May 25, 2013

Forest Whitaker Takes Over Richard Pryor Biopic

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*The long-gestating Richard Pryor biopic is starting over from scratch with Forest Whitaker now in charge. Fresh from producing the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner “Fruitvale,” Whitaker has taken over the nearly two-decade effort to bring the legendary comic’s life of the big screen, reports Deadline.com. Whitaker is teaming with the late [...]




Eddie Griffin Being Sued by Lesbian who Threw drink at Him

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*A woman in the audience of funny manEddie Griffin basically attacked him after he cracked a few jokes about lesbians. A drink was thrown and the comedian responded with an “air-hump,” she contends Now the woman, Fiona Walsh who is a lesbian, is claiming sexual assault. As we reported, the whole event went down at [...]




Eddie Griffin Goes Off on Lesbians and TMZ

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*Eddie Griffin doesn’t take to disagreements too well, which probably explains why he hasn’t done much work in the past few years. As we reported, he got into a confrontation with a woman attending his show recently. But what really set him off was when TMZ told the world about the incident. So what had [...]




Eddie Griffin Involved in Drink Throwing Fight (Video)

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*You know your comedy act isn’t going well when a woman in the audience throws a drink at you. That’s what happened to Eddie Griffin. But he threw one back at the woman then got really aggressive with her. It was caught on camera and of course TMZ has got it and so do we [...]




Eddie Griffin Divorced After 6 Months of Marriage

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*Well, Kim Kardashian isn’t the only one with one of the world’s shortest marriages. Comedian and actor Eddie Griffin is officially divorced after only six months of “wedded bliss.” (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) He tied the knot with a woman named Nia Rivers in [...]




Eddie Griffin AND Tracy Morgan to be Ol Dirty Bastard in Rapper’s Biopic?

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*Action on the proposed Ol’ Dirty Bastard biopic is being set in motion, supposedly with talks about whose gonna play the late Wu-Tang Clan rapper. In a joking conversation RZA said Eddie Griffin and Tracy Morgan all said they want to be ODB. “Eddie Griffin is down. Me and Eddie talked about it, laughed about [...]




Photos: Eddie Griffin Marries Girlfriend in Vegas

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*Eddie Griffin is officially off the market TMZ is reporting that the comedian jumped the broom with his fiancée Nia Rivers on Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas. According to the website, the couple exchanged vows before four guests at a walk-in wedding chapel. Griffin reportedly purchased the $199 “Cherish Package,” which includes limo transportation, a [...]




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*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. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE You’ve got to get to the stage in [...]




Win a Copy of Eddie Griffin’s ‘You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It’ DVD

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*Want a copy of Eddie Griffin’s “You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It?” No problem ’cause we’ve got several to give away. Just send us your name, age, day/evening phone number(s) and of course, your mailing address to eurContest@eurweb.com. Please put Eddie Griffin DVD in the subject line. Hurry contest ends at midnight this Friday, [...]




Eddie Griffin Talks New Comedy Central Special and DVD (‘You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It’)

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*In case you haven’t heard by now, comedian Eddie Griffin has a new TV special out called “You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It.’ The same special can also be found on DVD. We don’t know what it is about Eddie on this one, but he takes it there.  All the way there!  If you [...]




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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. ————– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Focus on Your Goal. Where are you going? [...]




‘VH1 Hip Hop Honors’ Reveals Full ‘Dirty South’ Lineup

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*Missy Elliott, Murphy Lee, Mystikal, Nelly and Paul Wall are among the artists set to attend VH1′s seventh annual “VH1 Hip Hop Honors,” which will celebrate the music, the influence and the artists from The South. As previously reported, Timbaland was the most recent addition to the list of honorees, which include Jermaine Dupri, J [...]