09-27-06 EUR: Bobby Brown Needs a Ride / Bad News For Boondocks Fans

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FOXY BROWN ASSOCIATE CANCELS COMPLAINT: Both sides agree to avoid contact and keep mouths shut.
*A former assistant of rapper Foxy Brown has dropped her complaint against the entertainer after both parties agreed to avoid contact with each other and refrain from talking about the issue to the press. Read Full Story

BOBBY BROWN DEMANDS CAR FROM TV ONE?: Singer reportedly wanted wheels in exchange for appearance.
*You gotta admire his hustle. In the wake of Bobby Brown’s impending divorce from purse string Whitney Houston, the “King of R&B” is rumored to be hard up for cash, as well as transportation. Read Full Story

WHOOPI TO PLAY BOUGIE GRANDMA ON ‘CHRIS’: Sunday’s episode stars actress as the newest addition to Bed Stuy neighborhood.
*Last summer, producers for “Everybody Hates Chris” announced that Whoopi Goldberg would be one of the guests for the upcoming season. Read Full Story

SCRUBS STAR JUDY REYES FRACTURES PELVIS: Actress takes a tumble at home, but on the mend following surgery.
*Actress Judy Reyes of NBC’s “Scrubs” found herself in a real hospital Thursday to undergo surgery on her fractured pelvis following a fall at her home. Read Full Story

OPRAH KEEPING HARPO TO HERSELF: Mogul says she has no plans to offer public shares of her company.
*Oprah Winfrey – now estimated to be worth $1.5 billion, according to Forbes magazine – is one of the most generous human beings on the planet, but not when it comes to her multimedia company Harpo Productions. Read Full Story

WALKER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP: Husband-Wife Music Execs Combine Talents to Provide Alternatives in Entertainment
*With designs on providing alternative choices for positive, quality entertainment for the 24-40 African American demographic, Bruce Walker and his business partner-wife Brenda Jones Walker have stepped away from their roles as music executives with the likes of DreamWorks, Motown, MCA, Capitol, and Interscope/Death Row Records to form the Los Angeles based Walker Entertainment Group (WEG), a holding company for “B&B Entertainment” (a music and television production company) and “B# (Sharp) Records” (a record label housing R&B, Pop and Contemporary Gospel artists). Read Full Story

MIJAC SAILS AWAY FROM TWO SEAS: Singer cancels plans for new album; plus settlement reached in custody case?
*Five months after the headline-making launch of his Bahrain-based record company, Michael Jackson has left the building and taken plans for a new album with him. Read Full Story

BOO BIRDS LEFT BEYONCE ALONE AT MOBO?: Rep says it was the organizers who were booed, not the singer.
*In the wake of the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards that took place in London last week, whispers of the absent Beyonce being booed by frustrated audience members have bombarded Internet blog sites. Read Full Story

MORE BAD NEWS FOR ‘BOONDOCKS’ FANS: Newspapers are told not to count on it coming back.
*An announcement from Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes Aaron McGruder’s comic strip “The Boondocks” to publications across the country, announced Monday that newspapers should stop looking for its return now that McGruder’s six-month leave is officially over. Read Full Story

LUDACRIS LANDS A BET BLUEPRINT SPECIAL: Plus rapper talks about balancing his acting and rapping careers.
*BET’s “Blueprint” special tonight at 8 p.m. will offer a candid interview with rapper/actor Ludacris to promote his new album, “Release Therapy.” Read Full Story

RESTRAINING ORDER REMAINS FOR FARRELL STALKER: But Dessarae Bradford says don’t call her a stalker.
*The woman who bum-rushed actor Colin Farrell during a live taping of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” must continue to keep herself away from him after a restraining order against her was upheld Monday in court. Read Full Story

WITNESS TO DUKE LACROSS SCANDAL SENTENCED: Kim Roberts gets house arrest for unrelated probation violation.
*Kim Roberts, the exotic dancer who performed at the Duke lacross team party where another exotic dancer said she was raped, was sentenced to 120 days of house arrest Monday for an unrelated probation violation. Read Full Story

CHEADLE JOINS CALIF. GOV IN SUDAN ANNOUNCEMENT: Governator signs bills barring state’s investment in the war-torn country.
*Actors Don Cheadle and George Clooney joined California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday as he signed two bills barring the state's massive pension funds from investing in companies in Sudan and to indemnify the University of California system from liability from divesting its investments in the country, reports Reuters. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Jesus Camp
By Kam Williams
*Parents don't send their children away to simple, sleepaway summer camps anymore. Long gone are the days of the generic getaway situated on the edge of a lake with an inscrutable Indian name where you're just as likely to find a kid hiking up a mountain as playing baseball or whiling away the hours weaving a beaded, lariat keychain. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Rza sued; DMC vs. JMJ’s mom; new Hi-Tek; UK fiasco; arrests in Va. Beach shooting.
*Reps for rapper/producer Rza of the Wu Tang Clan are suing the artist over money they say is owed for his work on the “Blade: Trinity” soundtrack. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Janet’s weight an accident?; Rosie misses Star; Denzel trailer; Tyra wants you naked; Rhimes show delayed; Raven donates.
*FoxNews.com’s Roger Friedman is reporting that Janet Jackson’s 60-pound weight gain had nothing to do with a role in the upcoming film, “Tennessee.” Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: Celebs at Superdome; Rice student dies; Duquesne player recovering; Tiger on Ryder woes; Laila at MSG.
*Spike Lee, Branford Marsailis and Harry Connick Jr. were among the celebs in attendance at Monday’s New Orleans Saints-Atlanta Falcons football game at the Louisiana Superdome, the first NFL game to be played at the newly-restored venue since Hurricane Katrina. Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Powell in Oakland; BADWest in L.A.
*Author Kevin Powell will be doing a talk and signing in Oakland for his 7th book, “Someday We’ll All Be Free,” tonight (9/27) at 6 p.m. at East Bay Church of Religious Science (4130 Telegraph Avenue, between 41st & 42nd). 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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