03-24-06 EUR: Inside The Mind of Spike Lee / Chef Killed off on South Park

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GARY DOURDAN SUES EX-GIRLFRIEND FOR $4 MILLION: Actor alleges slander after former lover accused him of rape.
*Gary Dourdan, star of CBS’s popular drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” has filed a lawsuit against his ex-girlfriend for slander and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Read Full Story

CHEF KILLED OFF IN ‘SOUTH PARK’ SEASON PREMIERE: Or was he? Episode takes another dig at Scientology during heartfelt farewell.
*Wednesday’s season premiere of “South Park,” filmed within days of Isaac Hayes announcing his decision to leave the series, saw the untimely demise of the character Chef, which Hayes has voiced since the Comedy Central show’s 1997 debut. Read Full Story

‘TEMPERATURE’ RISES ON ‘SICK’ BILLBOARD: Ne-Yo hands crown to Sean Paul; plus E-40 scores his highest album debut.
*Sean Paul’s “Temperature” has warmed up enough fans to earn the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart. The cut, also the chart's greatest airplay gainer, ends the two-week run of Ne-Yo's "So Sick," which falls to No. 3. Read Full Story

‘INSIDE’ THE MIND OF SPIKE LEE: ‘Inside Man’ director talks Tyler Perry, first encounter with John Singleton, and making history with Denzel.
*Spike Lee’s eyes light up at the prospect of himself and Denzel Washington emerging as this generation’s Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro. Read Full Story

RADIO HOST FIRED AFTER RACIAL SLUR ‘SLIPS’ OUT: St. Louis radio personality blurts out ‘coon’ during discussion about Condoleezza Rice.
*He says it was an “inadvertent slip of the tongue,” but his bosses are wondering why that particular word tumbled out. Read Full Story

CRAZED FANS LEAD TO EXTRA ‘SNAKES’ SHOOT: Samuel L. Jackson movie adds five days of filming; PG-13 moved to R rating.
*As soon as New Line Cinema announced that “Snakes on a Plane” was on their production slate for 2006 with Samuel L. Jackson in the lead, film fans immediately took to the campy title and began flooding the Internet with fan sites, blogs, T-shirts, poems, fiction and songs, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Read Full Story

HERBIE HANCOCK DOC. GETS EXPERIMENTAL RELEASE: ‘Possibilities’ film will come to theaters, DVD and cable TV within two weeks.
*A documentary about the making of Herbie Hancock’s “Possibilities” album will get a three-prong “super release” next month in theaters, on DVD and on cable TV. Read Full Story

EUR DVD (The Beauty Academy of Kabul) REVIEW: Afghani Women Trade in Burkas for Beauty Tips in Female Empowerment Documentary.
By Kam Williams
*Under the Taliban, females in Afghanistan were forced to dress covered up from head to toe in a basic black burka, whenever they wanted to venture out in public. After the fall of that repressive regime, the women were theoretically free to dress as they please, but many were still reluctant to test the waters for fear of reprisal from religious zealots. This was understandable, given the fact that the new democracy doles out the death penalty for seemingly minor offenses like converting to Christianity. Read Full Story

50 CENT PIECES: Legal battle with Czar Entertainment settled; actor in ‘Get Rich’ sued for copyright violations.
*50 Cent has settled his legal drama with Jimmy Henchmen's Czar Entertainment and Vision Plant Pictures over the DVD, “The Original 50 Cent.” Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: Doping shadows Sheffield; Bonds responds; Venus withdraws from Nasdaq; plea in Yetunde case; Culpepper, Gooden in court; Tiger checks on dad.
*Barry Bonds isn’t the only athlete called out for knowingly using steroids in the book “Game of Shadows,” which finally arrived in book stores yesterday. Read Full Story

KATRINA BITS: Jesse to lead voting march; NAACP's Voter Assistance Centers; ‘Extreme Makeover’; ‘Celebrity Poker Showdown’; Cuba donates WBC money.
*Rev. Jesse Jackson will lead a coalition of organizations and leaders in a march into the “Katrina Zone” on April 1, demanding the right to return, the right to rebuild, and above all, the right to vote. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Naomi, Ja-Rule join 'Cooking Showdown'; Law, Weisz join Norah film; Blige ready for Simone; 'Shrek-3'; Reyes in 'Girl(s).'
*Supermodel Naomi Campbell and rapper Ja Rule are among the famous faces booked to compete in Diddy’s upcoming NBC reality show “Celebrity Cooking Showdown.” Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Roots' two-nighter in NY; Randolph Band at 'Superfly'; new Peas EP; Snoop's pet products; Diddy revamps 'Sean John.'
*The Roots will host a two-night concert event May 18-19 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. 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

03-24-06 EUR FEEDBACK: Breaking down the Down Low thing.
"I take offense to the description of the of the BET down low special that is to be aired March 28th. The 'Down Low' phenomenon is not about straight men having sex with other men. Straight men do not have sex with other men, gay and bisexual men do." Read Full Story

03-24-06 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE
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