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Because we doubt this show will ever get canceled…

Check out the just released promo for the upcoming 11th season of Degrassi, which is set to premiere July 18th, and featuring the song Steal Your Heart by Augustana (above)!

Pretty much the usual, standard fare by this point…heartbreak, romance, buttloads of drama…and a GUN?!

Didn't they already do that story with Wheelchair Jimmy?!

Eh, whatevs!

What do U think?? Will U be tuning in for the new season of Degrassi?

Tags: augustana, degrassi, drama, preview, promotional material, steal your heart, wheelchair jimmy

Sorry Degrassi fans. We regret to inform you that wheelchair Jimmy will not be returning to his former stomping grounds. That time has passed.

No, actually, Drake is in talks to star in a new movie - a thriller called Arbitrage. The cast of the indie flick already includes Susan Sarandon and Eva Green, but there is no word on who Drake would actually play. The story centers around a "hedge fund magnate who is in over his head and desperate to complete the sale of his shady trading empire to a major bank before his fraud is revealed."

We don't imagine he'll take the lead, but we hope he has a pretty significant role. Say what you will about his Degrassi days, he was very good! We're excited for him!

Are U?

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: arbitrage, degrassi, indie, movie, susan sarandon

What an awful message you're sending to the youths!

Kodak, a supposedly family friendly company, has pulled its ads from airing during Teen Nick's popular series, DeGrassi: The Next Generation.

Apparently, the company has been receiving a slew of emails from the Florida Family Association for supporting a show that “targets teens with gay propaganda and other immoral behavior.”

For those of you who are not familiar with the show, this season there are not only gay teen characters, but a transgender one as well. We assume this is the kind of "immoral behavior" this group is referring to and we're ashamed to say that this kind ignorance led Kodak to pull their promotion of the show.

What an absolute shame. Here's a show, trying to reach out to a group of teens who've probably never felt like they've had a role model before, on a network that promotes itself as being kid-friendly, and Kodak now is saying that it's wrong to support that.

What's wrong is making anyone feel less worthy of respect and consideration because of their sexuality or race or creed or anything!

A major company publicly siding with homophobia. How sad.

Tags: degrassi, florida, gay, homophobia, kodak, promoting, sad, sexuality, support, transgender

The Canadian musician is just singing on this one - and we really really like it!

Check out I Get Lonely Too (above).

It reminds us of an old school TLC song, and that's a great thing!

Tags: canada, degrassi, rapper, rihanna, song

You know, just because Wheelchair Jimmy found some success, doesn't mean there is a place for all of you in the music biz!

If you are a Degrassi fan, you'll want to check out Manny and Jay (Cassie Steele and Mike Lobe) perform one of their songs in this video that Cassie posted on Twitter recently. Apparently, the Degrassi kiddies are trying really hard to follow in Drake's footsteps.

Too bad they're not all that good!

Ch-ch-check out the video above!

Thoughts?

Tags: cassie steele, degrassi, mike lobe, wheelchair jimmy

They have been known to cover edgy teen issues, but never anything this rad!

Degrassi is introducing its first transgender character, a new student named John.

"I can truly say that when we decided to do this episode we realized this is brand new territory for us," said producer, director and actor Stefan Brogren. "We've never even tried to breach this subject before. Of course we've dealt with gay and lesbian stories but you can't approach this the same way."

Jordan Todesey, who had to chop off and darken her hair, portrays the character who presents himself as a boy even though she is a female.

"The writing is good, they really go there with that kind of stuff and I think that this character can really speak for anybody who is outcast or bullied or transgender or anything like that," she said. "I really hope the fans like Adam."

So do we!

The episodes will air August 11th and 12th.

Will U be watching?!

Tags: degrassi, transgender

Uh-oh! With fame and success comes lawsuits!

Jimmy from Degrassi Drake has been sued by Playboy Enterprises for what they claim is a copyright infringement in his breakthrough single "Best I Ever Had!"

The lawsuit, filed against Drake, Cash Money Records, Universal Music Group and Universal Music Group Distribution, asserts that the song illegally samples Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' 1975 song "Fallin' In Love," the rights of which are owned by Playboy.

According to court documents, "Best I Ever Had" has been "an enourmous commercial success" and continues:

"Each Defendant either knew, or should have reasonably known, that the sound recording ['Fallin' in Love'] was protected by copyright. Each Defendant continues to infringe upon Plaintiff's right in and to the copyrighted sound recording."

What do U think?? Is Drake in the wrong or is Playboy's lawsuit unjustified??

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: best i ever have, cash money records, degrassi, distribution, enterprises, fallin in love, hamilton, illegal, jimmy, joe frank and reynolds, lawsuit, legal matters, playboy, samples, universal music group