By Wilson Morales

With his increasing popularity as the pitchman for the Old Spice commercials, budding actor Isaiah Mustafa has been cast to the comedy film, ‘Horrible Bosses,’ which stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Colin Farrell and Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the former NFL player, who just finished shooting a role for Tyler Perry’s ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf,‘ also stated that he’s shooting a guest spot on NBC’s ‘Chuck.’

All of this work reportedly comes on the heels of Nielsen data citing that sales of Old Spice body products are up a monumental 107% within the past month as a result of his Emmy-nominated spots, and the Old Spice YouTube channels have been viewed more than 58 million times.

In speaking with THR, Mustafa said, “It’s a dream come true. It was a couple of lucky occurrences that had to happen for me to get the commercial. I missed the first audition but made the second one they scheduled because they hadn’t found anyone. They said they were going to book me, but I didn’t get the call. I said “Forget it” and put it out of my head. Then they called after Christmas. I think about it all, and it wows me.”

When talking about his upcoming part in the comedy film, the Portland native went on to explain that he’s not fully aware of where he stands in the film, “It’s a smaller role, but who wouldn’t want to be in one of these funny, irreverent comedies? The cast is great. I’m playing a cop because I play these authoritative characters well. I don’t know exactly who I’m in the scene with — maybe Jennifer Aniston!”

It’s a good thing Perry landed him first for his film because the 36-year-old former professional football player signed an agreement with NBC and they get to approve any future involvement regarding his entertainment ventures. “It means I’m exclusively working with NBC unless they approve other projects,” he said. “I’m going to be filming an episode of ‘Chuck’ next week. I don’t know how many episodes yet, but I do know I’m playing an official CIA guy (named Greta). The character is pretty goofy, so it’s going to be fun.”

Since his contract with Old Spice is still running, Mustafa said he could be do more work for them in the future, “As far as commercials, I don’t think there are any more lined up. They could always change their mind and want more. I signed on to be their spokesperson for a year, so I still have a few months left.”

For anyone wondering how Isaiah stays in top shape, he revealed that he’s been “doing Tony Horton’s DVD sets for three years.”

“Right now, I’m vegan-cleansing: no processed sugar, no caffeine, no alcohol, no animal products and no gluten,” he added. “I never knew what gluten was before. Now I know exactly what it is, and it’s everything I want!”

Black Voices’ very own Hayat Mohammed got up, close and personal with Mister Mustafa a few weeks ago. Check out the video below:

A male fan wearing a LeBron James Miami Heat jersey was ejected from a Cleveland Indians baseball game last night at Jacobs Field.

A reader to sportsbybrooks.com was at the game and sent in this account of what happened:

A guy walked into the bleacher seats wearing a LeBron James Miami Heat Jersey. He was booed violently, and by the fifth Inning, people were throwing peanuts and beer cups at him.

That’s when police escorted him out of the section. While walking down the stairs, a guy knocked the beer cup out of his hand, and started swearing at him. By the end of the row, a fat guy in a green shirt (who was previously flicking him off), got up in his face. The police had to restrain him from attacking the Yankees & Indians fans who were booing him.

His girlfriend, who had been flicking people off and swearing was shoved to the ground by a guy in a grey shirt. She started crying, and also had to be restrained.

The police officers who escorted him out, got a standing ovation from the entire bleacher section.

Videos of the incident below:

Kigali — AWARD winning American songstress and actress Lauryn Hill who has been in the country for the 7th Pan-African Dance and Music Festival (FESPAD) yesterday said that she has been greatly amazed by the country’s progress and the rich culture.

Speaking to the press shortly before departing, Ms Hill as she is commonly known, said that she would not hesitate coming back for a second time to enjoy the great hospitality the country has to offer and defined her visit as “a major comeback to Africa and Rwanda.”

“I am just excited to be here. I found Rwanda a country rich with culture and beautiful people. I am very excited about the progress I am seeing, it very hopeful,”

“I just came back from the memorial museum and what I saw was touching, powerful, important and extremely necessary,” Hill said in an interview.

The former Fugeez star said that 13 years ago when she visited the continent, she went to Kenya but was advised against travelling to Rwanda for her safety and her pregnancy at the time but added that she had finally fulfilled her dream to come to Rwanda.

“The culture is rich, the people are beautiful, I would like to come back and visit for sometime,” Hill said.

She added that she was impressed by the annual festival which brings together various artistes and that through music the festival can play an enormous role in rebuilding the country and marketing Rwanda as a country.

“I am happy to have been part of this exciting skill and talent showcasing event. It is really exciting,” Hill said.

She further said that it is wrong for people in foreign countries to quickly judge Rwanda before coming down to see what is really happening and what the people are doing to move forward.

The 35 year old songbird is one of the many international artistes the weeklong festival has drawn to the country.