01-10-06 EURxtra: Bush is 'Greatest Terrorist' - Belafonte / Lou Rawls Funeral News

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BUSH IS THE ‘GREATEST TERRORIST’ SAYS BELAFONTE: Activist criticizes president during meeting with Venezuelan President.
*Harry Belafonte called President Bush “the greatest terrorist in the world” during a meeting Sunday with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. Belafonte joined a delegation of Americans, including Danny Glover and Princeton University scholar Cornel West, in voicing support for Chavez’s revolutionary views. Read Full Story

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR LOU RAWLS: Jesse Jackson will lead last rites; public viewing Thursday; funeral Friday in Los Angeles.
*A public viewing and funeral will be held in Los Angeles this week for Lou Rawls, the legendary soul singer who died of cancer last week. Read Full Story

SWAY RENEWS WITH MTV AFTER CONTRACT DISPUTE: VJ says initial offer didn’t jibe with his five-year plan.
*After five years of serving up hip hop on MTV News, Sway was almost ready to leave the network shortly after negotiations for his renewal began in September of 2005. Read Full Story

MASTER P BARELY ‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’: Rapper thinks his Hurricane Katrina speech put him through to next round.
*After a basketball injury left Master P’s son Lil’ Romeo unable to fulfill his duties as a contestant on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” his proud papa stepped in with only three days left to learn his cha cha cha routine. Read Full Story

MARCUS VICK IN TROUBLE AGAIN: Arrested for brandishing a firearm
Marcus Vick is on a roll. He's managed to get kicked off of his college football team and arrested for criminal behavior within a week. But then criminal behavior is why he got kicked off the football team. In the latest episode of the Marcus Vick chronicles, the former Virginia Tech quarterback was charged Monday with pulling a gun on three teenagers during an altercation in a restaurant parking lot. Read Full Story

ANOTHER MISS JONES REMARK CAUSES DRAMA: NY’s Caribbean community wants Hot 97 DJ off the air for ‘coconut’ comment.
*New York’s Caribbean immigrant contingent wants WQHT/Hot 97’s Miss Jones off the air after her comment about Roger Toussaint, the Trinidad-born president of New York’s Transit Workers’ Union Local 100. Read Full Story

AOL’S BLACK VOICES HIRES STAR JONES AS ‘LOVE COACH’: ‘View’ host to advise ladies on how to snag a man.
*After being married for only 14 months come Jan. 15, Star Jones Reynolds is already offering advice to the lovelorn via her new book, “Shine: Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love”; and through a promotional counterpart on AOL Black Voices as the site’s new “Love Coach.” Read Full Story

VICKIE WINANS SHOOTS VIDEO AT ALMA MATER: Gospel singer to film clip on MLK’s birthday.
*Gospel singer Vickie Winans will travel to Alabama State University to shoot the video for her new single “It’s Alright,” from her upcoming double CD “Woman to Woman: Songs of Life.” Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Ursh correction; Golden Carey; Ejiofor nominated.
*A quote from Usher that ran recently in the EUR was attributed incorrectly to Contact Music, which mentioned the wrong woman when reporting on the singer’s admission of infidelity. Read Full Story

MORE ITTY BITTY BITS: ‘Hot’ Iman; JD tell-all; Denyse Graves in Philly.
*In his new health and fitness magazine Sly, actor Sylvester Stallone has hand-picked a number of women to grace his “Hottest Women Over 40” list. Former supermodel Iman placed 5th, while the actor reserved 9th place for Tina Turner. Read Full Story

RICHARD WRIGHT BOOK GETS ANNIVERSARY FACE LIFT: HarperCollins publishes new hardcover edition of ‘Black Boy.’
*A new hardcover of Richard Wright’s acclaimed autobiography “Black Boy” has been published by HarperCollins in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of its original printing. 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

01-10-06 EUR FEEDBACK: Middle America Responds to Jasmyne Cannick
As executions approach, it never surprises me that some will come out of the wood work to challenge the death penalty, fighting for the filth who haunt death row for basically doing the worst that can be done to our fellow Americans." Read Full Story

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