Star Jones Reynolds' show on truTV (formerly CourtTV) is being canceled. According to People, it was a mutual agreement to discontinue the show, and she'll stay on with the network as a contributing legal expert. The last episode of The Star Jones Show, which debuted in September, is Friday.
In a scene reminiscent of Natalie Maines talking smack about President Bush in London, another Dallas singer is making headline for overseas comments.
Erykah Badu held a press conference in Tel Aviv today in advance of a concert Saturday. According to the Associated Press, she praised Palestinian hip-hop artists and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, whose statements have been labeled “bigoted and anti-Semitic” by the Anti-Defamation League.
“[Farrakhan is] not an anti-Semite. He loves all people,” Badu said.
She also said Palestinians use hip-hop "as a form of liberation, as a form of pre-resistance, as a form of therapy." When asked to name an Israeli hip-hop artist, she could not.
Before you settle into your couch tonight, with your TV undoubtedly tuned to ABC, I wanted to point out the connections between the shows you'll be watching and some comics hitting stores this week and next.
As you may have read in this week's Fanboy column, Vertigo released the final issue of Y: The Last Man yesterday. That critically acclaimed series was created and written by Brian K. Vaughan, who is now a producer for Lost.
In an apparent bid to capitalize on the hype surrounding the last Last Man, DC Comics next week will release Batman: False Faces, a collection of some of Vaughan's earliest comics work.
Following Lost tonight will be the premiere of Eli Stone, a series co-created by Marc Guggenheim. Guggenheim is one of the new rotating writers on the thrice-monthly Amazing Spider-Man. His first issue goes on sale next week.
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