LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Speedy Gonzales is taking his folk-hero status, incredible speed and signature red kerchief to the big screen, with help from George Lopez.

The comedian is attached to provide the voice of the fastest mouse in all Mexico for a politically correct live-action/CG hybrid feature set up at New Line Cinema.

The Looney Tunes character debuted in the 1950s as a regular nemesis of Sylvester the Cat. A 1955 short about the tiny hero, “Speedy Gonzales,” won the Academy Award for best short subject, (cartoon). Pat Boone even released a hit song about the famous mouse in 1962.

Over the years, Speedy appeared in the live-action/animation features “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Space Jam” and “Looney Tunes: Back in Action.” But the character has often courted criticism that the ethnic characterizations of him and his compatriots (especially lazy cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez) are stereotypically racist and severely outdated.

Aware of this, New Line and the producers plan to update the brand with a modernized sensibility.

“We wanted to make sure that it was not the Speedy of the 1950s — the racist Speedy,” said the comedian’s wife Ann Lopez, who will serve alongside him as a producer. “Speedy’s going to be a misunderstood boy who comes from a family that works in a very meticulous setting, and he’s a little too fast for what they do. He makes a mess of that. So he has to go out in the world to find what he’s good at.”

That path becomes clearer once Speedy befriends a gun-shy race-car driver.

“Garfield” scribes Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen will write the script.

Lopez hosts “Lopez Tonight” on TBS and appears in New Line’s ensemble hit “Valentine’s Day,” which has grossed $158 million worldwide after two weekends. He also recently starred in “The Spy Next Door” and provided a voice for “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.”

FYI, Hav Plenty is one of my all time favorite films.

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Chenoa Maxwell (born 16 November 1969) is an American actress and photographer. She is best known for her starring role in the 1997 romantic comedy Hav Plenty and as the recurring character Lena Turner on the hit UPN sitcom Girlfriends. Ms. Maxwell has also appeared in the WB sitcom, For Your Love. She was the leading lady in R&B singer Joe’s video, What if a Woman. She also had a cameo in the infomercial for ‘Yoga Booty Ballet’. ***This Needs To Be Updated***

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Click Pic For Amber Rose with The Frame, Like Kanye Intended, Get the Artful point.

Thanks Ye ! Way to get back in the line up ! I look forward to the creativity on display at his site. I’m glad he is using his name, instead of kanyeuniversecity. I think it’s best to use his name/domain to add a sense of personal connection with the fans. Makes you forget about the ghost blogging issues and stuff that doesn’t really matter, it’s just about spreading creativity.

Kanye’s New Blog ..

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Taking a closer look at the dreamy artwork for her latest album, The Sea, in this outtake from SoulCulture.TV’s Upcoming interview, Corinne Bailey Rae explains Atlanta-born photographer Tierney Gearon’s double exposure technique that was seen on the album’s front cover.

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“This is a really cool album. The first song “Are You Here” is extremely dope. The way the instruments seem to instantly create a sound that resembles a jam session that clashes beautifully with emotions ranging from rage to sadness to fear. She belts out mournful sounding vocals that beg to be held close to the ears. She is very kind on the ears.

Then I heard “Feels Like The First Time” and as she sings, “Feels Just Like The First Time When You Kissed Me, My Lover” I start to wonder if this album could be any doper. I seriously think any music lover who stalked the return date of SADE this year, would love this as an addition to the after 5 PM Play list. They’d be easily impressed with Corinne Bailey Rae’s album, because she hasn’t lost a step and has seemed to put it all (Life) together to make this a solid album. I had no need to wonder any longer, this album seemed to get better and better as I listened. This Album is magic. It’s crazy good! Pardon me, Great !” -Chris Barclay

Jay-Z and the Neptunes obviously discussing dopeness! Sk8Board P got the RL Loafers, I’m looking into bringing back the West in my RL Corduroy-Coasters/Loafers/House Shoes. HA !

Rahr Makes Birthday Rounds
February 19, 2010 – 1:45 pm
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Birthday billionaire Stewart Rahr updated his status for the second time in the last hour through another email sent to his massive group of friends, including Forbes.

The latest note describes his morning adventures, including several celebrity meet-ups, as the pharmaceutical mogul makes the rounds on his 64th birthday.

“Wow I am rocken it 2day,” he writes, again in all caps. “Had first breakfast w my pal Mike Milken at Regency..Then had second birthday breakfast w Pres Clinton.. Now at 1my pals Alicia Keys n Swizz Beatz having lunch at Kinray..Wow then later meeting w Will I Am of Black Eye Peas..”

Of course, Rahr signed his usual, self-coined title “Stewie Rah Rah, the #1 King of All Fun.”

Happy Birthday, Mr. Rahr.

*This is from yesterday, 02/19/2010, Rahr expressed his thoughts on Tiger Woods. Make sure you read Rahr’s bio via Forbes down below after his thoughts on Tiger. He seems like he would get the party started and end it, I bet Mr. Rahr is hilarious.

Earlier this morning, in another mass email to a group, including Forbes, Rahr expressed his thoughts on Tiger Woods:

Rahr expressed his thoughts on Tiger Woods (See “Rahr on Tiger Woods: A True Phony”). Read the rest of this entry »

1. Lifestyle Reset Button.
* Marketing continues to move from just the marketing of ‘products’ to the marketing of ‘lifestyles’.
* Consumers: 2009 affected everyone, a young attorney in DC recently told me that he decided to print t-shirts for his friends all under the age of 35 that said: “I survived 2009”. People aren’t in the mood to just ‘buy things’; they have a need to understand how and why products fit into the story of their life. Many people are still gathering themselves from 2009 as many experienced the loss of jobs and reduced income.
* Careers become more diversified as chasing the almighty dollar no longer pays. One example is a banker that I talked to who moved to Paris to become a chef.
* Unemployment remains uncomfortably high as no real plans for companies to grow and thus grow their work force has taken hold. The administration talked about Health care for too long and how now lost some of the immediacy and urgency of the impending economic problems. As such, it will take much more energy of activation to get the Republicans on board for any plan.
* Consumer performance will be spotty.

