04-13-07 EUR: Rutgers Team Met With Don Imus Thursday Night

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RUTGERS TEAM MEETS WITH IMUS THURSDAY NIGHT: Sit down comes after CBS fires broadcaster for racist and sexist remarks.
*Well, it’s a wrap for Don Imus. Nearly 24 hours to the minute that NBC said it was canceling its simulcast of his radio show, CBS announced Thursday afternoon that it would no longer syndicate “Imus in the Morning” due to the recent racist and sexist comments of its host. Read Full Story

HALLE BERRY’S: ‘PERFECT’ PICTURE: Actress talks about new film and old news.
In her latest appearance on the big screen, Academy Award Winner Halle Berry teams with Bruce Willis in the sexy suspense thriller “Perfect Stranger.” Berry plays a reporter named Rowena Price who goes undercover as a temp to ferret out ad agency executive Harrison Hill (Willis) as her best friend's killer, which leads her into a game of online cat-and-mouse. The role is actually two for the actress, since she plays a character who pretends to be someone else, and it’s that complexity that drew Berry to the part. Read Full Story

SNOOP, BOB JOHNSON DIFFERENTIATE RAP’S USE OF ‘HO’: In separate interviews, both say context is everything.
*Two folks whom many consider among the root causes of the word “ho” being somewhat tolerated in popular culture – until last Wednesday – have come forward to explain how the term’s use by Don Imus is different than its use in hip hop. Snoop Dogg and BET founder, Bob Johnson, have added their 2cents to the Imus debate. Read Full Story

MEL B. PUTS EDDIE’S NAME ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE: But is the baby’s name really Fortuna Daphne Bay?
*Melanie Brown doesn’t need to wait for a paternity test to prove that ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy is the father of her newborn daughter, Fortuna Daphne Bay – if that is indeed her name. Read Full Story

FOREST WHITAKER JOINS DENZEL IN ‘DEBATERS’: Film produced by Oprah Winfrey to tell true story of Professor Melvin B. Tolson.
*Two Oscar winners and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright are now involved in the upcoming film “The Great Debaters,” which tells the true story of a debate team at a small black college who went on to beat Harvard in the national debate championships. Read Full Story

SECOND BENCH WARRANT ISSUED FOR DMX: Rapper fails to show up again for pending traffic cases.
*DMX is apparently MIA. The rapper, born Earl Simmons, has missed two court dates in two days, prompting a judge in White Plains, NY judge to issue two bench warrants for his arrest. Read Full Story

CO-STARS JOIN MARTIN LAWRENCE’S ‘BETTER MAN’: Plus, actor’s ‘1st Amendment Stand-up’ returns to Starz.
*Joy Bryant, James Earl Jones and Cedric the Entertainer have been added to the cast of “The Better Man,” starring Martin Lawrence as a successful talk show host who leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South. Read Full Story

ACTIVITY IN THE DIVIDED SIMMONS HOUSEHOLD: Kimora to debut reality show on Style Network; Russell’s charity opens Brooklyn Arts Center.
*Kimora Lee Simmons has signed a deal with the Style Network for her own reality show, while her husband Russell Simmons, with whom she is separated, addresses Brooklyn’s high unemployment rate with the launch of a new arts center. Read Full Story

WE REMEMBER ROSCOE LEE BROWNE: Distinguished actor dies of cancer at age 81.
*Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, known for his rich baritone voice and stately demeanor, has died following a long bout with cancer. He was 81. Read Full Story

R&B SINGER SUAVE'S CASE TO BE REVIEWED: He could go free after 13 years in lockdown.
*An R&B singer from back in the day is a step closer to being released from prison after 13 years for the drug-related killing of a man. Wednesday, a state appeals court ordered a hearing within 120 days in Los Angeles County Superior Court in which prosecutors must refute newly presented evidence that Waymond Anderson, AKA Suave, was miles away when the killing took place. If no hearing is scheduled, Anderson must be freed, the court said. Read Full Story

BUYER INTERESTED IN MIJAC’S NEVERLAND RANCH?: Rep Bain says it’s not true.
*The New York Post is reporting that Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch may be sold to “distressed debt guru” Bill Huff for $20 million, which is $30 million less than the amount Jackson reportedly wanted for the property in Santa Barbara. Read Full Story

PARTING SHOTS ON IMUS DEBACLE: Gwen Ifill, Michel Wilbon, Miki Turner, others journalists reflect on national debate.
*Many of the nation’s journalists and columnists have weighed in on the Don Imus situation, which culminated Thursday with his firing by CBS Radio. Read Full Story

OPENING THIS WEEK: Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
By Kam Williams
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (R for profanity, violence, sexuality, and crude humor) Screen adaptation of the short-lived animated TV-series explores the secret origins of the unorthodox squad of superheroes who become embroiled in an epic battle over a sinister piece of exercise equipment which threatens to trigger intergalactic tensions. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Mercury rising; Anthony’s back taxes; Joss’s drinking habits; T-Pain’s ‘Epiphany’; Dakota Staton dies at 76.
*Mercury Records, the one time home of Oleta Adams, the Bar Kays and Kool and the Gang, will be relaunched in the U.S. as a division of Island Def Jam Music Group with David Massey at the helm. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: The Aura (El Aura)
By Kam Williams
*Esteban Espinosa (Ricardo Darin) is an unassuming taxidermist who dreams about trying a more daring line of work. Specifically, he's obsessed with the idea of planning the perfect crime. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: ‘College Hill Interns’; Halle turns the tables; Oprah’s extortionist Bonvillain; ‘I Love NY’ reunion.
*As previously reported, BET is currently casting for its new series “College Hill: Interns,” a spin-off to the “College Hill” reality series that will follow the interpersonal and business dynamics of eight college students living in a new city, hanging out in their new digs, and most importantly working at their new summer jobs. 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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