08-03-06 EURxtra: Ex-Destiny's Child, LeToya, Now # 1 / MiJac Loses Lawyers

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LETOYA’S ALBUM DEBUTS AT NO. 1: Vindication finally arrives after 2000 fallout with Destiny’s Child; plus Pharrell’s ‘Mind’ debuts at No. 3.
*Whether it was calculated or not, turns out that last week’s pre-order launch for Beyonce’s upcoming album “B’Day” did nothing to clip the album sales of her former Destiny’s Child mate LeToya Luckett, whose self-titled Capitol disc entered the Billboard 200 chart this week at No. 1. Read Full Story

BEVERLY PEELE GETS PROBATION IN ID THEFT CASE: Model must also pay over $4900 in restitution to the victim and AmEx.
*Which scenario is worse – someone bashing you in the head with a cell phone, or someone stealing your credit card numbers and using your identity to purchase one? Read Full Story

DIDDY ARRIVES LATE TO HIS OWN WHITE PARTY: The call time was 2:30 p.m.; he didn’t show up until 8, talking ‘bout he overslept.
*Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been known to arrive fashionably late to events so that all eyes are on him, but even Diddy didn’t mean to show up at his own White Party in St. Tropez Tuesday some five-and-a-half hours late. Read Full Story

JAMIE FOXX WOULD GIVE UP BACHELORHOOD FOR HALLE: “Miami Vice” actor among throngs who admit to having crush on the actress.
*Oscar winner Jamie Foxx says there’s only one woman who could make him give up his player card on the spot, and that’s fellow Oscar winner, Halle Berry. Read Full Story

CYNTHIA MCKINNEY SUES ATLANTA NEWSPAPER FOR LIBEL: GA Congresswoman takes issue with column in Journal-Constitution.
*Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has filed a libel lawsuit against the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper claiming facts in an editorial column were misstated. Read Full Story

MIJAC LOSES ANOTHER ROUND OF LAWYERS: Team bolts due to non-payment; plus, are Scientologists trying to takeover Neverland?
*Attorneys representing Michael Jackson in his latest legal drama were given permission by a judge to quit representing the singer because he has yet to send them a payment and no one can reach him on the phone. Read Full Story

DJ STAR PLANS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST NY COUNCILMAN: Troi wants $55 million from man who denounced his foul-mouthed rant.
*No longer facing charges for threatening the four-year-old daughter of a rival DJ, former radio jock Star is now setting his sights on revenge against those who dared to speak out against his heinous act. Read Full Story

EUR INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN: The Talladega Nights Interview -- Oscar-Nominee on Change of Pace
By Kam Williams
*Michael Clarke Duncan went from ditch-digger to bodyguard to aspiring actor to Oscar-nominee in just a few years. And the Windy City native’s career only continued to skyrocket after his critically-acclaimed performance as convict John Coffey in the screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Green Mile (1999). Read Full Story

OSCAR PETERSON VICTIM OF RACIAL TAUNTS: Canadian jazz great threatens to leave country after racist remarks yelled outside his family home.
*A friend of jazz legend Oscar Peterson says the musician will not leave Toronto despite a recent racist incident in which insults and racial slurs were shouted toward his home. Read Full Story

BEYONCE BITS: Original single recorded for ‘Dreamgirls’ soundtrack; singer copies Jay-Z’s studio techniques; Dupri says no comparison between Bey and Janet.
*Three months following the Sept. 5th release of her new album, “B’Day,” Beyoncé will hit fans with a track called “Listen,” the lead single from the soundtrack to her upcoming film, “Dreamgirls,” due in theaters on Christmas Day. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Janet banned; Ashanti’ breast; Latifah headlines; MiJac, Prince among MTV’s ‘Influential’; Snoop & Bootsy; Ruben’s big ‘Change.’
*An upcoming book reveals information about how Janet Jackson was banned from famous Paris restaurant, Arpege. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: PCD on CW; ‘106’ hosts settle in; Howard in ‘Iron Man?’; ‘Flavor 2’ fight already; J.Lo drops ‘Dallas.’
*The Pussycat Dolls will search for a new member of the group through an eight-episode reality show to air on the new CW channel during the 2006-07 season. Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: Gatlin masseuse denies foul play; Williams a Cowboy through 2010; Bush debuts No. 25; NBA changes rules; Rodman on Electra drama.
*An Oregon massage therapist is denying that he applied testosterone cream to Olympic track star Justin Gatlin, who announced Saturday that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency informed him of a test indicating he had used testosterone or other steroids after an April 2006 relay race in Kansas. 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

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