10-06-06 EUR: R. Kelly Accused of Beating 'Mentor' / Halle Has New Film

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HALLE BERRY TO STAR AS TEACHER IN NEW FILM: Actress will portray true story of white teacher who ran for congress.
*Halle Berry’s next movie role will center on the true story of Tierney Cahill, a teacher from Reno, Nev. who accepted a challenge from her sixth grade class to run for Congress in 2000. Read Full Story

R. KELLY ACCUSED OF BEATING ‘MENTOR’: Man files suit accusing singer of assault and cheating him out of royalties.
*A man calling himself a musician’s “mentor” is suing R. Kelly over claims that the singer beat him and reneged on payment of songwriting royalties for the hit “Step in the Name of Love.” Read Full Story

PHILLY HAS SOMETHING EXTRA FOR T.O. SUNDAY: Fight song ("We're Better") recorded to rally fans against the hated Eagle-turned-Cowboy.
*When the Dallas Cowboys travel to Philadelphia Sunday to take on the hometown Eagles, the City of Brotherly Love will have none for Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens. Read Full Story

CASSIDY IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER CAR WRECK: Rapper was a passenger in SUV struck by a U-Haul truck.
*MTV News is reporting that Philadelphia rapper Cassidy is in critical condition from severe injuries suffered in a car accident Wednesday night (Oct. 4) in New Jersey. Read Full Story

WE REMEMBER TAMARA DOBSON: Actress most known for playing Cleopatra Jones died Monday.
*Actress Tamara Dobson, one of the blaxploitation era’s biggest stars and best known for her turn as crime-fighting Cleopatra Jones in two 70s films, died Monday of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis at the Keswick Multi-Care Center in Baltimore, where she had lived for the past two years. Read Full Story

MIJAC SINGLES OFFERED IN BOXED SET: Epic/MJJ/Legacy to release DualDiscs of 20 Jackson classics. Plus XtraJet owner sentenced.
*Here’s a must have for die-hard Michael Jackson fans – a boxed set featuring 20 of his greatest hits on DualDiscs – with the video for each track on the DVD side. Read Full Story

CW’S BLACK NIGHT SWITCHES TO MONDAY: 'Girlfriends,' 'Chris,' 'All of Us' and 'The Game' move from Sundays beginning Oct. 16.
*The CW has decided to haul all of its black comedies – Everybody Hates Chris,” “All of Us,” “Girlfriends” and new series “The Game” – from Sunday to Monday nights beginning this weekend. Read Full Story

LUDACRIS CAST IN CHRISTMAS COMEDY: Rapper joins Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti and Kevin Spacey in comedy about Santa’s brother.
*Recent chart-topper Ludacris has been cast as an angry elf in the upcoming Christmas comedy, “Fred Claus,” which stars Vince Vaughn as Santa’s loser brother living in New York. Read Full Story

REACTION TO VIVICA’S BOOT FROM ‘DANCING’: Actress takes bad news like a pro. Springer, Evans manage to hang on.
*Vivica A. Fox handled her ousting gracefully on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” Wednesday night, despite the overall consensus that two other contestants (Jerry Springer and Sara Evans) turned in poorer performances the night before. Read Full Story

MUSIC/WEB BITS: Akon’s record; Fat Joe’s label; Madonna denies adoption; Ice T & NYC mayor; B-Real on ‘Scarface’ LP; Doin' It Network.
*Akon has broken a Billboard Hot 100 record by making the largest climb in the chart's 48-year-history with "Smack That" featuring Eminem, which rockets 95-7. Read Full Story

TV BITS: CBS extends ‘Unit’; Lindo’s ‘Kidnapped’ to halt production; Mr T’s ‘Fool’ on Yahoo; Lloyd Banks on ‘Miami Ink’; Roker/Roberts honored; Longoria denies split.
*Dennis Haysbert’s CBS drama “The Unit” has been given a full-season pickup, which boosts its initial order of 13 episodes to 22 for 2006/07. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: Edmond
*Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) is a latter-day Willy Loman experiencing a mid-life crisis. This straitlaced, corporate-type finds himself suddenly fed-up not only with his job, but with his wife, and with just about anyone different from him who crosses his path. Read Full Story

OPENING THIS WEEK: Kam's Kapsules -- Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
By Kam Williams
Employee of the Month (PG-13 for profanity, and for crude and sexual humor) Jessica Simpson stars in this testosterone-sodden teensploit as the new cashier at a cavernous retail store who inspires a couple of co-workers (Dane Cook and Dax Shepard) to compete when they learn of her reputation for dating the dude dubbed the Employee of the Month. Read Full Story

ANTHONY ANDERSON TAKES PART IN ‘DEPARTED’: Actor gets to work with the best in the business.
Every so often, a film comes along that gets both audiences and critics buzzing. Every once in a while, a film recruits some of the most highly acclaimed cast and crew members. Every now and again, moviegoers salivate for a film opening. Every blue moon a film gets thespians, action fiends, and film students worked up. That time very well may have come with the release of the new film “The Departed.” Read Full Story

FILM BITS: Shareeka in ‘Alien’; Cheadle, Freeman, Mac honor Clooney; Luke’s a ‘Maybe.'
*Shareeka Epps, last seen opposite Ryan Gosling in the indie film “Half Nelson,” will make her major studio debut in Fox’s “Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest,” a sequel to 2004’s “Alien vs. Predator.” Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: Trial for Duquesne three; Jordan to tour Europe.
*Three people held in connection with the shooting of five Duquesne University basketball players outside a school dance were ordered Wednesday to stand trial. 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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October 5, 2006