The Good Girl.
Reg istration
for iss Black
ichigan
P geant
Mr. Romell Travic Execu­
tive Director of the 1991 Mi
Black Michigan USA Pageant
announced an open registra­
tion for the Annu I Pageant
held during the month of Sep­
tember.
Women of color who are in­
terested in participating may
register until the deadlin on
September 3(}. 1990 by c lIing
the pageant hcadqu rters. lo­
cated in Picas nt Ridge
Michigan at (313) 546-1760.
Thi year pageant will be
held on Saturday, November'
17, 1990 at the Troy Hilton
B IIroom. A panel of celebrity
judges ill elect winner
and four runners-up b ed on
a personal interview, evening
gown and wim uit competi­
tion.
The winner and runner -up
will hare in over S10,0 in
cash, prizes modeling con­
tract, auto ho oppor­
tuni tits and cholar hip . A
to succe on the
usic seen with glamour,
oul beauty and indisputable
ale t. the evy of fem le
ble no blos-
f that tbe "Girl
roups Are ck!'90 Style."
Reminis ent of The
�uprem�s, e M rvelettes
nd other a I-female cas of
he 1960, he '90 groups,
ihiCh nclu e uch artists as
n Voglle. S des of Lace and
lyman. co bine the same
good look ,teamwor and
talent of th i r predece sors,
but deli ver i wit t e spirited
dance move and sex appeal
that ignify tbe video ge.
"En Yogue eans more tb n
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are
just In-step witb fashion,"
ays Terry Ellis, a member of
the hit group.
"It mean bei ng n African­
American women who
projects a po itive image," she
add. The Lo Angeles-b sed
trio The Good Girls al 0
project n innocent,
whole orne image.
Ta ing the feminine touch
in bro der direction than
imply R B Black music,
female rappers such a
Atlanla's own Silk Tymes
Leather, and go peJ Singer
Witness are prime example
th t there's plenty of room for
omen to harmoniou I y corn­
te, and succeed, together.
"Wild At Heart"
Wild at He ,winner t thi year's Canne Film Festival. is
both sensual nd captlv ting. Thi. film is reminiscent of "Blue
Velvet", and if you d n't know ju t what that means. it's the
kind of movi that you have to be a little. it: to enjoy.
Ironically en ugh, the 11m got's "The Wizard of Oz'' written all
over it." On y this time, Dorothy goes hy the nam of "Lui
ace . nun : t 'bad itch is lY, widowed mother' the
Emerald City is a dry, dusty town in 'c: as: and the yellow brick
rot d i. spla tcrcd with blond. I guess nothing is sacred
anymore. An while director David yn h (who is n re nown
for "Twin Pe ks") de ribes the film a. a violent comedy.tlead
actor Nichol s Cage admits "the Wizard of Oz i there
omewhere. "
"Wild at Hea "stars Cage (as Sailor Ripley) oppo ite Laura
Dern s Lula ace Fonune. After Lynch read the novel "Wild at
Heart, the St ry of Lula and Sailor", he knew that he wanted
Cage and De to play the wild and pa .. ionate lovers. Lynch's
detennin tion to get Dern for the role of "Lula", wa. matched
only by his d ire for Dern's real-life mother, Diane Ladd, a
the ob e ed nd crazed Marieua.v-Lula's mother. (It w the
first time Der and her mother had worked together ince Laura
was a child). illiam Dafoe was another obvious choice for the
film's bl: ck a gel, So by Peru. Al�o included in the cast is
Calvin Lockh, (remember him") as : den nted killer who plays
one of.the bad guy . But if you blin r go to get popcorn at the
wrong time, y just might miss him.
Thi psychotic love tory .. tarts with Sailor and Lula trying des­
perately to st y together, as Ladd (excellent in the role of
Marietta) i. 0 e ed with the idea Of keeping them apan. So
much so, that he enlists the aid of h r boyfriend (Harry Dean
Stanton) and obster ex-lover (lE. Freeman) to help her. The
film opens wi Marietta putting a contract out on Cage, and the
race is on. A ng the w' y, we meet some shady ch rac-ters,
though the sh ie t of them are conjured up in Lola's own mind.
(In one. eque ce, M rietta dons a broom, and appear. very
much like the IC cd witch of the cnxt). In another, Lula clicks
her heels three imes in an attempt to g ,t I me.
Mi s Photogeni will al 0 be
elected ba d on her
photographic qu litie .
The Mi BI ck Michigan
USA Pageant i the official
prelJminary to t Mi Black
Ameri ca Pagea . One lucky
conje tant will rab th pre­
tigiou title of Ml .Bla k
Mi higan USA and will I 0
win a II expen e paid trip to
the nation l.competition at the
Mi Blac America Pageant
10 r pre ent Michi n.
To re j ter or to obt In ad­
diu nat mf rrnation. plc
c nactMr. R m II Tr VI. at
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