Chris Rock Signs $40M Deal

Fans can anticipate fresh material from Chris Rock in the near future, as Netflix announced that the comedy great has signed on with the entertainment giant. The deal will reportedly pay Rock $40 million to deliver two stand-up specials.

2016 marks 20 years since Rock shot to stardom with the released of his second HBO special, with 1996's "Bring The Pain." The show is noted for having elevated Rock, who was already an established comedian/actor, into the conversation of elite mainstream comedians. A world tour is currently being planned to precede the taping of the first show in 2017, which likely means it will become available during the holiday season, if not in early 2018. It'll be his first since the release of his fifth HBO Special "Kill the Messenger" in 2008.

"Chris Rock is a beloved actor and director, and his remarkable stand-up makes him comic royalty. There is no one like him, and Netflix offers the global platform and creative freedom that will serve as a perfect home for someone with his incredible talent,” Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said of the signing, Thursday [October 13].

Netflix's offer sums up to be a more lucrative package than those that have been commanded by fellow comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Amy Schumer. In agreeing to the deal, Rock joins a roster of talent on the service that includes John Mulaney, Patton Oswalt, Cedric the Entertainer, Iliza Shlesinger, Ali Wong, Mike Epps, Aziz Ansari, Anjelah Johnson, Chris Tucker, Chelsea Handler and David Cross, Joe Rogan, Dana Carvey, Michael Che, Gabriel Iglesias, Reggie Watts and Colin Quinn.

Dominique Larue - Ultimate

Dominique Larue is ending 2015, and setting up 2016 as she means to go on, with a brand new video and single titled "Ultimate" taken from her upcoming Dub MD presented EP "Blitzkrieg" due for release sometime in 2016. 

It's been an extremely productive year for Columbus, Ohio lyricist Dominique Larue, having landed music placements on a myriad of TV shows/channels including HBO, BET, Oxygen, VH1, TLC and MTV.

Jay Z Celebrates Scoring Big Off Bet

(Not only is Cotto Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports client, but Jay-Z put up a whopping $100,000 against Oscar De La Hoya that says Cotto will win. If Cotto loses, Jay has to donate the $100,000 to the White Memorial Medical Center’s cancer unit. However, if Oscar’s client, Alvarez, comes out on top, Oscar has to cough up $100,000 towards Jay’s Shawn Carter Foundation.

Miguel Cotto will be fighting Canelo Alvarez next week in Vegas, and it’s in Jay-Z’s best interest if Cotto ends the match victoriously. Let’s get ready to rumble! The fight airs live on HBO pay-per-view from Las Vegas on November 21st.

Snoop Dogg Working On New HBO Series

During Snoop Dogg’s SXSW keynote address, he revealed that he is developing an HBO drama with Allen Hughes, director of Menace II Society and Rodney Barnes, writer for The Boondocks. Fader reports that the series will center around a family living in L.A. in the early 1980s under the specter of Reaganomics with some inspiration from the Long Beach rapper’s experience coming up. According to a statement about the as-yet-untitled show the focus will be on the family ”whose seemingly idyllic life is turned upside down by the collision of their community and American politics.”

Snoop will hold the title of executive producer. “This is like a dream come true, to tell a story in the right way on the right network,” he said. HBO and the West Coast native seem to be in a happy fit. Snoop is featured on Catch the Throne: The Mixtape Vol. 2, Game of Thrones’s second installment of the Catch the Throne mixtape series. With the fifth season of the HBO hit show premiering on April 12, fans can now stream and download the mixtape now via SoundCloud and download it for free at iTunes. The other artists on the tape are Ty Dolla $ign, Talib Kweli, Method Man, Kap G, Estelle, Melanie Fiona and many more.  The tape plays on the series’ themes of fire and ice .Catch the Throne: The Mixtape Vol. 2 was produced by Launch Point Records and features samples of music used during Season Four of Game of Thrones.

Snoop Dogg dropped the video to “Peaches N Cream” featuring Charlie Wilson and Pharrell recently. The song is off of OG’s Pharrell-produced album. Bush is Snoop’s 13th studio album, and is expected to drop May 12. Check out the trailer for the album here.

Showtime Anytime Now On Xbox One

Xbox 360 quietly rolled out its Showtime Anytime app, as its latest streaming provider. Xbox One finally receives the popular app, to complement its recent release of HBO GO a few weeks ago. Users will be able to enjoy all over their favorite hit-shows over the past from the channel in the likes of Californication, Weeds, Dexter, Beverly Hills Bordello, The L Word and the United States of Tara. The Affair and Homeland highlight current series; but Showtime is pushing users to catch-up on House of Lies, Shameless, and Episodes before their latest season premieres arrive this January 11th 2015.