Loose Ends: Idlewild Coming In August, New 50 Cent Movie And Katie Sketch Models

05/25/06 6:30pm

OutKast's often delayed soundtrack and film, Idlewild, have now been scheduled for respective Aug. 22 and 25 releases.

Lead single "Mighty O," which borrows from Cab Calloway's "Minnie The Moocher," has already leaked online. The film was written and directed by Bryan Barber and revolves around a 1930s speakeasy. Patti LaBelle, Macy Gray, Fishbone's Angelo Moore, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Ben Vereen and Cicely Tyson are among those who also appear in the movie.

After 50 Cent made his big screen debut in last year's semi-autobiographical Get Rich Or Die Tryin', he's going to try and spread his acting wings a little further by starring in the upcoming heist flick, Live Bet.

Fiddy will also produce the movie, about underground clubs in New York City where people bet on illegal car races. But the rapper won't stop there, as he's also slated to appear in Home Of The Brave, about three soldiers who try to cope with society after returning home from Iraq, and a film about boxer Billy "The Kid" Roth called The Dance.

The Organ's Katie Sketch modeled for Marc Jacobs magazine ads last year, and apparently made such a favourable impression that Vogue has asked her to appear in photos accompanying an article about androgynous style that will be featured in its September issue.

Sketch will fly to London, England for the photo shoot and then return to Vancouver to continue working on The Organ's second album. The group will play a number of European shows in July.

CBC Radio 3's podcast, which has been ranked the top music podcast in Canada, is celebrating its first anniversary and its two millionth download with a June 2 special featuring some of the best Canadian music of the past year and birthday greetings from a variety of musicians and celebrity guests.

Fifty per cent of the podcast downloads come from outside the country, which shows how great the foreign interest in Canadian music is. Smugglers frontman Grant Lawrence hosts the weekly one-hour podcasts.

Another CBC Radio 3 property, newmusiccanada.com, streams almost 40,000 songs from more than 8,000 Canadian acts, making it the largest online collection of Canadian independent music in the world.

Toronto concert announcements:

June 3 Creaking Tree String Quartet, Doc MacLean, Lucie Idlout, Greg Hobbs and Michael Laderoute @ Tranzac Club
June 3 Gentleman Reg, Royal Wood, Howie Beck and Kate Fenner @ Revival
June 3 Staggered Crossing @ Horseshoe
June 6 Murray McLauchlan, Bob Snider, Evalyn Parry, Greg Quill, Chris Coole and Sarah Burnell @ Hugh's Room
June 6 Pride Tiger and Bend Sinister @ Horseshoe
June 7 ABC and The Good Luck Joes @ Republik
June 11 Glass Tiger @ Coronation Park
June 12 Duncan Sheik @ Mod Club
June 15 Immaculate Machine @ Horseshoe
June 17 Misery Signals, The Gorgeous, Ligeia and I Hate Sally @ El Mocambo
June 17 Mobb Deep, Don Million, Point Blank, Concrete Mobb, Shy Luv, Smuggler's, Lola, Tre Nice and Champagne Gang @ Sin City
June 23 Jon-Rae & The River, Femme Generation and Barmitzvah Brothers @ Horseshoe
June 26 The Figurines @ Horseshoe
June 27 Front Line Assembly, Stromkern and DJ? Acucrack @ Opera House
July 1 Paul Brandt, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Amanda Wilkinson, Doc Walker, Deric Ruttan and Michelle Wright @ Sunnyside Park
July 4 Reel Big Fish, MXPX, Streetlight Manifesto, Transition and Whole Wheat Bread @ Kool Haus
July 14 Nickelback, Three Days Grace and The Road Hammers @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 18 Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon and The Benevento/Russo Duo @ Hummingbird Centre
July 21 The New Deal @ Mod Club
July 21 Tacoma Redd, Crazy Babies, Ash Lee Blade, The McBrides, Crunchberry, Gorgeous George, Jimm Coup and Animal Grace @ Healey's
July 22 Mindless Self Indulgence and Kill Hannah @ Phoenix
July 28 The Reggae Cowboys @ Yonge-Dundas Square
Aug. 2 She Wants Revenge @ Phoenix
Aug. 3 Black Heart Procession and Danielson @ Lee's Palace
Aug. 8 Van Morrison @ Air Canada Centre
Aug. 13 Mariah Carey and Sean Paul @ Air Canada Centre
Aug. 23 Foo Fighters and Frank Black @ Hummingbird Centre
Aug. 26 Esthero, Magneta Lane, Emm Gryner, Melissa McClelland, Dala, Valery Gore and Susan Wylde @ The Docks
Sept. 13 Bela Fleck And The Flecktones @ Massey Hall
Oct. 27 David Clayton-Thomas @ Opera House
Oct. 31 Michael Schenker Group @ Opera House
Nov. 1 Queensryche @ Kool Haus

Vancouver concert announcements:

June 1 Buckcherry @ 8 Seconds Saloon
June 2 Buckcherry @ Plaza Club
June 20 Jose Gonzalez and Juana Molina @ Richard's On Richards
July 10 Foo Fighters and Tim Curran @ Orpheum Theatre
July 25 Sam Roberts Band and Broken Social Scene @ Deer Lake Park
Aug. 3 Rob Zombie and Anthrax @ Pacific Coliseum
Aug. 11 Salif Kieta, Ezeadi and O.H.R. @ Orpheum Theatre
Sept. 23 Mariah Carey @ GM Place
Sept. 27 Elton John @ GM Place