02-06-09 EUR: Updates: Etta James & Beyonce / Steve Harvey & Katt Williams

EUR Headlines - February 6, 2009

ETTA SAYS SHE WAS KIDDING ABOUT BEYONCE: R&B legend responds to controversy over concert remarks.
*After her disparaging comments about Beyonce and President Obama jumped from the Internet to mainstream media on Thursday, Etta James has come forward to say it was all just a joke. Read Full Story

STEVE HARVEY DISCUSSES KATT WILLAMS DRAMA: Veteran entertainer says he left 5 minutes into Katt's infamous New Year's Eve set.
*Steve Harvey is still trying to figure out how he ended up in a "battle" with fellow comic Katt Williams. Read Full Story

CHARLIE WILSON IS BATTLING PROSTATE CANCER: Gap Band leader diagnosed in September; now pushing to raise awareness.
*R&B singer Charlie Wilson has announced that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September and is currently undergoing treatment while working to raise awareness of the disease. Read Full Story

USHER DENIES ORDERING WIFE TO STAY HOME: Singer deals with reports claiming he kept Tameka from Vegas recording sessions.
*Usher's camp is denying another round of rumors that he and his wife Tameka Foster are on the verge of a split. Read Full Story

JIM JONES ENTERS PLEA IN ASSAULT CASE: Rapper appeared in Manhattan Criminal court Wednesday regarding Ne-Yo-related beatdown.
*Rapper Jim Jones has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from the Christmas Eve battle with Ne-Yo's posse at a Manhattan Louis Vuitton store. Read Full Story

NEWSWEEK SPOOFS 'THE HILLS' WITH OBAMA: Magazine's Web site replaces MTV's Whitney Port with the president in video clips.
*Newsweek magazine's Web site is featuring a video spoof of the MTV reality series "The City" that replaces star Whitney Port with President Barack Obama. Read Full Story

'PUSH' FILM CAUGHT IN STUDIO TUG-O-WAR: Lionsgate and Weinstein Co. sue each other over film rights.
*Lionsgate and the Weinstein Co. [TWC] on Wednesday filed lawsuits against each other over the Sundance hit "Push," throwing into question who owns distribution rights to the urban drama directed by Lee Daniels. Read Full Story

LL COOL J CIRCLING 'NCIS' SPINOFF: Rapper in talks to join CBS series as a former Navy Seal.
*Rapper LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell are in talks to join the upcoming spinoff of "NCIS," the CBS police procedural about a fictional team of special agents who conduct criminal investigations involving the Navy and Marine Corps. Read Full Story

Q-TIP TO PLAY DRUG DEALER IN INDIE FILM: Rapper joins cast of Holy Rollers and prepares for upcoming tour.
*Rapper Q-Tip will play an Ethiopian drug dealer in the forthcoming independent film "Holy Rollers," which follows a young man from the Hasidic community who was caught importing and trafficking ecstasy into the United States. Read Full Story

STORK HEADED BACK TO TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN: Actress and hubby Duane martin expecting second child.
*A rep for Tisha Campbell-Martin has confirmed that the actress and her husband, Duane Martin, are expecting their second child, Us Weekly reports. Read Full Story

OPRAH IS FORBES' TOP EARNING BLACK STAR: 50 Cent and Tyler Perry rank 2nd and 3rd on magazine's new list.
*Oprah Winfrey and her empire of television, film, print and satellite radio endeavors heads a list of the top earning black American stars, as tallied by Forbes magazine. Read Full Story

BRANDY RESPONDS TO CRASH-LINKED LAWSUIT: Singer denies allegations from Donald Lite.
*Radaronline.com has uncovered court documents filed by Brandy's attorneys in response to a lawsuit filed by Donald Lite, one of the people involved in the Dec. 30, 2006 chain reaction freeway crash started by the singer. Read Full Story

SIMMONS WANTS HIP HOP CRITICS ON NEW WEB SITE: O'Reilly, Limbaugh and Crouch requested to blog on GlobalGrind.com.
*As editor-in-chief of GlobalGrind.com, Russell Simmons is calling on noted hip hop haters Bill O'Reilly of FOX News, conservative radio titan Rush Limbaugh and syndicated columnist Stanley Crouch to become bloggers on the Web site. Read Full Story

COSTUMER RECALLS WORKING WITH LATIFAH, GOODING: Harold Crawford takes a trip down memory lane.
*With nearly 40 years of experience dressing Hollywood stars, famed costumer Harold Crawford recently reminisced about his long history in show business, which included working with such talent as Queen Latifah and Cuba Gooding Jr. Read Full Story

BARRY BONDS PLEADS NOT GUILTY – AGAIN: Home run king appeared in court Thursday on obstruction of justice case.
*U.S. home-run record-holder Barry Bonds has pleaded not guilty for the third time to charges that he lied to a grand jury about taking steroids. Read Full Story

50 CENT AVOIDS $50 MILLION LAWSUIT FROM EX: Judge throws out case brought by Shaniqua Tompkins.
*A New York judge has tossed a $50 million lawsuit filed by an ex-girlfriend of 50 Cent who claimed the rapper went back on a promise to take care of her for life. Read Full Story

OPENING THIS WEEK: Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
By Kam Williams
Coraline (PG for mature themes, scary images, suggestive humor and mild epithets) Stop-action, animated fantasy about an 11 year-old girl (Dakota Fanning) who unlocks a secret door in her family’s new home only to discover an eerily similar alternate version of her own life. Voice cast includes Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman as her parents, plus Keith David and Ian McShane. Read Full Story

T.I.'S TINY TO KEEP BUSY DURING BOYFRIEND'S LOCKUP: Tameka Cottle opening a nail salon and filming a reality show.
*Tameka Cottle, better known as T.I.'s girlfriend "Tiny" of the 1990s-era R&B group Xscape, has revealed some of her plans in the coming months as her boyfriend carries out his year-long prison sentence on gun charges. Read Full Story

ITTY BITTY BITS: Stevie on 'Ellen'; Thatcher daughter fired; Hank Aaron's b'day; Grammys add Estelle;
*Motown icon and multiple Grammy winner Stevie Wonder will appear today on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." In addition to an interview, the artist will be performing two of his greatest hits. Read Full Story

EVENT CALENDAR: Mambo Sauce in Adams Morgan; Joyner's 'Jazz in the Gardens'; Cash Money honors Lil Wayne;
*Washington D.C.-based band Mambo Sauce will perform in their hometown Saturday (Feb. 7) at an event designed to reintroduce them as a multi-faceted group that plays Latin, neosoul, hip hop, rock and jazz music in addition to go-go. Read Full Story

NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND EVENTS: Snoop Dogg's All-Star Blowout; Amar'e Stoudemire's 'Key To My City' event series.
*The 2009 NBA All-Star Game will be played on Feb. 15 at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the Phoenix Suns. The game, as is tradition, draws a host of celebrities who throw events throughout the President's Day weekend. Read Full Story

THEATRE BITS: Woodard's 'Night Watcher'; Public Theater's 'Good Negro'; LaChanze's 'Inked Baby.'
*The New York premiere of Charlayne Woodard's one-woman play Night Watcher is one of three works by female playwrights to be presented as part of Primary Stages' forthcoming Off-Broadway season. 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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