03-03-06 EUR: Russell And Kimora's Def Marital Sham / New Janet Music Coming

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NEW JANET JACKSON SINGLE DUE IN MAY: Album release will follow in September.
*After several years away from the spotlight (minus the naked butt bongo video leaked on the Internet late last year), Janet Jackson will return to the spotlight next month with the first single from her as-yet-untitled album. Read Full Story

RUSSELL AND KIMORA’S DEF MARITAL SHAM: Couple stayed in opposite wings of Saddle River mansion; Russell says: ‘We've been on the rocks for 15 years.’
*Now that the separation of Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons has been formerly announced, details of the long road to Friday’s press release have already begun bubbling to the surface. Read Full Story

NAOMI DENIES BLACKBERRY BEATDOWN: Oprah’s camera crew was there filming a segment; fight was over a pair of lost jeans.
*A blackberry cell phone, a pair of missing $200 Chip & Pepper jeans, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and former South Africa president Nelson Mandela have emerged over the weekend as co-stars in the drama surrounding Naomi Campbell’s arrest for assaulting her housekeeper. Read Full Story

DAVE MAYS HOSPITALIZED AFTER RUN-IN WITH BUSTA: Rapper’s associate allegedly hit former Source owner with liquor bottle.
*Busta Rhymes finds himself in the headlines again this week, this time after an altercation in Miami last weekend with former Source magazine owner Dave Mays. Read Full Story

PATTI LABELLE SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RIVIERA DEBACLE: Singer says she told audience to go home because it was too cold.
*Speaking Thursday on Tom Joyner’s syndicated radio show, Patti LaBelle said that fans didn’t leave her set at the Riviera Jazz and Blues Festival in Florida because of her singing. They left because the weather had gotten uncharacteristically cold. Read Full Story

BIG BOI AND EVAN ROSS FIND COMMON GROUND IN 'ATL': Actors converge from two different worlds for film debuts.
*Seventeen-year-old Evan Ross admits that his character in the new film “ATL” was a stretch, to say the least. Read Full Story

BEYONCE’S DADDY VS. SIMON COWELL: Mathew not happy after Simon dissed Paris Bennett’s ‘Work it Out’ rendition; plus, ‘Latin Idol’ in the works.
*Mathew Knowles has no love for Simon Cowell. The cold winds began a’blowin’ a while back when the “American Idol” judge said his daughter, Beyonce, was “not sexy” and “not a great singer.” Read Full Story

EUR FILM ('ATL') REVIEW: T.I. Makes Impressive Screen Debut in Coming-of-Age Flick Set in His Hometown of Atlanta
By Kam Williams
*Ever since his parents died in a car accident, Rashad (Tip “T.I.” Harris) has had to put his dream of becoming a cartoonist on hold in order to handle the responsibility of raising his younger brother, Ant (Evan Ross), practically singlehandedly. For although their Uncle George (Mykelti Williamson) did move in with his suddenly orphaned nephews, he’s proven to be more of a hindrance than a help, since he won’t contribute to the upkeep of their row house on the south side of Atlanta. Read Full Story

GLOVER, BELAFONTE BACK REP. MCKINNEY: Congresswoman nabs star support following altercation with Capitol Police.
*Rep. Cynthia McKinney took her cornrows out and all hell broke loose. The Georgia congresswoman, late for a meeting, tried to pull a Remy Ma and walk around the metal detectors last Wednesday at the entrance of a House office building, only to be stopped and allegedly grabbed and “touched inappropriately” by a Capitol Police officer. Read Full Story

PROTESTS FOLLOW ‘BROKEBACK’ BAN IN BAHAMAS: Gay rights groups calling on Control Board to reverse decision.
*Folks in the Bahamas wanting to check out “Brokeback Mountain” must travel to another country to watch the film after the island’s government decided to ban it from theaters. Read Full Story

‘CRASH’ LANDING IN L.A. AND N.Y.: Oscar-winning film honored in Los Angeles; will get a makeover in New York.
*Paul Haggis, director of the Oscar-winning film “Crash,” has been asked to helm a similar film called “Grief,” that will be based in New York. Read Full Story

NAACP BACKS JOCK FIRED OVER LEEZZY COMMENT: St. Louis Chapter says ‘coon’ remark was ‘blown out of proportion’ by press.
*The St. Louis Chapter of the NAACP held a press conference last week to support David Lenihan, the former radio host who was fired on the spot from KTRS after the word "coon" fell from his lips during a discussion about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Read Full Story

RWANDAN PRESIDENT QUESTIONS ‘HOTEL RWANDA’ HERO: Kagame says Rusesabagina’s role in saving Tutsis was not as big as film portrayed.
*Rwandan president Paul Kagame is casting doubt on the hero tag given to the hotel manager played by Don Cheadle in the 2004 film, “Hotel Rwanda.” Read Full Story

HIP HOP BITS: Black Rob sentenced; Diddy files against Proactiv; Suge may lose Death Row; Activists protest Big Boy's billboard.
*On Thursday, the rapper known as Black Rob was sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of grand larceny for robbing a hotel room in 2004. He pleaded guilty to criminal possession of stolen property in November 2005, after hotel security cameras caught him leaving a New York hotel with a woman's pocketbook in November 2004. Read Full Story

FILM/TV/SPORTS BITS: Spike's 'Beer'; 'Dallas' loses director; Bonds's reality show; Dumars in Hall of Fame.
*Hot off the box office success of his No. 1 film “Inside Man,” Spike Lee is behind a series of commercials for a new Anheuser-Busch campaign called, “Here’s to Beer.” Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Hughley at NAMIC; NY declares VH1 Hip Hop Honors Week; Bob James honored.
*Comedian D. L. Hughley is confirmed to host the 12th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards, scheduled for Tuesday, April 18 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. 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

04-03-04 EUR FEEDBACK: Not happy with Bobby Brown family members
"With all of the drama going on with the Whitney Houston camp, I am totally offended that a family member would come out and provide the media with family business; whether it's true or not, that is very FOUL. In my opinion I believe that Bobby Brown and family is jealous ..." Read Full Story

04-03-06 ALL ON ONE PAGE
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