OCTOBER 7-13, 19
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Jam South A/rica: Artists
for A Free South Africa,
recently held a fe live benefit
to rai e fund in support of
their cause. Among those on
hand were Ja mine Guy, Carl
Ander on, Glynn Turman,
BI ir Underwood, Shari
Belefonte, C.C.H. Pounder,
Alfre Woodard and a host of
other. Woodard, who spear­
head many of the group ac­
tivitie. y. "we've got to
continue 10 provide educa­
tional support and economic
aid."
Woodard ays the mo t im­
portant thing to her is "seeing
that African-American
children are educated and
Afrtc n children are edu­
c ted, you do that and you
olve 101 problem.
Meanwhile, Lo Angele
theatre fans will receive quite
treat when she stars in a
weeklong perform nee of the
LA stage play "Love Letters",
opposite Blair Underwood.
Undcrv ood , by the way. say'
we can look forv ard to .ornc
s urpr is c s in thi ° season's
"L.A.la ", but he won't .ay
what thcy arc.
We do 'now. however.
that Paul Winfield will join
the ca. t tempor rily for a
tint a an Al Sharpton-type
with some sort of tie to Blair.
Is What You See, What
You Get? Perhaps the bigge t
talk on the entertainment
news circuit is Whitney
Houston'S reply to rumors
that she i� gay in two high­
lyflvi�ihlc magazine�.-F�me
& Life, marking the trrs: time
(I know of the super tar has
puhlicly addre sed the
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y Margo Classe
IERES!!!
" arrow Margin"
For all it's typical good-guy-gets-bad-guy theme, "Narrow
Margin" is really a film about one man's obsession. Gene
Hackman. tarring in the role of Robert Caufield (a 1...0 Angeles
deputy district attomey),--is the man. Hi obse ion? Putting
heavyweight underworld boss Leo Watts behind bars. Why?
We don't kno ,and never find out. F ct is, it doesn't really
matter, because this film is no mystery. Leaving little to chance:
its filmmakers incorporated just the right mix of action, chase .
scene. murder, sh dy char cters and above all, top-notch
ctors, led by Academy Award-winner Gene Hackman, and
Anne Archer, ho received an Oscar nomination for her role as
the wife in "Fatal Attraction' ,--another movie about an
obse ion.
In" arro Margin", Archer stars as Carol Hunnicut, the editor
of a publishing company whose life is turned upside-do�n when
she ccidentally witnesses an underworld execution, and
become Hackman's best elwlte at convicting Watts, The action
heat up when Hackman, discovering Hunnicut's existe�ce,
unknowingly leads hired guns right to her. As far as HU�lcut
as concern' this incompetent move of Hackman's didn't
exactly help u, persuade her to go back to Los �ng�les to � .u.fy
pinst Watts, nor did it solidify her confidence In his capabilines
of protecting her from the hit men. '
James B.Sikking,--best known for his role as Lt. Howard
Hunter on the critically acclaimed televi ion series "Hil� Street
Blue .. ,--stands out in his role as Nelson, one of the hit �.
dson is the elas . c kind of bad guy--an enforcer for organized
crime, ho is very good at his job. He is con�ted: to tnc
do n and kill Hunnicut. elson-is unrelentle s In this �ad1y
game � eat-and-mouse (in hich the difference een life and
death come do n to a narrow margin), a itnessed in a
SOIlne"Vha't - pectacular stunt sequence th . has � of them
I train.--hangin" running and fighuAJ for. 11' lives. (�
course, el fall ,-- 's upposed to In this -to-mr
P . "c' ).
longtime rumors.
Hou ton say that when
she first heard about ·the
rumor that she cried. Now
she says the rumor crack her
up. She added that the woman
in que tion is a childhood
friend, as well as executive
assistant. Adding that she
saw Eddie Mtuphy for a time.
Houston implied that her
career had Preempted a
romantic life. hUJ that he
was presently involved with a
teady guy who wa "very
much a man".
Meanwhile, the October
i sue of Spin, featuring a can­
did co nve r ation between
Spike Lee and Eddie Murphy
,i al 0 generating a lot of
talk. The most surprising
news her is Murphy's falling
out with childhood idol •
Richard Pryor. "It's weird to
find out that your idol hate.
