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Auteur Bus: 11 Music Stars Turned Film Directors

Madonna's ''Filth and Wisdom'' got us thinking about other singers and rappers who've put down the mic to step behind a camera, some hitting sweet notes (Fred Durst's ''The Longshots'') and others gone sour (sorry, we're lookin' at you, Madge)
By Adam Markovitz
Updated October 21, 2008 at 06:00 PM EDT
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