Jamie Foxx

How to Spot Hollywood's Nonthreatening Black Man (NTBM)

Download Frank Ocean's Django Unchained Outtake

By now you've probably formed an opinion about Django Unchained, the controversial new Quentin Tarantino film starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, and Leonardo Dicaprio. But don't let that stop you from diving into Karina Longworth's excellent Phoenix New Times cover story this ... More >>

Django Unchained Upends the Western

Flogging Molly to Make Tempe's St. Pat's Show Part of Green 17 Tour

​Tempe should get ready for another bangin' St. Patrick's Day show, according to Consequence of Sound. In honor of their 17th annual tour, Flogging Molly have announced their six-week Irish "Green 17" tour.Gear up to be jolly and get pitted for the greenest concert of the year, Luckyman's St. Patr ... More >>

Wedding Music: Getting Hitched? Check Out Matrimony's New Musical Canon

Steve Martin and the Other Best and Worst Comedians Turned Musicians

'American Idol' Gets Gay, and So Does Jamie Foxx a Little, Too

​American Idol is really cracking me up lately.From the contestants' cheesy head turn in the intro to the usage of Jamie Foxx, the king of Auto-Tune, as mentor, it's clear this show is not about finding the best singer in America. It's more about making even the most non-savvy music lovers happy, ... More >>

Ball Hogs

Stars shoot the rock at US Airways Center

Father Time

Black Theatre Troupe’s newest chronicles racial oppression

Two Middle-Eastern Men Detained at Sky Harbor for "Speaking Loudly" and Watching The Kingdom on DVD

www.thedailyshow.com​Two Middle-Eastern men were detained by federal and local authorities Saturday night at Sky Harbor International Airport after passengers on their U.S. Airways flight told flight attendants the pair was "acting suspiciously."The men weren't running up the aisles screamin ... More >>

Winehouse Photographed with Ex, Matt and Kim Ride Bikes, Remembering Dimebag

Electric Mustache: Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Big Pink & A Place To Bury Strangers Coming to PhxIdolator: Jamie Foxx and Justin Timberlake Have A 'Winner' In New Leaked TrackNME: Amy Winehouse photographed with Blake Fielder-Civil - Daily GossipPitchfork: Neko Case Programs Movies for Turner Class ... More >>

21st Century Foxx

Success begets success for Oscar-winning Renaissance man

About Damn Time: Matt Giraud Off of 'Idol'

Time to say goodbye, Giraud.During his tenure on American Idol, Matt Giraud was like the Little Dueling Piano Player Who Could: Snubbed by the voting public in the Top 36, the judges made him one of their "judges choice" picks for the Top 13. Then, when he finally got voted off two weeks ago after h ... More >>

'Idol' Keeps it Classy With Rat Pack Week

Think she's got one more week left in her?So before we review last night's episode, can we please discuss the guest judges or the celebrity mentors or whatever they're calling them this season? They started out making sense, with Randy Travis and Smokey Robinson. But for the past couple of weeks, it ... More >>

The Soloist: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., and Joe Wright Turn a Beloved Newspaper Series into Schlock

Jamie Foxx's New Video: Amazing or Just Plain Goofy?

Jamie Foxx and friends...get it? Fox News? You know what, forget it.As was widely reported at the end of last week, Jamie Foxx released his new video for the song "Blame It," and the response in the blogosphere has been one of elation. He's Jamie Foxx, for one thing -- and that alone opens him up to ... More >>

T.I. Proves Why He's the King

Luke HolwerdaIt's been an interesting career for Bankhead/Atlanta-based rapper T.I. He's currently weathering the brunt of charges brought against him for illegally owning three unregistered firearms, a part of his life he was not shy to mention while onstage at the Celebrity Theatre on Sunday night ... More >>

E-40, Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, and Lil' Rob are Part of What's Selling at Circles Records and Tapes

E-40, the self-described "King of Slang" and "Ambassador of the Bay." Hyphy sure has faded quite a bit in popularity over the past couple years (check out this story in our sister publication SF Weekly as to the reasons why). The rambunctious and uptempo Bay Area hip-hop subgenre, which helped intr ... More >>

Nightlife

American Pie’s Thomas Ian Nicholas joins the rock club

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Various Artists

Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace
(Disturbing Tha Peace)

Black Russian

David Hans Schmidt death by hanging? And why Phoenix mag finally published David Leibowitz's DHS story.

Dark-Skinned, Good Guy

Shoot 'Em Up

Fighting the enemy over there

Dream Works

Jennifer Hudson nails well-worn tale

A Masterpiece on Canvas

The "Up Close and Personal" Tour

Or far away and anonymous, depending on your seats

Undercover of the Night

Violent shoot-outs and dangerous love in Mann's visceral cop series update

Twista

Eye of the storm

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of January 17

The War on Film

Iraq hits the big screen

Blue Grotto

Bottle-poppin' Jacuzzi duty at the PHX's freshest spot? That's what awaits the fly and the sly at Tempe's Phase 54

We Be Buggin'

Frog One, Bugz in the Attic's Daz-I-Kue, and the scrumptious Sy Smith tear up the club at Mythos' Symposium

Cash Cropper

Never strays from the dull telling of a tall tale

Quiet Riot

Rockin' the house but shying from the spotlight, DJ Element is the Valley's no-flash grandmaster

Bombs and Bikinis

Aiming low and accurately

Crash and Yearn

Scorsese paints Hughes larger than life

Messed Around

Ray Charles biopic feels made-for-TV

Collateral Damaged

Cruise's hit-man flick misses target

Film Previews

By Luke Y. Thompson and Gregory Weinkauf

Lazy Like a Foxx

Breakin' All the Rules packs all the fun of a mediocre sitcom

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

A Def Ear

Poet posse in for a shout-out

Sly Foxx

He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

Best Hip-hop Radio Station

KKFR-FM 92.3

Hook, Line and Stinker

Don't bite, even if Bait does

You've Got Alpha Male

Oliver Stone scores big with testosterone-charged Any Given Sunday

L.A. Flaw