SEPTEMBER '·15, 1
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S,ih Lee SOIIW Off: Un­
like bis last two movie, Spi e
Lee's "Mo' Better Blues" isn't
cinematic attempt to tackle
heavy race i ues, But belo
tbe urface of "Mo 'Better
Blues" are some tbougbt
provoking statements about
bo BI ck fol s 100 at jazz
music.
Spike' 'statement i about
BI ck folks not upporung
Blac m icians even tbough
jazz i an African American
rt form. Spike i personally
troubled by tbi is ue and
bopes bis movie ill give
Blac folk ca e to tbin .
"Blac people turn away
from lot of stuff that's us".
"It's tbe me tbing for blue -
if you go to any blues concerts
only young bite kids are
there". "If you a k Bobby Blue
Bland, B.B. King, they'll say
the arne tbing th t Branford
and Wynton Marsali are
aying, Blac people are not
coming out and upporting
ourselves". "I thin i a crime
lbat BI c people are buying
more Kenny G records than
Wynton or Branford".
Another topic Spik ma es
,a strong t tement about is
Blac in Hollywood. Even
though Spi ke i con idered
ucces ful Hollywood direc­
tor, he' still restricted to
comparativel y mall budgets
and althougb Spi e is riding
high today, be 'now -tbat Hol-
ich el J c n to
be honor d - by the
BoySc,��
Tbe Los Angele Area
Council, Boy Scouts of
America, will present super­
t r entertainer Micbael Jac -
on witb the first "Michael
Jackson Good Scout
Hum nitari n Award," sept.
14. 1990 at a dtnner chaired by
Mich el Ei ner, Chairm nand
Chief Executive Officer, of tb
Wall Disney Company.
The prestigious award wa
created and n med for Michael
Jack on in recognition of his
hum nitarian effort for all
. man indo Jac on' effort to
help tho e le fortunate em­
beltishe the oath. law and
principle taught by the Boy
Scout of America. The
I ywood .could cbange it's
mind about bim tomorro .
"As long as my budgets are
witbin wbat Universal Pic­
tures want to give me, tbey'l1
make the film, but if not, I'll
have to go ome here el e".,
"We're really trying to
develop alternative means of
financing because tbere's
going to come a time when
they say, "look nigga, that's
it". One way Spi e is prepar­
ing for tbat day, i discus ing
a pos ible partnership with
Eddie Murphy. Spike and
Eddie have evidently worked
· out their differences and are
thinking about teaming up for
, a film.
Fro tk« PP&:T (People.
Plllces Thill,s) File: Since
the spli t of Rene Moore and
Angela Winbusb in 1986,
Rene bas filed a variety of la
uit again t her and nyone
remotely associated with tbe
former duo. Angela ba bad
deci ion come down on her
behalf, but recently a Lo An­
geles jury decided in Rene'
favor. Rene claimed, under a
partnership agreement he had
wi th Angela and a third party,
that he was entitled to profits
from the I ley Brot ers 1987
album. "Smooth Sailing",
which Angela produced.
The jury a arded Rene
around S35,OOO from Exotic
. Productions, and S125,000
Micheal Jack on Good Scout
Humann rian Award will be
made nationally available for
all Boy Scouts Councils in the
U.S. Future bonoree will be
elected by the Boy Scout in
concert witb MJJ Produc­
tions.
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from Angela ho i appealing
the decision. Until now An­
gela bas not wanted to. com-
-ment on Rene's allegations to
the press, but he and her
man ger, Ron Isley feel it's
ti me to present a more
balanced viewpoint.
"The way tbe case went, it
made me look like 1 a very
succe ful and th t his career
was failing", Angela say . "He
used that to say tbat there was
fraud and conspiracy, and that
we conspired to break up thi
partnership, and I ran off ith
the "Smooth Sailing" album
and all the re . t of the partner-
, shi p opportuni tie tb t
resulted by that album being
uccessful, but that was not
. tbe ca e".
Tim aM Da,ltlle Rei4 will
return to TV to host a daytime
lifestyles talk ho called
"Tim and Daphne". The Reid
created the concept for the one
bour program, which will fea­
ture egmen on bealth . nd
fitness, fashion, food, family,
finance and arlo
Silllericomedielllle Nell
Carter, the former tar of tbe
long running sitcom "Gimme
a Break". may be back on the
tube a e rly as November.
MTM Entertainment i
reported to be in heavy
negotiation with CBS (or a
po sible sitcom starring Nell
as the wife and mother of a
large famil y. -
Fro", Our Feedback
LiM ... Caller re ponded to
tbe Keenan Ivory Wayan in­
tervie about hi hit TV how,
"In Living Color", with noth­
ing but praise ying that it
offered a comical outlet that's
long overdue. However, ome ,
felt tbe characters were too
tereotypic It and that some
skit go a little too far,but
over�1I Keenan is doing
great �ob. As to the compl ints
from middle America? C Hers
said e should ignore wbat
middle America tbin and
rna e comedy for ourselve . If
you have an opinion on tbi or
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