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		<title>Asher Roth&#8217;s Fashion Beatdowns: White Rapper Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/04/20/asher-roths-fashion-beatdowns-white-rapper-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got the "I Love College" MC to critique the fashion sense of some of his fellow caucasian rappers. See who made the grade.]]></description>
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Last Friday, <strong>Asher Roth</strong> came through Complex headquarters while on a last-minute press tour for his debut album, <em>Asleep in the Bread Aisle</em>, which hits stores today.  Instead of churning out an unimaginative Q&#038;A we decided to resurrect one of our favorite columns, “<strong><a href="http://www.complex.com/STYLE/Kanye-Beatdowns">Kanye’s Fashion Beatdowns</a></strong>”—but this time have A. Roth critique the fashion sense of other white rappers.  </p>
<p>Asher broke down each Caucasoid MC&#8217;s outfit and rated it based on how appropriate it would be at the following places: 1) a country club; 2)  a freestyle cipher at McDonald’s; 3) at the mall; and 4) The BET Awards. Check what RAWTH had to say about <strong>Pete Nice </strong>, <strong>Eminem</strong>, <strong>Alchemist</strong>, <strong>Brian Austin Green</strong>, <strong>Marky Mark</strong></strong> and more, then peep <strong>a behind-the-scenes video</strong> of Asher’s beatdowns at the end of the click-through&#8230;<br />
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<strong>PETE NICE (right)</strong><br />
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<blockquote><p><font color="red">Asher says:</font> I can’t tell what shoes he got on, [but] I’m not mad at this outfit, I’m feeling the layers, I’m feeling the shades. Are those pajama pants? You know, this is definitely a dress-for-comfort outfit.</p>
<p>• <strong><u>Country club: 4/5</u></strong> At the country club this is a four only because I can’t tell if they’re shorts or not, but it looks like he’s got golf-esque shoes, so of all of them, it’s definitely a country-club outfit.<br />
• <strong><u>Freestyle cipher at McDonald’s: 4/5</u></strong> This is actually a good all-around outfit for the McDonald’s.<br />
• <strong><u>Mall: 4/5</u></strong> This is perfect.<br />
• <strong><u>The BET Awards: 4/5</u></strong>  Pete Nice did a good job with rocking a universal outfit as far as, Hey I’m going to rock this, I’m comfortable and at the same time I can go anywhere in this. </p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>CLICK &#8220;NEXT&#8221; FOR MORE FASHION BEATDOWNS &#038; A BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO!</strong></p>
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		<title>Mark Wahlberg Talks Max Payne &amp; Entourage&#8217;s Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out our interview with the actor to find out why he doesn't do his own stunts and how he almost became the real life Aquaman.]]></description>
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Oscar-nominated actor <strong>Mark Wahlberg</strong> has come a long way since his days running the streets of Boston. He&#39;s managed to not only stay out of trouble with the law, but make most people forget all about his saggy-pant rapping career with the Funky Bunch. After a series of commercial and critically-acclaimed films like <em>Boogie Nights</em>, <em>The Departed</em>, and <em>The Italian Job</em>, Wahlberg has established himself as one of Hollywood&#39;s most bankable stars under the age of 40.</p>
<p>The fact that he&#39;s stepping into the role of video game character <a href="http://www.maxpaynethemovie.com/" target="_blank">Max Payne</a> in the new film adaptation from 20th Century Fox says a lot about the game&#39;s character and story line. Max Payne was released for PC and PlayStation 2 back in 2001, which speaks volumes about how ahead of its time the shooter was. Sure, he may <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/mark-wahlberg-disses-snl_n_135531.html" target="_blank">catch feelings</a> about an <em>SNL</em> skit, but his sensitivity doesn&#8217;t negate the fact that Wahlberg can step into any role he wants today. The actor took some time to talk to us about his first videogame role, the future of <em>Entourage</em> and Ludacris&#8217; performance in the new movie&#8230;<br />
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<p><em>Interview by John Gaudiosi</em></p>
<p><strong>Complex: What are your thoughts about the wave of video games being adapted for the big screen in Hollywood today?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: My whole thing is there are only so many stories to tell anyway, so I don&#39;t care where they come from as long as they&#39;re cool and interesting and I get to play a great character like this.</p>
<p><strong>Complex: Video games play a major role in your hit TV series, <em>Entourage</em>, how much of that is from your life?<br />
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<p>Mark Wahlberg: The last time me and the real Turtle, Donnie Carroll, and those guys played games was Sega <em>NHL 92</em> or <em>93</em> when you could fight. But I have a very addictive personality. I can&#39;t sit around and smoke weed and play video games. As much as I like to reminisce, I&#39;m a 37-year-old father of three. </p>