),Iou, " Murphy .says. Of
course, the feature also
covers the now overplayed
Eddie Murphy- Spike Lee
feud.
Thi turns out to be lillie
more th n hot air. a the two
actually find they have alot in
co mmo n a rter ta I king.
(Meanwhile. word i
Murphy's next movie for
Paramount is going to he
none other than a western).
StepP.inK Out Of Janet ' ... '
Camp: Anthon. Tho'm a«
(who w o n an MTV vrue o
award for hi� choreography
of Janet Jackso ns Rhythm
N tion" has left the Janet
Jackson camp to pur ue other
projects. (Ouic t a is kept, he
also ing.
In f ct. Janct spotted the
25- year old choreographer-
. performer while he wa p rt
o b nd c lied the LA City
Rocker. Cour .e, it w hi
fla hy d nee mov that
caught her eye). In themean­
time. Chuckii Booker h left
the tOUf. 'nd L bein
repl ced by Rex Sala • ''­
mu icat dircctor. Johnny Gill
become her new opening
"Lies". like all the ong
on En Vogue'. "Born to Sing"
album. was produced by
former Club Nove au mem­
b c r x , Dc n z c l Foster and
Tho rn as McElroy. who
de .crvc alot of the credit for
En Vogue'. su ce . En
Yogu is now making the ad­
jus trne n ? that new-found
celebrity status requires.
That mean' getting u ed to
performing in front of large
audiences and being recog­
nizcd on the trcct, and deal­
ing with all the work thats
B ddut Girl Group in involved in 'U taining a
Mus', Today: Popular mu ic recording career..
was delug d with cute all- The e ladie were Ie ding
Ie m lc gro up w hen En normal. uiet lives before he-
Vog e came along e rlier thi coming En Vogue but after
year But wh t et these four they recorded, If Born to
ladie apart WI the fact that Sing", the album. they new
they could ctu lIy ing. En omething big wa going to
Vog e i D n Robin on. happen. And the harde '\
Terr Willi'. Cindy Herron thin '0 ar a acing that
and Maxine Jone - four fir t audience.
youn ladie who 've t ed .. "Before e performed, we
their claim lone of the b d- were on the dgc, we couldn't
de t new group in populi get anything together. but
mu it today. once we got out there it w
T ey xploded onto tho wonderful".
cen with the funky, mid-
act.
Coming To The Aid 0/
Curtis: A concert tribute to
Curtis Mayfield. who i
presently undergoing phy i­
cal therapy (after an .on tage
accident left him paralyzed
from the nec down) was
being staged la 't week in Lo
Angeles at the Palace.
Artist lated to be on hand
include the lrnprcss ion • Icc­
T. Tone-Loc. Ea ·y-E. and
Kid Frost. Proceeds will help
defray the mounting medical
CO" of the 4�-year old inger,
now ho pitativcd at a spinal
center in Georgia. Donation
can be ent to the Curti
Mayfield Recovery Fund, c/o
Jack Culbreth. 10 Piedmont
Center-Suite 350, 3495
. Piedmont Road NE. Atlanta.·
GA 30305.
Kim Cole
has definitely left Fox's "in
Living Color". hut d c ni c s
tah ( id reports that It'� due 0
a h d romance uh creator,
Ke ncn l vo r y Wa ya ns , In­
s tc d. s o ur c c s maintain
Co cs , who h married.
lea ing to p ur s ue other
pro cct ..... Congratulation. to
Em y w i n nc rs Tho mas
Car e r (Creator/ director or
"Eq al Justice"), and Keenen
Wa ans who picked up the
tro hy in the catcgory of
"Be t variety, music, or com­
edy erie'. "
tempo smash debut. If Hold
On" which old over a million
copies enough for a
platinum single. Their debut
album' a scorcher too, nd
has old enough to earn a
gold album. But you get the
feeling that ucce h
caught them off guard.
When we interviewed En
Vogue, back when their
record fir l came out, they
ju t wanted to make a name
for them clve. lillie did
these ladie know they were
on the verge or becoming one
of the hottest acts in R&B and
pop music.
The En Vogue ladies arc
currently making their way
up the charts with "Lies",
their econd entry into the
mu ical competition for big
'ell ing hi 1. The single's burn­
ing almost a hot as "Hold
On", and i conquering the
upper reache of the Black
mu i chart.