What is Fred Durst up to right now? It's a question I frequently ask myself, and, what with me plastering his face all over Idolator, one you might be pondering as well. A new album? A new sex tape? A new cred-hungry t-shirt purchase? A new... feel-good sports movie starring Ice Cube and Keke "
Akeelah & The Bee" Palmer? The Chocolate Starfish recently finished location shooting on
Comeback, the story of the first female quarterback to play in a Pop Warner football tournament. Ice Cube, Durst's former Family Values tourmate, will produce the film and play her coach. Durst's TriBeca Film Festival award-winning directorial debut,
The Education Of Charlie Banks, set at Vassar(!), may see release this spring. Did we misjudge Fred? Has his public idiocy just been an act?
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Ah, Wes Borland. When you're playing with Limp Bizkit, everyone talks about how you're actually a good guitar player who listens to Portishead and Ween. But when you start your own band, nobody ever gives a shit. Ironically, the upcoming covers album from your Black Light Burns—which promises tributes to Fiona Apple, your old band Big Dumb Face, Swans, Lard, PJ Harvey, and Jesus Lizard-will probably bring you more attention than anything you've done before, especially once people hear the tracks. Judging by the covers of "So Alive" and "Lucretia My Reflection" on your MySpace page, it might actually be kind of cool. And thanks to your innovative pricing tiers, people may be more apt to check it out! The MP3s? Only five bucks. And if you only want his instrumentals? Free, homeslice.
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Add another name beside "Toby Keith" on the ever-growing list of T-Pain's dream collaborations: "Really, to just do a T-Pain/Limp Bizkit song, that would be awesome for me." Could this rappa-rocka summit prove the end of the sanga's bulletproof Billboard run? Or could T-Pain's magic touch actually get hatless pop pariah Fred Durst back on the radio? [
