07-26-07 EURextra: Beyonce's Camp Tries to Explain 'The Fall'

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BEYONCE’S REP TALKS ABOUT ‘THE FALL’: Publicist tries to downplay tumble; plus, singer does pre-fall Q&A with AP.
*By now, everyone has seen Beyonce’s unfortunate "slide" down the stairs during her concert Tuesday night in Orlando. A rep for the singer has come forward with attempts to put the tumble in its proper context. Read Full Story

IS JAY-Z LEAVING DEF JAM FOR COLUMBIA?: Mogul reportedly trying to get away from Jermaine Dupri.
*The arrival of Jermaine Dupri as president of the Island Urban music division in February has apparently rankled the president of Island’s Def Jam label, Jay-Z. Read Full Story

RIHANNA CAPITALIZES ON CURRENT SINGLE: Singer reportedly teams with Totes to release own line of um-ber-rellas, ellas, ellas.
*British-based Web site NME.com is reporting that Rihanna will be releasing her own line of umbrellas in the wake of her monster hit single, “Umbrella,” which just became the longest-running U.K. number one single in a decade. Read Full Story

BOB JOHNSON TELLS OUR STORIES & TALKS 'MESS': BET Founder launches studio and new film.
By Kenya M Yarbrough
*Robert L. Johnson can easily be counted as one of the top American media moguls. The entertainment executive founded the BET Network in 1980 and in 2004, he became the first African American to be the principal owner of a North American major-league sports franchise after acquiring the Charlotte Bobcats NBA expansion franchise. Late last year, Johnson founded Our Stories Films, a Los Angeles-based film company whose inaugural release "Who's Your Caddy?" opens nationwide this week. Read Full Story

LIL WAYNE; JA RULE ARREST UPDATES: Rappers released on bond; each rep swears guns weren’t theirs.
*Rappers Lil Wayne and Ja Rule, both arrested Sunday in separate incidents following Wayne’s concert in New York, are out on bond and claiming that the guns found in their cases were not theirs. Read Full Story

NJ COPS WANT SWIZZ BEATZ TO STOP ‘SNITCH’ TALK: But artist says they’re barking up the wrong tree.
*The police department in Camden, New Jersey is threatening to pull its sponsorship of today’s scheduled “Peace on the Streets” rally unless one of the performers, Swizz Beatz, agrees to stop his anti-snitching campaign. Read Full Story

JOHN SINGLETON TO DIRECT HALLE BERRY IN ‘TULIA’: ‘Boyz’ helmer replaces previous director, Carl Franklin.
*John Singleton has told Blackfilm.com that he will be replacing Carl Franklin as the director of “Tulia,” a Lionsgate film that reteams Halle Berry with her “Monster’s Ball” co-star Billy Bob Thornton. Read Full Story

USHER AND TAMEKA WEDDING RUMORS RETURN: Word has it that the ceremony will go down this weekend.
A source close to the couple tells OK! magazine that a ceremony will be held this weekend at music exec LA Reid’s estate in the Hamptons. The source said they want to have the wedding "sooner rather than later because they wanted to get married before Tameka has the baby." Read Full Story

MAGIC JOHNSON RECEIVES CIVIL RIGHTS AWARD: NBA star named Tuesday among Freedom Award honorees.
*Magic Johnson is among the list of people named Tuesday to receive the National Civil Rights Museum's annual Freedom Awards. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: More ‘Def Comedy Jam’; will.i.am on MiJac; Keys wants Stripes.
In September, Russell Simmons begins taping a new season of his landmark show “Def Comedy Jam” in Los Angeles following a deal that brings the series back to HBO for two more seasons Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Joe Jackson's b-day; ReverbNation New Blood Urban Showcase.
*Michael Jackson’s daddy, Joe Jackson, will host his own birthday party today in Las Vegas. The event, which promises to be “celebrity filled,” will double as a benefit for the Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes Foundation. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Your Mommy Kills Animals
By Kam Williams
*Did you know that PETA puts more pets to sleep than it finds homes for? Or that the Humane Society doesn't maintain a single animal pound or shelter, yet does fund lobbyists who raise hundreds of millions on its behalf by preying on the emotions of people who think their donations are being spent for the benefit of animals? Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
By Kam Williams
*Poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was among the handful of founding members of a literary movement that helped define what was known as the Beat Generation of the Fifties. 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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