All of Hollywood had their eyes on the box office of popular hip hop group Outkast’s Idlewild from Universal this weekend since, historically, musicians who try to crossover into film rarely have luck ...

Let us now praise the men of OutKast for their ambition, if not their aim. The duo has tried to do something unique with “Idlewild,” a musical drama set in the 1930s. It wildly blends genres and eras, ...

You OutKast fans didn't really think it would last forever, did you? By this, I don't mean OutKast itself -- even if the Atlanta hip-hop duo has been dogged by breakup rumors for most of this ...

Over their 12 years as recording artists, OutKast has defied hip-hop’s conventions with brilliant ease. André 3000 and Big Boi debuted as two ingénues from the uncool recesses of the South, then ...

(Idlewild, MI-AP) August 25, 2006 - For moviegoers, "Idlewild" is the title of a new film starring platinum-selling hip-hop duo OutKast. For many others, however, Idlewild is a historical landmark.

On one of its last great albums, 1998’s Aquemini, OutKast declared in the title track: Nothing is for sure, nothing is for certain, nothing lasts forever/But until they close the curtain/It’s him and ...

OUTKAST’S CD version of “Idlewild” defies pigeonholing – it’s a soundtrack that includes a little music from the movie, a few songs merely inspired by the film and the balance has almost nothing to do ...

Scottish band Idlewild are more than a bit confused by OutKast’s new Idlewild projects (the movie and the soundtrack), and lead singer Roddy Woomble has expressed his concern over it via the band’s ...

Every Friday we get the lowdown on what critics are saying about the weekend's new movies. It's compiled by the online magazine Slate. Here is Mark Jordan Legan with Summary Judgment. MARK JORDAN ...

THERE’S a story circulating that “Idlewild” was set to come out in January but held back because stars Andre Benjamin and Antwan A. Patton, aka Outkast’s Andre 3000 and Big Boi, wanted to tinker with ...

On December 5, 2006, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release Idlewild on DVD. The movie, from the creative minds of Outkast, cleverly blends hip-hop with drama in this stylish musical. It ...