Missy Elliott will star in the big-screen version of her life story, Universal Pictures has announced.
The untitled project is in the development phase, studio spokeswoman Jennifer Chamberlain said Wednesday.
The Elliott biopic will be produced by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal through their company, Tribeca Films.
Elliott, 34, began her music career with the all-girl group Sista. She has won four Grammys, including Best Rap Solo Performance for "Get Ur Freak On" in 2002....

Eminem has agreed to appear in a new film as a bounty hunter, according to reports.
The rap star, who starred in the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile in 2003 to much acclaim, is understood to have agreed to appear in a movie adaptation of an old TV series.
Have Gun - Will Travel was originally broadcast in the 1950s and followed the antics of a gunfighter-for-hire. Apparently the program will be updated for the 21st century and will see ...

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin recorded a duet with Nelly Furtado for her new album, Loose. But listeners will notice that the duet, "All Good Things (Come To An End)," has turned solo on the final cut. Furtado says that when the suits at Martin's record label heard their sensitive, multi-platinum singer cutting a little too loose on Loose, they yanked him off the record.
"Chris's label didn't want his voice sounding so rocky, so they said we couldn't use the song," Furtado reported. "Now it's on the album with just me singing it."

Eminem is cracking down on Internet companies that illegally sell ringtones based on his music. Em and his lawyers have arrived at a settlement with one of the companies, Colorado-based Cellus USA, but still have unresolved lawsuits with five others: FanMobile, Nextones.com, MatrixM, Phattones Media Productions, and myPhonefiles.
Slim Shady attorney Howard Hertz said that the settlement was "amicable," but further details were cloaked under a confidentiality agreement. Cellus USA has agreed to stop distributing the ringtones, but it is not known whether they also paid a financial penalty.

Beyonce Knowles is to begin a national search for musicians to join her all-female band on her upcoming world tour.

The pop superstar has announced plans to hold a series of auditions across America this coming Monday, in cities including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Prospective musicians do not have to read music, but should be able to play by ear, and must be over 18 and female. They are also required to play "Work It Out" as performed on the Beyonce: Live At ...

A Chicago judge agreed to allow the videotape, which prosecutors claim shows the R&B superstar having sex with a 13-year-old girl, to be screened in open court. The footage, which has been widely disseminated online, is the core piece of evidence in Kelly's child-pornography case that's scheduled to go to trial this summer.
At a hearing on Thursday, Cook County Criminal Court Judge Vincent Gaughan said the people's right to know the details that resulted in the "Trapped in the Closet" singer being charged with 14 counts of child pornography trumps his attorney's argument that showing the sexually explicit material could lead to Kelly not getting a fair trial.
"This is the whole crux and linchpin of the case. If there was no tape, we wouldn't have a case," the judge said, per the Chicago Tribune. "I find there is not an overarching interest for excluding the public and the press from the portion of the trial that is the linchpin."

2006 MTV Movie Awards Nominees and Winners

BEST MOVIE
Winner: "Wedding Crashers"
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
"Batman Begins"
"King Kong"
"Sin City"

BEST PERFORMANCE
Winner: Jake Gyllenhaal - "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix - "Walk the Line"
Rachel McAdams - "Red Eye"
Steve Carell - "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
Terrence Howard - "Hustle & Flow"
Reese Witherspoon - "Walk the Line"....