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June 13, 2006 - Aaron Carter, AFI, Brooke Hogan, Christina Aguilera, Cindy Margolis, Fall Out Boy, Public Enemy's Flavor Flav, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, former *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J, Mario, Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter, Rebecca Romijn, Rihanna, T.I., Gnarls Barkley, Ludacris, and Jamie Foxx were on hand for the 2006 MTV Movie Awards on Saturday (June 3) at Sony Pictures in Culver City, California. The awards air tonight on MTV at 9 PM ET/PT. Check out pictures and video here.

June 13, 2006 - Shareefa is out with her firist single 'Need A Boss', featuring Ludacris, from the singer's forthcoming debut album 'Point Of No Return'. Listen to the track at DefJam.com.

June 13, 2006 - Ludacris visited 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Wednesday (June 7) to promote his role as the narrator of the documentary 'The Heart of The Game', which opens this Friday. Check out a rough transcript here.

June 13, 2006 - Ludacris was on hand for 944 Magazine and The House of Hype Kick Off Party at a Benedict Canyon estate in Beverly Hills, California on Friday (June 2). Check out pictures from DailyCeleb.

June 2, 2006 - Ludacris was photographed leaving Manhattan Federal Court after defending himself against copyright liability charges in New York City on Wednesday (May 24). Check out pictures from WENN.

June 2, 2006 - The New York Daily News reports an upstart New Jersey group claims Ludacris and Kanye West lifted from the song 'Straight Like That' and used them in the hit single 'Stand Up', which has sold more than 500,000 copies. West and Luda say the only thing the songs have in common are the words "like that," a phrase they noted is used in everyday conversation. "We're known as two of the most creative artists in the game," West told jurors in Manhattan Federal Court. Read more.

June 2, 2006 - Oprah Winfrey visited Ed Lover's Power 105.1 radio show Thursday where she talked about how she attempted to explain her position to Ludacris, who has joined 50 Cent in complaining about the talk show queen, during a post-show conversation backstage. "I said 'Look Ludacris, you are so smart. You are one of the brilliant guys," she explained. "I used to have the Klan on and the skinheads on and I looked out in the audience and I saw contact being made between the guys in the audience and the stage and they were like, 'Yeah get her, get her, get her, Bud,'" she said. "At that moment, I was doing nobody any good [by] putting those people on because I realized that that platform was being seen and heard by a lot of people who weren't as smart as I am. My idea was, I want y'all to know that this is what's going on. And I said to Ludacris, 'A lot of people who listen to your music aren't as smart as you are. So they take some of that stuff literally when you are just writing it for entertainment purposes.'" Read more.

June 2, 2006 - The Ludacris Foundation's 3rd Annual Benefit took place on Wednesday (May 10) at The Freight Room in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out pictures from WireImage.

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