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Whipshots, a vodka-infused whipped cream product from Starco Brands and co-founder and partner Cardi B, has launched a new limited edition lime flavor just in time for summer.

On a misty Monday night in Santa Monica, the rapper, entrepreneur and media personality revealed the flavor’s new “Whip It, Beaches” advertising campaign, and made Whipshots-topped cocktails for guests at The Bungalow.

Joining vanilla, mocha and caramel, the lime flavor is available for a limited time in retail stores (across 25 U.S. states) now and will be online starting June 14. By the end of summer, Whipshots – which first launched a year and a half ago, and has sold over 2 million cans to date – is expected to be available for purchase in 37 markets (including Cardi’s native New York).

“I’m not a real big fan of sweet lemon or lime flavors. [But] I love lemon and lime,” Cardi B told The Hollywood Reporter in an exclusive interview.

This past summer, DreamWorks Animation closed the book on Shrek, putting the once lovable green ogre out of his misery with Shrek Forever After, the fourth fairy tale adventure in the studio’s highest-grossing franchise. The widely popular series, which grossed $1.27 billion theatrically in the U.S. alone, spawned two holiday DVDs, a Broadway musical, and an upcoming Puss in Boots spin-off, but the big, bad Shrek only lasted for four features.

Which is why it’s a surprise that Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, believes Kung Fu Panda, easily the next big thing at the cartoon production house, will extend into six individual chapters.

Speaking with Empire about Madagascar 3 (another series Dwa plans to milk four movies from), Katzenberg said, “Kung Fu Panda actually has 6 chapters to it, and we’ve mapped that out over the years. How To Train Your Dragon is at least three: maybe more,...