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50 RESPONDS TO MOVIE BILLBOARD PROTESTS: Rapper says he’s the victim of a double standard.
*More than 100 exhibitors at the ShowEast convention in Orlando could care less about the protests surrounding billboards of 50 Cent’s upcoming film, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” as they clamored to have their pictures taken with the film’s star. Read Full Story
STAR JONES BLASTS NY POST OVER HUSBAND’S ARREST: Daytime diva says paper was wrong in reporting that she never showed up at precinct.
*The New York Post got an earful from Mrs. Star Jones Reynolds Thursday on her ABC show “The View.” The co-host snapped over the newspaper’s account of her husband’s arrest for allegedly driving with a suspended license. Read Full Story
BRANDY AND FIANCE REPORTEDLY SPLIT UP: Singer forced to address tattoo on her back.
*The British tabloids are reporting that Brandy, 26, has ended her 15-month engagement with New York Knicks basketball player, Quentin Richardson, 25. Read Full Story
FARQUHAR PLANNING ROKER SITCOM AND KRUSH GROOVE SERIES: TV exec gives EUR exclusive rundown of upcoming projects.
That brother Ralph Farquhar can spit out TV shows like Biggie spat out rhymes. As an executive producer, the 54-year-old television veteran is behind such shows as “Moesha,” “The Parkers,” “The Proud Family,” “All of Us” 1994’s critically acclaimed series “South Central” and everyone's guilty pleasure, "Dance 360." Read Full Story
JAY-Z TAKES BALLIN’ TO ANOTHER LEVEL IN ATLANTIC CITY: Mogul throws party of all parties to launch new 40/40 Club; another club planned in L.A.
*With private jets and limousines dispatched all around the country to retrieve his special guests, Jay-Z threw a celebrity-filled bash to celebrate the opening of his second 40/40 Club in Atlantic City. Read Full Story
ACTRESSES SAY SPIKE COULDN’T DIRECT SEX SCENES: Rosie Perez, Joie Lee, Annabella Sciorra vent in Lee’s new memoir; also, director’s TNT spots to premiere.
*In his new memoir, Spike Lee allowed a number of lead actresses in his movies to comment on his directing skills when it comes to sex scenes. To his dismay, the ladies had nothing positive to say about their experiences. Read Full Story
MIJAC CLAIMS MAN SUING HIM IS HIDING FUNDS: Singer files cross-complaint against TV producer.
*Another day, another legal matter involving Michael Jackson. The King of Pop is claiming that former associate Marc Schaffel, the man currently suing him for $3 million over two TV specials and unpaid loans, has concealed and misappropriated funds, according Jackson’s lawyer, Brent Ayscough. Read Full Story
FILM/TV BITS: Glover in 'Dreamgirls'; Good's 'Prodigy'; 'America's Next Muppet'; Marley/Charles still making paper; Zahara's adoption legal.
*Danny Glover has been cast in the film version of “Dreamgirls” in the role of Marty Madison, the manager of womanizing R&B star James “Thunder” Early, played by Eddie Murphy. Read Full Story
AUGUST WILSON’S LAST INTERVIEW IN ‘AMERICAN THEATRE’: Late playwright spoke with Suzan-Lori Parks.
*August Wilson's final interview, featured in the November issue of American Theatre magazine, was conducted by fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Read Full Story
ANTONIO TARVER CAST AS ROCKY’S NEMESIS: Boxer beats Roy Jones Jr. to earn Mason Dixon role.
*It’s now official. Antonio Tarver told ESPN that he has been cast as Rocky’s opponent Mason Dixon in “Rocky Balboa,” the upcoming sixth film of the franchise. Read Full Story
OPRAH ON A MOLESTER-BUSTING ROLL: Belize women who recognized Niles Scott rewarded during live show Thursday.
*Oprah Winfrey rewarded two more people who turned in a fugitive after viewing an episode of her show earlier this month that targeted child molesters. Read Full Story
STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS TO BE EXECUTED: Judge signs death warrant for co-founder of Crips.
*A judge signed a death warrant Monday for Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the co-founder of the notorious Crips gang who became a children’s author in jail and the subject of a 2004 biopic on FX. Read Full Story
EUR SCREENING ROOM: ‘G,’ ‘The Legend of Zorro’ and ‘Prime’
G [*****] comes in under the radar, meaning not too much promotion was done for the film. And it’s unfortunate, because it is quite good for its genre. Read Full Story
THE EURweb FREE-4-ALL PAGE/BOARD: Talk about the stories we didn't cover in this issue.
Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn't cover in today's issue. (It's sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. Read Full Story
10-28-05 EUR FEEDBACK: The Real Deal on Condoleeza Rice / Morris O'Kelly, Why You Hatin' on Stephen Jackson?
"P.H. Scott, your (10-27-05 EUR) feedback on Dr. Rice is totally false. Anyone who has done any research on her knows that she was a friend of one of the victims of the church bombing in Birmingham. She has stated this during every interview regarding her childhood." Read Full Story
19-28-05 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE
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