Entertainment
By Li Collin
Doing The etwork Shuf­
fle: atalie Cole (wbo recent:'
ly jumped labels from EMI to
Elektra i not all that happy
with the moves her how­
"Big Break", has m de in cer­
tain markets-Lo Angeles
for one (now airing on Sunday
night at 9pm), However all in
all h' plea ed with how
well the 'show's been
received.-a welJ as it'
ratin .
Of course, a great deal of
the credi t for the shows' sue­
ces rightfully belongs to
Cole. who ha caIJed in some
big show bu ine s gun (thos
like Bill Co by and Whitney
Houston) to in ure good
rating.
Yet. while Big Break con­
tinue' 1'0 thrive, Motown sing­
ing group. "The Boys ", a well
a actor Ron O.Neal and
B verly Todd got a bad brca
with word that ABC ha
decided to c nit' propo ed
erie a ed on the otown
in 109 roup.
The ri had been slated
to go into produ lion at the
end t the month. ABC will,
how ver, '0 on with plan to
air the pilot.
, In the meantime. B of-
fered IC\ crs a limp e of
e a on" last
te tinu i ts
pr po d mo· of "Fre: h
Prin of B"l Air" t turd y
ni zhts.
Un orrunatcl y, thu is all
youI ' eein of "Am n"
until hn tma when they'll
air a one-hour "Amen"
Chri .ima pedal. For no ,
the how remain a mid .ea on
replacement.
hile on th ubject of
mid- ea on replacement,
"EqualJustice," will replace
"Cop Roc" Wedne days at 10
. p.m. on ABC beginning Jan.
9. "Equal Justic " , created
and di re 'ted by a Blac
man. ;- Thoma Carter,
bo ed in la -t prin and won
Carter n Emmy for his kill
as director. one could be
happier ab ut the ne than
Joe Morton. who portrays
pro ecutor Mich I lame .
It a� a role that ttracted
.Byron's
Flo ers
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Black History
Continued ro I' g 6
DECEMBER IS, 1894 -
W.E.B. DuBoi was the f'irst
Black to receive Ph.D. from
Harvard. 1864 - Black
troops engaged in Battle of
Nashville. 1934 - Curtis
Fuller, trombonist, wa born.
What i the name of the
Black man who founded the
City of Chicago?
ANSWERS FOR
SLACK HISTORY
QUESTIONS
Deee ber 9-15
9tb - Ulysse Kay, cl si­
cal mu ic composer.
1 t - African Methodi t
Epi copal Zion Cburch.
Entcrpri e . 11 t - Hew a . called,
William: is al 0 featured "the factor." Many factor
'on the ound-track ong- married African women, had
" om Wing." r r the upcom- children, nd even old some
ing film "Almost An Angel", of them into slavery .
starring Paul Hog n. 12t _ Only five. If you
At present. 'he' wrapping include one chaplain there
up work in the Richard. Pryor- were six up to World War II.
Gene Wilder collaboration, 13t - Tuberculo i .
"Another You"; in which he 1:4 _ Four. aury
play Pryor's girlfriend. • Will, Fran Robin on II and
Larry Dody.
On The HOIII Fronl: The 1 _ Jean
ew York Po t recently Pointe Du Sable.
the 42-year old actor (who
was be t known as the star of
"Brother From Another
Planet") right away. S y
Morton:" it has the kind of
�pa Ion 1 want to play ... it has
the kind of side I want to
play."
But then Morton talent
has got a lot of ides to it. Not
only can he act. but he can
also sing. In fact early on he
e tablished him. elf in mu i-
cals in the 70's.
Today, looking back. he
say "it surprises me that
people don't know I can sing
beca u e I ta rted out tbat
way. " ow, he ju t makes
tape and gives them away to
close friends as presents.
On the town: Vane a Wil­
liams played hostess to a party
for her manager-hu b nd
Ramon Hervey at the Original
Tramps of Lond n in Beverly
Hill . Among tho e on hand
were Natalie 'ole, BET'
Tanya Hart. and Warrington
and Reginald Hudlin, wbo are
lated to begin their next film
in Los Angeles 10 January.
Vancsxa Wit h both beauti-
ul daughter, In low (Melanic,
no three ycar-, old and Jil­
han, a . .ar and a hair), wa
personal! grccung rucst .
You'll be sccins and hear­
Inn a lot more from William
th , h lida season, what with
th r lea e of "Th Kid Who
Loved Christmas' • which also
eaturcs Sammy Davis Jr in'
hi last role. (Th project,'
which at 0 uar Cicely
Tyson Michael Warren, Ray
Parker Jr., and Ben Vereen
wa produced In conjunction
ith Eddie Murphy
MICHIGAN CITIZEN .
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printed a rumor that L toya
Jackson had just iia(f a baby,
but verifying this one i about
as difficult a fi ndi ng out
whether or not she i actually
married.
Source clo e to Jack on
ay it could very well be po -
sible ccing that she has been
keeping a low profil of late.
Secondly, he's been spotted
with a little one. I know that s
not much to go on, but it' all
I do know.
B, The Wa,: Congratula­
lion to Olympic gold medal­
list Florence Grim th-Joyner
on the birth of a bouncing
baby girl to sh and her hus­
band ... And lastly, Cameo's
Larry Blackmon ha teamed
with Luther Campbell to form
a record label.
Next week: Revelation
about Milli Vanilli are really
old news.
atalie Cole
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