by Rob Markman 12 mins ago

Now that G-Unit is back together and making music again, don’t expect them to stop any time soon. 50 Cent and his crew just dropped their comeback EP The Beauty of Independence and already have another EP on deck.

“It’s broken up into two pieces so The Beauty of Independence is the first half and then The Beast is G-Unit [is] the second half,” 50 revealed during a recent interview with the LA Leakers on their Shade 45 satellite radio show.

Related: Watch 50 Cent And G-Unit Talk The Beauty Of Their Reunion

“Right now we got like over 50 records recorded and the process for picking this EP was six records,” Lloyd Banks told MTV News of The Beauty of Independence during an interview last month.

“It reminds me of when we first started, because we didn’t have a lot of time to fall in love with a record like, Yo that’s my joint. Because by the time you lay that one down, we’re in the booth again. And then four or five records in one day. So they can expect the first six songs and then another EP following that and solo projects as well.”

Young Buck told us that now that the Unit is back together, there will be no splitting up. “If you looking over here at G-Unit and looking for the downfall, then it’s hard on yourself, you’re making it hard on yourself,” Buck said. “But if you’re looking over here at ...

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by Madeline Roth 13 mins ago

Yes, this happened in Florida.

While leading police on a wild chase through Boca Raton, 21-year-old Daniel Pinedo Velapatino decided he was thirsty. He had spent the morning allegedly taking drugs, stealing money, crashing cars and fleeing police, so naturally, he needed to rehydrate.

So Velapatino knocked on a stranger’s door and asked for a glass of water. “He said, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry. Next door, I’m mowing the lawn. Do you mind if I have a glass of water?’” said Candace Noonan, the owner of the home. Noonon went to get him a bottle of water, and when she came back, Velapatino was lying on her living room floor, playing with her cats. “It was odd, very odd,” Noonan said. “He was stroking my cat. It almost looked like he either was on drugs or he was mentally handicapped.” Or maybe he knew his last few moments as a free man would be best spent nuzzling kitten?

Palm Beach County Jail

After Noonan started questioning Velapatino, he fled out the back door and a fleet of cop cars drove up around the house. Police continued chasing Velapatino, who desperately jumped into a canal and tried to swim away. But a police boat snatched him up and took him into custody.

According to investigators, Velapatino had been up all night taking drugs with a couple friends. Now, he’s accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a friend’s wallet, as well as crashing a stolen Lexus into a police cruiser ...

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by Craig Flaster 22 mins ago

The dreams of film buffs everywhere are finally coming true… kind of.

Martin Scorsese is directing a casino-themed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Brad Pitt, and written by “Boardwalk Empire” showrunner and “Wolf of Wall Street” writer Terence Winter. It’s an incredible cast and sounds like Scorsese’s answer to “Ocean’s Eleven,” or a long-awaited sequel to his own “Casino.”

The only problem for the casual moviegoer? It’s not exactly a “movie” in the traditional sense.

Yup, turns out it’s actually a short film for a new movie-themed casino in Macau, Deadline reports, and is essentially just a long advertisement for Melco-Crown Entertainment (MCE), the company that’s opening the casino.

De Niro and DiCaprio are Scorsese’s two favorite actors, and they were originally slated to finally work together in “The Departed,” until De Niro had to drop out of his role as Captain Queenan and was replaced by Martin Sheen.

So no, unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a little longer to actually see the whole gang together on the big screen, though we’re sure the Internet will find a way to show you what we’re calling The Greatest Short Film Ever Made on your computer screen.

We can only hope working together now makes them even hungrier to work on a feature-length film in the future, cause we gotta see that, guys.

by Evan Scott Schwartz 8 mins ago

No matter where you get a job, you’ll be expected to act in a certain way. Maybe you’ll have to wear a uniform (sorry, fast food employees), or have to use certain words with customers (looking at you, telemarketers). That’s to be expected. Some companies, though, have way more intense rules. Here are the oddest guidelines that employees are reportedly mandated or “encouraged” to follow…

American Apparel: Executives judge your photo

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That’s former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney (who’s still a high-level consultant), an extremely controversial guy for myriad reasons, including several sexual harassment lawsuits. Leaked documents indicate that all job applicants must have “head to toe” pictures taken, and a former store manager alleges that “anyone [Charney personally] deems not good-looking enough to work there is encouraged to be fired. … Dov wants to weed out the ‘ugly people.’”

This policy allegedly stays in place after you’re hired as well. The company claims that it’s just making sure employees don’t look “off-brand.”

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Abercrombie & Fitch: No “unnatural” haircuts

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According to a “look policy” that Buzzfeed obtained, Abercrombie mandates specific “acceptable” hairstyles for employees — and just as many that are “unacceptable” for appearing “extreme.” The same appears to go for makeup, nail polish and even ...

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by Deepa Lakshmin 11 mins ago

The Budweiser Made In America festival, which took over Philadelphia and L.A. this weekend, brings together about a gazillion people, each with their own unique taste in music. The phrase “Made In America” can mean a lot of different things, though, so we went around the Philly festival and asked concertgoers: What’s your favorite thing that’s made in America?

Here are their wonderfully diverse, occasionally ridiculous answers.

Plenty Of Food Options
1. “24-hour diners” – Joanna, NY
2. “Chinese food” – Ira, TX
3. “Whataburger” – Reece, TX
4. “Ice cream” – Tiffany, TX
5. “Burgers. Hot American guys.” – Lexi, PA
6. “Soft pretzels” – Ally, PA
7. “Lollipops” – Kumar, CT
8. “Cereal” – Alexa, PA
9. “Hot dogs” – Isabela, PA

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Clothing
10. “Camouflage” – Reece, TX
11. “American Apparel” – May, HI
12. “Your Longchamp bag” – Celine, PA

The Entertainment Industry
13. “Ninja Turtles” – Mike, PA
14. “Chromeo. He f–king rocked my face off. My face was rocked.” – Colby, PA
15. “Beyonce” – Colleen, PA

Life-Changing Writing Utensils
16. “Crayola” – Diana, GA
17. “Ticonderoga pencils” – Gabby, PA

Beer ‘N’ Kanye
18. “Beer” – Zach and Tyler, PA
19. “Kanye West” – Isabella, NY and Elena, Bridget, and Johanna, NJ
20. “Beer. Music festivals.” – Matt, PA
21. “Kanye” – Max, PA
22. “Beer” – Jerry, NJ
23. “Kanye” – Vamsi, NJ
24. “The American flag…that’s probably made in China. Shiner Beer.” – Corbin, TX

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