10-20-06 EUR: Slick Rick Still Facing Deportation / Is OJ Playing With Fire?

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SLICK RICK STILL FACING DEPORTATION: Rapper’s 1990 murder case rears ugly head.
*Rapper Ricky “Slick Rick” Walters continues his long-running legal battle with the U.S. government who wants him deported for a crime he committed 16 years ago. Read Full Story

FABOLOUS DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS RIDIN’ DIRTY: That’s what his lawyer says; plus, rapper’s shooting may have link to Telfair robbery.
*An attorney for rapper Fabolous says his client may not have been aware that loaded firearms were in a vehicle that attempted to rush him to the hospital following his shooting on Tuesday. Read Full Story

CRACKER BARREL BLAMES INCIDENT ON SHIFT CHANGE: Restaurant says racial bias was not cause of Rock’s mother’s long wait.
*Officials for the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in South Carolina are blaming a shift change for the long wait experienced last May by Rose Rock, the mother of actor/comedian Chris Rock. Read Full Story

'FIRE' IS CATCHING: Derek Luke & Patrick Chamusso talk on new film
By Kenya M. Yarbrough
Derek Luke may still be considered an up-and-coming star, but the actor’s repertoire certainly has the look of a veteran’s. With his breakout role in “Antwone Fisher” with Denzel Washington in 2002, industry-ites and fans figured he was one to watch, in so many ways. Now the young actor takes on the role of Patrick Chamusso in the film “Catch A Fire.” The film follows the true story of young Chamusso, who carried out solo attacks against the Apartheid regime in South Africa in the 1980s. Read Full Story

LACHANZE TO LEAVE ‘COLOR PURPLE’ NEXT MONTH: Understudy Jeannette I. Bayardelle will take over starring role.
*Broadway star LaChanze, a Tony Award winner for her role as Miss Celie in Broadway’s The Color Purple, has announced that her last day with the musical will be Nov. 5. Read Full Story

LUDACRIS SNATCHES HOT 100 FROM TIMBERLAKE: “Money Maker” also tops Hot R&B/Hip Hop chart.
*Justin Timberlake totes his “SexyBack” down to No. 2 this week on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart thanks to Ludacris, whose latest single “Money Maker” featuring Pharrell takes over the No. 1 spot. Read Full Story

STEVIE WONDER HONORED BY CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM: Singer received award Tuesday night in Memphis.
*Motown legend Stevie Wonder broke out into song as he accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum Tuesday night in Memphis, Tenn. Read Full Story

LIFE SENTENCE FOR SHOOTER AT 50 CENT FILM: Man shot his former prison rival at theater showing ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’.”
*The man whose actions prompted a premature pulling of 50 Cent’s film “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” in Pittsburgh has been sentenced to life in prison. Read Full Story

NEW TUPAC ALBUM DUE NEXT MONTH: ‘Pac’s Life’ features Snoop, Bone, Buck, Ashanti, T.I. and unreleased songs from late rapper.
*Previously unheard material from the late Tupac Shakur will fill a new album co-executive produced by his mother Afeni Shakur and released Nov. 21 via Amaru/Interscope Records. Read Full Story

STUDIO BEHIND WILL SMITH FILM LAUNCHES CONTEST: Columbia offering internships to winners of ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ competition.
*Columbia Pictures is partnering with eight of the world's leading companies to offer "The Pursuit of Happyness 'Pursue It' The Ultimate Internship Contest," in which contestants will compete for dream internships at Gap Inc., The Hollywood Reporter, Morgan Stanley, NBC, the National Football League (NFL), PEOPLE Magazine, PlayStation and Yahoo! Read Full Story

‘ACCESS HOLLYWOOD’ HAS MIJAC EXCLUSIVE: Billy Bush talks about upcoming interview with King of Pop.
*“Access Hollywood” teased viewers this week with a quick promo of an upcoming November segment on Michael Jackson. Read Full Story

O.J. SIMPSON TO PEN BOOK TITLED ‘IF I DID IT’: Tabloid claims former NFL star’s murder account will be “hypothetical.”
*The National Enquirer has a detailed report about an upcoming book by O.J. Simpson that will lay out a “hypothetical” account of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Read Full Story

OPENING THIS WEEK: Kam's Kapsules -- Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
By Kam Williams
*Flags of Our Fathers (R for profanity and the graphic depiction of the carnage of war) Clint Eastwood directs this WWII bio-pic about the fates of the six soldiers seen raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph snapped on February 23, 1945 after the bloody battle on the island of Iwo Jima. Ensemble cast features Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell and John Slattery. Read Full Story

SPORTS BITS: Tiki to retire?; T.O. still upset; McNabb for diabetes awareness; Holyfield sued.
*New York Giants running back Tiki Barber says he may consider retiring from the game at the end of this season. "I've been considering it for a few years now," Barber, 31, told the Associated Press. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Banxxx strikes again; ‘Gridiron’ on FX; ‘VH1 Hip Hop Honors’ record; Oprah is the new Cronkite.
*During an episode of “The Tyra Banks Show,” the host thought she had stopped her porn star counterpart Tyra Banxxx from continuing to use her name to make a living, but the woman apparently wasn’t quite ready to let go of her meal ticket. Read Full Story

MUSIC/THEATER BITS: Benson/Jarreau album; Braxton breakdown; iPod virus; KJLH DJ quits; Grier’s ‘Wiz’ extends; Withers-Mendes cancels.
*Jazz legends George Benson and Al Jarreau have teamed for an album titled "Givin it Up," which arrives in stores Oct. 24 with special guests Paul McCartney, Jill Scott, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller and Chris Botti. 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