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The diverse team behind the anthology Tales from the Otherside has launched an Indiegogo campaign. Continue reading for more details on how they're raising funds for the pilot episode. Also in today's Horror Highlights: release details for the Gaslight podcast starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Amandla Stenberg as well as She Walks the Woods, and a Q&a with composer Bryce Jacobs for Daybreak on Netflix.

Gaslight Podcast Release Details: "Premise: Everyone thought Danny (Chloë Grace Moretz) had gone missing. Towards the end of senior year, she vanished one night leaving everyone confused and devastated including her closest friend in the world, Becca (Kelsey Asbille). Weeks later she leaves a message on her parents answering machine telling them she is ok... she’s left voluntarily and not to come looking for her. She also posts under a new and active Instagram profile and she appears to be happy and living with a new older boyfriend.

With the country still reeling from a sluggish economy, the Actors Theatre of Louisville offered a stimulus package of new plays. The theater's 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, which concluded March 28, featured seven full-length works, plus four one-acts. During a special weekend for the press and theater professionals, the outlook for regional productions of new works appeared healthy.At a panel on the relationship between playwrights and regional theaters, Atl artistic director Marc Masterson pointed out that about 20 regional theaters now have new-play initiatives, compared with just a handful 10 years ago. Representatives from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage, New York's Public Theater, the Denver Center Theatre, and Atl detailed their programs, which include script development workshops, readings, and full productions. In addition, at one of the many networking parties, Freddie Ashley—artistic director of Atlanta's Actor's Express, which focuses on new plays...

'It was me telling R. Kelly to take the damn Auto-Tune off his voice,' singer clarifies of his Kells comments.

By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Whitney McDonald

Trey Songz

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Earlier this year, Trey Songz took R. Kelly to task for using Auto-Tune on his Demo Tape mixtape. Kells responded earlier this month on DJ Skee's radio show.

"If you're gonna step out on that limb, which is very thin, you should make a personal call," Kells told Skee. "Now if you're trying to sell an album and start a beef, then you make it public. ... But you have to be very careful with that. Because why would I tell Stevie Wonder, even though he doesn't have an album, 'You need to do this and that' ... or talk about Stevie Wonder. I would not do that. Because Stevie Wonder has fans too. ... Just...

A music video in support of Trey Songz's single called "One Love" has made its round for viewing pleasure. The newly-premiered video mostly highlights on the R&B performer as he is singing the song live with his band.

"One Love" is produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and Johnta Austin. The track comes from Trey Songz's latest studio album "Ready" which peaked at No. 3 on Billboard Hot 200 and is listed as one of contenders for Best Contemporary R&B Album at 2010 Grammy Awards.

The accompanying music video is confirmed to be included in Trey's new mini album "Up Close & Ready" which is made available for digital purchase starting on December 8. The release of the five-track collection will be followed by two appearances on Bet's TV shows. On December 9, Trey will visit Bet's "The Mo'Nique Show". Two days later, he will head up to "106 & Park".

Trey Songz's "One...

JoJo confirmed that a joint deal between her label Blackground Records and Interscope has been finalized. The singer wrote on her Twitter, "The deal is done! Blackground/Interscope :) Longtime comin'..."

JoJo has been waiting for Blackground Records to reach a distribution deal for her new album "All I Want Is Everything" since two years ago. "I don't know what my other options are, I don't wanna keep my fans waiting, I don't wanna keep my family, my friends and myself waiting," she complained earlier this year when there was no deal yet.

JoJo even filed a legal document against Da Family Entertainment, demanding to be released from her contract with the company and seeking at least $500,000 as a compensation for putting her into a musical "limbo".

JoJo released her second album "The High Road" in 2006. Throughout her career since 2004 debut album "JoJo", she has worked with the likes of Sean Garrett,...

Keri Hilson, Cee-Lo, Bootsy Collins also spotted at M2 Ultra Lounge.

By Shaheem Reid

Rihanna at the Bmi awards on Thursday

Photo: Walik Goshorn

New York — You know it's a going to be a good night when a big, thuggish-looking man with a scar going down half his face comes into the party singing Rihanna's chorus to "Run This Town."

Now imagine being at that same party and the DJ announces that Rihanna is actually in the building. Too crazy. Thursday night in New York City, if you weren't rehearsing for the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, or part of Raekwon's CD-release show at S.O.B.'s, then you had to be at the M2 Ultra Lounge.

Rihanna Keri Hilson, Big Boi, More At Bmi Awards

Rihanna, Katy Perry, Devyne Stephens, DJ Clue, newcomers Jay Fresh Kicks and Jeremih, Keri Hilson, Bad Boy artist Janelle Monáe,...

