02-12-08 EURxtra: Natalie Says Winehouse Win Sends Bad Message

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NATALIE COLE SAYS WINEHOUSE WIN 'SENDS BAD MESSAGE': Singer believes Grammy only rewards her "bad behavior.'
*Natalie Cole can't understand how the Recording Academy can award a leading five Grammys to Amy Winehouse when the troubled singer has spent years abusing drugs and alcohol and only recently entered rehab to address her addiction. Read Full Story

HAS 'GIRLFRIENDS' BEEN CANCELLED?: CW reportedly decides to end nation's top rated African American series.
*We hear from a source within the "Girlfriends" writing camp that the CW has decided to cancel the series immediately instead of bringing it back for a ninth season. Read Full Story

O.J.'S VEGAS JAIL BOOKING CAUGHT ON TAPE: Footage to air on MyNetworkTV reality show tonight at 9.
*Cameras for a reality television show captured video of O.J. Simpson being booked into the Clark County Detention Center last month for violating the conditions of his bail. Read Full Story

NAS WEARS 'N**GER' T-SHIRT TO GRAMMYS: Rapper talks about decision to plug new album in such a bold manner.
*Nas and his wife Kelis caused a few heads to turn on the Grammy red carpet Sunday when folks caught a glimpse of their t-shirts emblazoned with the word, "n**ger." Read Full Story

MIJAC THANKS FANS FOR 'THRILLER' SUCCESS: Singer talks directly to the public via new video from Sony-BMG.
*Along with today's release of Michael Jackson's 25th anniversary edition of "Thriller" comes a video just released by the King of Pop in which he thanks fans for the album's original success following its November 1982 release. Read Full Story

HALLE BERRY'S GOLF TOURNAMENT SET FOR SPRING: Event to raise funds for Jenesse Center.
*As previously reported, the first annual “Halle Berry Celebrity Golf Classic Benefiting Jenesse Center” will take place in Los Angeles this spring as part of a $2.5 million "Year of Giving" fundraising campaign. Read Full Story

STAR JONES THANKS VIEWERS FOR SUPPORT: Former TV host says she still believes TV is her calling.
*Even though Star Jones Reynolds has been relieved of her hosting duties on two separate television shows, the legal diva says she still believes that TV is her true calling. Read Full Story

CRIPS AND BLOODS IN BRITNEY PAPARAZZI PACK?: Rival agencies said to be recruiting gang members for muscle in the trenches.
*And so it has come to this. The New York Daily News is reporting that the pack of photographers who follow around Britney Spears has been infiltrated by Los Angeles gang members hired by various photo agencies. Read Full Story

FASHION WEEK LABELED TOO WHITE: Tyson, Naomi discuss lack of diversity on NY catwalks last week.
*Former model Tyson Beckford says he's disappointed with the severe lack of melanin represented during New York Fashion Week. Read Full Story

CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER: Comic/Actor lives up to his name
By Kenya M Yarbrough
*Comedian Cedric the Entertainer is living up to his name. One of the hilarious stars of the new film "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins," with Martin Lawrence, Ced is already working on several new movies, prepping for a new television show and launched his own production company, A Bird and A Bear Entertainment. Read Full Story

VINCE GILL SAYS KANYE QUIP WAS 'ALL IN GOOD FUN': Country star ribbed rapper for comments regarding Album of the Year.
*Sunday's Grammy ceremony had a little impromptu moment involving country star Vince Gill and rapper Kanye West. Read Full Story

KLEOPATRA GIRL'S RINGSIDE REPORT: The Parties ... The Run Down ... The Low Down
By Eugenia Wright a/k/a Kleopatra Girl
*February (Black History Month and Grammy month) hit Hollywood like a thunderbolt from the sky with a voice out of the clouds declaring from the Gods "It's time to party!" The soirees have been continuous. Starting with the HBFF (Hollywood Black Film Fest) party, which kicked off this busy time, I’ve burned so much rubber attending events from one side of town to the other and back again, I had to make a pit stop for new tires. If you don’t believe me, I’ve got the invoice to prove it. And…it’s not over yet. Read Full Story

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR AUGUST WILSON AT KENNEDY CENTER: Santiago-Hudson, Keith David among actors in D.C. stagings.
*Casting has been completed for the Kennedy Center's forthcoming August Wilson's 20th Century series, in which all 10 of Wilson's Pittsburgh cycle of plays will be performed in the order of the decade in which they are set. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: Blade: The Series
By Kam Williams
*After enjoy a theatrical run as a trilogy featuring Wesley Snipes, the Blade franchise was brought to television with rapper-turned-actor Sticky Fingaz entrusted with the title role. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: Dirty Laundry
By Kam Williams
*Sheldon (Rockmond Dunbar), a writer for a Manhattan magazine, hasn't been back to Georgia in over a decade because he hasn't figured out how to break the news to family and friends in his tight-knit black community that he's a homosexual. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: 'Wire' wins award; 'Top Model' Jael settles; Gilbert's crown jewels; Lenny's weed; Prince music in 'Hoods.'
*HBO's "The Wire" earned a Writers Guild Award for best dramatic series on Saturday. Other TV winners included "The Young and the Restless" for Daytime Serial and "The Office" for best comedy series. 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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