A Chicago judge has turned down R. Kelly's request to go to Los Angeles to shoot a video, making that the first time any of the singer's travel requests have been rejected since he was indicted on 21 counts of child pornography a year ago and ordered to stay in the jurisdiction as part of his bond. Kelly appeared in court Wednesday (June 4) to begin discussions regarding a number of trips he wanted to take this month, but prosecutors said that he had misled the court when he asked permission to travel to New York for a concert, since it turned out he was not scheduled to perform. Permission was denied for the video — Kelly's shot three videos in the last two months, and Judge Vincent Gaughan said that would have to be enough. Permission was granted, however, for Kelly to travel to Los Angeles to perform at the BET Awards on June 24, and to Dallas to perform at a fundraiser on June 28. Kelly is due back in court on July 14. ...
"American Idol" runner-up Justin Guarini's self-titled debut album, due Tuesday, will include a duet with winner Kelly Clarkson called "Timeless." Also on the album is a cover of "Unchained Melody" and tracks produced by Babyface, Soulshock & Karlin (Destiny's Child) and Wade Robson (Britney Spears). ...
After "2 Fast 2 Furious," Tyrese will star in "Extortion," a crime thriller based on a story idea by the singer. "Romeo Must Die" screenwriter John Jarrell will pen the script, about an undercover detective investigating the murder of his foster brother. ...
Wayne Wonder might not want to let go, but his record label apparently doesn't feel the same way. Sources say Atlantic Records will not release a follow-up single to the reggae veteran's surprising hit, "No Letting Go," after a conflict between the label and Wonder on what the next single should be. ...
... TLC's Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas are launching an HIV education initiative this week called Dialogues: Education and Treatment for a Well Planned Future. Dialogues will deliver easy-to-understand HIV information via
www.HIV-Dialogues.com and (800) 576-6600. ...
Before heading to Chicago this summer to shoot "Barbershop 2," Eve will join Kevin Bacon and Benjamin Bratt in "The Woodsman." "It's about a child molester who comes back in the world," Eve said at Saturday's taping of the MTV Movie Awards. "And I'm sort of a bitch who kind of blows his thing up at his job. It's a different kind of role for me, like my hair will be really short and black." ...
Okay so your hair is what makes it different?? 
