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. . group, Manwatd1cr's Inc. from her latest LP due out tim
e J � To Trial:. Marla o. S Gr • spring on Arista. . . Whoopi
Law Muhammad, a Michael These days Marla Gibbs i 100 - Goldberg will play the cousin of
Jacbon enth iast, who peoees- ing for a building for her two teenagers reliviJig some mo­
se erself to be Billie Jean Crossroads Theater. She lost ments of America's tumultuous
JackSon (Mich el Jackson's the building the theater was civil rights history later this
ife) pleaded innocent to housed in when it was deter- month in a CBS Schoolbreak
breaking a restraining order mined that they were not up to Special titled 'Yy P Is My
directiDgher to keep clear of the California earthquake code. In- awn..
uperstar's EDciao home. Bail cidentally, when asked which Cab C.Uo a1 Critical:
at SS,OOO d a trial is role ·Gibbs liked most - Entertainer and famed band
cheduled to begin DeXt week. If businesswoman or actress, her leader, (the prince ofhi-de-ho),
found guilty, Muhammad ho reply was, ·in my heart - busi- was pronounced in critical con­
has previously beea convicted ness, however, ifl wasn't on TV, dition after emergency surgery
three times of tres ing at the I wouldn't have the opportunity following his collapse in upstate
entertainer's home, could be to tell people I was a New York. Family is keeping
fined up to $1,000 and spend a busmesswoman.· With regards quiet about details of the
year in jail. Muhammad claims to 'Zrr, Gibbs said the new 8 surgery. .
to have been the inspir . on for p.m. time slot is working out Lovers Lane: For recording
Jackson's smash tune, ·Billie n. 'We're just trying to hold star Angela Winbush and
Jean", What's more, she insists out until the fifth year." (After Ronald Isley, it was love at first
that Jackson is the father of her five years the show qualifies for sight. The two met at Warner
six-year old twins ••• While on syndication which means more Brothers. "He'd heard my
the subject of Michael Jackson, big bucks). album and asked a friend
Showtime is close to acquiring Short T : Randy Jackson worked at Warners to arrange
exclu ive cable rights for was arrested rece�y after he ameeting,-saidWinbush. �had
Michael Jackson's feature failed to stop for pedestrians in always loved their music and I
length film, �ooawalker". Ac,- a aosswalk and a subsequent had written the song "Smooth
cording to industry sources, the check turned up an outstanding Sailing", so I presented it to
film, released on videOcassette warrant The Rolls Royce he him." According to Winbush,
January 10 for $24.98, could be was driving was impounded. .. -we hit it off immediately. I was
seen on cable early as next Word has it that former Miss a fan, and we both started talk-
month. America Vanessa Williams is ing about music, so it was quite
�. W pregnant It's the second time natural. " The two now share in-
M ? Just one Black around for Williams and her terest in a recording studio.
made the list of . year's ten manager-husband Ramone Winbush, in fact, just recently
most watchable men, and he is Hervey. The couple already produced Stephanie Mills in her
actor Louis Gossett, Jr., most have a two-year old daughter, studio. (Note. Lover's Lane is a
recently een in "Roots Melanie .. ° Jennifer Holliday is 'ne bi-monthly feature keying
Chr° tmas·. Gossett, who was planning an extensive tour of the inoncelebritylovematchesand
ned t year, voted Scandinavian couatri . how they met).
most tchable by the 15,000- ning !lext month. She will
ACTO
TED
The Young Peo Musical
Theater of Detroit i coopera­
tion with Project BAIT and the
Detroi Black Arts Alliance is
searching for ctors for its up­
coming series of one-act plays.
The YPMT ofD is producing
"Ex min tion" by Annie
Coleman Crittendon and "The
Great White Sale" by Demon
Smith for starters. Both of these
were originally. produced by the
Concep East Theater.
Other plays under con­
sider tion are original aipts
from Irene Rosemond and
Norm Clements and an L.A.
saipt, "The Meeti.ug'. Another
writer, Lawrence Blaine, is
working a rewrite of one of bis
scripts, ·beath of a Lifer" the
story of Sam Cooke, George
Hicks, a Project BAIT member,
also has some DC p ys ready
for production. AU of these
playwrights wor.kiD& togethec
will create an environment for
mutual growth and develop­
ment, said David Rambeau,
Project BAIT:
In addition to the call for ac­
tors, YPMT· expecting to
develop coterie of directo .
Ultimately the theater company
I
wants to assemble a company of
40 actors and five· directors.
With this new reauitment to its
current production team,
VPMT will be able to plan and
produce a season of theater
productions. All of the efforts
fit into a long-range plan the
likes of which haven't been seen
since the days of the old Con­
cept East Theater, Rambeau
said .
If =re interested in par­
ticipati in this development
project contact the YPMT, days
at 931-3427, evenings 838-33n.
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