04-29-08 EURxtra: Whitney Bombs in Tobago / Bassett Checks Into 'ER'

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ANGELA BASSETT CHECKS INTO NBC'S 'ER': Actress to join cast next season as a regular.
*Angela Bassett will become a regular cast member on NBC's "ER" next year during its 15th and final season. The role will be her first full-time gig on a televisionseries. Read Full Story

WHITNEY HOUSTON BOMBS IN TOBAGO: EbonyJet.com review says she was 'flat, hoarse, listless' and kept shouting out the wrong island.
*EbonyJet.com was in Tobago over the weekend to catch a concert event featuring Whitney Houston as a headline. Unfortunately, the performance was reviewed as a disaster. Read Full Story

CHAKA KHAN MUST PAY $1.3M JUDGMENT: Singer and son must compensate family of teen killed in their home.
*Los Angeles newspaper Daily Breeze is reporting that Chaka Khan and her son Damien Holland have been ordered to pay more than $1.3 million to the family of a teen who was killed in their home following a dispute in 2004. Read Full Story

JEREMIAH WRIGHT ALL OVER TV MONDAY: Will presence help or hurt Barack Obama's campaign?
*Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright spoke at an NAACP dinner Sunday and at the National Press Club on Monday – with both events covered heavily by the national media. Read Full Story

BEYONCE AND ELLEN IN NEW AMEX SPOT: Singer and comedian film commercial plugging card's new entertainment hookups.
*Beyonce joins Ellen Degeneres in a new ad campaign from American Express promoting its exclusive access to various entertainment experiences via the Web site www.americanexpress.com/entertainment. Read Full Story

MEDIA WANTS ACCESS TO R. KELLY PRETRIAL DOCS: Lawyers for two papers and AP file emergency motion.
*Lawyers for two newspapers and The Associated Press filed an emergency motion Monday in the Illinois Supreme Court seeking sealed court records and transcripts related to R. Kelly's pornography case. Read Full Story

PAPOOSE VS. BED STUY PARAMEDICS: Rapper may face lawsuit over ambulance used in latest video.
*The Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (BSVAC) is threatening to sue rapper Papoose for duping them into allowing their ambulance and paramedics to be part of a song promoting violence. Read Full Story

AL REYNOLDS PARTYING IN MIAMI: Plus, another 'source' blames money disparity for breakup.
*The New York Daily News gossip pages have quoted another source close to divorcing couple Star Jones and Al Reynolds who pins the demise of their marriage on Star being the main bread winner. Read Full Story

OPRAH'S TOM CRUISE SECRETS REVEALED: Interview to include questions about Scientology and Matt Lauer in addition to the couch jumping.
*Someone attending a Las Vegas taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" over the weekend defied orders from producers and told a news outlet about Winfrey's own account of her interview with Tom Cruise, which is due to air in two parts on Friday and May 5. Read Full Story

ROOTS HAVING A ROUGH TIME AT DEF JAM: Group searching for traction in the absence of Jay-Z.
*The Roots bounced from MCA and Geffen to sign with Def Jam in 2006 under then-label president Jay-Z – only to see him step down at the end of the following year. Read Full Story

BOB MARLEY'S MOM REMEMBERED IN KINGSTON: Mother of late reggae legend honored before burial Monday beside late son.
*The body of Bob Marley's mother Cedella Booker was laid to rest Monday alongside her famous son in his hometown of Nine Miles, Jamaica, according to reports. Read Full Story

ISAIAH RIDER WANTED IN LOS ANGELES: Bench warrant issued for former NBA player after he skips arraignment.
*A $30,000 bench warrant was issued Monday for former NBA star Isaiah Rider after he failed to show up for a scheduled arraignment in Los Angeles. Read Full Story

MARIAH CAREY AND NICK CANNON SPUR MORE RUMORS: Pair spotted holding hands at another public event.
*Sporting a ring on her left hand, Mariah Carey, 39, clung to Nick Cannon Saturday night at an afterparty for her new film, "Tennessee," sparking another round of dating rumors, reports People.com. Read Full Story

SIMMONS CALLS CLINTON NOMINATION 'A STRETCH': Def Jam co-founder adds that Obama is more yoga-friendly.
*Russell Simmons said at least two of the three candidates running for president are overlooking a key constituency - the yoga vote. Read Full Story

HBFF 2008 ADDS MORE FILMS TO LINE-UP: More than 100 total set to screen June 3-8 in Beverly Hills.
*The 2008 Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) has released a list of additional films set to unspool at the 9th annual event which runs June 3-8 in Beverly Hills, CA. Read Full Story

SEAN BELL VERDICT AFTERMATH: The Game to release single; Bell fam receives prank call; Rep. Conyers to visit scene of shooting.
*Rapper The Game plans to debut a new song today about the acquittal of three plainclothes undercover police officers in the killing of Sean Bell, an unarmed man who was to be married the following day. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Anucha's money; Kim K endorses Obama; Compton turns 120; Jamie Foster Brown gets honorary degree.
*Anucha Browne Sanders put some of the $11 million she won in her sexual harassment case against Isiah Thomas toward various items at a silent auction held last week at the Arthur Ashe SportsBall. Read Full Story

FILM/TV/MUSIC BITS: Farrakhan's violin; Paltrow backs Jay-Z; JB memorabilia; 'Seven Pounds" injury; Three6 on CBS; Chuck Berry gig.
*Min. Louis Farrakhan will reportedly play violin on Wyclef Jean's upcoming album "Carnival Part II," reports the New York Post's Page Six. Read Full Story

EUR FILM REVIEW: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
By Kam Williams
When Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) burst onto the screen four years ago, we found the nerdy stoners careening all across the State of New Jersey in a weed-fueled haze on a munchies-craving quest to find a White Castle restaurant which was open all night. 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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