10-17-06 EURextra: Today is Diddy Day / Flav's New York Gets Her Own Show

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IT’S DIDDY DAY!: Time to ‘Press Play’ on rap mogul’s new CD.
By J.C. Brooks
*Stand up ladies and gentlemen! The King of New York is back! He’s not running through the streets, but he may be running through your every thought with the momentum to his fourth studio album finally coming to a head today. The promotion of his new album has been everywhere. That’s right Sean “Diddy” Combs not only runs New York, but as we reported in yesterday’s EUR, the hip-hop mogul has even secured himself some official city bling in Chicago. Read Full Story

FLAV’S NEW YORK IN ‘FLAVORETTE’ SPINOFF: The ghettoness continues with 20 men competing for New York’s hand.
*Tiffany “New York” Patterson, the twice-spurned lover of Flavor Flav and true star of his reality show franchise “Flavor of Love,” currently sits in the position of power as the subject of its new spinoff, “Flavorette.” Read Full Story

BOBBY BROWN AVOIDS JAIL…FOR NOW: Singer reportedly caught up on back child support.
*TMZ.com is reporting that Bobby Brown may no longer have to worry about a bench warrant hanging over his head. (In fact, Brown confirmed the report via an interview last week with New York radio personality Guy Black on his mid-day show on WBLS-FM.) Read Full Story

DENZEL WRAPS ‘AMERICAN GANGSTER’: Actor reportedly gets pay cut for delayed production.
*New York Post columnist Cindy Adams is reporting that Ridley Scott has finished shooting “American Gangster,” the drama starring Denzel Washington in the real life story of a man who smuggled drugs into Harlem in the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam. Read Full Story

OBAMA WON’T RULE OUT WHITE HOUSE RUN: U.S. could have its first black President in 2008.
*U.S. Senator Barack Obama graces the cover of Time this week to tout his new book, “The Audacity of Hope.” Read Full Story

‘AKEELAH’ DIRECTOR SPELLS OUT BOX OFFICE WOES: Doug Atchison says Starbucks campaign confused folks.
*Doug Atchison, the director of last summer’s charming “Akeelah and the Bee,” says he tries not to dwell on the film’s box office shortcomings, which occurred in spite of the movie’s inspiring story and critically-acclaimed performance from star Keke Palmer. Read Full Story

DUKE RAPE ACCUSER’S CAMP REACTS TO ‘60 MINS’: Woman’s cousin says lacrosse players are trying to “break” her.
*In an exclusive interview with ABC News Sunday night, a relative of the woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of brutally raping her last fall says the defense team and their clients are trying to "break" her cousin and force her to drop out of the case. Read Full Story

CHINA TO EDIT RACY ‘MIAMI VICE’ SCENES: Country not comfortable with steamy scenes involving local talent Gong Li.
*The Chinese have already put their foot down on foul-mouthed Jay-Z. Now, the country has set its sites on curbing the racy content in “Miami Vice,” the feature film co-starring Jamie Foxx that will lose 20 minutes of footage once it is edited for content by China’s film censors. Read Full Story

GNARLS BARKLEY JOINS CHILI PEPPERS FOR TOUR: Groups to hit the road early next year for three months.
*Gnarls Barkley will team with the Red Hot Chili Peppers for a U.S. tour that will criss-cross the country from January through March, 2007. Specific dates will be announced shortly. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: We Don't Die, We Multiply
By Kam Williams
*Robin Harris (1953-1990) was one of those stand-up comics that other comedians raved about and went out of their way to catch live. This explained why so many of his colleagues, including Cedric the Entertainer, DL Hughley, Joe Torry and director Reggie Hudlin make touching tributes crediting Harris with influencing their work in We Don't Die, We Multiply, a half bio-pic, half concert flick directed by Topper Carew. Read Full Story

‘VH1’S HIP HOP HONORS’ AIRS TONIGHT: Honorees include Cube, Wu Tang, Lyte, Rakim, Bambaataa, Simmons, Beastie Boys and Eazy E.
*Hip Hop’s finest came together last October 7th to honor a new class of legendary emcees for the third annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors. Read Full Story

SOURCE SEX TRIAL DAY 4: Osorio's Alleged Affair with 50 Cent Uncovered.
By SOHH.com’s Brandi Hopper
*Day four of The Source sexual harassment trial kicked off this week with talks of an alleged sexual affair between 50 Cent and former Source editor-in-chief Kim Osorio. Read Full Story

DIDDY TEAMS WITH BEST BUY FOR EXCLUSIVE TRACK: Mogul’s album drops today, extra track available only at Best Buy digital music store.
*Sean "Diddy" Combs’ new album “Press Play” finally arrives in stores today from Bad Boy Entertainment, but it’s missing a track that will only be available through Best Buy’s new Digital Music Store. Read Full Story

ST. LUNATIC RAPPER ALLEGES POLICE BRUTALITY: Ali says he was tasered nearly 50 times during traffic stop.
*Rapper Ali of Nelly’s St. Lunatics crew was tasered by police over the weekend during an arrest for minor traffic violations, reports Allhiphop.com. Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: Bahamas becomes official home of Miami Heat; man owning O.J. tapes makes legal move.
*The islands of the Bahamas have inked a sponsorship deal to become the preferred destination of the Miami Heat basketball team. Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Withers-Mendes at Joe’s Pub in NY; Andre 3000 premieres Cartoon Network series in ATL; ‘Apprentice’ brothas host conf. in VA.
*Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, who received a Tony nomination for her performance as Shug Avery in The Color Purple, will perform Dec. 4 at Joe's Pub in New York (425 Lafayette Street). 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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