12-21-07 EUR: This Time R. Kelly is On Time / Now T.O. is Backtracking

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R. KELLY IN COURT EARLY: Singer avoids arrest after bench warrant issued Wednesday following no-show.
*The judge presiding over R. Kelly's child pornography case Thursday was not trying to hear any excuses from the singer as to why he failed to appear the previous day for his scheduled court hearing. Read Full Story

KEYS, LATIFAH, J-HUD, OKONEDO HAVE A 'SECRET': Quartet joins Dakota Fanning in new coming-of-age film.
*Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Sophie Okonedo will share the same screen in "The Secret Life of Bees," a female-oriented coming-of-age story for Fox Searchlight. Read Full Story

FANTASIA SAYS SHE'S NOT PREGNANT: Plus, her 'Color Purple' successor has been announced.
*A rep for Fantasia Barrino has come forward to shut down reports that "The Color Purple" star is expecting a child with rapper Young Dro. Read Full Story

THE STORY BEHIND 'THE GREAT DEBATERS': Screenwriter Robert Eisele offers a history lesson
By Taricre Gray
*The new Weinstein Company/Harpo Films production, “The Great Debaters” has gotten a lot of attention so far. The historically based picture about an African American debate team in the 1930s has already received a Golden Globe nomination for best picture, even though it doesn't open until Christmas day. Read Full Story

T.O. BACKTRACKS FROM JESSICA SIMPSON REMARKS: Cowboys receiver says his comments were just jokes.
*Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens says he was only kidding when stating earlier this week that Jessica Simpson, the girlfriend of his quarterback Tony Romo, may have been the reason for her man's poor performance against the Eagles on Sunday. Read Full Story

TONY PARKER FILES LAWSUIT OVER AFFAIR RUMOR: Spur sues Web site that claimed he was dating a French model.
*After repeated denials of an affair with French model Alexandra Paressant, San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker hopes to clear his name once and for all by suing the Web site that first reported the story. Read Full Story

WILL SMITH'S 'PURSUIT' PAYS OFF IN CHINA: Film's scheduled release in Jan. breaks country's ban on Hollywood movies.
*Film import officials in China have lifted their ban on Hollywood films by announcing that Will Smith's 2006 drama "The Pursuit of Happyness" will be allowed in local theaters beginning next month. Read Full Story

'LEGEND'; LATIFAH, RUBY DEE NAB SAG NODS: 'Betty's' Vanessa also scores nomination from 14th annual Screen Actors Guild awards.
*Box office behemoth "I Am Legend" and actresses Ruby Dee, Queen Latifah and Vanessa Williams all scored nominations from the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild awards, to be presented Jan. 27 in a ceremony televised on TNT and TBS. Read Full Story

B.I.G.'S SECONDARY WRONGFUL DEATH CASE DISMISSED: Judge says family didn't file claim in required timeframe.
*The family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. suffered yet another setback in its battle to receive justice in his March 1997 unsolved murder. Read Full Story

STUART SCOTT MAKES COMEBACK: ESPN anchor returns after emergency surgery.
*Stuart Scott, the very hip ESPN anchor is returning to work less than a month after an emergency appendectomy discovered a malignancy that will result in Scott undergoing chemotherapy. Following his appendectomy in late November, Scott had a second precautionary surgery to remove the tissue surrounding his appendix. Read Full Story

ADEWALE PLAYS WITH 'G.I. JOE': Actor grabs role in live adaptation of popular cartoon series.
*Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, last seen as Mr. Eko on the ABC series "Lost," has been cast in a forthcoming live action movie based on the military doll, comic book and cartoon series, "G.I. Joe." Read Full Story

ALICIA HAS KEY TO BILLBOARD'S CHRISTMAS CHART: Artist remains at No. 1 on Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop lists.
*Alicia Keys is the hottest thing in music this Christmas, with her single "No One" remaining atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth consecutive week and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a 10th straight frame. Read Full Story

LATIFAH SURVIVES STRIKE-ALTERED 'PEOPLE'S CHOICE': Artist will remain as host of revamped awards show, which now has no live audience.
*The writers strike has caused its first awards show casualty. The People's Choice Awards will still be hosted by Queen Latifah, but the ceremony will not have its traditional red carpet, live audience or acceptance speeches. Read Full Story

DMX SIGNS NEW RECORD DEAL: Artist joins Bodog Music to release two new albums.
*Rapper DMX has signed a worldwide recording deal with the music division of Canadian online gaming company Bodog Entertainment to release two new albums next year, "Walk With Me Now" and "You’ll Fly With Me Later." Read Full Story

EUR-TV COVERS 'THE COLOR PURPLE': The stars came out for opening night and we were there.
Oprah Winfrey’s presentation of The Color Purple has landed at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Nominated for 11 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, “The Color Purple” is based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg. Read Full Story

UNDERWOOD AMONG ESSENCE LITERARY AWARD NOMS: Magazine announces list in categories ranging from Fiction to Photography.
*Blair Underwood, Victoria Rowell and Edwidge Danticat are among the authors announced as finalists for the first-annual 2008 Essence Literary Awards, to be held Feb. 7 at Le Parker Meridien in Los Angeles. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: 'Thriller,' '1999' in Grammy Hall; GQ nabs Naomi; AT&T's top ringtones; H&M nabs Rihanna; Snoop in AZ; 'Raw' Cube; Katt's 'Hustle'.
*Michael Jackson's "Thriller," on the verge of celebrating its 25th anniversary, has been selected among the 70 announced entries into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Read Full Story

WILL SMITH: The I Am Legend Interview with Kam Williams
*Will Smith's stratospheric stature in showbiz has only been further enhanced by I Am Legend's record-setting $76.5 million weekend debut for a December release. Read Full Story

OPENING THIS WEEK: Kam's Kapsules -- Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
By Kam Williams
Charlie Wilson's War (R for profanity, nudity, sexuality and drug use) Tom Hanks handles the title role in this bio-pic based on the George Crile best seller about a boozing, womanizing Congressman from Texas who, in the early Eighties, helped secretly fund the covert CIA operation in Afghanistan which led to the demise of the Soviet Union. Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Luda-Crismas in Atlanta; Mos Def's 'Sneakers' in San Francisco.
*Tomorrow afternoon (Dec. 22) in Atlanta, Ludacris and Disturbing the Peace will host the Luda-Crismas in Winter Wonderland, a special Christmas party for a group of approximately 150 Atlanta-area children between the ages of 6 and 12, as part of the Ludacris Foundation’s Luda Cares initiative. 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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