Big Boi, Cee-Lo, more pay tribute to Bmi Icon George Clinton.

By Jayson Rodriguez

Kanye West

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New York — George Clinton was the night's honoree, and Lil Wayne and Kanye West were among the big winners, but Bootsy Collins undoubtedly stole the show at the 2009 Bmi Urban Music Awards on Thursday night.

The famous bass player took part in the tribute to Clinton, which also included Outkast's Big Boi and Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo, among others. Collins, still the showman in his late 50s, led a party chant dedicated to his former Parliament-Funkadelic bandmate over "Atomic Dog." Decked out in his trademark rhinestone-studded attire, Collins then ventured out into the crowd and, despite wearing platform shoes thicker than most phone books, began climbing over seats.

Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Rihanna, More At Bmi Awards

"Ain't no party like a George Clinton party 'cause a George Clinton party don't stop!

DAY26's single "So Good" has got an accompanying music video. Filmed in black-and-white scenes, the video shows the five members of the boyband as they make out with their girlfriends and caress the ladies' bodies.

Coming off the group's second studio album "Forever in a Day", "So Good" is worked on by a bunch of producers, including acclaimed musicmaker Bryan-Michael Cox. This is the fifth single being released off the effort after "Imma Put It On Her", "Stadium Music", "Girlfriend" and "Truth Is a Lie".

"So Good" music video aside, DAY26 and their founder P. Diddy were recently sued by singer Kirby Shields over copyright infringement. Kirby claimed, "[My song] 'I'm Just Getting Started' is identical to a song similarly titled and recorded by DAY26, called 'Just Getting Started'." Up to date, both DAY26 and Diddy haven't commented on the lawsuit issue.

DAY26's "So Good" music video...

By Selina Kaye

Canadian rapper Drake's "Best I Ever Had" single is not only a smash for him, but it's becoming one of the best remixed tracks of the summer. The latest entry comes from self-professed "King of Remixes" Trey Songz, who dropped his track via his Twitter account.

"In the studio tryna paint a musical Picasso," he wrote of the track.

It's not the first time Drake and Trey Songz have collaborated on a song — they previously released "Successful" and "Replacement Girl" together. In the remix of "Best I Ever Had," he tweaks the lyrics slightly, so instead of "Baby you my everything/ You're all I ever wanted," it's now "She said I'm her everything/ I'm all she ever wanted." The track retains the same charm and smoothness as the original with an extra dash of theatricality and swagger care of Songz.

Just as we did when comparing Songz to fellow remixer R. Kelly,...

LeToya Luckett has just debuted a music video for her single "She Ain't Got..." which is listed in her new album "Lady Love". She is seen accidentally finding out through a short text message in her love interest's cell phone that he is cheating on her. Then, she is shown involved in a heated argument with him at a crowded nightclub where she is tapped to make a performance.

Along with the arrival of the video, an artwork which serves as a cover art for the new album has been revealed. The picture sees the singer donning a black dress and side-looking to the camera.

"Lady Love" itself will arrive in U.S. market on August 25, facing off Mariah Carey's next installment "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel". The record reportedly is worked on by powerhouse producers, such as Tank, Brian-Michael Cox and many others.

The album's first single...

Jermaine Dupri assembles Usher, Nelly and others for Ocean's 7 mixtape and possible film, in Mixtape Daily.

By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes

R. Kelly

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The fellas know we're repping for them, and the ladies love us like a Tory Burch sample sale — Mixtape Daily is still here, still strong. Today is bugged out, because the focus is on a few people who aren't exactly synonymous with the mixtape game. First, R. Kelly's been adding his legendary vocal ability to unofficial remixes of records such as Drake's "Best I Ever Had" and Jeremih's "Birthday Sex." Well, he has a whole tape of those kinds of records and some original joints as well.

Then, the homie Jd obviously has been putting out his own mixtapes for years, but he's coming at a new angle this time. Jermaine Dupri wrangled his guys Tyrone Davis (Jd's personal assistant), Usher,...

A music video in support of Bow Wow's track called "Sunshine" has been released. Filmed in black and white, it captures Bow Wow rapping the song to the camera inside a moving bus. At some point, he shows an adult magazine, which features a woman dressing only in underwear on its cover.

"Sunshine" is produced by a team comprising of Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. It appears in Bow Wow's sixth solo studio album "New Jack City Part 2". No featured guest is included in the song.

"New Jack City Part 2" itself has been dropped in U.S. market on March 31. T-Pain, T.I., Trey Songz, Swizz Beatz, Nelly, Johnta Austin and Ron Browz are all featured as guest stars in the record.

Bow Wow's "Sunshine" music video:...