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Andre 3000 to join "Be Cool"
POSTED ON 02/02/04 AT 4:30 P.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Andre 3000 from OutKast will join the cast of "Be Cool," the "Get Shorty" sequel starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Cedric the Entertainer, Christina Milian, and Vince Vaughn.

Travolta will reprise the role of Chili Palmer, "a loan shark-turned-feature film producer who gives up the movie business when he discovers a singer, Linda Moon (Milian), whom he wants to make famous. Andre 3000 will play the leader of a rap group called the Dub MDs, while Keitel will play a record promoter."