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Lil Waynes Face Dropped When He Heard Last Rites Reports

Lil Wayne had a pretty tough week. As if his hospital stay wasn't stressful enough, Weezy also had to deal with reports that he was being prepared for his last rites — reports his camp strongly denies. As you can imagine, Wayne wasn't too happy. "I was actually sitting right next to him, honestly, when it happened, and his mom was in the other room, and his face dropped," Young Money president Mack Maine told MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway when he appeared on Wednesday's (March 20) "RapFix Live." "I just saw it in his face, like, 'I can't believe that.' " Mack Maine Was 'Right Next' To Wayne During His Health Scare After suffering from a seizure March 12, Lil Wayne was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, where he remained for six days. The star rapper was sent home Monday as conflicting reports about his health swirled. Through it all, Mack Maine, Birdman and the rest of Weezy's YMCMB family messaged th

PHOTO CALL: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Starring Emilia Clarke, Opens on Broadway; Red Carpet Arrivals

The world-premiere production of Breakfast at Tiffany's, adapted by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, who drew from Truman Capote's novella, opened on Broadway March 20 in a production starring "Games of Thrones" actress Emilia Clarke as enigmatic Holly Golightly. Directed by Sean Mathias, this new take on the Capote novel about a young writer and the woman-child who lives below him in his apartment building, also stars Cory Michael Smith as writer Fred and George Wendt as bartender Joe Bell. Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde Like the book, the play by Greenberg (Take Me Out, Eastern Standard, The American Plan, Three Days of Rain and the upcoming The Assembled Parties) is set in New York City in 1943. In it, "Fred (played by Smith), a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly (Clarke), a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly — including Fred. But Fred is poor, and Holly's other suitors in

Bobby Brown FREED In Record Speed

Bobby Brown It's a testament to how incredibly screwed up our justice system is ... Bobby Brown -- who was sentenced to 55 days in jail for his 3rd DUI -- just served a grand total of 9 HOURS in jail. Brown checked into L.A. County Jail at 9:58 AM Wednesday. He was released at 6:58 PM. Interesting ... an L.A. County Sheriff's spokesperson said just days ago Brown would serve 9 days ... but the jails are bursting at the seams and this is what happens ... kind of a joke, don't you think? Brown was arrested in October after driving erratically on an L.A. street. He pled no contest to DUI and driving on a suspended license. It was his second DUI arrest in 7 months. Bobby is on 4 years probation and has to attend alcohol ed classes for 18 months.

Apple is accused in lawsuit of infringing on Intertrust patents

Intertrust Technologies Corp.'s lawsuit against Apple alleges that the iPhone, iPad and other Apple devices violated Intertrust's patents. Above, an Apple store in Beijing on March 12. (Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg / March 12, 2013) Apple is famous (or notorious, depending on your point of view) for going it alone on some technologies rather than joining the rest of the tech crowd. For example, its iTunes store sold downloadable songs for years in a copy-protected format that only Apple's devices could play, and even today it eschews the de facto industry standard for downloadable tracks (MP3) in favor of a far more obscure one (AAC). And although its Apple TV devices can stream video from several sites, they can download them only from iTunes. One way the company has enforced such exclusivity is through the proprietary technology it uses to guard against piracy. On Wednesday, however, privately held Intertrust Technologies Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., sued Apple, ac

U.S. Department Of Defense Reportedly Planning To Buy 650,000 iOS Devices After Nixing BB10 To Cut Costs

The U.S. Department of Defense will order 650,000 iOS devices to replace older BlackBerry devices that are incompatible with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system after the sequester is over, reports Electronista. The DOD will order 120,000 iPads, 100,000 iPad minis, 200,000 iPod touches, and 210,000 various iPhones models. Electronista has been told that “more than half are headed to the battlefield, afloat, and to associated support commands. Most of the rest will stay [at the Pentagon].” There are currently 470,000 BlackBerry devices in daily use by the DoD, none of which operate on BB10 because funds originally earmarked for the new OS have been eliminated by the sequester. The DoD estimates that there will be 8 million smartphones in service over the next three years, and most devices used to handle classified data have been subjected to pricey modifications that increase their final cost up to four times. BlackBerry devices using the previous OS were also expected to be inc

Canon unveils 12MP Powershot SX280 HS, boasts 20x optical zoom and Wi-Fi connectivity

Canon has unveiled its PowerShot SX280 HS digital camera, a compact device that offers super zoom as well as both wifi connectivity and GPS for geotagging. Despite its small size, this compact camera boasts sophisticated specs, making it an option for those who need something small and easy to transport without sacrificing the latest tech features. We have a gallery of the camera after the jump. Inside, users will find a DIGIC 6 Image Processor, as well as a 12.1-megapixel sensor. This combination helps to ensure that images are both high-quality and able to be shot in rapid succession. The ISO goes up to 6400, and low-light images are lower noise than you might get in some other compact devices due to the high-sensitivity sensor. The SX280 HS offers full high definition video recording in up to 60fps, offering Dynamic Image Stabilization to prevent blurs. Content taken with this camera can be geotagged thanks to the integrated GPS receiver, which tags photos as you take them. Like

Canon EOS Rebel SL1

(Credit: Josh Goldman/CNET) About 6.5 years ago, Olympus announced the E-Volt E-410, which at that point became the smallest dSLR ever. In the years since, I don't remember anybody attempting to match it for size. But given that it used a Four Thirds-size sensor -- smaller than the traditional APS-C size sensor that's used by consumer dSLRs -- that was pretty unsurprising. Now Canon's rolling out its EOS Rebel SL1, which manages to outdo the E-410 for lightness and compactness, at least in two dimensions (the E-410 was thinner), becoming the smallest dSLR available. Canon EOS Rebel SL1 photos Essentially a shrunken version of the T5i -- the "SL" stands for "super lightweight" -- there are a few notable differences between the SL1 and its big brother. For one, it incorporates an updated version of the company's hybrid CMOS, which Canon claims offers a larger area dedicated to the contrast AF system for better autofocus outside the