06-14-07 EURxtra: Isaiah Washington Exit Planned Before Finale?

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ISAIAH WASHINGTON’S EXIT PLANNED BEFORE FINALE?: Plus, petition launched to call for his return to ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’
*It was more than just the gay slurs that led to Isaiah Washington’s exit from “Grey’s Anatomy,” according to television writer, Lynn Elber. Read Full Story

AKON WRITES APOLOGY SONG: New track addresses Gwen Stefani and underage humping victim.
*Akon has written and recorded a song that addresses the fallout surrounding his on-stage simulated sex acts with a 14-year-old girl in Trinidad. Read Full Story

‘BIG CHILL’ TO BE REMADE WITH BLACK CAST: Regina King to star in and produce project.
*Nearly 25 years after “The Big Chill” was released in theaters, a remake is in the works from producer Regina King that will feature an all-African American cast, reports Daily Variety. Read Full Story

GAME REJECTS PLEA DEAL IN CAB CASE: Rapper was accused of impersonating a cop and forcing cabbie to run red lights.
*Rapper The Game has rejected a Manhattan prosecutor's offer Wednesday of a guilty plea for a sentence of time already served on charges of impersonating a police officer in New York. Read Full Story

EMINEM KISSES & TELLS ABOUT MARIAH?: Magazine says more than one track on upcoming album details their alleged fling.
*Eminem isn’t quite done with Mariah Carey yet. The rapper, who claims to have had a brief fling with Mimi in 2001, although she denies it, is reportedly giving up details about the alleged encounter on his new album. Read Full Story

SHAR DENIES CARRYING ANOTHER K-FED BABY: Reps for both parties say Wednesday’s report is not true.
*The Internet was abuzz Wednesday with reports that Shar Jackson was seven weeks pregnant with yet another child by Kevin Federline, her ex-boyfriend and father of her daughter, Kori and son, Kaleb. Read Full Story

EDDIE MURPHY NOT ON BIRTH CERTIFICATE…YET: TMZ nabs document that shows father section is left blank.
*Eddie Murphy is not listed as the father on the birth certificate for Angel Iris, the 2-month-old baby of his ex-girlfriend Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown, despite previous reports to the contrary. Read Full Story

O.J.’S DAUGHTER ARNELLE MUST TESTIFY: Bankruptcy judge orders testimony over canceled book.
*O.J. Simpson's daughter, Arnelle Simpson, was ordered by a federal bankruptcy judge to give a deposition by week's end in a lawsuit about the former football star's canceled book, "If I Did It." Read Full Story

DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST UNIVERSAL SETTLED: Court notified just before John Singleton was to take the stand.
*A black assistant director fired from his gig on John Singleton’s film "2 Fast 2 Furious" has settled his racial discrimination lawsuit against Universal Pictures for an undisclosed sum. Read Full Story

T-PAIN TOPS BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART: Plus, Joan Armatrading scores her first ever No. 1 album.
*The Billboard 200 album chart welcomes T-Pain to the top with his sophomore album “Epiphany,” while its blues chart has just experienced its first No. 1 arrival from 56-year-old singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. Read Full Story

LIONSGATE TAKES ON ‘FRAKENHOOD’ Film stars DeRay Davis, Charlie Murphy and Jasper Redd.
*Principal photography was completed last weekend on “Frakenhood,” a comedy starring DeRay Davis, Charlie Murphy and Jasper Redd that has just picked up distribution by Lionsgate. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: An Unreasonable Man
By Kam Williams
*In 1966, Ralph Nader caused quite a stir with the publication of Unsafe at Any Speed, a study which indicted General Motors for suppressing evidence of design defects in some of its vehicles, including the Chevy Corsair. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: The Method (El Metodo)
By Kam Williams
*This film unfolds like a fictional version of Donald Trump's television show The Apprentice, except that there are only seven contestants, and their new boss is an anonymous mole in their midst. Read Full Story

CURTAIN TO DROP ON BROADWAY’S RADIO GOLF: Play scheduled to close on July 1.
*The Broadway run of “Radio Golf,” August Wilson’s final story in his cycle of 10 plays chronicling African- American life in the 20th century, will take its final bow on July 1 due to struggles at the box office. Read Full Story

SHARPTON MEETS STROM THURMOND’S BLACK DAUGHTER: Essie Mae Washington-Williams took in Rev’s sermon at L.A. church.
*The New York Post is reporting that Rev. Al Sharpton was preaching at a Los Angeles church last weekend when he ran into Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of late South Carolina segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Joyner’s Sky Show; Chopper on Cash Money; Gucci Mane on Asylum/Atlantic; Sheila Johnson is ‘Powerful.’
*The Tom Joyner Sky Show, the largest, free, live African-American entertainment series in the country, returns to the Motor City Friday, June 22, at the Detroit Opera House with Chrysler Jeep Superstores as a sponsor. 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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