03-02-07 EUR: Today The Black Snake Will Moan / Bobby Brown Freed

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RADIO STATION PAYS BOBBY BROWN’S CHILD SUPPORT: Brother Tommy carries check to jailhouse for singer’s release.
*Bobby Brown has a Washington D.C. radio station to thank for his release from a Massachusetts jail late Wednesday. According to reports, the singer’s brother Tommy arrived at the jailhouse with a check for $19,000 to settle the balance of his child support. The money, however, came from ... Read Full Story

LAWSUIT COMES BETWEEN MEMBERS OF O’JAYS: Sammy Strain says Eddie and Walter ‘conspired’ to rob him of royalties.
*And so it has come to this. Sammy Strain, one third of the legendary R&B group the O’Jays, says he never received any royalties from his 16 years with the group, and is now suing his former band mates Eddie Levert and Walter Williams in an effort to retrieve his fair share. Read Full Story

MARRIAGE RUMORS STILL FOLLOW CHRIS ROCK: Was he asked to hold off divorce until after his new film opens?
*There was no hint of divorce, separation or even bad feelings between Chris Rock and his wife, Malaak, during Wednesday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” but was their appearance as a happy couple just an act? Read Full Story

'BLACK SNAKE MOAN' OUT TODAY: Jackson, Ricci, Timberlake star in titillating new flick.
By Kenya M Yarbrough
*If the movie posters for "Black Snake Moan" featuring Samuel L. Jackson holding a chain with scantily clad Christina Ricci at the end of it, didn’t intrigue you just a bit, the synopsis might pull you in: Jackson stars as bluesman-turned-God-fearing farmer named Lazarus who takes to and takes in a nymphomaniac named Rae, played by Ricci. Whoa. Read Full Story

FOXY BROWN PLEADS GUILTY TO PROBATION VIOLATION: Rapper manages to stay out of jail – unless she messes up one more time.
*Foxy Brown was back in a courtroom Thursday, this time entering a guilty plea to probation violation for leaving New York without permission. Read Full Story

NICK CANNON ‘NO LONGER A PLAYER’: Entertainer says girlfriend Selita Ebanks has ‘changed everything.’
*Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks may have the angel wings, but her boyfriend Nick Cannon seems to be the one flying high these days, basking in the glow of their new relationship. Read Full Story

DIRECTOR DENZEL IN PRE-PRODUCTION ON ‘DEBATERS’: Actor behind the camera for first time since ‘Antwone Fisher.’
*Denzel Washington is in the midst of pre-production on his second directorial effort, “The Great Debaters,” based on the true story of a professor at historically black Wiley College in Texas who inspired students to form the school's first debate team in 1935. Read Full Story

CLEVELAND’S KING JAMES EXPECTING SECOND CHILD: LeBron’s girlfriend is pregnant; baby due in June.
*Before suiting up against the New Orleans Hornets Monday night, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James told reporters that he and his girlfriend, Savannah Brinson, are expecting their second child in June. Read Full Story

‘LINCOLN HEIGHTS’ RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON: ABC Family gives African American drama 10-episode commitment.
*The ABC Family series “Lincoln Heights” may have struggled a bit in the ratings during its inaugural season, but it performed well enough for the network to keep it alive for another run. Read Full Story

LUDACRIS FOUNDATION RECEIVES AWARD: Rapper’s latest single lauded by ‘National Runaway’ organization.
*National Runaway Switchboard (NRS), the federally-designated national communication system for homeless and runaway youth, has chosen rapper Ludacris and his foundation to receive its 2007 Spirit of Youth Award. Read Full Story

NEW YORK CITY BANS N-WORD: Symbolic move hopes to drive home point that word is ugly – in any context; Chris Rock responds.
*The word “nigger” will no longer be tolerated in New York City after its legislature voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the racial epithet from being spoken – whether directed toward blacks or used among blacks. Read Full Story

BENCH WARRANT OUT FOR YOUNG CITY, A.K.A. CHOPPER: Former member of Da Band wanted in Baltimore for failure to appear.
*Rapper Young City, best known from his stint on MTV’s “Making the Band” (when he was called Chopper), is a wanted man in Baltimore after a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest Wednesday. Read Full Story

ROSARIO DAWSON HONORED BY SHoWEST: Convention names her supporting actress of the year.
*Actress Rosario Dawson has been chosen by the film industry convention ShoWest to receive its award for supporting actress of the year during a ceremony to be held March 12-15 at the Bally's and Paris hotels in Las Vegas. Read Full Story

NIECY NASH CELEBRATES B-DAY: Seagram's sponsored bash held at Trifecta in downtown LA.
*Wednesday night saw the celebration of actress/comedian Niecy Nash's birthday with a star-studded celebration at the downtown LA hotspot Trifecta. The party, which brought out celebs like Michael Clarke Duncan, Kathy Griffin, Fonzworth Bentley, Luenell, Nick Carter, Anna Maria Horsford, Dorian Haywood and Earthquake, was sponsored by Seagram's Gin and Tropical Thunder. Read Full Story

BLOGS AND ‘BLOIDS: Robin Givens and Ginuwine?; Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons?; Jay-Z’s baby mama? Preferential treatement for ‘Idol’s’ Barba?; Chris Brown exposed.
*The New York Post’s Page Six is reporting that Robin Givens and Ginuwine got really close last Thursday night at Stereo as they partied with Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri. Read Full Story

FILM/TV/MUSIC BITS: R. Randolph at Image Awards; Mims tops Billboard; Simmons says ‘Do You!’; D.C. reunion on ‘Bodied’ video; Ratner bails on ABC.
*The 38th NAACP Image Awards will open with a performance of "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That" by Robert Randolph & The Family Band. Read Full Story

THEATER BITS: James Reynolds at Freemont in Cali; Taye Diggs at New York’s Work & Show Festival.
*“Days Of Our Lives” veteran James Reynolds will perform his stage production “I, Too, Am America” at the Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena, Calif., where he also serves as one of the artistic directors. Read Full Story

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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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