07-12-06 EUR: New Beyonce Vid Out Today / BET's 'Uncut' Gets Cut / Busta Speaks

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BEYONCE’S ‘DÉJÀ VU’ VIDEO PREMIERES TODAY: Clip to debut simultaneously on MTV’s TRL and Overdrive.
*Soon, the world will have images other than the big BET Awards performance to go along with Beyonce’s new single, “Déjà Vu.” Today, MTV’s “Total Request Live” (3:30 p.m. weekdays) and the network’s broadband counterpart, Overdrive, will premiere the video for “Déjà Vu” simultaneously. Read Full Story

‘BET UNCUT’ HAS BEEN CANCELLED: Scantily clad dancers for X-rated R&B/rap videos must now find another outlet.
*Maybe Jill Scott’s cries at the Essence Music Festival were loud enough to be heard in the executive offices of Black Entertainment Television. Read Full Story

BUSTA FINALLY SPEAKS ABOUT RAMIREZ MURDER: Rapper describes events at video shoot leading up to the fatal shots.
*After months of keeping quiet about the fatal shooting of his bodyguard, rapper Busta Rhymes has finally commented publicly on the subject to Launch/Yahoo Music. Read Full Story

KEYSHIA COLE: Songbird Knows and Shows 'The Way It Is'
By Kenya M. Yarbrough
*After delivering her red-hot debut album, "The Way It Is," Keyshia Cole is currently trying to figure out a name for her very own record label, although she has definitely figured out how to make a name for herself. The twenty-something songstress, who grew up in a tough neighborhood in Oakland, California has turned tumultuousness into tenacity and has ventured beyond a singing career into an entertainment business with a boutique label and a reality series. Read Full Story

IS STAR’S REPLACEMENT ALREADY A DONE DEAL?: Sources tell columnist Charlton that Bo Griffin signed a deal months ago.
*Entertainment columnist Janet Charlton is reporting that the producers of “The View” have already chosen radio veteran Bo Griffin to replace Star Jones Reynolds in a deal that was done several months ago. Read Full Story

MIJAC’S CHARITY RECORD DISCUSSED AT TRIAL: Singer’s former lawyer takes stand; testifies about Schaffel’s firing.
*A former lawyer for Michael Jackson took the stand Monday to say the singer tried to fire the former business associate currently suing him for $3.8 million after learning that he once directed gay adult films. Read Full Story

RAPPER ROMEO ALL ABOUT BASKETBALL FOR NOW: Master P says his son’s talents go way beyond the microphone.
*Not too many 16-year-old boys can say they have both a single on the radio and a spot in the nation’s top-rated high school basketball camp. But, rapper Romeo can. Read Full Story

DMX, KEYSHIA COLE REALITY SHOWS BEGIN TONIGHT: BET exposes viewers to the day-to-day routines of two colorful artists.
*Keyshia Cole and DMX appeared before reporters yesterday at the Television Critics Association Press Tour to promote their new reality shows debuting on BET tonight: “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” at 9 p.m., and “DMX: Soul of a Man” at 9:30 p.m. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: The OH In Ohio
By Kam Williams
*Advertising executive Priscilla Chase (Parker Posey) appears to have achieved the American Dream. After all, besides being recently promoted to vice president, she has a beautiful home in suburban Cleveland which she shares with her handsome husband, Jack (Paul Rudd). The childless couple's only problem is that he's never managed to satisfy her in bed... Read Full Story

EUR BOOK REVIEW: He Talk Like A White Boy
By Kam Williams
*"I have grown tired of hearing people badmouth America. I love my country and claim it as my own because I believe America is good ... America is great because America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Eddie Murphy and Scary Spice?; Charlie Murphy on tour; Dule’s ‘Psych’ a hit;
*Word has it that Eddie Murphy has moved on from “Access Hollywood’s” Shaun Robinson and is now spending time with former Spice Girl Melanie Brown – a.k.a. Scary Spice. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Missy joins Reggae Sumfest; Sigel donates to R&B vets; Lil’ Flip bamboozled?; Diddy vs. pedicab driver.
*Missy Elliott is the latest performer to be added to the 2006 Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest, Jamaica’s biggest reggae event which already includes 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Rihanna, plus a number of reggae artists. Read Full Story

RADIO/BOOK BITS: ‘Respect the Jux’; new ‘Urban Beauty Collective’ CD; new books on Kanye West and Suge Knight.
*“Respect the Jux,” written by author Yello, is described as a “true fiction” novel about a young thief, Cat, who organizes an order of thieves whose heists bring in millions of dollars. 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