12-08-05 EURxtra: Foxy Fires Lawyer For Blabbing About Her Hearing Loss

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TERRENCE HOWARD BOOKS THURGOOD MARSHALL ROLE: Actor will play famous lawyer in New Line’s Brown v. Board pic.
“The Crusaders,” to be directed by “Lemony Snicket” helmer Brad Silberling, is based on “Crusaders in the Courts,” the memoirs of Jack Greenberg, former Assistant Counsel and then Director-Counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund from 1949 to 1984. Read Full Story

FOXY FIRES LAWYER FOR BLABBING ABOUT HEARING LOSS: Joseph Tacopina given walking papers after telling media about condition.
*She may be nearly deaf, but Foxy Brown’s rare condition did not stop her from hearing her lawyer Joseph Tacopina discuss the extent of her illness to the media – a move that caused his dismissal on the spot. Read Full Story

KANYE CONTINUES BILLBOARD ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BACKSTAGE: Artist says his "goals are cocky"; Farnsworth Bentley album in the works.
*While accepting his Artist Achievement Award from the Billboard Music Awards Tuesday night, Kanye West not only addressed his importance to music by listing all of his accomplishments, but he walked off the stage in a George Jefferson strut to punctuate the sentiment. Read Full Story

EMINEM AND EX-WIFE BACK TOGETHER: Rapper tells radio show they have reconciled and may remarry.
*Eminem told a Detroit radio show that he and his ex-wife Kim – whom he has rapped about killing in his music – have not only gotten back together, but may very well take another trip down the aisle. Read Full Story

ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD ENGAGEMENT GOES BUST: Nicole Richie & DJ AM Call it Off.
All you Nicole Richie fans will be crying in your beer when you hear this latest bit of news on the scrawny Hollywood insider. Richie and her fiance, Adam Goldstein, have called off their nine-month engagement. Read Full Story

DREAMWORKS WANTS ‘DREAMGIRLS’ IN SCHOOLS: Studio makes move to allow students to mount productions nationwide.
*Dream Works, the studio behind the feature film adaptation of “Dreamgirls,” has reportedly paid licensing fees for high schools and colleges across the country to mount their own “Dreamgirls” productions. Read Full Story

COSBY LECTURE TRAIN STOPS IN MASS.: Entertainer touts the importance of community colleges.
*Bill Cosby’s crusade to school youngins and their parents about the importance of education continued Tuesday in Massachusetts. Read Full Story

THE INC. NEARS JUMP TO WARNER MUSIC GROUP: SOHH.com reports trouble-prone label is close to a deal.
*The Inc., formerly known as Murder Inc., is reportedly close to finalizing a new distribution deal with Warner Music Group. Read Full Story

TOOKIE TID BITS: Cannick & Hutchinson Discuss interview with Williams; Snoop meets prisoner; Case timeline
Investigative reporter Jasmyne Cannick and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson will play and discuss with community leaders and activists Cannick’s exclusive in-depth interview with Stanley Tookie Williams. The interview ranges over wide issues from clemency to Governor Schwarzenegger to gang violence. Read Full Story

WILLIAMS SISTERS IN COURT OVER BREACH LAWSUIT: Siblings say dad never had authority to sign them up for ‘Battle of the Sexes’ event.
*Venus and Serena Williams were in a West Palm Beach, Fla. courtroom Tuesday testifying in a breach of contract case. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Singleton’s ‘Convoy’; Tevin on Broadway; Freeman in express line; Vicky Secret rerun; BET premieres ‘Loosed’; ‘Fair Game’ DVD.
*John Singleton is in talks to direct the action-adventure “Convoy” for Paramount Pictures, the studio that released his box office hit “Four Brothers” last summer. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Wonder's 'House Full of Toys'; Carey's ring; Game's 'Snitchin'' DVD.
*Nothing signals the coming of Christmas in Los Angeles like Stevie Wonder’s annual “House Full of Toys” celebrity concert. 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

12-08-05 EUR FEEDBACK: File this one in the 'Tookie Must Die' column
The only difference between Tookie Williams and any other inmate who can form a verb or a four-syllable word is that Tookie was fortunate enough to find a woman who was interested in helping him publish a book of his work. I have a friend in prison who is 'institutionalized' to say the least. Every time he is released early from prison for 'good behavior,' he goes right back to what he is used to doing ... getting high and sleeping with minor girls." Read Full Story

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