04-23-07 EUR: Anika Noni Rose Set for Disney's 'The Frog Princess'

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ANIKA NONI ROSE TO PLAY DISNEY’S ‘FROG PRINCESS’: ‘Dreamgirls’ star will lend voice to studio’s first African-American princess.
*If 2007 was Jennifer Hudson’s year, her “Dreamgirls” co-star, Anika Noni Rose has just laid claim to 2009 and beyond as the newest member of the lucrative Disney family of princess heroines. Read Full Story

WOMAN SUING ROCK HAS CRIMINAL PAST: TMZ.com exposes Kali Bowyer’s rap sheet.
*Kali Bowyer, the woman who claims Chris Rock fathered her 13-year old child has a thick rap sheet, according to TMZ.com, that includes a DUI in Georgia, a theft by deception charge last summer, and pending charges of running an cell phone scam. Read Full Story

AKON’S RAUNCHY DANCE WITH 14-YEAR-OLD IRKS DAD: But pastor refuses church demands to denounce the performance.
*The father of the 14-year-old girl pulled on stage to engage in simulated sex with R&B singer Akon is calling the act “atrocious,” but refuses to lay total blame on the superstar crooner. Video footage of Thursday’s incident in Port of Spain, Trinidad made national headlines after it hit YouTube the next day. Pastor Dave Alleyne of the Flaming Word Ministry of Chaguanas, father of the 14-year-old, says his daughter Deena was taken advantage of during the concert at Zen nightclub. Read Full Story

IT'S OFFICIALLY A WRAP FOR BOBBY & WHITNEY: Divorce becomes final tomorrow.
*The marriage of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston becomes an official done deal on Tuesday, April 24, per a California judge. The divorce, listed as “uncontested,” calls for neither party to receive spousal support. Also, the property division is listed as "no community property." As previously reported, Houston will have sole physical and legal custody of their 14-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina, while Brown has been granted a "reasonable right of visitation." Read Full Story

JASON WHITLOCK INTERVIEWS FOR IMUS JOB: Plus, CBS fires producer McGuirk and sues Calif. station for airing reruns.
*Kansas City Star sports columnist Jason Whitlock, who gained nationwide attention by speaking out against the actions of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson during the Don Imus scandal, is reportedly interviewing to fill the fired host’s vacated spot at New York’s WFAN-AM – the CBS-owned station that served as home base for the nationally-syndicated, “Imus in the Morning.” Read Full Story

FOREST WHITAKER MEETS WITH NELSON MANDELA: Oscar winner is guest of tourism board.
*Forest Whitaker, a best actor Academy Award winner for “The Last King of Scotland,” visited former South African president Nelson Mandela on Friday during his first trip to in the country. Read Full Story

‘PACMAN’ JONES BUYS FULL-PAGE AD TO ADDRESS TEAM: Tennessee Titan promises to regain trust of his teammates and fans.
*Suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones took steps recently to ensure that his teammates and fans know that he is remorseful about his recent missteps and dedicated to making some positive changes. Read Full Story

NOW BET IS BALLIN': John Salley & company bring the 'Ballers' to the club to chat.
By Dennis J. Freeman
*Black Entertainment Television (BET), the first nationwide black television network has come to the conclusion that more is better. Better programming and more variety of shows is now in the offering for BET followers. Among the shows the netlet will be featuring in its new lineup are variations of animation, comedy and reality television. BET is also “ballin” with a new weekly show that network executives think could be a sure-fire hit with their core audience. That said, “Ballers” a one hour sports talk show, devoted to the latest sports news as well as social issues, comes with a little bit of flavor and different perspective than most sports talk shows. Read Full Story

FLORIDA SENATE VS. RIP-OFF BANDS: Senate legislation passes to keep oldies acts from using famous names.
*The Florida Senate passed legislation Friday that stops oldies acts from adopting the names of famous groups, such as the Drifters or Coasters, without authorization. Read Full Story

