ummer's
igh.
C I she' adopted a rigid exerci e
Lao out/or Jill Jones: ot routine to work off some of the
only can she act, but she can baby fat from her econd child
ing and dance. All of which · off. (Of cour e, it' nothing
you'll be able to ee in what is you or I would notice).
expected to be one of this fall' Klenen IYorJ WaJans wil
blockbu ter movie hits square oCf again t Arsenio
- "Gra/flti Bridge", the late t Hall at this years Emmy
from rince. Awards ceremony in the
In the movie, he plays the category of "Best v riety,
purple Prince' girlfriend. music, or comedy eries."
Jone met Prince when she wa Among tho e other Blacks
doing bac up vocal for Teena nominated for Emmy's are
M rte, who i her iter. At the Alfre Woodard (for her
time, he w til in high portrayal of Mary
choot, but they m intained a Thomas-I aiah Thomas'
friendship, while developing a mother, in "The Mary Thomas
�rking relatio� hip, ith her .. Story), Jame Earl Jone ,Ruby
doang a lot of hi background Dee, Debbie Allen (Cor her
vocal. . Choreography o[ "Polly"),
For a time, she w one of Thomas Carter for his
the members of his group directing abilitie on his own
-lhe Revolution. Now, he "Equal Justice" series, and
record' on his Pai Ie Park Wynlon Marsali .
Reco�ds. BUl back to the Wc;'l1 just have to wait
que uon, mo t people would until September 161h to ee just
like to have a wered -how who will win. (The wards will
wa it to do love scene with be telecast live over the Fox
Prince? Broadca ting network).
"It wa okay," reports the
brown-haired beauty. "He's
very, very, very profe sional
about it, and the love cene
lhat e did do was really
technical. In f ct, he' such a
driven person that he makes
you feel like you should go
home and tudy your lines
everynight. But what was :
great i that with all be was
doing, he till maintained a
en e of humor". The film, a
sequel to "Purple Rain", is
lated for release early this
fall.
By
A Midsummer's Night
Magic: The stars came out rbr
Lakers ' star Magic Johnson's
Fifth Annual Mid ummer's
Night MagiC. Dinner Gala and
All Pro Celebrity Sa ketball
Game. All proceeds from
the dinner, which honored
Clarence Avant, who is
lovingly referred to as "the
godfather" by record industry
insider ",-went to benefit the
United Negro College Fund.
. (The event has raised SJ
million for the U CF thus t'ar).
As to Yallts a Williams,
h,'s in tb« tudio working to
complete her econd album,
which is expected to be
vailable around the first of
the year. In the me ntime ,
Those turning out to pay
homagc to both Magic and
Avant included Quincy
Jones, O.J. Simpson, Ahmad
Rashad, Dawnn Lewis, Johnny
Gill, Karyn White, Dick
agic
Griffey, "LA &: Ba�yf ce",
Loui Go ett, Jimmy Jam &
Terry Lewi , and Si nbad.
By pecial reque t, Whitney
Houston performed an original
rendition of "Happy Birthday"
for Magic' mom., (Houston
made quite a spla h in a .
equined hot pink outfit, and
porting a new
orangish-Auburn hairdo).
The next afternoon in an
all-pro celebrity basketball
game, . "A Different World"
co-star Sinbad coached the
. visitors team (including
Dominique Wilkins, laalah
Thoma and Spud Webb) to a
close victory over the home
team (composed of -Magic,
Danny Manning) which was
being enth i tically coached
by Arsenio Hall.
Hall beat up on player
who made mistakes, as pal
Eddie Murp y looked on.
SAor' Talc .. : Papa Joe
Jackson. (father to the famed
"Jack on's" clan) is getting
into the ct (music, that is),
wi th the launching of his own.
label "J ck on's Records".
Already, he's signed at least
three artist; including
four-time Star Search winner
Mendy Lee, and a Japanese
oul Singer.
And for the record, M.C.
Hamme ·Please Hammer
Don't Hurt 'Em" topped the 4
million sales mark last month,
tying the record set by the
Beastie Boys a the
best-selling rap album to date.
,
.
Next week: Rap music is
sues turn music indwtry
inside out?
on
Michael Matthew
Producti
casting Mo y, A X7
&om 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the
. c Hall Center. Local talCllt
i beiDl sought for "Wicked
Ways" a feature film set and
filmed entirely in Detroi .
Production i scheduled to
begin in the fall, 1990. '
f -wicked Ways" explores the
relatio . p of a father and son.
It is a ory of conflict, of rebel
lio of addiction and, ultimate-
ly, ory of hope.
Michael Powell' (producer
for Anita Baker) .has been
igned usic Director. Cast-
ing t this point includes Erne t
Harden ("The Jeffersons") with
A osua Bu ia (liThe Color
Purple"), Kim and Chip Fields
("The Fac Of Life"), Freda
e.. EPT. 1, 1HO
Payne and It
Both lead
roles are being
female char cte
All cutiDg inq
died by C
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RJ. Watkins, currently Execu
tive Producer of "The New
Dance Show" and -ute N'tght
En ertainment." for more infor
mation d to register for audi
tio call (313) 532-6066.
Black Art
Fair et
. Covert BI ck Arts Fair will
be held Saturday and Sunday,
September] and 2 from] 0:00
a.m�-5:30 p.m.
TheVan Buren United
Civic Organization of Covert
is spon orin their Third An
nual Black Art Fai r over the
Labor Day weekend, Saturday
and Sunday, Septem er 1 and
2. at the Cover School front
parking lot I cated on M-140
Highway, Covert, M1Ch.
Saturday and Sunday' ac
tivitie began at 12:00 noon to'
5:00 p.m. Some of the ac
tivitie for Saturday include:
Childrerr's Story Hour
Double Dutch Routine , Rap
per, G.O.P. Po se (Dancers),
and Civic Blac Theatre of
Kalamazoo. .
,
-
Activitie for Sunday in-
elude: Children' tory Hour,
Emmanuel Community
Church Choir, South H ven,
Tif ny Gordon, Covert; Youth
Am a ador For Chri t,
Covert; u ic eJlow Fel-
low, OJ} ZIon Singer,
Kal mazoo: Second Bapti t
Mal Ch ir. Kalamaz 0 and
Debbie Allen, enton H rbor.
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