04-24-07 EURxtra: NAACP Aims to Stop Offensive Images in Media

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PROBLEMS BETWEEN WHITNEY AND CLIVE?: Rumor has it that the two disagree over direction of comeback album.
*Veteran gossip columnist Janet Charlton reported Monday that creative differences between Whitney Houston and her producer/mentor Clive Davis are threatening to hold up the scheduled June release of her anticipated comeback album. Read Full Story

NAACP AIMS TO ‘STOP’ OFFENSIVE IMAGES IN MEDIA: Civil rights group launches campaign to hold industry responsible.
*On the heels of the Hip Hop Summit Action Network’s statement asking rappers to voluntarily refrain from using sexually and racially-offensive words in their lyrics, the NAACP on Monday also launched an initiative to end racist and sexist language, images and concepts in the media by calling for a shift in personal behavior; but the group plans to hold the industry responsible as well. Read Full Story

NOW RUSSELL SIMMONS IS DOWN WITH HIP HOP CLEAN UP: 'Bitch,' 'ho' and 'nigger' are words to be avoided.
*EUR has received a statement from the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) that outlines its recommendations to the recording and broadcast industries in light of the recent discussion of derogatory words in rap lyrics. Interestingly, the statement, released on Monday, shows a change of direction for the Russell Simmons and Dr. Ben Chavis headed organization. On April 13, in the wake of Don Imus' firing for his "nappy-headed hos" utterance, they maintained that offensive references in hip-hop "may be uncomfortable for some to hear, but our job is not to silence or censor that expression." Read Full Story

EURCAST: THE PARIS BENNETT INTERVIEW MELTDOWN: Listen to what happens when you ask the wrong thing.
*On this edition of the EURcast, an attempt to interview Paris Bennett goes horribly wrong. Lee Bailey gets into an argument with the singer's publicist and the interview was shut down before it really got going. Read Full Story

MYA’S ‘LIBERATION’ TO FINALLY COME IN JUNE: Singer explains the delay in releasing first new material since 2003.
*Motown has set a release date of June 26 for Mya’s new album, “Liberation.” The tone of the project reflects the issues she’s had to deal with since leaving Interscope records after 2003’s “Moodring.” Read Full Story

GO-GO LEGEND CHUCK BROWN DROPS NEW LP TODAY: ‘Business’ marks first original material since 1996.
*Washington D.C.’s godfather of go-go, Chuck Brown, will drop his long-awaited new studio album “We’re About the Business” today from Raw Venture. While Brown’s music has long been part of the fabric of our Nation’s Capitol, fans outside the Beltway may have just been introduced to him via “Tambourine,” the new Swizz Beats-produced single from rapper Eve, which samples Brown’s 1974 R&B hit “Blow Your Whistle.” Read Full Story

50 CENT TAPS AKON, BLIGE AND A PUSSYCAT DOLL: Trio among array of talent to appear on rapper’s upcoming CD, ‘Curtis.’
*The June 26th release of 50 Cent’s new album, “Curtis,” will feature a who’s who of high-powered R&B/pop talent, including Akon, Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls. Read Full Story

JOE FRAZIER DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST DAUGHTER: Former boxing champ resolves issue over missing business records.
*Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has withdrawn a lawsuit filed against his daughter after she promised to help him find his missing records. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: Deja Vu
By Kam Williams
*ATF Agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) is one of the first feds on the scene following an explosion aboard a New Orleans ferry. Over five hundred passengers perish in the fiery inferno, and Doug suspects it to be the work of a terrorist as soon as he discovers traces of a weapon of mass destruction amidst the charred bodies bobbing in the water and washing up along the banks of the Mississippi River. Read Full Story

HENDRIX GUITAR BENEFITS KATRINA-HIT MUSICIANS: Plus, new instructional DVD teaches ‘Axis’ album note for note.
*A left-handed guitar used by Jimi Hendrix on his landmark albums "Axis: Bold as Love" and "Electric Ladyland" sold for $400,000 Sunday at a rock memorabilia auction to benefit New Orleans musicians hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina. Read Full Story

LAILA ALI STOMPS STEREOTYPES WITH ‘DANCING’ SHOES: Fighter out to prove female boxers can be feminine.
*Tonight, boxer Laila Ali hopes to survive the seventh round of her fight against long-held stereotypes about female boxers, not to mention female athletes in general. Read Full Story

BUCK, GUERRA, YAYO, IMUS COVERED IN NEW HHW MAG: ‘Hip Hop Weekly’ also updates the Jay-Z love child rumor.
*The latest issue of Hip Hop Weekly hits stands this week featuring an exclusive interview with Young Buck after 50 Cent publicly distanced himself from him in a recent radio interview. Read Full Story

HIP HOP FOR THE PRESCHOOL SET: New educational video throws ‘fresh beats’ under traditional kiddie songs.
*A new educational DVD for preschoolers has combined America’s most popular children’s songs – such as "If You're Happy and You Know It," and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" – with beats rooted in hip hop. Read Full Story

VIRGIN MOBILE TAPS PAUL WALL: Phone company will offer artist's ringtones.
*Virgin Mobile has joined forces with the SwishaHouse/Asylum/Atlantic Records artist to offer its customers exclusive ringtones from Wall's latest album, “Get Money, Stay True,” which debuted at No. 1 on the hip hop album charts and is available in stores now. Read Full Story

INJURY FORCES SERENA OUT OF FED CUP: Meanwhile team dominates Belgium.
*Serena Williams had to pull out of her Fed Cup match against Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens a few hours before start time due to inflammation in her right knee. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: The Queen
By Kam Williams
*When Lady Diana died unexpectedly in a car crash along with her playboy boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in August of 1997, Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) found herself in quite a quandary. Read Full Story

THEATER BITS: Roundabout to premiere ‘Overwhelming’; Broadway’s McDonald at Drama League Awards.
*Roundabout Theatre Company, New York's leading not-for-profit theatre, will launch its fall season off-Broadway with the American premiere of J.T. Rogers' The Overwhelming, set in Kigali, Rwanda just before 1994’s genocide. 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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