12-15-05 EURxtra: Chappelle Sued By Ex-Manager / Tookie's 'Rosa Parks' Send-Off

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CHAPPELLE SUED BY EX-MANAGER: Lawsuit reveals details of Comedy Central deal, which the manager says disappeared when comic went AWOL.
*When Dave Chappelle walked away from filming the scheduled third season of “Chappelle’s Show,” he allegedly left without giving his manager, Mustafa Abuelhija, the hundreds of thousands of dollars he says he was due. Read Full Story

PRINCE ENJOYS LIFE OFF THE PLANTATION: New Universal pact puts "slave" days behind him.
At a press conference Tuesday to announce his upcoming album under a new deal with Universal Records, His Royal Badness, 47, gave perhaps the quote of the year when a reporter asked why a man who scrawled “slave” on his face in the mid-‘90s to protest the practices of his old record company would sign a deal with yet another major record label. Read Full Story

TOOKIE RESIDUE: Becnel planning ‘Rosa Parks-sized’ funeral; Austria hates Arnold; Winnie offers to oversee ashes; death penalty moratorium proposed.
*Stanley Tookie Williams may be gone, but the death penalty debate left in the wake of his execution by lethal injection early Tuesday is very much alive and kicking. Read Full Story

EMINEM SCORES THIRD NO. 1 ALBUM: Plus, man accused of killing owner of rapper’s old studio gets life sentence.
*Things couldn’t be better for Eminem these days. The Detroit rapper is back with the ex-wife he rapped about killing, and his new career-spanning album “Curtain Call: The Hits” debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 1 Wednesday – his fourth CD in a row to do so. Read Full Story

JACKSON REALITY SHOW LOOKING FOR A NETWORK: Project is currently being shopped to cable outlets.
*As if the drama surrounding Michael Jackson isn’t enough, the family is reportedly trying to step up its presence in the public eye via a reality television show that would focus on Tito’s three sons (a.k.a. the group 3T) attempting to make a comeback. Read Full Story

MUSIC/CHARITY BITS Foxy press conf.;Lover wanted; Sammie returns; Luke’s Midget champs; Robinson PSA; Janice Denise Thomas needs teddy bear donations.
*Foxy Brown will address her hearing problem at a press conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today at BET’s New York production studio. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Foxx’s ‘Blood’; Rodriguez pays up; Seal in Bond film; Phil nabs bigamist; BET’s Lee at Revlon; Perry touts ‘Reunion.’
*As previously reported, Jamie Foxx is attached to star in Paramount’s adaptation of Jeff Stetson's novel "Blood on the Leaves," the story of a district attorney who struggles with feelings of revenge as he prosecutes a black history professor charged with the murder of white men who were accused of crimes against blacks during the civil rights movement. Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: Ivy League’s first black coach; Carl Lewis in ‘Last Adam’; new Ali book ‘Sucker Punch’; Tim Montgomery suspended for steroids.
*Columbia University entered the record books Sunday with the hiring of Norries Wilson as the first African American head football coach in Ivy League history. Read Full Story

PRYOR GOES OUT FIGHTING AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY: Late comedian and wife sent letter of concern to Indiana sheriff a week before death.
*A week before his death Saturday of a heart attack, Richard Pryor and his wife Jennifer Lee Pryor sent a letter to an Indiana county sheriff expressing outrage about an animal cruelty case. Read Full Story

RAY CHARLES TOPS VH1 ANNUAL POLL: Late entertainer’s last album still in demand according to survey.
*Ray Charles has again placed first in a VH1 telephone poll of 1000 music lovers from the ages of 20-49 who were asked to name the artists at the top of their wish lists this holiday season. Read Full Story

ROBERT JOHNSON A STEP CLOSER TO ULTIMATE DREAM: BET founder forms private equity fund manager in quest to rewrite history books.
*Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, said on Tuesday he was forming a private equity fund manager with Carlyle Group, in his latest move to build the largest African-American owned asset management company in the United States. Read Full Story

BROADWAY BITS: ‘Color Purple’ box office still rising; August Wilson theater sets record; hip hop-tinged ‘Seven Against Thebes’ set to open.
*A boost in ticket sales among the majority of Broadway’s 30 shows, including “The Color Purple,” helped push total grosses from $976,231 to $19,029,206 for the holiday season. 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

12-15-05 EUR FEEDBACK: Explaining Why Manson is Alive, While Tookie Dies
"I'm writing in response to Celeste's question in regard to Charles Manson (12/13 EUR), and why he was not executed for the crimes he orchestrated. - RIP Tookie - When those crimes were committed (c. 1969-70), there was a ban on the death penalty and no one could be put to death (under the justice system) for their crimes." Read Full Story

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