06-11-07 EUR: Critics Hate it, But Audience Loves 'Payne' / Snipes Speaks

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TBS & TYLER PERRY BRINGS MAJOR ‘PAYNE’: Critics can’t stand it, but viewers break ratings records during Wednesday premiere.
*As previously reported, the premiere of Tyler Perry’s new TV series “House of Payne” on Wednesday wreaked havoc by becoming TBS’ highest-rated sitcom of all time among key adult demos and viewers, as well as basic cable's No. 1 scripted series telecast for the year-to-date among 18-49 and 25-54. Read Full Story

WESLEY SNIPES BLAMES RACISM FOR TAX PROBLEMS: Actor’s legal team cites skin color in motion to dismiss indictment.
*Lawyers for actor Wesley Snipes, currently charged with federal tax evasion, have filed a motion to dismiss the case on grounds that he is being selectively targeted because he is black. Read Full Story

CHARLIE ‘LAST NAME’ WILSON SUES HEINEKEN: Gap Band singer says beer ad used his portions of ‘Beautiful’ without asking.
*Singer Charlie Wilson has filed a lawsuit against Capitol Records, EMI, and the American division of Dutch brewer Heineken Inc. for using a song he recorded with Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams in a commercial without his permission. Read Full Story

JOE’S ‘NOTHIN’ CERTAINLY SOMETHING : Balladeer picks up the pace on new disc.
By Kenya M Yarbrough
*Soul balladeer Joe has returned to the Rhythm & Blues ranks with his latest album “Ain’t Nothin’ Like Me.” He says this one is slightly different from his previous releases. With “Ain’t Nothin’ Like Me,” the singer – whose biggest hits include slow chivalric jams such as “All The Things Your Man Won’t Do” and “I Wanna Know” – is taking a slightly more up-tempo attitude. Read Full Story

RUSSELL SIMMONS GETS TESTY DURING NPR VISIT: Mogul nearly walks out on interview with Farai Chideya.
*Russell Simmons grew irritated during a recent NPR interview with Farai Chideya and was close to walking out on his appearance to plug his new book, ironically about finding inner peace through Yoga. Read Full Story

GAME PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN B’BALL FIGHT: Rapper facing five year sentence if convicted.
*Compton-born rapper The Game pleaded not guilty Thursday to assaulting and threatening to shoot a man during a pickup basketball game in South Los Angeles. Read Full Story

FANS TRY TO BUY RETURN OF DAVE CHAPPELLE: Folks ‘made it rain’ on comic during set at Laugh Factory.
*Fans are so desperate for comedian Dave Chappelle to return to his abandoned Comedy Central TV show that they began throwing $100 bills at him during a performance at L.A.’s Laugh Factory comedy club. Read Full Story

DIRECTOR TIM STORY WINS ‘LOSERS’: ‘Silver Surfer’ helmer signs on for another comic book-based movie.
*Filmmaker Tim Story, director of two films based on Marvel Comics’ “Fantastic Four,” has been tapped by Warner Bros. Pictures to helm “The Losers,” also based on a comic book series. Read Full Story

SPIKE SAYS PLEASE VOTE BETTER PEOPLE INTO OFFICE: Filmmaker believes Katrina victims were ‘bamboozled’ by current administration.
*Echoing Denzel Washington’s famous words from his title role in "Malcolm X,” the film’s director Spike Lee said the government’s response following Hurricane Katrina “was a fiasco, a mockery on the local, state and federal levels, and once again, Americans got hornswoggled, led astray, bamboozled." Read Full Story

RIHANNA’S HAIRCUT MAKES HEADLINES: Singer says it’s her way of acting out.
*Proving just how much of a good girl gone bad she is, Rihanna says she got her teen rebellion on recently when she decided to …are you sitting down?…get a drastic haircut without telling anyone. Read Full Story

BLACK EYED PEAS SIMMER ON BACK BURNER: Group has no plans to break up, assures Fergie.
*Each member of the Black Eyed Peas has solo albums in the works, but according to group member Fergie, that doesn’t signal the demise of the successful “hip pop” collective. Read Full Story

LEWIS HAMILTON SPEEDS INTO HISTORY: Rookie becomes first black driver to score victory in Formula One.
*British-born Lewis Hamilton on Sunday became the first black driver to earn a victory in Formula One racing with his first win at the Canadian Grand Prix. Read Full Story

T-PAIN EXPLAINS BRITNEY’S SHAVED HEAD: Plus, singer doesn’t regret quitting jr. high.
*Singer T-Pain has produced two songs for the upcoming Britney Spears album and says he knows the real deal behind her sudden appearance at a hair salon in February determined to shave her head. Read Full Story

GEORGE CLOONEY: The Ocean's Thirteen Interview with Kam Williams
*Born in Lexington, Kentucky on May 6, 1961, George Timothy Clooney is the son of beauty queen Nina Warren and TV newscaster Nick Clooney, and nephew of singer/actress Rosemary Clooney. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Ocean's Thirteen
By Kam Williams
*Upping the ante in terms of intrigue while toning it down in terms of action, Ocean's Thirteen is a relatively-cerebral affair which offers an absorbing alternative to the summer blockbusters of the over-stimulating, special effects-driven variety. Read Full Story

‘I AM LEGEND’ TRAILER UNLEASHED: Will Smith stars as last man standing in Manhattan.
*The trailer for Will Smith’s upcoming film “I Am Legend” hit the Internet in force over the weekend. Due in theaters Dec. 14, the post-apocalyptic science fiction film from director Francis Lawrence stars Smith as Robert Neville, a military scientist who finds himself the only human left on the island of Manhattan, and likely the world, who is uninfected by a deadly virus that has turned humans into bloodthirsty creatures. Read Full Story

PRINCE VS. SINEAD O’CONNOR?: Irish singer says she pulled a Pumkin and spat on artist during fight over ‘Nothing Compares 2 U.’
*Irish singer Sinead O’Connor is just now discussing her bizarre encounter with Prince some 17 years ago when she covered his song “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Drunken Winehouse; Jay-Z screens Diddy; Kanye’s cake; ‘Forever’ Common; Ziggy’s PodShow; ‘Bells’ moves; ‘Unstoppable’ Tomlinson.
*British soul singer Amy Winehouse says she was too intoxicated to stand up straight during her first encounter with rap mogul Jay-Z, who raps on a remix to her breakout hit “Rehab.” 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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