01-04-07 EURxtra: Whitney Houston's Clothes & Stuff to be Auctioned

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WHITNEY’S STUFF TO BE AUCTIONED BY STORAGE FACILITY: Company to unload items since Nippy hasn’t paid storage fees since 2005.
*Whitney Houston’s drawers and other personal belongings are up for grabs after a New Jersey storage facility has decided to get rid of her things that have been sitting there without payment since 2005. Read Full Story

BEYONCE RULED INELIGIBLE FOR BEST SONG OSCAR: Academy rules limit number of songwriters honored; ‘Listen’ has one too many.
*Should Beyonce’s song “Listen” from the “Dreamgirls” soundtrack win an Oscar for best original song, the former Destiny’s Child leader will not go home with a golden statue as one of the four writers of the tune. Read Full Story

DENZEL SECRETS REVEALED IN NEW BOOK: Actor nixed love scene with Julia Roberts out of respect for black women; other tidbits in ‘Off the Record.’
*In new book “Off the Record,” a collection of celebrity interviews conducted by Newsweek reporter Allison Samuels, Denzel Washington reveals that he refused to do a love scene with Julia Roberts in 1993’s “The Pelican Brief” out of loyalty to his female African-American fan base. Read Full Story

SNIPES OPENS FILM SCHOOL IN NAMIBIA: Actor leaves parting gift after wrap of “Gallowwalker.”
*Wesley Snipes has shown good will toward the film industry of Namibia, where he has just completed filming his upcoming movie “Gallowwalker,” and where he famously chose to remain as tax fraud charges were filed against him in the U.S. late last year. Read Full Story

PRODUCERS GUILD NOMINATES ‘DREAMGIRLS’: Musical in the running for group’s best film category; ‘Grey’s’ gets TV drama nod.
*The Producers Guild of America is the latest group to count “Dreamgirls” among the year’s best films. The group – consisting of film and television producers – announced Wednesday that the musical is among their nominees for 2006's best film. Read Full Story

REPS DISMISS NELLY/ASHANTI ENGAGEMENT RUMORS: Artists are not heading anywhere near a chapel.
*Another wedding rumor has been put to rest. Representatives at Universal Records have come forward to deny recent reports that their artist Nelly and his girlfriend, R&B singer Ashanti, had gotten engaged during the holidays. Read Full Story

WILL.I.AM TURNS FULL ATTENTION TOWARD MIJAC ALBUM: Black Eyed Pea to help shape King of Pop’s new musical direction.
*will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas says his 2007 will focus largely on production of the anticipated comeback album from Michael Jackson, which is tentatively due later this year on the Bahrain-based Two Seas Records. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: The Good Shepherd
By Kam Williams
*Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) was lucky enough to be born with a blue-blooded WASP lineage. As a consequence, he was not only able to follow in his father's footsteps to Yale, but to join Skull and Bones, the college's secret society which has, for generations, served as a breeding ground for captains of industry, presidents and other powerful leaders. Read Full Story

ESPN, ABC ALREADY TRYING TO HIRE TIKI BARBER?: Retiring New York Giant rumored to be in negotiations.
*The New York Post reported Tuesday that New York Giants running back Tiki Barber, who has announced that this year would be his last, has already signed a four-year, $10 million contract to join Disney-owned networks ABC News and ESPN upon his retirement. Read Full Story

RADIO ONE ACQUIRES GIANT MAGAZINE: Editor Smokey Fontaine to become publication’s CEO and part owner.
*Radio One has a big toe in the world of publishing following Wednesday’s announcement that it has acquired “certain assets and assumed certain liabilities” of Giant Magazine for approximately $270,000. Read Full Story

FOREST WHITAKER DISCUSSES HIS CRAFT: Actor participates in Hollywood Reporter roundtable with Kidman, Affleck and Norton.
*Forest Whitaker, the best actor standout of award season 2006/07, joined fellow distinguished actors Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman and Ed Norton for a roundtable discussion about their profession. Read Full Story

BET STARTS TAPPING HBO’s ‘WIRE’ NEXT WEEK: First season to make its basic cable debut next week.
*You got sucked into the recently-wrapped third season of HBO’s critically-acclaimed original series, “The Wire,” and now you are anxious to catch up on seasons one and two. Read Full Story

TRUCKER APOLOGIZES FOR BREAKING LEG OF STYLES P: John Hudson says he was just trying to drive away, but ‘was a foot off.’
*The truck driver who broke the leg of rapper Styles P in a traffic accident just before Christmas has apologized to the artist and said the incident was unintentional. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Slim Thug & Boss Hogg Outlawz; ‘Rwanda Rising’ opens PAFF; Yohane Banda wants Madonna’s number; ‘Ethel Waters’’ play in Philly.
*Rapper Slim Thug and the Boss Hogg Outlawz have joined forces for a new album, "Serve & Collect," due Feb. 27 via Koch. 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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