OutKast has a full plate of projects

In between winning Grammys, American Music Awards and, most recently, the MTV Europe Awards, the hip-hop duo OutKast has managed to nearly complete two albums as well as finish shooting an HBO movie, “My Life in Idlewild.” Written and directed by the group’s longtime video director, Bryan Barber, the film stars OutKast’s Andre 3000 and Big Boi along with Ving Rhames and Terrence Howard. One of the new albums is the film’s soundtrack, which is 80% completed, according to an interview with Big Boi on VH1.com. The other, called “10 the Hard Way,” is due for release in June.

-- Susan King