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Morning Show Update

March 27, 2007

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FOXY BROWN MAY BE HEADED TO JAIL

There is a warrant out for the arrest of Foxy Brown, according to TMZ, after she didn’t show up to a court date in Broward County, Florida on Thursday (March 22nd), to face battery charges.

Brown was in Florida on February 15th when she got into an altercation with the owner of a beauty supply shop. The proprietor alleges Brown threw hair glue at him and spat in his face. She also reportedly resisted arrest when the police arrived.

Recent events leading up to the warrant:

In February, a Manhattan judge spared Brown from a year in jail for violating her probation by being in Florida.
Also in February, she held a press conference claiming she had been abused by the Pembroke Pines Police department in Florida during the incident.
This month, she was hit with misdemeanor charges of battery and resisting arrest without violence in Broward County, Florida. Her failure to show up in court to answer to the charges is what led to the warrant for her arrest.

SNOOP DOGG DENIED VISA BY BRITS

Rapper Snoop Dogg is currently on a European tour with Sean “Diddy” Combs and the tour is slated to play London’s Wembley Arena on Tuesday (March 27th), but British authorities have denied Snoop Dogg a visa. Celena Aponte, a spokesman for the rapper, told New York’s Daily News, “Snoop and his team are mystified at the decision. He has asked how he can help rectify the situation and would happily talk to and give assurances to the officials.”

It’s seems unlikely that Snoop Dogg will be granted a visa but Combs plans to move forward with the five planned UK tour dates. The British ban of Snoop Dogg was announced last May after the rapper was involved in a brawl at Heathrow Airport. Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, and five members of his entourage were arrested and charged with violent disorder and affray on April 26th, 2006.

Police officers were called to Heathrow’s Terminal 1 after members of the rapper’s entourage threw bottles of whisky and argued with staff at a duty free shop after being refused entry to a first- class lounge. According to British authorities, after officers told the group they would not be allowed to board their flight, “a number of the group became abusive and pushed officers,” resulting in seven of the officers receiving cuts, bruises, and other minor injuries. According to British Airways, Snoop Dogg’s party was denied access to the lounge because some members of his party were holding economy and coach tickets instead of the first class tickets necessary to gain admittance to the lounge. The airline has also been banned the rapper from flying with them.

VIDA GUERRA BARES ALL TO PROVE INTERNET PHOTOS WERE FAKE

Vida Guerra decided to go naked for Playboy to prove that Internet images of her naked were bogus. The curvy model-turned- actress blew off offers to strip for magazines several times before she agreed to a Playboy spread last year. Fake snapshots of her made her feel it was time to bare all and show fans the real Guerra.

She says, “They (Playboy) had asked me three times (and) I got a little upset about the situation. They were making such a big deal about it that I said, ‘I might as well take Playboy up on their offer and do it in a nice, classy, tasteful way, since everyone is so curious to see how I look in my birthday suit.”

And Vida tells fans not to get duped by fake nude shots in the future. She says they should look for her beauty marks. She tells King magazine, “I have a beauty mark that tells. You can compare the real thing with the (bogus) picture and it’s like, ‘Nah!’ You can’t see it in the Playboy spread because there is no open- crotch (shot). One is below my navel and the other is in my inner thigh.”

RUN DMC LIVE DVD DUE OUT NEXT WEEK

Run DMC was recently named the greatest rap group of all time and a big reason for that was the group’s unforgettable live show. Considering how big the group was, one would think that there are several live DVDs of the group commercially available but it’s actually quite the opposite. The new Run DMC Live At The Montreux 2001 DVD, which hits stores next Tuesday, April 3rd, features the group at its best and it was recorded just a year and a half before the murder of Jam Master Jay.

Group member DMC shared his thoughts on the 2001 performance. He said: “No different than any other show but it was just wild knowing we’re at the Montreux Jazz Festival, which is huge. It ain’t like doing the Garden [Madison Square] cause you at the Garden, you coming to represent. You excited or if you’re at the club, the spot, you know, but we was like, ‘Yo this is weird.’ But it was no different than rocking a park or whatever, which was kind of cool.”

DMC added: “And you looking at people from all over the world too and they’re like, they know the records. It was a weird experience but afterwards it’s like, ‘hey it’s just another show.’”

