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WlUS d I :ALosAn­
geles Superior Court jud' e
recently . denied dismissal m0-
tion in a '$30 milliop copyright
infringement la uit brought by
writer Shelby Gregory against
superstarEd - Murphy. The
bid to'· the suit was
brought by Lassine Ousseni,
ho claims to be a Nigerian
prince d asserts it was he 0
offered Gregory $5,000 to write ,
detailed ou - of a ory that
re embled "Coming To
America". 0 eni, himself,
s ys he ill sue MU.rphy.
� no date fo further
. either case has been
On the 0 front, Murphy
reportedly bought the three
bOtllSeS to Paul "Crocodile
Dundee" Hogan for 0 million.
According to the report, be
plans to demolish the three
ho .,5 and build one big 0
mansion in thei place.
� - AS- It all
glitz and glamour for the 10th
Annual Blac Acheivement
Awards recently in Los An­
geles. The wards which were
hosted by Clifton Davis and
Jackee, were the brainchild of
Ebony publisher, John H.
Johnson, to highlight the
. acheivements of Blacks in aU
arena . Lionel Hampton
received the Lifetime Acheive­
mem A d, while Rev. Jesse
Jack on picked up the
Trailblazer Award. Other
recipient included Con­
gressman Charles Rangel,
Glady Knight &. rhe Pip,
Oprah Winfrey, and Grambling
Univesity president, Dr. Joseph
Johnson. Flo-Jo, Evelyn Ash­
ford, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee
were on hand for Salute to
Olympians. Presenters included
Melba Moore, Quincy Jones,
Blair Underwood, V Wi}.
Ii Kadeem Hadison, and
Beauty &. The Be t's Ron
Pearlman (who· married to a
Black ). The program .
ted to be bro dcast in over
100 markets from December
through Bla History th.
(Check your local listings or Jet
agazine for dates in your
area).
ere served in
unicipal Court
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Berry Gordy 80 ored:
Moto n Records founder
Berry Gordy was honored on
I December 8th in Beverly HiIk.
The occasio was the Brother­
hood Crusade' annual "Walter
Bremond Pioneer of Black
Acheivement Award Dinner".'
Thi year, the coveted award,
named in hono of the Brother­
hood Crusade's founding
father, went to industry legend,
Berry Gordy. Entertainment for
the evening as provided by
Smo ey Robinson.
. Ho lIy ood, C If. -
Humorist and columnist Art
Buchwald has filed suit against
Paramount Pictures charging
that the idea for the hit movie
·Coming To America" starring .
Eddie Murphy was his idea.
Murphy maintains that he in­
\leSted the stor)' liDe. But Buch-
d had submitted doruments
mow.-mg that he submitted the
idea to Paramount in 1983
under the tide .King For A Day"
and ·th the understandiDg that
. if a movie ever produced .
would star Murphy. HoweYeI',
the Buch ld uit is against
Paramount and not Murphy.
The movie "Coming To
America· gro ed over $100
million.
DID YOO oW � .. that
men' e up to four times
omen to commit uicide.
Severe fIDucial problems �
. . ppear 0 y
. the leading reason men com­
. suicide.
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