• Even though he's on house arrest, T.I. helped raise $166,000 to feed the homeless. Ah, Thanksgiving! Even illegal machine gun enthusiasts have hearts. [AHH]

• Is Ne-Yo trying to save the cheerleader, save the world? [PH]

• If Wesley Snipes put as much effort into his career as he has put into his tax-evasion trial, well, he would actually have a career. [E!]

• Mary J. Blige is really putting in work to promote her new album. [Vibe]

• If the new urban jewelry trend is taking items out of a first-grader's backpack and encrusting them with diamonds, I'm done. [Bossip]

Rihanna, who won the big prize — Favorite Female Artist — at the American Music Awards yesterday, doesn't win the prize for favorite outfit. I actually think she might win the opposite prize.

The big winner in the male category was T.I., and although he obviously couldn't make it, check out pics of some of the other attendees after the jump.

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The fact that there was no mention of it in the trade mags might have been a clue that Sean Kingston might not really be the chosen one for the Biggie biopic. But I assumed that MTV (granted, it was MTVUK) would be a reliable source for information like this.

While Kingston is being considered to play B.I.G. on the screen, producer Wayne Barrow denied that Kingston landed the starring role in the film.

"As producers of the biopic Notorious, we felt compelled to quell the various false media reports indicating Sean Kingston has landed the coveted role of portraying 'The Notorious B.I.G' in the upcoming film," Wayne Barrow told AllHipHop.com. "The role for B.I.G is 100% open and we are diligently searching for the individual to seize the moment and fill those giant shoes of greatness, everyone is being considered, including Sean Kingston but no one has been chosen."

Translation: Sean Kingston is a last resort. Portly, deep-voiced, wonky-eyed black men, call us!

[AHH]

Is the "Search for the next Biggie" officially over? Producers of the upcoming B.I.G. biopic, including Diddy and the late rapper's mom, Voletta Wallace, have said they want to find an unknown actor to play the larger-than-life role. Instead, they found a moderately know reggae/pop singer, Sean Kingston, the young Jamaican responsible for "Beautiful Girls." I guess the kid has approximately the right look, but can he act? Sorry, I can't judge by his performance in the the video.

[MTVUK]

Oh, Common. So adorable. So talented. So like LL Cool J in that he looks kind of funny when he takes off his hat. I'm sure he's off somewhere celebrating his first number 1 album, which sold 155,000 copies in its first week.

Sean Kingston's eponymous album also had a big debut, coming in at No. 6 on the Billboard 200.

More-to-love American Idol diva Mandisa's new album came in at No. 43 and Keith Murray's interestinly named Rap-Murr-Phobia sold just 13,000, but ended up near the top of the Hip Hop & R&B charts. More after the jump.

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