Rapper/actress Eve is launching her own film production company later this year - so she can retire from the entertainment industry financially secure.

Ever since Eve broke on the scene in 1999 she's had a knack for making stardom look easy. Grammy Award winner. Check. Starring in blockbuster films. Check. Achieving elite status as a fashion icon. Check. The "blonde bombshell" is a triple threat entertainer in the truest sense of the term.

CHICAGO (AP) - Actor Carl Wright, who began his career as a tap dancer and comedian and later appeared in movies including ''Barbershop'' and ''Big Momma's House,'' has died, his family confirmed Sunday. He was 75.

Lionsgate, the leading independent film entertainment studio, just reported revenues of $951.2 million for fiscal year (FY) 2006 (fiscal year ended March 31, 2006), an increase of 13% compared to $842.6 million in fiscal 2005.