The DVD’s track listing includes: “Intro,” “It’s Like That,” “It’s Tricky,” “Rock Box/Sucker MCs/Here We Go/Beats To The Rhyme” Medley, “King Of Rock,” “Mary Mary,” ‘Walk This Way,” “School of Old,” ‘Who Wants My Hat?” “It’s Over,” “Peter Piper,” “Down With The King,” “Who Wants My Shirt?” and “Got To Be Real.”

ATLANTA RAPPER DG YOLA SHOT IN THE FACE

Atlanta-based rapper DG Yola, who is signed to Atlantic Records, was shot in the face during a robbery attempt early Saturday (March 24th) morning, in Atlanta. Allhiphop.com reports that 21-year-old rapper was stopped at a red light when he was shot by an unidentified assailant. The bullet went through Yola’s cheek and out of the other.

The rapper is expected to make a full recovery. His family issued the following statement, “He is already up and about and writing. Yola ain’t gonna let up. We respectfully request privacy and appreciate the well wishes and prayers of Yola’s fans during this time.”

The rapper is slated to release his debut album, Gutta World, in June.

TILA TEQUILA LASHES OUT AT MYSPACE

Unsigned artist Tila Tequila, who has used her MySpace page to become a star, is claiming that the social networking site has sold out. Tila, who has accumulated a whopping 1.7 million MySpace friends, now says, “The reason why I am so bummed out about MySpace is because recently they have been cutting down our freedom and taking away our rights slowly, MySpace will now only allow you to use ‘MySpace’ things… I feel like they’ve become so corporate now … you’re just stuck here and only here.”

MySpace, the Internet’s largest social network, is now limiting which software tools can be used on the site, and what music users can download. Tila Tequila said that she has a problem with this, because it restricts what she can do with her page.

Tila Tequila currently has a number one single on iTunes, called “I Love You,” which was produced by Lil’ Jon. Tila is now featured on VH1’s The 40 Greatest Internet Superstars, which premiered this weekend.

Tila was recently featured in the New York Post ’s “Hot List,” holding the number eight spot as the coolest girl on MySpace.com, for how much she hates her ex boyfriend Jared Leto, and for a sex tape that’s floating around.

WHAT DOES R KELLY REALLY MEAN WHEN HE SINGS ‘MAKE IT RAIN’?

R. Kelly is being suspected of referring to sexual activity in his appearance on the DJ Khaled remix of Fat Joe’s “Make it Rain.” The song also features Lil Wayne, Baby, and Rick Ross.

A source inside the Cook County State Attorney’s office in Chicago says, “all the other artists on the song used the term ‘Make It Rain’ to mean showering a woman with money, R Kelly’s talking about urinating on a girl in the song …If nothing else the lyrics show his true state of mind … But we’ll see who gets the last laugh.”

R. Kelly is awaiting trial for 14 counts of child pornography. Cook County prosecutors charged Kelly with child pornography in 2002, for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with a 14- year-old girl.

In February, Kelly missed a court appearance after undergoing surgery for a burst appendix, his lawyer said.

IS JAY-Z FEUDING WITH L.A. REID OVER SALARY?

Jay Z’s contract as CEO of Def Jam records will be up for renewal at the end of this year, and he reportedly wants a raise of several million dollars, but sources say L.A. Reid may not be willing to pay more, according to the New York Daily News.

Industry insiders speculate there is trouble between Jay Z, who is the CEO of Island/Def Jam, and Reid, who is the Chairman of the Board of the label.

However, Reid said to the New York Daily News, “We really love Jay… he is so important to our company there’s not much we wouldn’t do to keep him here, money being the least of them”.

Reportedly Jay Z is asking for several million dollars more, on top of his current salary, plus bigger bonuses for records that do well.

EMINEM WANTS HIS EX-WIFE TO SHUT UP `

Eminem and Kimberly Mathers have spent their share of time in court due to their two divorces and the duo’s various legal issues but it looks like they’ll be headed back today (March 26th), as Eminem has filed a motion to stop Mathers from bad mouthing him in interviews.

The Detroit News reports that Eminem and his lawyers will be in court today (March 26th), to argue in support of his motion to keep Mathers from making “derogatory, disparaging, inflammatory, and otherwise negative comments” during interviews. According to the rapper’s motion, the remarks are having an adverse effect on their 11- year-old daughter, Hailie Jade, and its in everybody’s best interest to “protect the child from further harm,” and to prevent “any further behavior likely to expose the minor child to humiliation and hostility.”

