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perstar Eddie urphy is 0ffi­
cially enpged, CXXX'diDg to a
Los Angeles columnist ho
claims t seea _
Official ord from Eddie's
people . aad 18-year 0 d
Ho rd UJliversity, pre-la
tudent, Musanna Overr, at'
just friends. The couple repor­
tedly met tho ummer. 0 date
been set, In other personal
ne s, Murphy is reportedly
oppiDg for a house in Beverly
Hills. (Last year, spent more
that $32,000 a month for the
bo he rented in Trousdale
Estates. ost agree he spent
more on the bo he leased in
Bel-Air the January). On
the business si de, urphy i still
100 ing for the ri t project with
which he will make his direc­
torial debut. His half-brother
Vernon Lynch, just signed a
, .
Murphy ·engage
. . .
deal with Arista RCCOI' H· a veryWcal member of � BSU
group, K-9 � performed· 1968 the Uilftwsily of San
live just last IDOnth at a birthday Francisco, said -the end of
party for Nile ROFfI at the apartheid: inevi ble Saac­
<lUna Club . y OI'k Oty. tions to urge upport, My 133-
lac Ad rape. 0 t: year 014 daugher is .. ODe.
Actresses Al&e Woodward and I thin everybody should."
Sheila Frazier organized a press Mean hile Glover is set to
conference weeks ago, or- I begin filming "Lethal WeapoD
ging the public to put pressure n in N<wember.
on Senate leaders to vote in sup- Fr.'5
port of Sen te bill 2756--the , b t
Anti-apartheid Act. Those 0I;l
hand for the press conference
included Hill SL Blues' Mim;t�1
Warren &. Owles Haid, Mor­
g Fairchild, Kevin Hooks with
dad Robert Hoo Max Gail,
veteran actress Judy Pace wi
husband and former baseb U
great Curt Flood, Carl Ander­
son, and Danny Glover, who
starred in "Color Purple" and
"lethal Weapon." Glover, who
has been an activist since he was
Michea/ Jackson fa
I
To deliver
concert -
proceed in
per on
ich el J ac son will visit
Detroit's Motown
Museum on Sunday, October 23
to present t p oceeds of his
October 24 show. Motown
Records founder Berry Gordy
and otown Museum Presi­
dent Esther G. EdwardSwillac­
ce pt Jackson's donation.
Jackson' Oct r 24 concert
marks the open g of a three
night sold-out engagement at
the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The Motown Museum - l0-
cated t 2648 W. Grand
•
Boulevard, Detroit - .' housed
in the building that served as the
ite of the legendary recording I
company' or' inal studios and
offices. Later, Motown ex­
panded into several buildings
along W. Grand Boulevard and
the original building became I
known "Hitsville USA." The
blue and white stucco building
w s dedicated as Mi igan
registered Historic Site 0.592
at a May 10, 1988 ceremony at­
tended by Governor James
Blanchard and Detroit Mayor
Coleman Young.
Berry Gordy founded the
company that got the whole
world singing and dancing to hi
M to ound With an $800
loan from his family in 1959. The
cia sic Motown hit were
< reco d by The Jackson FIVe,
Sm ey Rob' Diana Ross
and t e Supremes, Stevie
onder, The Temptations,
Fran's Place, which won
three Emmys; h been can­
celled. While winning the sup­
portof network execs aad critics
alike, the sho based onb life in
a bla Ne orleans restaurant
had trouble finding a uitable
time and audience. Said Tim
Reid, the aw's ar and c0-
producer of Viewers For
Quality Television says that
"WQT' not going to let it go
four- Mota
I
Gladys Knight and th Pips, The
four Tops, Marvin Gaye the
Marvelettes and many other in
Hitsville's one-trac tudio A,
wbich has been preserved and is
on view in the basememt of the
Museum. '
ten-year-old Michael Jack-
n uditioned for Gordy at
Hitsville Studios in 1969. J ck­
son recalls, "It w like a fairy
tale come true listening to thi
powerful, talented D predict­
ing that . were going t have
three No, 1 records in row.
This was unheard of in those
days, but was right." J bon
continues, "Berry told u. he was
going to make us the bi est
thing in the world. 'We are going
to make hi tory toge ther,' he
id."
Mo own Records of course,
eventually diversified into
Californi . -ba ed entertainent
conglomerate, but Motown's
� nyth ing is possible in
America" ethic has remained
alive in Detroit via the dedi­
cated efforts of Gordy's sister,
Esther G. Edwards.
e stilll modest facility al-
ready become the fifth
WlUlOUt a jor fight: and is
mounting national campaign
to eep it 0 You Y co tact
VQT by writmg: P.O. Bo 195,
Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Ac­
cording to Reid, One lette rep­
reseats 5,(XX) viewers. ·CoaJlfelS
V. i .217:
'7I1's season debut, a1so
the debut of countess Vaughn,
bowing in as Alexandra DeWitt,
11 year-o college student
ho moves in with .Jen ins,
causing friction for Brenda.
With the move to 8PM-- large
children's market, the show fek
aeed to make better use of
their younger acto . Vaughn, a
six = time S Search winner
has been performing since the
age of three in church and local
talent show , in Idabel, Ok­
lahoma.
Sort Ta e: Whoopi
Goldberg, 38, has filed for
n Mu'eum
most visited tourist site in
Detroit The m which is
open fr m 10:00 a.m. 5:00
p.m., monday through Fr y
and from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on
Sundays, has display cases hold­
ing much of the memorabilia -
sociated with Mo own's early
days. There are, the sequined
suits worn on tage by The
Miracles, numerous gold
records, hi toric photo, fan
club paraphernalia, the framed
$BOO promissory note and the
e er -present musi c,
In a receot oonveration be­
tween J ckson and Gordy,
the man Jackson has often id
he co iders "a f ther fJgW'e,·
Jackson asked "What can I do to
help?" Gordy, who h been
sub idizing the u eum for
years, asked Jackson to t
him in keeping the Motown
heritage alive by expanding the
Motown Museum. The J ckson
contn uti D' expected to pave
the way for 'community grants
public upport and don lions
from the other stars wb roots
are in th Motown sound- Th
otown Museum' symbol
that the dream can come true
for other ge ratio
divorce from her husband of
two years, 29-year ·old D vid
Claesscen ... Speaking of
divorce, Mil Davis' divorce
from Cicely Tyson finalized
a couple of months ago .. J as­
mine Guy is \VOrking on a record
album.
Q: When will t
COInpiete?
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