QUICK TAKES - May 13, 2009

Eminem says he and Jimmy Kimmel will fly about 200 laid-off autoworkers to Los Angeles for Friday’s taping of his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

The Michigan rapper said he and Kimmel want to remind everyone that real people are being affected by what’s going on in Detroit. He told the Detroit Free Press, through his publicist, that news reports ignore people who have lost their jobs after dedicating themselves to the auto industry.

Eminem, who is promoting a new album, said he and Kimmel also wanted to show some of the autoworkers “a good time while we’re at it.”