Mathers has appeared on 20/20 and several other news outlets. She’s discussed the couple’s two marriages and divorces, Eminem’s continued alleged drug use, and that the rapper allegedly drove her to attempted suicide.

WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP

The computer-animated comedy TMNT, starring the superstar reptiles of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, debuted in first place at the weekend box office, making it the top performer among the six new films out in wide release this past weekend. The ancient battle epic 300 fell to second place after two weekends at Number One. Opening in third place was Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg as a former Marine sniper who’s framed for a presidential assassination. Mark explains the premise behind his Shooter character’s actions: “He’s one of probably the best four shots in the entire world at any given time. He was a gunnery sergeant in the marines. They recruit him for this job. The archbishop of Ethiopia ends up getting assassinated and he’s now on the run, shot twice, and has to not only survive that, but then eventually figure out how he can prove his innocence and take down those who are responsible.”

Reign Over Me took the number 8 slot. Adam Sandler puts on his serious hat to play Charlie Fineman, a once successful dentist who’s been reduced to a mumbling, video-game playing recluse after his wife and daughters are killed on September 11th. Charlie lives off his insurance money and mingles with no one until his dental school roommate runs into him on the street and tries helping him through his grief. Don Cheadle co-stars. Adam speaks on his heavy Reign role: “I prepared for a long time and tried to stay as focused as I can be. I knew it was very important, the part, and to feel as much as I could so I tried to just be prepared for every day. It wasn’t like movies I’ve done in the past where I’m laughing and having a great time on the set, it was definitely a heavier feeling for me.”

Meanwhile Pride barely made the top ten at number 9. A former competitive swimmer, desperate to make ends meet, takes a job cleaning up a derelict recreation center. He butts heads with the center’s curmudgeony janitor at first but proves himself by teaching some of the neighborhood kids how to swim. Pride is inspired by the true story of Philadelphia coach Jim Ellis, and stars Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac. Terrence talks about wearing ’70s costumes in Pride: “You know, this is disco time! You remember the disco time from Saturday Night Fever. Tony and those cats, they had nice bodies, they were slim and they could move across that floor. That’s what I wanted, I wanted to put on my macking outfit and you know, and go and do it. And I looked forward to getting dressed every day.”

THIS WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES – MARCH 23- 25

1. TMNT, $25.45 million
2. 300, $20.5 million
3. Shooter, $14.5 million
4. Wild Hogs, $14.4 million
5. The Last Mimzy, $10.2 million
6. Premonition, $10.1 million
7. The Hills Have Eyes 2, $10 million
8. Reign Over Me, $8 million
9. Pride, $4 million
10. Dead Silence, $3.5 million

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Black History Fact

In 1831, religious leader Richard Allen, the first African- American ordained by the Methodist- Episcopal church, died. He was born February 14th, 1760.
In 1917, singer, songwriter, Rufus Thomas was born.
In 1959, the Coasters recorded their single “Along Came Jones.”
In 1964, Chuck Berry recorded “No Particular Place To Go” at Chess Studios in Chicago.
In 1966, “634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)” by Wilson Pickett peaked at Number 13 on the pop singles chart.
In 1966, “Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)” by the Four Tops peaked at Number 18 on the pop singles chart.
In 1969, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye peaked at Number One on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1974, George Foreman knocked out Ken Norton in Caracas, Venezuela, in the second round to retain the world heavyweight title.
In 1983, “You Are” by Lionel Richie peaked at Number Four on the pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Man In The Mirror” by Michael Jackson peaked at Number One on the pop singles chart.
In 1988, “Ooo La La La” by Teena Marie peaked at Number 85 on the pop singles chart.
In 1988, Jesse Jackson stunned fellow Democrats by soundly defeating Michael S. Dukakis in Michigan’s Democratic presidential caucuses.
In 1990, Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film Glory.
In 1990, the album Born To Sing by En Vogue was released.
In 1991, “The First Vision” video by Mariah Carey was certified gold and platinum.
In 1992, Superior Court Judge Patricia Gifford sentenced former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison. She also denied him bail and ordered him to serve the term immediately for raping Desiree Washington in July 1991. Tyson ended up serving three years.

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Celebrity Birthdays

Teddy Pendergrass, singer, songwriter, 57 Diana Ross, singer-actress, member of the Supremes, 63
Marcus Allen, NFL running back, 47
Ernest Thomas, actor (What’s Happening!’s Roger ‘Raj” Thomas, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star), 57
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Words To the Wise

Go for it all
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