05-24-06 EUR: Mariah Caps Comeback With Summer Tour / Oprah's 'Legends' Wins

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MARIAH CAPS COMEBACK WITH A SUMMER TOUR: Singer to hit the road for the first time in three years.
*In August, Mariah Carey will launch a North American tour to squeeze the last bit of life from her remarkable comeback album, “The Emancipation of Mimi.” Read Full Story

‘RAISIN IN THE SUN’ COMING TO ABC: Diddy, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald and Sanaa Lathan to reprise Broadway roles.
*As tipped here by Sean “Diddy” Combs last week, the mogul and his co-stars in the 2004 Broadway revival of “A Raisin in the Sun” will reprise their roles for a two-hour television movie version to air on ABC. Read Full Story

OPRAH’S ‘LEGENDS’ BEATS ‘DEAL OR NO DEAL’: Plus, the talk show queen’s appearance on BET’s ‘Meet the Faith’ airs Sunday.
*It was no deal this time for NBC, as its usual dominance in the 8 p.m. Monday timeslot with “Deal or No Deal” was bum rushed by Oprah Winfrey and her posse of legends. Read Full Story

PRINCE GETS A NEW CROWN: Animal rights group PETA declares the singer “world’s sexiest vegetarian.’
*Prince’s 1992 song “Sexy MF” suddenly describes the eating habits of the singer, who was voted “world’s sexiest vegetarian” in an online poll by animal rights group PETA. Read Full Story

HALLE'S STORM: The X-Men 3 Interview (& more) with Halle Berry
*With X-Men 3, Halle Berry is back on the big screen for the first time in two years, unless you count her voiceover work last year as Cappy in the animated feature Robots. The Oscar-winning actress, who turns 40 in August, had been out of the public eye for awhile, recently returned to the gossip pages after the paparazzi caught her canoodling with Canadian supermodel Gabriel Aubry. Read Full Story

BACHARACH ON TAP FOR TONIGHT’S ‘IDOL’ FINALE: Warwick, Jarreau to perform; final 12 to preview summer tour.
*Before a winner is crowned tonight on “American Idol,” audiences will have to tough it out through two hours of performances from the top 12 finalists plus numbers from last year’s winner Carrie Underwood and 2003's runner-up Clay Aiken. Read Full Story

GEORGE CLINTON TO GET SCARY AND ‘EXOTIC’: Funkateer to perform at a fetish ball and star in new horror flick.
*Funk legend George Clinton is scheduled to perform at New York City's first-ever Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo, the “internationally acclaimed Celebration of Flesh, Fetish, and Freedom” to be held June 17 at New York City's Pier 94. Read Full Story

KENNY LATTIMORE DISCUSSES NEW PROJECTS: He and wife Chante Moore are splitting ... musically.
*Kenny Lattimore established himself in the late 90s as the new breed of crooner. With a smooth tenor voice, his track “For You” mesmerized female audiences and rang out as the matrimonial theme of the decade. Building on the “Moore” the merrier, Lattimore teamed up with Chante Moore in the new millennium for not only a personal partnership, but an artistic one Read Full Story

KENYAN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR BAN OF ‘DA VINCI CODE’: Parliament member says film is ‘blasphemous’ and its supporters are ‘devils.’
*Officials in Kenya are demanding that “The Da Vinci Code” be pulled from all movie theaters in the country because of its “blasphemous” nature. Read Full Story

HILL HARPER TAKES NEW BOOK DIRECTLY TO BLACK YOUTH: Abercrombie & Fitch supports actor’s nationwide speaking tour and lecture series.
*Actor Hill Harper has taken his quest to empower America’s black youth a step further. To promote his popular advice book “Letters To A Young Brother,” the “CSI: NY” star has partnered with clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch to produce a lecture series and book tour that will visit high schools, colleges and universities across the nation. Read Full Story

MAN STABBED OUTSIDE JIM JONES CONCERT: Incident occurred as hundreds crowd doors of the club.
*A man was stabbed in the midst of complete chaos that erupted outside of a concert by rapper Jim Jones in Buffalo, NY. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: ASCAP honors 50; Gnarls still No. 1; Target’s rap CD; Hamilton ‘Stripped’; Richie wedding off; Grammy sets a date.
*The songwriting skills of rapper 50 Cent were honored Monday by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) at its annual Pop Music Awards. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Union’s ‘Daddy’; CW’s black lineup; Rodriguez back in jail; MTV books Samuel L; Norah’s ‘Nights’; Wayans judge Nicktoons.
Gabrielle Union has been cast as the lead in Tyler Perry’s upcoming film, "Daddy's Little Girl." The actress will play a successful attorney who falls in love with a janitor who is a single father of three children. Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: WNBA stars headed to World Championships; NBA All-Star game in New Orleans; boy charged with stealing Payton ring.
*Three-time Olympic gold medal winners Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes were among eight Women's National Basketball Association stars named to the U.S. world championship team. 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