<p><strong>Complex: Do you keep an eye on how far video games have come since you used to play them?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: Now I realize how important it is to keep up with technology. I didn&#39;t even text message until recently. But I know my kids are going to grow up with computers and everything else and I have to pay attention to what&#39;s going on with games and technology to be able to monitor what they&#39;re doing. The Wii thing for me is most appealing because you still have to be a little physical with the boxing game. I don&#39;t want to have to just have my kids sit in front of the television and do nothing.</p>
<p><strong>Complex: Did you go back and play the game as preparation for this role in <em>Max Payne</em>?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: I didn&#8217;t want to play it because I have an addictive personality and I have more responsibility now than I&#8217;ve ever had. I don&#8217;t want to spend 14 hours on a videogame and then eight hours on the set. It wasn&#8217;t going to work out.</p>
<p><strong>Complex: How does it feel to be <em>Max Payne</em>?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: With a movie like this, I don&#8217;t necessarily feel cocky, but I feel confident. When you have the material and it&#8217;s a good movie, it feels good. You don&#8217;t have to lie to people and tell them it&#8217;s a good movie. If you&#8217;re lucky enough to have five good ones every 15 or 20 movies you make, then you have a good body of work there. I think this movie&#8217;s going to be amazing. It&#8217;s a very emotional movie. I haven&#8217;t felt this way about a movie in quite some time.</p>
<p><strong>Complex: What attracted you to this role?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: I&#39;m a father, so this guy lost his wife and child, he has a license to go off and the audience is going to root for him no matter what. This was just exactly what I wanted to do after playing a science teacher in <em>The Happening</em> and an accountant in <em>The Lovely Bones</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Complex: How did you get into this character?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: One of the things I&#8217;m fortunate to have is that I&#8217;ve gone through so many different things in my life that it&#8217;s easy to go to places fairly easy. I like having my life back. I really tried to dive into this guy and stay in his head for the entire shoot. There were quite a few things that I had in my past and things that were going on in the world that I could think about and get right into that space.</p>
<p><strong>Complex: How did the drug-induced aspect of the film impact what you were doing with this character?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: With Max Payne, the demons and all of those things, I didn&#8217;t have to focus on those things. If I can&#8217;t believe, then how can I convince an audience? I can&#8217;t put my best foot forward. So with this, my character, I never buy into the whole demon thing. I just think these people are all whacked out and they&#8217;re crazy. And then obviously I have to take the drug to survive and I experience it.</p>
<p><strong>Complex: How did Max Payne, the character, differ from previous tough guy roles you&#39;ve done?</strong></p>
<p>Mark Wahlberg: We always talked about&#8230;I&#8217;d done characters that have showed glimpses of what I hope to accomplish in this movie&#8230;show fear in <em>The Departed</em> and <em>Four Brothers</em>. But I wanted to take this to a whole new place and thankfully [director] John [Moore] was also in the head space of doing something that was really layered. I&#8217;d already done the guy with few words&#39;one note and that&#8217;s it. I wanted to go off and push the envelope.</p>
<p><em> <u> Click &#8220;NEXT&#8221; to read Mark talk about the stunts in Max Payne and the future of Entourage. </u></em></p>
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		<title>Mark Wahlberg Brings Max Payne To Life</title>
		<link>http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/07/10/mark-wahlberg-brings-max-payne-to-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justinm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch the debut trailer of this movie adaptation that mimics the dark noir style the video game violence of the original.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src='http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/maxpaynetrailer_main.jpg' alt='maxpaynetrailer_main.jpg' />Since the days of <em><strong>Super Mario Bros.</strong></em> and <em><strong>Double Dragon</strong></em>, film adaptations of video games have almost always blown&#39;cartridges (and cock). But for every financial failure like <em>Doom</em> there&#39;s a <em>Hitman</em> that makes some paper and keeps the trend alive. The trailer for <em><strong>Max Payne</strong></em>, the latest of the live-action video game movies, hit the web today. </p>
<p>Based on the 2001 third-person noir shooter from Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Games, the movie stars <strong>Mark Wahlberg</strong> as Payne, a maverick NYPD cop who ventures into the criminal underworld and uncovers a conspiracy while trying to solve the brutal slayings of his family and partner. <strong>Mila Kunis</strong>, <em>The Wire</em>&#8217;s <strong>Jamie Hector</strong> and <strong>Ludacris</strong> (the greatest rap thespian since <strong>LL Cool J</strong>!) also star. Based on the first preview, the movie will also incorporate certain supernatural elements. Watch the trailer after the jump.<br />
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