ethnicity's," 50 writes under a...

L ee Daniels, creator of the hit show  Empire , is not at all pleased with the fact that  Empire  was snubbed for nominations in the Outstanding Drama category of the Emmy Awards. In an interview with  Empire  star Jussie Smollett that was put up in a video on Instagram, Daniels led with, “Jussie is saying I have to be politically correct on Instagram or I’m going to get in trouble.” “You have to be nice!” Smollett said. But Daniels was done being nice, and he let the Academy know it. “F— those motherf—ers!” he said in his message to Emmy voters. Later he posted an Instagram video apologizing, saying that he loves the Emmys. This year’s Emmy Awards snubbed the show for its overall series and seemed to ignore its original music , but they did get one nomination: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Tarji P. Henson’s portrayal of Cookie Lyon.

Mo’Nique on Emmy Nomination for ‘Bessie,’ Lee Daniels’ ‘Empire’ Snub: ‘What You Put Out Is What You Get Back’ The saga between Mo’Nique and Lee Daniels took an unexpected twist on Thursday when Emmy nominations were announced. Mo’Nique was acknowledged for her performance in HBO’s “Bessie,” while producer Daniels’ Fox phenomenon “Empire” was shut out of the Best Drama Series category. Daniels made waves in February after allegedly telling Mo’Nique she had been “blackballed” in Hollywood following her 2010 Oscar win for not sufficiently pleasing executives and filmmakers. “You’ve gotta play ball. This is not just show — it is show business ,” Daniels said. Also Read: Emmy Nominees 2015: The Complete List Lo and behold Mo’Nique rates for her turn in the biopic co-starring Queen Latifah, while the omission of “Empire” shocked the industry and social media. What does she make of that business? “The truth never needs defending. We’re big believers in the law ...

Fitty Smallz Video Shoot – Fit Models Needed (LA/Hollywood) Location: Los Angeles Type: Music Video Thunda Thighs Music Video Production We are excited to announce the 5th original song and 4th original music video project for America’s only Fitness Rap Star, Fitty Smallz. With our Thunda Thighs project, we are looking for top fitness professionals, dancers, body builders and unique individuals who have a significant following and want to be featured in a high production music video with a cross promotional relationship with like minded successful people to the benefit of all involved. This represents another collaboration with Fitty Smallz, his record label Notorious F.I.T. Productions and musical partners Ryan, Viti and Christopher Royden Myers of Mighty Music Group. With each new song and music video, we strive to raise the level of production value and final product with the hopes of breaking through the clutter and creating a viral video and a hit song. We have extrem...

FOX Batman inspired crime drama, “ Gotham ”  is about to film a black tie event for an episode in the show’s second season. Casting directors are seeking New York City ladies, ages 25 to 75 with upscale, evening attire, to work as paid extras on the show. The scene will be filming next week and requires a fitting in NYC this Wednesday, the 15th. The show is looking for ladies in the area who have jewel town evening gowns they are able to wear on set and sparkly gowns are a plus. Last weeks Comic Con hinted at what season 2 will bring. The show commented that more villains are on the way….. “The stakes are higher than ever as Gotham explores the origin stories of some of the most ambitious and depraved Super Villains, including The Riddler, The Joker and Mr. Freeze, and Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) uncovers more secrets from his father’s past.” Also, the show created a large 3D wall for Comic Con which previewed characters fans would see in season 2. FOX’s  “ Gotham ” seas...

Un-Chained Location: New Orleans, LA Type: Theater Looking for two actors of any enthnicity to portray the supporting roles of 17-18 years old in the special City of Love stage production of Un-Chained. The Production will run on these dates in August. August 5th, August 12th, August 19th. Rehearsals are minimal for this special production. UnChained is a coming of age story of a 12 year old boy named Jazz who has aspirations of becoming a poet/trumpet player. Jazz’s gift to express himself with strong life changing poems for everyone to hear is short changed by the sudden death of his grandmother. Moving forward 6 years later, Jazz is now 18 years old and he finds himself in the fight of his life trying to hold on to his tender dream of becoming a hip-hop poet/trumpet player. He now has to support his family on his own now that his father is incarcerated and his mother is strung out on drugs. Jazz finds himself in the fight of his life to Unchain himself from becoming anoth...

Looking for a small part on a TV show? “Chicago P.D.” is casting the new season. “ Chicago P.D . ” is currently in production of the new season and needs paid TV show extras. The show’s casting directors are seeking male and female extras to play Pedestrians, Drivers, Police Station types, EDM Club Dancers, Airport travelers and more this month.  The show’s extras casting directors are now accepting submissions from talent who would like to work on the first episode of the season and have set up a talent availability form on their site. Please see the details below for submission information. “ Chicago PD ” airs on NBC and is a spin-off of the “ Chicago Fir e” series, which, by the way is also in production and casting extras this month in Chicagoland as well. The show stars Don Kress, Andre Bellos and America Olivo.  ” Chicago P.D. ” was created by “ Law and Order’s ”  Dick Wolf and Matt Olmstead.  The show follows 2 units of the Chicago Police Departme...