09-05-08 EUR: Palin Backlash Is On / Kilpatrick Pleads Guilty & Resigns

EUR Headlines - September 5, 2008

THE SARAH PALIN BACKLASH IS ON: Community organizers are livid; AP exposes lies in Wed's acceptance speech.
*Numerous lines in Gov. Sarah Palin's speech at the GOP convention Wednesday night have been exposed as lies by various media outlets. But one of her quips struck a nerve that has galvanized grassroots organizations across the country to respond en masse. Read Full Story

KWAME KILPATRICK PLEADS GUILTY, RESIGNS: Detroit mayor will serve four months in jail to settle 10 felony counts in two criminal cases.
*After months of stubbornly holding onto his job amid an embarrassing sex scandal, Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday and has agreed to resign immediately and go to jail. Read Full Story

OPRAH'S MAMA SUED OVER BOUTIQUE TAB: Vernita Lee accused of owing Wisconsin store $156,000.
*Oprah Winfrey's mother is being sued by a high-end Wisconsin boutique for allegedly running up a $156,000 tab and refusing to make her monthly payments. Read Full Story

'THE FAMILY THAT PREYS' STARS TALK TYLER: Actors Cole Hauser and Rockmond Dunbar star in new Tyler Perry film.
*Tyler Perry’s latest box office offering entrenches two dear friends from two very different families in a web of greed and scandal. As infidelity, power, seedy business dealings and paternity secrets threaten the harmony of the two families; the two friends/matriarchs make a cross-country road trip to rediscover themselves, their friendship, and a way to save their families. Read Full Story

GEORGIA REPUBLICAN CALLS OBAMA 'UPPITY': Rep. Lynn Westmoreland uses offensive term Thursday to describe Dem nominee.
*The Huffington Post is reporting that Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the term "uppity" to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday. Read Full Story

JESSE JACKSON HOSPITALIZED FOR STOMACH PAINS: Rainbow Coalition head diagnosed with viral gastroenteritis.
*Rev. Jesse Jackson says he is on the mend after being hospitalized Thursday for complaints of severe stomach pains. Read Full Story

KANYE CHANGES TUNE REGARDING VMA: Artist to close ceremony on Sunday after vowing a year ago never to perform there again.
*Kanye West has agreed to close out the 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday in Hollywood, despite vowing last year that he would never perform there again because of the way he was treated. Read Full Story

2PAC TOPS BLENDER'S 'OVERRATED' LIST: Late rapper leads poll in magazine's Oct. issue.
*Tupac Shakur tops a tongue-in-cheek poll in the October issue of Blender magazine that asks voters to rank the most overrated artists, places, trends and other staples in music. Read Full Story

VENUS, SERENA STILL BOYCOTTING INDIAN WELLS: Sisters may face suspension. Plus, Serena plays tonight after beating sis.
*Under new 2009 Women's Tennis Association [WTA] rules announced Wednesday, both Venus Williams and her sister Serena face suspension for continuing to boycott the Indian Wells tournament, where they were booed in 2001. Read Full Story

DWAYNE 'THE ROCK' JOHNSON IS THE 'TOOTH FAIRY': Actor plays title role in new comedy.
*Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Ashley Judd will star as a dating couple in the new 20th Century Fox comedy "Tooth Fairy," reports Variety. Read Full Story

FOREST WHITAKER IN 'LOVE' WITH ZELLWEGER: Actors star in upcoming indie drama set in South.
*Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger will topline "My Own Love Song," an indie drama that follows a roadtrip to Memphis undertaken by a wheelchair-bound former singer and her friend. Read Full Story

KEYS, J-HUD, LATIFAH HOST GOLF TOURNEY: 'Bees' stars behind charity event during Toronto Film Festival.
*Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and Queen Latifah – stars of Fox's upcoming film "The Secret Life of Bees" – are scheduled to host a charity golf tournament Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival, where their movie is being screened. Read Full Story

ARRESTS, INJURIES FOLLOW THREE 6 MAFIA GIG: Brawl involving as many as 30 people erupts outside of Hollywood's House of Blues.
*A brawl erupted outside of a Three 6 Mafia concert at Hollywood's House of Blues Wednesday night that spilled out onto Sunset Blvd. and ended with three men arrested and one woman hospitalized. Read Full Story

EUR DVD REVIEW: Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
By Kam Williams
*Jack Smith (1932-1989) was an uncompromisingly experimental innovator in the field of cinema whose name might not be known to the general public despite the fact that he has been credited as an influence by such fellow avant garde filmmakers as Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Jim Jarmusch, Andy Warhol and John Waters. Read Full Story

OPENING THIS WEEK: Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
By Kam Williams
Bangkok Dangerous (R for violence, profanity and sexuality) Action thriller about an anonymous assassin (Nicolas Cage) sent to Thailand to execute four contract killings who ends up both bonding with a local street urchin (Shahkrit Yamnarm) and being intoxicated by the beguiling beauty of a young deaf girl (Charlie Yeung). Read Full Story

BOW WOW DISCUSES FIRST SEX SCENE: Rapper's moment comes in new season of HBO's 'Entourage.'
*Bow Wow, now 21 and preferring his birth name Shad Moss, will be seen in a brand new light when the new season of HBO's "Entourage" returns on Sunday (Sept. 7). Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Usher & Tameka separated?; Ciara naked on Vibe; Fela! Off Broadway; Slash's 'Movie.'
*Stella Foster, a columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote in her Thursday column: "Usher has reportedly separated from much older wife, Tameka Foster, who reportedly is expecting their second child in December." No further details were given. 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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