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Well, sort of. Andre 3000 lent himself to Frank Ocean's Pink Matter and Big Boi has released his own remix. The pair were originally invited to join the track together, but declined. Via PopDust, Andre 3000 had said he "didn't want an OutKast record coming out on anybody else's LP." They last released a double album, Speakerboxx/The Love Below in 2003 and the movie/album Idlewild in 2006.

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● Rumor has it that American Idol producers are angling to host the now inevitable Chris Brown/Rihanna reunion on their show this season. Do they too want to become "victims" of this mess? [E!]

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● January Jones welcomed to the world son Xander Dane Jones yesterday. So now they can get going on Mad Men, right? [People] ● Fashion Week is not all fun. At the V magazine party, Rachel Zoe lost her diamond bracelet, a girl "spurting blood" was carried out on a stretcher, and Lindsay Lohan was liable to chuck a drink -- glass and all -- really at any moment. [Page Six] ● Before there was Lady Gaga, there was a blond-wigged girl from New York who dropped by Kat Von D's shop for a little ink. Now she's a superstar and there's this video of Kat Von D tatting-up Lady Gaga. [DailyMail]

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15 famous friends & former cover stars toast BlackBook's 15th.

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● Impassioned scribbler Cy Twombly, who's career "slyly subverted Abstract Expressionism, toyed briefly with Minimalism, seemed barely to acknowledge Pop Art and anticipated some of the concerns of Conceptualism," lost his battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 83. [NYT] ● "WHAT!!!!???!!!! CASEY ANTHONY FOUND NOT GUILTY!!!! I AM SPEECHLESS!!!" tweeted Kim Kardashian as the Casey Anthony verdict was read, recalling for many the role her father played in O.J. Simpson's acquittal. [KimKardashian/Twitter] ● Someone who knows says that, along with solo projects from Big Boi and Three Stacks, Outkast is gearing up to release a new album next year. Even one of the three would be a win. [HipHopWired]

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"They wanted more cookie-cutter type records and I don't do that"

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