The Wall Street Journal reports that Brett Ratner, Director of the Rush Hour franchise, is set to produce a half-hour animated television show based on Zynga’s popular social game Farmville. . Read More

New York – XM Satellite Radio, a subscription radio service with 5 million subscribers, said on Thursday that it has named hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg as executive producer for its hip-hop channel, The Rhyme. The rapper already hosts a weekly radio show on XM, and will now provide creative direction and develop new hip-hop programming for the company.http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051208/dcth024.html?.v=36 http://www.xmradio.com