Jim Sheriden, director of lilting Irish dramas "My Left Foot" and "In America" is directing the 50 Cent movie Locked and Loaded. Older, white, Oscar-nominated directors helming movies about rising hip-hop stars is the new hot Hollywood cliche. This replaces the old hot Hollywood cliche: Giovanni Ribisi playing a retarded man-child.

Actually, this could be pretty good; "The Boxer" and "In the Name of the Father" are pretty gritty without being overbearing, and pretty damn good movies in their own right. Now if only we can get Daniel Day-Lewis to play 50 Cent (the man can do no wrong).