2. The Internet is a Big Fat Mess. Publishers too.
* There are too many blogs, not enough experts, and a need for more curated voices on the aptly named information superhighway. I think I am going to start using the term information superhighway again.
* Publications. Watch the development of the major publications closely as this may be the augur for the progression of paid information on the information superhighway and the answer to a better distribution model. The major publications have given away free content on the Internet and many are now attempting to transition their models to a paid subscription format. Will it take?
* On-line ad margins continue to contract. And although certain elements of the Internet continue to become commoditized, Google’s Chief Economist raised a good point. 58% of newspaper costs come from printing. If papers can figure out a decent online model, they stand to find a way to revamp their businesses. This however may include a time of consumer pain and even lower profit margins as they retrain their customers to no longer expect print volume and they restrict unpaid access to their product.

3. Good Ole Fashioned Social Networking.
* Marketing, brand building, and consumers move back to good old fashioned social networking, think Andy Warhol factory parties, dinner parties, shaking hands and getting back to living life off-line.
* Face-to-Facebook Facebook and other sites will see reduced activity and the removal of profiles. Today I watched an episode of the Dr. Phil show that featured students performing poorly in school because they are addicted to Facebook.
* Online activity can play a role in spurring this offline activity.

4. Wall Street Recovers More, but America Does Not.
* Wall Street saw record gains in 2009 as many firms (both finance and non-finance) saw their stocks improve as they improved margins primarily via layoffs and other cost cuts. Recovery may continue in 2010 as The Street decides to consolidate driving M&A activity and more Wall Street gains.
* The stock market will sputter producing returns in the single digits, if that. In 2009, the DJIA returned 18.8%, the Nasdaq returned 43.9%, and the S&P 500 returned 23.5%. Although M&A activity may help, without a reversal of incomes and jobless numbers economic growth will be an uphill battle. What will be the top line drivers for companies if it isn’t the Consumer? The government provided top line growth for Wall Street, but the rest of the economy is not being bailed out. Margins will hit new struggles trying to expand without strong top line growth as there is a limit to how many people a company can layoff and still function.

5. Hollywood Obama’s Popularity Suffers.
* Of course The President was going to have to send more troops to Iraq, of course despite the fact that we got a new president the economic team of the cabinet included the same old players over the last 20+ years, and so of course Wall Street was going to get bailed out.
* As President Obama continues the grace the covers of GQ magazine (and the First Lady on Vogue), and was there for Wall Street but not Main Street. Rather than gracing another cover he should remember to show grace to those who got him elected with some kind of reward as well. Jobs would be awesome, but perhaps if he sent everyone a check like President Bush did, that would be a great start to saving his polling numbers.
* The president seems to be refocused after his State of the Union speech, where he attempted to put the economy first and waited 26 minutes before mentioning health care.
* For the president that promised hope, what is he doing to offer hope and inspire. He is a great campaigner, but can he execute being a great President. Wall Street, healthcare, Iraq, even his personal friend’s woes (Professor Henry Louis Gates) have all taken precedence over the well being of the public he sought to serve.
* The administration should seek to throw the American public a bone, or high media exposure and Jay Leno appearances might back fire and be the greatest memory of this president’s potential only term. 8 years is not guaranteed.

6. ”l’art pour l’art”.
* Art replaces Money as the ‘it’ thing to do. Not just buying it, but also creating it and participating in the culture and intellectual conversation art provokes. Consumers will seek to find deeper meaning and personal value to their purchases.
* Life’s number one inspiration takes center stage as we all look for more inspiration. Photography continues to grow as we remember to document our lives offline; culinary arts grow as we can’t afford to eat out as much (Food Network); gallery visits grow as realized other intelligent forms of free entertainment and inspiration; furniture design interest grows as we spend more time at home and look for more ways to be inspired at home; and corporations working with artists continues to grow.
* In France they have the phrase, l‘art pour l’art, art for art’s sake. In the face of a fledgling economy, creating with no expectations other than the experience gained and shared will be something Americans get exposed to.
7. The Analysis of Over-Analyzing is not Analysis.
* Things like Search Engine Optimization (S.E.O.) is going to annoy everyone else as much as it annoys me in the face of overall lower business efficiencies.
8. The U.S. Economy becomes even more like Europe.
* This is just the beginning. Dot Com money is not as easy to acquire any more, as fewer people are becoming rich over night. The Internet made a lot of people, esp. young adults feel like they should or could become very wealthy without having to do it the good ole fashioned way. And most importantly tarnished the time expectation curve of young adults.
* Longevity is in again. The young generation of young adults will learn to appreciated getting comfortable in a job and waiting like our parents.
* Europe has a steeped history in having built empires, and torn them down, and over the centuries have arrived at 2.0% GDP growth, long lunches, minimal stress, health care for everyone, and a true style for life.
9. Energy continues to outperform.
* Being one of the only asset classes that still sports a positive return over a ten-year period (+210.0%) oil will continue to add to its winning streak and the supply and demand dynamics of the much needed resource will never change.