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The pretty Elizabeth Banks, 32,
a convert to Judaism, got noticed
in the sup-
porting role of
Betty Brant in
the first two
Spiderman
movies. More
recently, she
had a small
juicy
part, as
Elizabeth Banks
a randy store
clerk, in the
The
40-Year-Old
hit flick
However, the movies she's had the
lead role in (The Baxter, Heights,
Slither) have tanked at the box
office.
Maybe Banks will have better
luck with her new movie, Invincible,
which opens Friday Aug. 25.
Banks co-stars as the girlfriend
of a hard-luck bartender (Mark
Wahlberg) who comes out of
nowhere and manages to make
a pro football team. (Banks also
will appear in the third Spiderman
movie, to be released in 2007.) El

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The Washington Post reports:
"Security concerns were so high
that all involved were sworn to
secrecy. Because they hoped
to be perceived as a documen-
z-tary or news crew, the filming
[in Pakistan] took place without
any Hollywood trappings. There
was also some concern because
Futterman, like Pearl, is Jewish."
A Mighty Heart, based on a
memoir by Mariane Pearl, Daniel's
widow and a Buddhist, will be
completed in the United States
this fall. Her father was Dutch
Jewish and her mother, who was
of mixed race, was Cuban Catholic.
Angelina Jolie plays Mariane in
the film.
Futterman, who co-starred in
TV's Judging Amy and earned a
2005 Oscar nomination for the
screenplay of Capote, told the
Post: "One thing I admire about
Danny [Pearl] is how proud he
was of his heritage, and how he
refused to lie about it, no matter
where he was."

Marty Coleman.
"We loved the music and the expres-
siveness of the Motown sound, and
that's why we sang it',' says Avig, who
worked solo and with other groups
after member of the Valadiers left
entertainment in the 1960s. "We fol-
lowed the basic rhythm and thought it
sounded good."
Avig, who does doo-wop shows in
other states, recalls entertaining at the
Jewish resorts in South Haven as part
of the Valadiers. With member reloca-
tions to other states, they have not
kept in touch.
"Shades of Blue gets together one
or two times a week for rehearsals at
singers' homes',' Avig says. "We have
fun in front of audiences, and we have
fun as we practice together."

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the Skyliners, Maurice Williams & the
Zodiacs, the Contours, James "Pookie"
Hudson & the Spaniels, Jack Scott, the
Bobbettes, the Marcels, the Edsels and
Daddy G & the Church Street Five.
"We're going to sing R&B songs
recorded in the 1950s and 1960s:' says
Stuart Avig, 63, a Farmington Hills
resident who has been part of Shades
of Blue for three years.
"I was a member of the Valadiers
when I was at Oak Park High School,
but we didn't stay together very long.
Our biggest recording was 'Greetings
(This Is Uncle Sam); which sold nearly
300,000 copies."
Avig, the only Jewish member of
Shades of Blue, helps recall the group's
hit song, "Oh, How Happy." Nick
Marinelli is the one remaining original
member of the singing troupe, which
now includes Andy Alonzo and Don
ReVels.
"The Valadiers, a quintet with
members from Detroit's Mumford
High School, performed blue-eyed
soul, music that sounded like the
black groups gaining fame through
Motown. The Valadiers remained an
all-Jewish group that included Jerry
Light, Art Glasser, Gary Frankel and

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