May 22, 2013

Nina Shaw Earns ‘Entertainment Lawyer of the Year’ Award

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*Congratulations to Nina Shaw. The Beverly Hills Bar Association will honor the legal star with its 2013 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year award next month, reports Deadline.com. Among Shaw’s various clients are Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, James Earl Jones, newly named “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” host Cedric the Entertainer and “America’s Got Talent” [...]




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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 Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people [...]




Disney Family Movies Offering Free Shaq, Brandy, Whoopi, More

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*If you have little kids and they like Disney – and you have cable TV – then you’re in luck. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Sign-up for the Video On Demand service Disney Family Movies in October and get the first month free of charge. Films on the schedule this month include “Fantasia 2000,” featuring [...]




James Earl Jones ‘I Figured Out the Tea Party…I Understand Racism’

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  *Actor James Earl Jones, who used to be the “voice of CNN,” was interviewed on Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West‘s syndicated Smiley & West radio show, where he was asked whether he is a “political person.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Jones shared that he consumes as much political news as he can, [...]




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Singer Ray J turns 31 today

*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 What is necessary to change a person is [...]




Photos: Oprah Receives Her ‘Unimaginable’ Oscar

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Oprah Winfrey attends the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 2011 Governors Awards with Stedman Graham (L) in Hollywood, Calfornia November 12, 2011. REUTERS/Matt Petit/A.M.P.A.S./Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

*Oprah Winfrey accepted an honorary Oscar for her charitable work on Saturday in what she called an unimaginable moment for a black woman who grew up poor in Mississippi and rose to superstardom stardom. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually bestows its Governors Awards on people who have made an impact in [...]




Academy to Screen Films from Honorees Oprah, James Earl Jones

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*The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ posh Governors Awards dinner, set for Nov. 12, has announced its first-ever Governors Awards Film Series, which consists of three representative films — one each for Oprah Winfrey, who is to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, as well as the two Honorary Award winners, James Earl [...]




Academy President Defends Oprah Winfrey’s Honrary Oscar

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*Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak is defending the decision to give Oprah Winfrey the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The Internet was rife with complaints over the selection after it was announced earlier this week. “Does this newly announced Academy prize prove that Oprah means the same thing to Hollywood as [...]




Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones to Receive Honorary Oscars

*Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith have been picked to receive honorary Oscars, reports the AP. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says the three will be honored with Oscar statuettes at the Governors Awards in November. The academy’s Board of Governors voted Tuesday to recognize the entertainment industry [...]




James Earl Jones to Drive Broadway’s ‘Miss Daisy’ Across the Pond

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*Producers of “Driving Miss Daisy” announced Monday that James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave and Boyd Gaines will reprise their Broadway roles when the production moves to London this fall. The play will begin performances at Wyndham’s Theatre from Sept. 26 through Dec. 17, with an opening night scheduled for Oct. 5, according to the Hollywood [...]




Whoopi, Chris Rock, Viola Davis to Present at Tony Awards

Whoopi Goldberg attends the 5th Annual Tony Awards meet the nominees press reception at Millennium Broadway Hotel on May 4, 2011 in New York City

*Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Viola Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and James Earl Jones were all announced as presenters during the June 12th Tony Award ceremony honoring Broadway’s best. Also slated to hit the stage at the Beacon Theater are Daniel Radcliffe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alec Baldwin, Kelsey Grammer, Vanessa Redgrave and Harry Connick, Jr. Emmy winner [...]




Sidney Poitier to Receive Award from Film Society of Lincoln Center

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*Screen icon Sidney Poitier will be honored with one of the film industry’s most prestigious awards at a ceremony in New York City today. The actor, who became the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1963, will be feted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center with a star-studded [...]




James Earl Jones to Receive Prestigious Theater Award

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*Tony Award-winning actor James Earl Jones is set to receive a prestigious award for his stage work from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. The stage and screen legend will receive the organization’s coveted Monte Cristo Award at a ceremony in May, according to WENN. The voting panel was made up of such acting talent as Michael Douglas, [...]




Audrey’s Society Whirl: Broadway Royalty James Earl Jones Shares His Birthday with a King

James Earl Jones blows out second of his two 80th Birthday cakes.

*Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was a special day at the smash hit Broadway production of playwright Alfred Uhry’s smash hit revival of Driving Miss Daisy now playing at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45 Street) where it opened to rave reviews on October 25, 2010 for a limited engagement but has been enjoying such [...]




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Shabba Ranks turns 45 today.

*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 We are all in the gutter, but some [...]