02-21-06 EURxtra: Jay-Z Updates us on Foxy Brown / Eve Dating African Dictator's Son

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EVE REPORTEDLY DATING SON OF AFRICAN DICTATOR: Rapper’s beau takes wining and dining to another level.
*It's being reported that rap star Eve’s new man is the 35-year-old son of Equatorial Guinea dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Now for the bad news. Obiang’s father, who has led the West African country since 1979, has been accused by Amnesty International of torturing and unjustly imprisoning political opponents. He also ranked No. 10 this year on Parade magazine's annual list of the top 10 dictators. Read Full Story

JAY-Z SAYS FOXY BROWN IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY: Mogul’s live Internet chat also updates current Def Jam projects.
*Def Jam president Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter answered a flurry of fan questions during a live chat on the Roc-A-Fella Records Web site Wednesday, including some inquiries on the status of rapper Foxy Brown’s hearing loss. Read Full Story

VING RHAMES BRINGS NAT TURNER TO BIG SCREEN: Actor producing feature film version of ‘3/5 of a Man.’
*Ving Rhames is producing a low-budget film adaptation of Michael Henry Brown’s off-Broadway play, “3/5 of a Man,” which centers on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. Read Full Story

JOHN LEGEND WANTS TO SHOW YOU HIS BODY: World gets a sneak peek at Grammy-winner’s new attitude during NBA All-Star Game.
*Was that John Legend in a white tank top and away from his piano stool at the NBA All-Star game? Read Full Story

SAMMY DAVIS JR. READY FOR HIS CLOSEUP: Multiple projects about the entertainer in the works.
*Looks like 2006 and 2007 will be to Sammy Davis Jr. what 2004 was to Ray Charles. Read Full Story

HEIRS OF ‘LION SLEEPS TONIGHT’ COMPOSER SETTLE: Long-running legal dispute ends in undisclosed sum.
*The family of Zulu migrant worker Solomon Linda, author of the famous African tune “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” earned a hard-fought victory last week after reaching a financial settlement with Abilene Music, the company which administered its copyright in the United States without ever paying them a dime. Read Full Story

DASH ASSISTS RETURN OF SON’S SNATCHED CELLIE: Daddy Dash to young perpetrators: ‘Can you hear me now?’
*Being the son of rap mogul Damon Dash has its privileges. According to the New York Post, Damon Jr. was jacked for his cell phone by some local kids near New York’s Dwight School, where Junior is a student in the eighth grade. Read Full Story

THE BUS BREAKS FOR PEACOCKS: Retired Steeler Jerome Bettis joins NBC broadcasting team for Sunday Night Football.
*Retired Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome “The Bus” Bettis has found employment with NBC as a studio analyst for its brand new franchise, Sunday Night Football. Read Full Story

COMMON ‘FOREVER’ PREPPING: Rapper wants Kanye, Dr. Dre to make beats for ‘Finding Forever.’
*Common is about to hit the studio to record a new album, to be entitled “Finding Forever.” Read Full Story

LIMBAUGH’S RUSH TO JUDGEMENT: Conservative radio host mistakes Rep. Sherrod Brown for a black man.
*Rush Limbaugh made an embarrassing boo-boo recently when he mistakenly assumed that Sherrod Brown, a congressman from Ohio running for U.S. Senate, is a black man. Read Full Story

ROC-A-FELLA, G-UNIT TO PASS PEACE PIPE BEFORE CONCERT: Warring factions due to perform together at the ‘Keep Hope Alive’ concert.
*Next month’s Keep Hope Alive concert in Worcester, Massachusetts will feature members of Jay-Z’s Roc-a-Fella crew and 50 Cent’s G-Unit outfit, both of whom are rumored to be beefing, reports SOHH.com. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW (Freedomland): Carjacked Kid Fuels Ethnic Tensions in Taut, Well-Acted Thriller
By Kam williams
When Brenda Martin (Julianne Moore) arrives bruised, bleeding and mute at a hospital emergency room after a carjacking, Detective Lorenzo Council (Samuel L. Jackson) is soon summoned to the hospital. In the course of patiently taking the shaken woman’s statement, it only belatedly comes out that her four year-old son, Cody (Marlon Sherman), was asleep in the back seat of the automobile at the time of the heist.The veteran detective immediately calls headquarters and an all-points bulletin is issued. Read Full Story

LIL’ WAYNE, MIKE JONES LACE UP WITH REEBOK: Rappers star in shoe company’s ‘I Am What I Am’ campaign.
*Shaq’s motorized sneaker wasn’t the only footwear being promoted during NBA’s All-Star week. Rapper Mike Jones showed off his new Reebok shoe last weekend during the numerous activities in his native Houston. Read Full Story

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT SASSES CONDI RICE: Huge Chavez warns Secretary of State: ‘Don’t mess with me girl.’
*All he needed was the finger snap to go with his phrase, “Don’t mess with me girl,” which actually came out of the mouth of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in response to rhetoric thrown his way by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Spike vents; Diahann in ‘Porgy’; Snoop in New Zealand; Howard as Rick James?; CRLA salutes Santanas; Honda Battle of the Bands.
*Spike Lee is speaking out against a Hollywood system he says keeps African American executives out of its boardrooms. Read Full Story

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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

02-21-06 EUR FEEDBACK: yes, it really does cost $120,000.00 a year to raise two kids.
"Wassup EUR?! First off, I love this site. It is entertaining, but most of all it is informative. I am writing to the feedbacker that wanted to know if it really cost $120,000.00 a year to raise two kids (02-20-06 EUR). Yes! Kids grow, they need medical attention, food, shelter, and various other items. Read Full Story

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