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By Nicole Sperling LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the summer winds down, potential moviegoers might choose to take in the last few rays of sunshine rather than cloister themselves inside a darkened theater. Hollywood is counteracting that urge by throwing a lot of films at audiences this weekend, hoping at least one movie sticks. Disney will launch the Mark Wahlberg football drama "Invincible," and Universal Pictures is opening the OutKast musical "Idlewild." New Line Cinema is...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Not that they're complaining, but the worldwide success of Gnarls Barkley's hit single "Crazy" and debut album "St. Elsewhere" is forcing the two principals of the soulful collective to alter their schedules. "A lot of things have been pushed on the back burner by the success of Gnarls -- which is a good thing," said rapper Cee-Lo Green, who heads the combo with producer Danger Mouse. "It's bittersweet, a double-edged sword. We didn't plan on touring for ('St....

By Tamara Conniff NEW YORK (Billboard) - OutKast duo Antwan Patton and Andre Benjamin are sitting in a suite at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills picking at pancakes. They need to figure out the track listing for their upcoming soundtrack album, the companion to the film "Idlewild," in which they co-star. Zomba Label Group president/CEO Barry Weiss, pen in hand, writes out different scenarios. Patton keeps picking at his breakfast. Weiss leans back on the couch and says with a...

By Jonathan Cohen NEW YORK (Billboard) - Musicians often joke that the songs they spend the least amount of time on are the ones that become the biggest hits. But in the case of R&B/hip-hop duo Gnarls Barkley, a collaboration between producer Danger Mouse and rapper Cee-Lo, that's exactly what happened with "Crazy," the soul-kissed first single from their upcoming debut, "St. Elsewhere." The track already has spent four weeks at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart, where earlier in April...

By Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Universal Pictures has bought worldwide rights to an untitled movie musical starring hip-hop duo OutKast. The HBO Films production is set in a 1930s Southern speakeasy and follows two characters, Percival (Andre Benjamin), the club's piano player, and Rooster (Antwan Patton), the club's lead performer and manager, through intersecting stories of love and ambition. Bryan Barber, OutKast's longtime music video collaborator, is making his...