12-13-05 EURxtra: Tookie Executed / Beyonce Not Engaged / Young Buck Gets Off

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BEYONCE DENIES WEDDING RUMORS: Singer says at 24, she’s too young to be somebody’s wife.
*"I have no wedding plans," Beyonce told AP Television News last weekend, denying recent rumors that a possible 2006 trip to the altar with boyfriend Jay-Z was in the works for next year. Read Full Story

TOOKIE EXECUTED: Crips Co-founder put to death at 12:35am Pacific.
Stanley Tookie Williams is dead. Williams, the co-founder of the internationally known and feared Crips street gang, died by lethal injection early Tuesday for the 1979 killings of four people in two Los Angles robberies. Read Full Story

BROADCAST FILM CRITICS LOVE TERRENCE HOWARD: Actor receives three BFCA nods, including best actor (‘Flow’) and supporting actor (‘Crash’).
*The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) gave the Paul Haggis film “Crash” its second highest number of BFCA Award nominations with six, including best picture and a supporting actor nomination for Terrence Howard. Read Full Story

YOUNG BUCK PLEADS NO CONTEST: Rapper given probation, community service for the Vibe Awards stabbing.
*Rapper Young Buck was sentenced to three years’ probation Monday after pleading no contest to a felony in the stabbing of a man during last year's Vibe Awards. Read Full Story

NAACP ASKS WARWICK TO SKIP SHOW AT OLD JIM CROW SPOT: One time segregated theater still painful in Florida community.
*The head of the St. Lucie County NAACP chapter in the coastal town of Fort Pierce is hoping that Dionne Warwick will reconsider playing her scheduled Jan. 14 gig at the Sunrise Theatre for its reopening ceremony. Read Full Story

LAWRENCE, MOSS LEAD STELLAR AWARD NOMINEES: Event celebrating gospel’s finest will air in syndication Jan. 28 - Mar 5.
*Let the church say amen for gospel artists Donald Lawrence and J. Moss, both of whom received 10 nominations to lead the pack for the 21st annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards. Read Full Story

AFI HONORS ‘CRASH’ AMONG YEAR-END PICKS: Racially-charged film among Institute’s best of the year.
*The American Film Institute has named “Crash” among its 10 best films of 2005, while Showtime’s “Sleeper Cell” was chosen among the group’s top 10 television picks of the year, it was announced Sunday. Read Full Story

BRAZIL BUILDS ITS OWN VERSION OF BET: Country launches first ever black-owned and black-themed channel.
*Brazil has launched its first-ever black television channel in response to a severe lack of programming designed specifically for the nation's 180 million Afro-Brazilian people – the largest black population outside Africa. Read Full Story

NAACP SET TO ANNOUNCE IMAGE AWARD NOMINEES: Stars from film and TV to gather Jan. 10 for formal announcements.
Aisha Tyler (CSI and Ghost Whisperer), Kimberly Elise (Close to Home and Diary of A Mad Black Woman), Mehcad Brooks (Desperate Housewives) are among the celebrities on tap to announce the nominees for the 37th NAACP Image Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 9 a.m. (PT) at the Beverly Hills Peninsula Hotel. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Pryor vigil tonight; Foxx on racism; 50 Cent/Dr. Dre sued; West, Jeezy on MTV; J-Lo gifts Affleck; Robinson/Wilson in 'Peaches'; Battlerap.com contest.
*Community activist Najee Ali of Project Islamic HOPE has organized a tribute and candlelight vigil in Los Angeles tonight in honor of the late Richard Pryor. The event begins at 5 p.m. in Leimert Park (Crenshaw and Vernon). 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

12-13-05 EUR FEEDBACK: Tookie Williams
"Tookie Williams wrote in one of his books, 'I want to be buried in South Africa under a yohirimbi tree.' I may be mistaken, but doesn't your body belong to the State once you have died in prison? Someone once told me you have to be buried on State property. Is that true?" Read Full Story

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