03-08-06 EUR: We Remember Gordon Parks / Joe & Jermaine Jackson Respond

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WE REMEMBER GORDON PARKS: He is credited as being Hollywood's first black director for a major studio.
Gordon Parks, 93, a true renaissance man if there ever was one, died in New York City on Tuesday. Parks, born into poverty in Fort Scott, Kansas, was a photojournalist for "Life" magazine for 20 years before turning to film making in 1969. His landmark movies include "The Learning Tree" and "Shaft." Read Full Story

JOSEPH AND JERMAINE JACKSON RESPOND TO BOOK CLAIMS: Father and son release statements criticizing Jermaine’s tell-all ghostwriter Stacy Brown.
*Both Joseph Jackson and his son Jermaine have released statements in response to allegations made public by Stacy Brown in a 2003 proposal for Jermaine’s tell-all book. Read Full Story

‘CRASH’ OSCAR GLORY LEADS TO THEATRICAL RE-RELEASE: Lionsgate will put the film back in theaters beginning Friday.
*Although the film “Crash” has been available on DVD since last September, its fresh Academy Award for best picture has prompted U.S. distributor Lionsgate to re-release the picture on about 150 screens across the country beginning this Friday (March 10). Read Full Story

THREE 6 MAFIA SONG ‘PIMP’ SLAPPED BY CRITICS: ‘Washington Post’ finds folks who compare Oscar performance to ‘minstrel show.’
*No one seems to be on the fence when it comes to opinions of Three 6 Mafia’s Oscar win for the “Hustle & Flow” track “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp” and their performance of the song during the Sunday’s Academy Award ceremony. Read Full Story

GUILTY PLEAS IN MIJAC RECORDING CASE: Two men admit to secretly videotaping pop star during flight.
*Two men charged with secretly videotaping Michael Jackson during a flight from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy in federal district court. Read Full Story

COMMON TO RETEAM WITH KANYE FOR NEXT ALBUM: If it ain’t broke…broke…
*Rapper Common will head back to the studio this month to work on his seventh studio album “Finding Forever,” and is hoping to bring producer Kanye West along for the ride. Read Full Story

HARLEM MUSIC FESTIVAL TO BE RELEASED AS FILM: Rare footage from 1969 event features Sly & the Family Stone, Mahalia Jackson and more.
*Film footage of The Harlem Music Festival, held at the northern end of New York's Central Park for six days in the summer of 1969, is in the process of being edited into a feature length film to premiere at January’s annual Sundance Film Festival. Read Full Story

NAOMI CAMPBELL SUES ‘KING OF BOTOX’: Model doesn’t appreciate him taking credit for her smooth complexion.
*Supermodel Naomi Campbell is suing a cosmetic surgeon known as “The King of Botox” for using her as a celebrity endorser in two magazine ads without permission. Read Full Story

NIECY NASH CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY IN HOLLYWOOD: Salley, Devine, Rowell join other celebs at White Lotus for the occasion.
*John Salley, Ananda Lewis and other celebrities sipped on special Niecy-tini drinks at a star-studded birthday party held in Hollywood last week for actress/comedian Niecey Nash. Read Full Story

JAY-Z TO OPEN NEW 40/40 CLUBS IN ASIA: Jigga will bring his sports lounge to Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong by 2008.
*Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter has signed a lease deal to open three of his 40/40 Club sports lounges in Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong by the end of 2007. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Rock’s ‘Chris’ episode; Cosby ‘Season 2’ DVD; Singleton’s ‘Illegal’; Chomski’s ‘Reggaeton’; drunk Serena?; CBS, Logo, Bravo announce renewals.
*The Chris Rock-directed episode of his UPN comedy “Everybody Hates Chris” will air on April 13th, the network announced. Read Full Story

BOOK/THEATER BITS: Zadie on Orange Prize list; celebs star in ‘Vagina Monologues’ for charity; ‘Left to Tell’ released this month.
*British novelist Zadie Smith has made the longlist of this year's Orange Prize for fiction. Her book “On Beauty,” has been described by the Guardian as a “transatlantic comic saga,” and a study of shifting ethnic identities. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: We remember Ali Farka Toure; woman charged in Jackson 5 drummer killing, Janet to pay for funeral; new B5 DVD.
*Grammy award-winning African musician Ali Farka Toure, known as one of the originators of a genre known as Mali Blues, died Tuesday in his native Mali after a long unidentified illness. 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

03-08-06 EUR FEEDBACK: Johnny Johnson & Steven Ivory
"I just want to say thank you to Steven for taking this 50 year old brother back to his days as a kid in San Diego California with his tribute to Johnny Jackson. May Johnny's soul rest in peace." Read Full Story

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