03-15-06 EUR: Ice Cube as Mr. Kotter?! / Students to Protest R. Kelly Concert

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STUDENTS PLAN PROTEST OF R. KELLY CONCERT: Longhorn ladies of color not feeling gig from alleged child pornographer.
*R. Kelly’s scheduled concert this weekend at the University of Texas will be met with a protest from UT ladies who object to his current child pornography charges. Read Full Story

MIJAC GETS DEADLINE EXTENSTION AT NEVERLAND: Singer now has until 5 p.m. today to make good on fines and back pay.
*Michael Jackson has been granted an extra day in his deadline to pay a $100,000 fine and $306,000 in back wages owed to employees of his Neverland Ranch. Read Full Story

CUBE BRINGING ‘WELCOME BACK KOTTER’ TO BIG SCREEN: Rapper will star in and produce adaptation of 70s sitcom.
*Ice Cube as Mister Kot-taire? The rapper’s company, Cube Vision Productions, just inked a deal with Dimension Films to bring “Welcome Back, Kotter” to the big screen with the “Barbershop” star in the title role. Read Full Story

EUR FEATURE STORY: JAHEIM ... Hooked On 'Classics'
By Kenya Yarbrough
*The buzzphrase of the music industry for R&B is “new classic,” and nobody does it better than Jaheim. His 2002 debut “Ghetto Love” splashed onto the charts with the single “Just In Case,” and now, his latest entry, titled “Ghetto Classics,” follows the path he’s laid of soulful storytelling – started off by the single “Everytime (I Think Of Her).” Read Full Story

DON CHEADLE IN TALKS TO STAR IN MILES DAVIS BIOPIC: Family of late jazz icon also looking at director Antoine Fuqua.
*Don Cheadle has been in negotiations to star in a new biographical film about jazz legend Miles Davis. Read Full Story

YOUNG JEEZY FREE ON BAIL: Rapper was arrested on concealed weapon charge, but says gun wasn’t his.
*A lawyer for Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy is speaking out about the incident in Miami that landed his client in handcuffs early Friday morning (March 13). Read Full Story

JAY-Z PLOTTING REAL ESTATE MOVE IN HARLEM?: Def Jam president also plugs new artist Rick Ross; picks new anthem for New Jersey Nets.
Another week, another rumored business move for Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. According to the New York Post, the Def Jam president was overheard “finalizing the buying of a building in Harlem” during a dinner with business mogul and former NBA star Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Read Full Story

DIDDY AVOIDS COPYRIGHT ISSUE OVER COLOGNE: Unforgivable scent could have faced legal battle from Unforgiven perfume.
*Sean “Diddy” Combs was nearly headed to a court room over copyright issues involving his new fragrance Unforgivable. Read Full Story

HALLE BERRY SIGNS WITH TALENT AGENCY ICM: Actress finally seeks representation after leaving WMA last year.
*After operating nearly a year without an agent, Halle Berry has signed with International Creative Management (ICM) for professional representation, reports Daily Variety. Read Full Story

SHAKUR, EPHRIAM FOUNDATIONS HONOR FATHERS: Judge Mablean teams with late rapper’s foundation to recognize good daddies.
*The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation (TASF) is partnering with the Mablean Ephriam Foundation to host Atlanta's First Annual H.U.F. Awards (Honoring Unsung Fathers), to be held on Thursday, June 15. Read Full Story

‘APPRENTICE’ RANDALL PINKETT TO HEADLINE CONFERENCE: Trump’s famous employee to speak about diversity at TelecomNEXT summit.
*Donald Trump's latest "Apprentice," Dr. Randall Pinkett, will moderate a diversity summit featuring top executives from emerging and independent television networks at the TelecomNEXT convention this weekend in Las Vegas. Read Full Story

HURSTON/WRIGHT FOUNDATION SEEKS SUBMISSIONS: Writers of African descent wanted for summer workshop.
*The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is accepting applications for its annual Writers' Week summer workshop for black writers, billed as the nation's only multi-genre workshop for writers of African descent with a tuition-free component for high school students. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW (FAILURE TO LAUNCH): Desperate Parents Hire Temptress to Seduce Still-at-Home Son in Screwball Comedy
By Kam Williams
*35 year-old Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) is a confirmed bachelor with no plans for marriage. That doesn’t bother his parents as much as the fact that the he still lives at home, rent-free, with no interest in cutting the umbilical, despite a successful career as a pleasure craft broker. Meanwhile his mother, Sue (Kathy Bates), is getting fed up with waiting on him hand-and-foot, and his father, Al (Terry Bradshaw), a closet nudist, is just itching to be free to roam around the house naked. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Lupe’s ‘Liquor’; Dilla’s ‘Shining’; Turner to sing ‘Royale?’; Braxton’s drawers.
*Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco, 24, will drop his debut album, "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor," on June 27 via Atlantic Records and his production company, 1st & 15th. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Jenny does ‘Dallas’; Freeman back as God; Torres on Fox; ‘Idol’ pre-show; ‘Yo Momma’;
*Jennifer Lopez has been offered the part of Sue Ellen Ewing in Robert Luketic’s upcoming feature film adaptation of “Dallas,” reports Variety. 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

03-15-06 EUR FEEDBACK: Anti Harvey Sentiment in Chicago, too
To my DC brothers and sisters: You're not alone; I totally feel you on the replacement of your local morning show with Steve Harvey's syndicated show (EUR: 3-10-06) because it happened to us in Chicago, too." Read Full Story

03-15-06 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE
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