Can 50 Cent help kids change?
50 Cent, who’s been serving up a steady diet of gangsta rap to the youth of America, now wants to help make them healthier.
He’s the spokesman and judge for a nationwide cooking competition sponsored by Glaceau, the beverage company he partly owns, aimed at reducing childhood obesity.
Student chefs in cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle will compete to create the most “nutrient-rich” cafeteria lunch recipe. The winner will receive a $100,000 college scholarship.
50, who has bared his washboard abs on album covers, says he wasn’t always so fit.
“I had all of the unhealthy habits,” the 29-year-old rapper says. “Soda … a lot of fast food, all those things.”
Today, he exercises regularly and – thanks to a personal chef – eats nutritious meals.
“I have someone that I can actually have prepare the food for me, so it’s a huge difference than just getting McDonald’s or Burger King,” he says.
Bad Dogg!
Snoop Dogg and five people in his posse were arrested after a fracas at a London airport that injured seven police officers.
Members of the 34-year-old rapper’s entourage reportedly hurled bottles of whiskey after being refused entry to a first-class lounge.
When police told the group they wouldn’t be allowed to board their flight, “a number of the group became abusive and pushed officers,” a police spokeswoman said. Seven officers received cuts, bruises and other minor injuries.
New adventures of old Mick
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has filmed scenes for a comedy pilot being considered by ABC for its fall schedule.
The untitled comedy stars Donal Logue as a janitor who schemes with his friends to rob someone rich and famous.
Oops – did she do it again?
Britney Spears, whose son Sean is still only 7 months old, reportedly is pregnant with her second child by hubby Kevin Federline.
Us Weekly reports that Spears was seen in Las Vegas over the weekend “sporting a red bikini and a serious bump.”
As a mom, Spears has made headlines for failing to put Sean in a car seat before speeding away from paparazzi, and for an incident where he fell from his highchair at home.
And for the Finns, Conan O’Brien
Speaking of celebrity moms-to-be, today’s obligatory Angelina Jolie mention: The pillow-lipped actress graces the cover of People’s new “100 Most Beautiful People” issue, marking her fourth time on the list (but first as cover girl).
And Jolie, boyfriend Brad Pitt and her two adopted children were named “World’s Most Beautiful Family.”
Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez gets the cover of the “most beautiful” issue of the Spanish-language People En Espanol.
The birthday bunch
Actress-singer Ann-Margret is 65. Actor Paul Guilfoyle (“CSI”) is 57. “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is 56. Rapper Too Short is 40. Actress Elisabeth Rohm (“Law and Order”) is 33. Actor Jorge Garcia (“Lost”) is 33. Actress Penelope Cruz is 32. Actor Nate Richert (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 28. Actress Jessica Alba (“Dark Angel”) is 25.