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Kanye West started a new venture in design and fashion.

The 33-year-old rapper has launched a line of scarves that are based on the artwork of Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ album.

The scarf collection is a collaboration with French design partnership M/M of Paris.

The artwork has been printed on silk in four different set of scarves, in which the rapper has given each scarf design a name—Power, Phoenix, Face, Priest and Ballerina—and each is set in a frame of gold lettering created by the M/M (Paris) team.

Only 100 of each scarf will be made, and will be sold through M/M’s website, and at French boutique Colette for ($364).

LOS ANGELES — The God of Thunder reigned at the North American box office as “Thor” became the latest Marvel comic book superhero to leap to the big screen.

According to studio estimates issued Sunday, “Thor” sold about $66 million worth of tickets during its first three days of release across the United States and Canada.

The opening was in line with industry forecasts in the $60 million to $70 million range, and marked a strong start for a non-sequel and for the lucrative summer movie-going period.

Last weekend’s North American champion, “Fast Five,” slipped to No. 2 with $32.5 million, but it replaced “Thor” as the top choice overseas.

“Jumping the Broom” opened at No. 3 with $13.7 million, doubling its $6.6 million production cost.

CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey is marking the 50th anniversary of the first Freedom Ride.

Harpo Productions says 178 former Freedom Riders will be on Wednesday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in one of the largest gatherings of Freedom Riders since 1961. The riders peacefully opposed 1960s racial segregation of the South.

Winfrey says she owes “a deep debt of gratitude” to the Freedom Riders. She says she knows her “life would be different were it not for them.”

Guests on the show are to include U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia and John Seigenthaler, who was assistant to then-U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

Both men were beaten during the civil rights movement.

The episode is to be among Winfrey’s last. “The Oprah Winfrey Show” ends May 25 after 25 years.

LAS VEGAS  — Police in Las Vegas say rapper and reality television star Flavor Flav was arrested on four outstanding misdemeanor warrants for driving offenses.

Las Vegas police Officer Marcus Martin said Monday the entertainer whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton was arrested Friday night after a traffic stop east of the Las Vegas Strip.

Martin says Drayton had two outstanding warrants for driving without a license, one for driving without insurance and one related to a parking citation.

Martin says Drayton is no longer in custody.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had a lawyer or when he is due in court.

Flavor Flav was a member of Public Enemy, and has remained in the spotlight in recent years through appearances on several cable reality shows.

In honor of the U.S. successfully killing Osama bin Laden, 50 Cent’s associate and recent G-Unit labelmate Hot Rod released his new song titled “Osama bin Laden Is Dead”.

With a techno feel, the track has verses that say “Osama’s dead…winning” and “Osama is dead, so now we can have a good time”.

The single’s gruesome album cover, featuring a decapitated bin Laden is inspired by Kanye West’s “Power” single cover art.

According to his Twitter account, Hot Rod has been receiving death threats for his new anthem.

He then issued this statement through his account.

“Shoutout to all the people saying they hate my Osama song… I’m sorry your leader passed away… My condolences.”

In a recent interview, country music legend Charley Pride revealed an upcoming movie about his life will star actor Dwayne Johnson in the title role.   But then the ball got fumbled.

New management took over the studio that was ready to begin site work on it,” Charley said recently in a phone interview. “And a decision was made to put all their resources behind thrillers – fast actioners. They felt that was where the big box office money was then.”

As a consequence his film, being readied by director Craig Brewer, was shelved.

“Now it’s back on track again but with action and comedy star Dwayne Johnson portraying me in the title role,” he said. “Terrence, it seems, is tied up on other involvements for a few years.”

“Wow!” I exclaimed. “Johnson. The Rock! He’ll do a way more forceful job playing you! A pro-athletic background like yours and a lot of the same charisma! That’s really exciting!”

“I think so now,” he said. “Terrence is no doubt a more in-depth actor academically, but Dwayne is such a force on screen. It startled me a little at first, but he flew down to Dallas and spent a day with me just sitting, talking recently. And when he left it was like parting with an old friend. We had such similar views on so many things.”

NEW YORK — Get ready to party with the Black Eyed Peas — for free.

The six-time Grammy-winning group will hold a free concert in New York City’s Central Park on June 9.

The show — dubbed “Concert 4 NYC” — will benefit the Robin Hood Foundation, a charity targeting poverty in NYC.

Although the show is free, concertgoers must have tickets to enter. More than 50,000 tickets are available through an online giveaway. VIP tickets will also be sold online.

Robin Hood’s partnership with the multiplatinum foursome includes funding to launch three Peapod Academies. The school is an arts center for teenagers started by the Black Eyed Peas.

Jaden Smith was 10 years old when he signed on to star in the hit movie.

While some 10-year-olds are just happy to get a weekly allowance, Jaden Smith pulled in a whopping seven-figure payday for his hit film The Karate Kid, according to TMZ.

The 12-year-old actor, who was only 10 when he signed on the star in the movie, earned a total upfront fee of $1 million, according to his contract, a copy of which TMZ said it had obtained.

Smith’s back-end deal for the film — which earned $176.6 million domestically and a total of $359.1 million worldwide — earned him a $2 million bonus.

But, according to TMZ, Smith likely made even more money based on several additional in-contract perks.

Smith made his big-screen debut opposite his father, Will Smith, in 2008’s The Pursuit of Happyness. His only other film credit is that year’s The Day the Earth Stood Still.

As The Hollywood Reporter first reported, Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reif (Bulletproof Monk) were tapped by Sony in August to write the sequel to the movie, which also stars Jackie Chan.

Jaden Smith Is Highest Paid Hollywood Child Actor

The winning continues within the Smith Empire, as Will and Jada’s son, Jaden Smith, recently became the highest paid child actor.

According to reports by the Daily Mail, the 12-year-old actor was paid a 1 million dollar upfront salary, and 2 million dollar bonus from box office profits for his role in the remake of The Karate Kid.

Jaden Smith has also starred in the 2008 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, and along side his father in the 2006 movie The Pursuit of Happyness.

Jaden’s next movie, Amulet, where he appears along with his sister, singer/actress Willow Smith, is set for release in 2012.

Its seems Jay-Z cant lose now that the rap mogul was recently bestowed with the Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics for his performance of “Run This Town” during Super Bowl XLIV.

That adds to an already successful year when it comes to winning honors.

Jigga took home three golden gramophones at this year’s Grammy’s for Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group (“On To The Next One”), Best Rap Sung Collaboration (“Empire State of Mind”) and best rap song (“Empire State of Mind”).