Adrants - Groton, MA, USA - If you're in New York tonight and looking for something to do, you could head over to the Merc Bar in SoHo for CPX Interactive's Leap and Launch party (RSVP). At the event, footage from a recently shot Hip-Hop Get Out The Vote PSA featuring Snoop Dog, George Lucas, Ciara, LL Cool J, Jim Jones, Andre Harrell and other celebrities. The PSA, developed by CPX Interactive's new Caliber 1 Media entertainment division in partnership with Russell Simmon's Hip-Hop Action Network, will urge young people to register to vote at voteforit08.org (not live yet).

So Hood - New York, NY, USA - The event took place on Monday, February 25, 2008, at Capitale, 130 Bowery (at Bowery and Grand), in New York City, the 2008 Action Awards which honored Snoop Dogg, Ciara, Doug E. Fresh, Chris Lighty, Jim Jones and Mellody Hobson for their dedication and commitment to community service and empowerment. Event Co-Chairs are BET ExecutiveVice President of Entertainment and Music Programming, Stephen Hill, and Disturbing Tha Peace Records' CEO, Chaka Zulu. Russell Simmons stated, "HSAN holds the Action Awards to celebrate the importance of people taking action to give back to our communities. Snoop, Ciara, Doug E., Chris, Jim, and