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A.M. Surf Report: Police Want Fat Joe's Shooting Story; Brandy Sues Over Deadly Crash; Mariah Carey Spoofs Herself

Plus Rihanna joins Live Earth lineup; Busta Rhymes, Young Jeezy reward do-gooders; 'Pirates' slips at home.

The news happens all the time, even while you're catching up on beauty sleep. Check out this brief rundown to bring you up to speed this morning -- a quick heads up from your friends at MTV News.

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"My sound is definitely missing out there," [article id="1560633"]Wyclef Jean told MTV News[/article], so he's coming back with The Carnival 2: Memoirs of an Immigrant in September. 'Clef said he's out to "regroup" with his family, but the disc features more than just his brother Sedeck. Non-family including T.I., Chamillionaire, Akon, Mary J. Blige and Paul Simon are also onboard. ...

"Knocked Up" director [article id="1560708"]Judd Apatow and star Seth Rogen recently sat down with us[/article] to discuss their new comedy, and talked about everything from Matthew McConaughey's dental hygiene to showing love for Britney -- and how Rogen's bad sci-fi ideas inspired comedy gold. ...

And the U.S. isn't #1 in the world at much of anything, James Montgomery notes in his latest [article id="1560710"]"Bigger Than the Sound" column[/article], but he's got a solution: total domination of the Eurovision Song Contest (Brendon Urie, we're looking at you).

Quote of the Day: "How do you make games interesting that are 25 years old? ... You've got to talk some smack." [article id="1560636"]Gamer Dwayne Richard[/article] on former [article id="1560691"]"Donkey Kong" record holder Billy Mitchell[/article]

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Miami police want to question Fat Joe as a possible witness to a shooting that left two men dead on Monday, The Miami Herald reports. Police believe the rapper may have been with the two victims, Lessli Paz and Joey Navarro, who were allegedly involved in a verbal altercation with a group including gunman Jermaine ''Wufgang'' Chamberline before the shooting. Fat Joe's spokeswoman said she hadn't discussed the incident with the rapper and could not comment. ...

Brandy sued a driver involved in her deadly December 30 car crash last week, claiming that Mallory Ham caused the freeway accident that killed one woman, The Associated Press reports. Ham then filed a countersuit against the singer, who has been hit with several lawsuits related to the accident. Ham and Brandy each accuse the other of negligence in their respective filings. The Los Angeles city attorney's office hasn't decided whether to charge Brandy with the misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge that California Highway Patrol recommended in January. ...

Mariah Carey is teaming up with Spike Lee for another short film, SOHH.com reports. Lee, who worked with Carey last year on films for her Adventures of Mimi Tour, is shooting "Lovers & Haters," a 15-minute movie spoofing Mariah's life -- and produced by Mariah herself. ...

Add Rihanna to the Live Earth lineup. The singer joins Linkin Park on the Tokyo bill for Al Gore's worldwide concerts to raise awareness of climate change. The shows kick off July 7 in Sydney, Australia. ...

Live in Atlanta? Want to see Busta Rhymes, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Eve Rick Ross and Rich Boy perform? You've got 10 days left to do-good your way into the Boost Mobile RockCorps concert. For volunteer opportunities, check out the RockCorps Web site. ...

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" did better overseas than predicted, but not quite as good in the U.S. as numbers released Monday would have you believe. Variety reports that the film earned $404 million worldwide (up from the $401 million estimate Disney released Monday), but took in $139.8 million in the U.S. ($2.2 million shy of the $142 million estimate). ...

The remake of Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left" may soon have a director, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Greek filmmaker Dennis Iliadis -- a veteran of European commercials who directed the Greek movie "Hardcore" -- is in negotiations to take the helm of the film, which Craven will produce. ...

Another month, another win for Wii. The Nintendo next-gen system sold 360,000 units in April, NewsFactor.com reports. It came in way ahead of Xbox 360 (174,000) and Playstation 3 (82,000), according to NPD data, and takes the title for the fourth straight month. The 360 still tops overall sales with 5.4 million, while Wii is now up to 2.5 million, ahead of PS3's 1.3 million. ...

And The New York Post's "Page Six" has a decent scoop about Ozzy on "American Idol" -- "Osbourne was confirmed to perform on last week's finale of 'American Idol,' but canceled at the last minute 'when he learned he would have to do a duet with Sanjaya.' " -- but spoils it by not only misspelling his name ("Ozzie said he didn't want to be onstage with that idiot") but completely misidentifying the man who did take the stage with Sanjaya. ("Fox ended up pulling Steve Perry from Aerosmith to do the somewhat embarrassing duet with the artist with the gimmicky hair.") Of course they mean Joe Perry. Steve Perry is the original singer of Journey -- and a name that "Idol" fans know well thanks to one-time collaborator Randy Jackson.

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