12-29-05 EURextra: Mariah On Fifty's Heels / Mary J.'s Number One Breakthrough

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BLIGE’S NO. 1 ‘BREAKTHROUGH’: Mary J. album enters Billboard on top; Jamie Foxx and Biggie right behind her.
*Mary J. Blige’s new album “The Breakthrough” is enjoying the view atop The Billboard 200 album chart after selling a leading 727,000 copies in the U.S. this week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Read Full Story

MARIAH CAREY ON 50 CENT’S HEELS: Bragging rights for biggest selling 2005 album comes down to the wire.
*Mimi may have been emancipated this year, but nobody told 50 Cent. As of Christmas day, the rapper’s latest disc, “The Massacre,” was the best-selling U.S. album of 2005 with 4.8 million copies in the streets since its March release. Read Full Story

JERMAINE JACKSON CLAIMS REALITY TV SERIES IS A GO: JerJac says he got $7 million for 13 episodes; no networks have come forward to confirm.
*Sources told the New York Post that Jermaine Jackson has been telling folks he hooked up a $7 million deal for 13 episodes of the family’s proposed reality show. Read Full Story

WEAR AND TEAR, NOT BIRD, DAMAGED OPRAH’S PLANE: Officials backtrack on original statement.
*It wasn’t a bird that took down Oprah Winfrey after all. Read Full Story

ANOTHER WILL SMITH IMPOSTER HANDLED: Man who stole entertainer’s identity goes back to prison.
*It’s been a bad week for folks trying to capitalize on the fortune of Will Smith. Last weekend, the rapper/actor won the rights to the domain name willsmith.tv after its registered owner - a man calling himself Barney Rubble - failed to respond to Smith’s formal complaint. Read Full Story

ROSIE PEREZ BUSTS HIP DANCING TO BEYONCE: ‘Crazy in Love’ actress got too excited on the treadmill.
*Rosie Perez, who famously writhed and gyrated her hips to begin Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” in 1989, nearly broke one of them last weekend while attempting to dance on a moving treadmill. Read Full Story

BLEDSOE EXPLAINS REASON FOR JOINING VHI’S ‘FIT CLUB’: ‘Cosby’ star says more pressure put on black actresses to be thin.
*Ten years after Tempestt Bledsoe had a regular TV gig hosting her own talk show, the “Cosby Show” star returns for a run on the small screen in VH1’s third season of “Celebrity Fit Club,” premiering Sunday, Jan. 1 at 9 p.m. Read Full Story

MAN NABBED IN J.LO/ANTHONY EXTORTION CASE: Suspect was demanding $1 million for stolen 2004 wedding video.
*A convicted murderer was arrested in New York Tuesday (Dec. 27) after attempting to extort $1 million from Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony in exchange for their 2004 wedding video. Read Full Story

BOUTIQUE LAUDS BERRY, DAWSON FOR FASHION CHOICES: Actresses singled out for popularizing trends.
*Halle Berry and Rosario Dawson have made the first annual Crimson Mim List of 2005 Shoe Coups, the famous Bay Area boutique’s recognition of this year’s signature styles and the celebrity ambassadors who turned the fashion industry on its ear. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Pimp Juice bandits at large; Sigel’s court date; Hendrix on rock poll; Swayze courts rap; Akon in South Africa; DMX working from jail.
*Somebody done stole Nelly’s Pimp Juice. A thief escaped with over 5,000 cases of the popular energy drink from the St. Louis headquarters of the Fillmore Street Brewery, which manufactures the beverage. Read Full Story

WEST COAST CUSTOMS NO LONGER PIMPIN’ MTV’S RIDES: Owner unhappy with the way company is portrayed.
*Surprisingly, there is a line to be crossed when it comes to MTV’s car makeover series “Pimp My Ride,” and MTV has crossed it. 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

12-29-05 EUR FEEDBACK: Time for Kelly Rowland to be her Own Woman
"Ms. Kelly Rowland (12-27-05 EUR), my goodness girl ... 'And I'm going to play all the songs for Beyonce and see which ones are her favorites. I always look to her for advice' ... OK??? What I would like to know is did she play the songs from her last album for Miss B and let her pick her favorites on that one?" Read Full Story

12-29-05: EUR All ON ONE PAGE
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