09-04-07 EURxtra: 'Lincoln Heights' Back / Bishop Weeks in Deep Doo-Doo

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BISHOP WEEKS IN DEEP FINANCIAL DOO-DOO: Civil court judgments from Tiffany & Co.; Ford Motors and more are discovered.
*Bishop Thomas Weeks faced serious financial trouble leading up to the alleged attack of his wife, televangelist Juanita Bynum, last month in Atlanta, reports the city’s FOX 5 news. Read Full Story

MORE DETAILS ON OPRAH’S OBAMA PARTY: Stevie Wonder, BeBe Winans to perform at Saturday shindig.
*The new issue of Newsweek magazine offers details of Saturday’s Barack Obama fundraiser being hosted by Oprah Winfrey at her Montecito, Calif. estate. Read Full Story

LIL’ KIM PULLED OVER IN NEW YORK: Rapper cited for driving brand-spankin’-new Lambo without a license.
*Lil’ Kim drew a crowd of lookiloos on Manhattan’s West Side Thursday after she was stopped by police for driving a Lamborghini without license plates. Read Full Story

REACHING NEW ‘LINCOLN HEIGHTS’: Exec producer Kathleen McGhee Anderson talks about ABC Family show.
By Kenya M Yarbrough
*The second season of the hit show “Lincoln Heights” begins tonight on the ABC Family Network. The critically acclaimed family drama picks up with the Sutton family facing new trials as the cop family on the block. The show stars Russell Hornsby as Eddie Sutton, a police officer that moves his family to an inner city area called Lincoln Heights as part of the officer next door program. Read Full Story

ANOTHER DIDDY WHITE PARTY IN THE BOOKS: Folks were actually turned away if dress code wasn’t followed.
*Sean “Diddy” Combs wasn’t playing when he set the dress code for his annual White Party, which took place over the weekend at his East Hampton waterfront crib. Read Full Story

THE GAME SIDELINED BY UNKNOWN ILLNESS: Rapper misses dates for Roc Tha Block Tour.
*Three Roc tha Block Tour stops in Australia and New Zealand over the weekend had to go on as scheduled without headliner The Game, who missed the dates due to an “unknown illness.” Read Full Story

BOYCOTT LAUNCHED AGAINST VH1: Network targeted for its negative portrayal of black women.
*A boycott has been launched against music channel VH1 to protest network executives who actively and purposely perpetuate negative stereotypes of black women through its reality programming. Read Full Story

DEADLINE LOOMS FOR SPIKE LEE-JUDGED FILMFEST: Winner of Babelgum’s online contest to pocket $20,000.
*Spike Lee attended a news conference Saturday to discuss his role as a judge for a new online film festival from Babelgum, an Internet company that streams videos online for free. Read Full Story

ABC DRAMA INSPIRED BY ‘INSIDE MAN’: Plus, screenwriter at work on Brett Ratner’s all-black “Ocean’s 11”-style film.
*A drama pilot based on Jodie Foster’s character in Spike Lee’s "Inside Man" is being developed at ABC. Read Full Story

LUTHER BOXED SET INCLUDES RARE/UNRELEASED TRACKS: Package highlighted by 1981 demos; rehearsals of classic material.
*Luther Vandross fanatics can circle Oct. 16th on the calendar. On that Tuesday, Epic/J/Legacy will release a four-disc boxed set, “Love, Luther,” that features all of his hits as well as rare and previously-unreleased material recorded throughout his 24-year career. Read Full Story

RIHANNA DATING DUDE FROM ‘TRANSFORMERS?’ Word has it she’s a fixture in Shia LeBeouf’s trailer on set of ‘Indy Jones 4’
*The gossip rags have been reporting on a supposed romance between 19-year-old singer Rihanna and Shia LeBeouf, the 21-year-old actor whose recent films include "Transformers," "Disturbia" and the forthcoming “Indiana Jones 4.” Read Full Story

‘THE VIEW’S’ WHOOPI ERA BEGINS TODAY: New host looking forward to high-profile gig.
*Whoopi Goldberg begins her reign as co-host of ABC’s “The View” this morning in the chair once occupied by the “Today’s Show’s” Meredith Viera and most recently Rosie O’Donnell. Read Full Story

HBCU BANDS TO COMPETE FOR ‘BATTLE’ TOUR: Top ten will perform in January Showcase at Georgia Dome.
*Marching bands from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are currently rehearsing for the chance to earn a spot on the 2007-08 Honda Battle of the Bands Celebration Tour and Invitational Showcase. Read Full Story

BYRON ALLEN JUMPS THE BROOM: Talk show host married his TV producer Saturday in Los Angeles.
*Byron Allen, first introduced to viewers as a co-host of “Real People” in the early 1980s, became a husband Saturday to television producer Jennifer Lucas during a ceremony at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles. Read Full Story

KANYE WEST TOO CHEAP TO PAY FOR LAP DANCERS?: British papers claim rapper was serviced, then left women with their hands out.
*Apparently, the woman in N.E.R.D.’s “Lap Dance” song voicing the line, “You can get this lap dance here for free,” does not speak for all lap dancers. Read Full Story

DENZEL WASHINGTON’S SON CUT FROM RAMS: J.D. among 11 cut to fit league-mandatory 53-man roster.
*J.D. Washington, the football-playing son of Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, was one of 11 players cut by the St. Louis Rams over the weekend. Read Full Story

MUSIC BITS: Gotti disses Ashanti; B.G. & Lil’ Wayne CDs; Cheetah Girls are back; VMAs add artists; Macy Gray’s ‘Humps.’
*The Inc mogul Irv Gotti visited Wendy Williams’ radio show in New York recently and, of course, began fielding her personal questions about his artist Ashanti. Read Full Story

FILM/TV BITS: Wentworth is gay?; ‘Montel’s’ ratings plunge; Aiello hated Sal; Cosby honors teachers; Silverman in blackface.
*Aceshowbiz.com is reporting that “Prison Break” star Wentworth Miller has come out of the closet as a homosexual after photos were taken of him out and about with his rumored gay partner, Luke McFarlane. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Balls of Fury
By Kam Williams
*Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) was a promising ping-pong prodigy when, at the age of 12, he was thoroughly humiliated at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea by his showboating German adversary, Karl Wolfschtagg (Thomas Lennon). Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: Slow Burn
By Kam Williams
*Based on the debut novel of the same name by Euro-Filipina Sabina Murray, Slow Burn is an intriguing whodunit about a big city Assistant DA, Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock), who admits that she’s just confessed to killing a man (Mekhi Phifer) she claims raped her. Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Luda’s 30th b’day; I Rock the Mic Conference; UNCF to honor Smokey Robinson.
*Chris "Ludacris" Bridges will celebrate his 30th birthday Friday (Sept. 7) at an XM Radio-sponsored event at Cafe Martorano in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Read Full Story

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