06-26-07: EURextra: Frenchie Alleges Racism on Alaska Airlines Flight

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FRENCHIE ALLEGES RACISM ON ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT: It all started when boy says he doesn’t want to be near “big black person.”
*Frenchie Davis says she was a victim of racism by a passenger and flight attendants on Alaska Air, and plans to discuss her ordeal in a press conference scheduled for this week in Los Angeles. Read Full Story

DIDDY AND SUGE SHARE SAME COUCH AT PRINCE GIG?: LA Times review of concert mentions it in passing.
*If we are to believe a report in Monday’s Los Angeles Times, Prince was able to facilitate the impossible during opening night of his seven-week gig at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel ... he had the most infamous of rap rivals actually seated together on one sofa. Read Full Story

FOXY BROWN’S ALLEGED ATTACKER HAS A STORY: Roshawn Anthony’s mama says she’s a hooker who was always ‘on the wild side.’
*Roshawn Anthony, the 23-year-old woman charged with Saturday morning’s Foxy Brown beatdown, is a Belize-born prostitute who has a history of raising hell wherever she goes, her mother tells the New York Daily News. Read Full Story

KEYSHIA COLE, FABOLOUS IN NEW ‘HOOD’ FILM: Executive producer is fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. Yes, you read right.
*Blackfilm.com is reporting that Keyshia Cole and Fabolous will star in a new feature film to be executive produced by Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic fashion designer best known for his dark shades and constant toting of an Oriental fan. Read Full Story

ANIKA NONI ROSE JOINS JILL SCOTT IN ‘AGENCY’: Dreamgirl added to film based on Alexander McCall Smith’s popular novel.
*The cast of "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" continues to fill out with the latest addition, Anika Noni Rose, as Precious Ramotswe’s secretary/assistant, Grace Makutsi. Read Full Story

FLAV ORDERED TO PAY 1.8 MIL FOR DECADE-OLD CASE: Reality star allegedly shot a man in Bronx apartment building.
*Lawyers for Flavor Flav have said they will appeal a judge’s decision ordering the rapper to pay $1.8 million to a neighbor he allegedly shot at 10 years ago in their Bronx apartment building. Read Full Story

TANK JOHNSON DROPPED BY ‘DA BEARS’: Latest legal drama just too much for the NFC champs.
*It’s all over for Tank Johnson in Chicago. The suspended defensive tackle was released Monday by the Chicago Bears, who are "embarrassed" by his numerous legal troubles and say he "compromised the credibility" of the team. Read Full Story

SURVIVOR’S DREAMZ SUED BY BABY MAMA: Woman says their seven-month-old is owed child support, medical expenses and insurance.
*He swore on his son’s life not to break a promise during a critical moment of last season’s CBS reality show, “Survivor.” Read Full Story

SELITA EBANKS IN MIDST OF WEDDING PLANS: Model says big day won’t be for another year and a half – at least.
*Selita Ebanks says she and her fiancée Nick Cannon have different ideas about their upcoming nuptials, which she says will go down in either late 2008 or mid-2009. Read Full Story

REV RUN TO BE CROWNED BMI ICON: 7th Annual Urban Awards honors rap legend during Sept. 7 ceremony in Vegas.
*Rev. Run from the groundbreaking rap group Run-DMC and MTV’s “Run’s House” will be honored as a BMI Icon at the performing right organization’s 7th Annual Urban Awards, to be held Sept. 7 at The New York New York hotel in Las Vegas. Read Full Story

CW’S ‘CHRIS’ IN A RACE AGAINST PUBERTY: Series forced to shoot next season now before star’s voice gets too deep for his TV age.
*You can’t help but think of the “Brady Bunch” episode when Peter’s puberty issues conflicted with an important family concert, forcing Greg to write a song that embraced his brother’s deepening voice, “When It’s Time To Change (You’ve Got to Rearrange).” Read Full Story

DAMON DASH, WIFE IN ‘SCREAMING MATCH’: Public spat went down at NY hotspot Socialista.
*Rap mogul Damon Dash and his fashion designer wife, Rachel Roy, reportedly got loud with each other in public. Read Full Story

STEVIE, ARETHA, SANTANA TO SING FOR KING: Music legends to headline Radio City in benefit for MLK Memorial.
*Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana are among the powerhouse talent lined up for a concert to raise funds for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to be built on the National Mall in Washington. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: Best of Chappelle's Show (Uncensored)
By Kam Williams
*Although Dave Chappelle obviously had some second thoughts about the brand of humor that left him branded a genius after just two seasons on Comedy Central, that hasn't prevented Viacom, the network's parent company, from repackaging his program to cash-in on the irreverent comic's conspicuous absence. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Black Sheep
By Kam Williams
*I wonder whether the Wayan's Brothers knew when they made Scary Movie back in 2000 that their parody would spawn a cottage industry of spoofs of horror flicks. Read Full Story

DRUG DEALING PAST OF POMPEO’S FIANCE AIRED OUT: Tabloid details arrest after arrest during Chris Ivery’s late teens/early 20s.
*Star magazine dug up and printed the criminal record of Chris Ivery, the Los Angeles music producer who is engaged to “Grey’s Anatomy” star Ellen Pompeo. Read Full Story

BET GETS ITS ‘FREAK’ ON: Plus, network announces launch in the UK.
*BET’s Toccara Jones and John Salley host the cable network’s new special, “BET's Top 25 Fabulous Freaks,” which “counts down 25 individuals that have absolutely no shame to their game,” says a press release. Read Full Story

SPIKE LEE TO EXEC PRODUCE FILM FROM ONLINE GROUP: Director to oversee making of ‘LiveMansion: The Movie.’
*Spike Lee will executive produce Ckrush Entertainment's groundbreaking "LiveMansion: The Movie," the first feature film to be produced by an online community (Ckrush's LiveMansion.com). Read Full Story

FILM/TV/MUSIC BITS: Ne-Yo’s baby mama?; Lil Fizz’s ‘PayDay’; OK! nabs Parker/Longoria wedding pics; Gotti kid to drop rap CD.
*A woman claiming to have birthed a child by singer Ne-Yo has written a song about her experience and posted it on her myspace page. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: June/July Heart & Soul; Lighty’s Brand Asset Group; Rep. Lewis’ Lincoln Medal.
*The June/July issue of Heart & Soul magazine, on newsstands now, features articles written under the theme of “pleasure,” says editorial director Yanick Rice Lamb. 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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