CELTICS’ TELFAIR CAUGHT WITH LOADED HANDGUN: Brooklyn athlete originally stopped for speeding on Bronx River Parkway.
*Boston Celtics player Sebastian Telfair was caught slipping, allegedly, by cops in Yonkers, New York. After he was pulled over for speeding on the Bronx River Parkway, police found a loaded handgun under a seat in his SUV. Read Full Story

WE REMEMBER: California Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald succumbs to cancer.
*A candle-light vigil will be held tonight to honor Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald who died Sunday of cancer at her home in Carson, CA. She was 68 years old. An aide said the congresswoman had asked for a leave of absence from her House duties just last week to deal with her illness when she succumbed. The long-time public servant was in her seventh term representing the largely Democratic southern California district that includes Compton, Long Beach and parts of Los Angeles. Before that, she served on the Compton City Council and in the California State Assembly. Read Full Story

GHOSTFACE, TUPAC TARGET OF LAWSUIT OVER SAMPLE: R&B/Jazz singer Esther Williams says she’s owed $10 million.
*R&B/Jazz singer Esther Williams has filed a $10 million lawsuit against parties responsible for the use of her 1976 single “Last Night Changed It All” by the late Tupac Shakur and Wu Tang Clan rapper Ghostface Killah without permission. Read Full Story

DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLES BLACKS ON WALL STREET: Benefit Wednesday to raise money for post production and distribution.
*A documentary is in the works about African Americans who have made substantial contributions on Wall Street. Titled “Wall Street In the Black,” the film by Drunia M. Duvivier aims to serve as inspiration for a generation of black youth. Read Full Story

B. SMITH LAUNCHES FURNITURE LINE: Due in the fall, collection is the first created by a black woman for national distribution.
*Barbara “B. Smith,” a.k.a. "the black Martha Stewart," has expanded her lifestyle empire to include the release of her own furniture line - a 40-piece home collection with manufacturer Clayton Marcus titled, "At Home With B. Smith." Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Hot Fuzz
By Kam Williams
*With an arrest rate four times that of anyone else on the force, Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is London's most highly-decorated cop. But instead of appreciating the efforts of their department's star, his colleagues are upset that all those commendations for bravery are only making them look bad. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Code Name: The Cleaner
By Kam Williams
*Jake Rodgers (Cedric the Entertainer), a janitor for a video game manufacturer, somehow ends up unconscious in a hotel room with a dead FBI Agent and a briefcase containing $250,000 after being hit over the head by a mysterious assailant. Read Full Story

COSBY, POUSSAINT SIGN BOOK DEAL: Duo teams to spread ‘message of hope and empowerment’ within black America.
*Entertainer Bill Cosby and Harvard professor Alvin F. Poussaint have joined forces to release a book this fall that aims to stomp out hopelessness and negative social patterns within the black community. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Diddy's ego; J.Lo's million-dollar gig; Mario's 'Go'; Dupri, Blige honored; jazz's Hill dies.
*Sean “Diddy” Combs and Justin Timberlake have made Us Weekly’s poll of celebrities with the biggest ego. The magazine says Timberlake “has claimed that McDonald's shares climbed 25 percent when he walked into their offices and changed their image." Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: August Wilson Day in NY; Color Purple at Broadway/LA; BET's Rap It Up forum; 'Ella!' tribute; McKnight and special guests in Los Angeles.
*Whoopi Goldberg will join producer-actress Tamara Tunie and Radio Golf co-stars Harry Lennix and Tonya Pinkins to celebrate August Wilson Day on what would have been the playwright's 62nd birthday, April 27. 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

EUR FEEDBACK: Bush didn't time getting to Virginia Tech
"No disrespect to the fallen victims of Virginia Tech, GOD BLESS each and every one of them and my hope is that they rest in peace. But is it just me, or was anyone else disgusted & angered by how quickly George Bush and his wife made their way to Virginia Tech, (the very next day after the tragedy) to give speeches and prayer vigils, yet on the 4th day of Hurricane Katrina, Governor Bush did a mere 30-minute fly over to survey the scene? Absolutely disgusting." Read Full Story

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