06-06-06 EURxtra: 'Grey's Anatomy' Creator Signs Multimillon Dollar Prod. Deal

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SHONDA RHIMES EXTENDS TOUCHSTONE CONTRACT: "Grey's" creator signs $10 million production deal to stay put through 2009.
*Shonda Rhimes, the mastermind behind television’s hottest show, "Grey's Anatomy," has just become one of the biggest players in Hollywood after signing a new three-year pact with Touchstone TV that is reportedly worth $10 million. Read Full Story

STEVIE WONDER’S MOTHER DIES: Lula Mae Hardaway rose from poverty in Alabama to become the inspiration behind her famous son.
*Lula Mae Hardaway, the mother of legendary artist Stevie Wonder, has died following an undisclosed illness. Read Full Story

DMX IN TROUBLE AGAIN: This time, it’s over traffic violations.
*A fresh new round of charges have been added to the telephone book-sized rap sheet of rapper DMX. Read Full Story

ED BRADLEY IN AN UPROAR: Veteran ’60 Minutes’ anchor reportedly upset over his contract.
*That clock ticking over at “60 Minutes” could be the time it takes before anchor Ed Bradley loses his cool. Read Full Story

ESPN OUT OF ‘BONDS’: Network cancels show citing conflict with slugger’s handlers.
*Having already placed Barry Bonds’ reality show on hiatus last month, ESPN has now decided that it doesn’t want the series back on the air at all. Read Full Story

ICE CUBE, CHUCK D FEATURED IN PENTHOUSE: Special Music issue includes interview with the pioneering MCs.
*For those who only read Penthouse for the articles, the July issue features an extra som’ som’ for lovers of hip hop, R&B and crunk. Read Full Story

OPRAH BUM-RUSHES WEDDING RECEPTIONS: Host surprises Tulsa couples for a show to air in Sept.
*Unwilling to have her own wedding, Oprah Winfrey has resorted to crashing the wedding receptions of perfect strangers. Read Full Story

NEW HENDRIX STATUE OFFENDS BRITISH TOWN: Residents object to life size replica intruding on Victorian view.
*The folks living in the Dimbola Lodge estate on the U.K.’s Isle Of Wight don’t mind that a life-sized statue of rock legend Jimi Hendrix was built in his honor; they just don’t want it in their neighborhood. Read Full Story

BISHOP DON 'MAGIC' JUAN'S CD RELEASE PARTY: The Kleopatra Girl has a ringside report.
The Bishop, the Bishop was the word last Thursday night at The Dynasty inside The Florentine Gardens. Everyone is in love with Bishop Don Magic Juan and his new CD “Green is for the Money and Gold is for the Honeys” on Avatar Records but, don’t tell the Vatican, cuz they fer sho did not put out a release on this one. Read Full Story

EUR FILM ('District B13') REVIEW: Unlikely Buddies Blend to Save Ghetto in Futuristic Action Flick from France
*Leito (David Belle) is a street-savvy resident of a Parisian slum who ended up behind bars because crooked cops were in cahoots with the drug dealers in control of the his walled-in sector of the city. To add insult to injury, his beautiful sister, Lola (Dany Verissimo), has fallen into the clutches of Taha (Dominique Dorol), the cartel’s ruthless kingpin. Read Full Story

DANNY GLOVER URGES L.A. FARMERS TO IGNORE EVICTION: Actor part of fight to keep landlord from destroying farm in Los Angeles.
*Danny Glover has joined an effort to protest the planned destruction of a 14-acre farm located in the middle of South Central, Los Angeles. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Carey & Janet ‘Jam’; Bizarre’s wife shot; Keys at ‘Songwriters’ dinner; Charles, Left Eye, Jam Master Jay honored;
*Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson shared a stage in New Jersey over the weekend, thanks to producer Jermaine Dupri. Read Full Story

FILM/TV/THEATER BITS: Leguizamo is ‘Blue’; ‘God’s Waiting List’ on DVD; Van Peebles ‘Ain’t’ in NY; Shiloh already giving to charity.
*John Leguizamo and Wilmer Valderrama will topline Disney’s “Something Blue,” a family comedy about a father who becomes unhinged when his first-born daughter gets engaged to a young police officer. Read Full Story

OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP BITS: ‘Bring Dat Beat Back’ in Hollywood; ‘Old School House Party!’ in Austin; Bambaataa in the Bronx.
*Big Daddy Kane, Sugar Hill Gang and Special Ed are among the performers scheduled for “Bring Dat Beat Back…A Tribute to Old Skool Hip Hop,” a concert to be held tomorrow (June 7) in Hollywood, CA. Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Cosby, Vereen support Slavery Museum; Haysbert, Cannon support HIV testing; AXE seeks black films for contest.
*Bill Cosby and Ben Vereen entertained distinguished guests at a fund-raiser in Washington D.C. Saturday for the planned United States National Slavery Museum, to be built in Fredericksburg, VA on the Rappahannock River. 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

06-06-06 EUR FEEDBACK: Ice Cube, 50 Cent, Ludacris & Oprah / Mariah's Latina roots
"So, Ice Cube has joined Ludacris and 50 Cent in dissing Oprah. Please tell me what logical reason would Oprah have for having any of these men on her show? The Oprah who has spent over THIRTY MILLION on her GIRLS Leadership Academy in South African..." Read Full Story

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