Ludacris prepares to go head to head with Kanye. Luda discusses dropping Theater of the Mind on the same day as Kanye’s 808’s & Heartbreak and his upcoming album’s co-stars. Read more here.

Beyoncé to sing at inauguration? Who’s going to sing at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration? Beyoncé says she’ll gladly accept if the offer presents itself.

NFL player sidelined indefinitely after facial surgery. Cardinals’ wide receiver Anquan Boldin will sit out indefinitely following a surgeon’s operation on the fractured sinus he suffered last week. Jets’ safety Eric Smith, who injured Boldin in a helmet-to-helmet hit, meanwhile, is appealing his punishment after he was fined $50,000 and suspended for the violation. Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhut says the surgeon who operated on Boldin performed the same procedure on a hockey player who returned to the ice 10 days later.