ENTERTAINMENT
BRIEFS
Party 2" pi up whete
" Party" left off. However,
�re wen: sorre big chanp in
re for au1ieo:es both in front of
carrera BOO behiOO it Kid N'
Play, Martin Lawrence, Tisha
Campbell, and fUll Force me all
for HaISt!Party 2 -1heJam-
mieJan.
. from tiJ! prod\r;tionme
tiJ! original "HaISe Party" dirock>r
Reginald Hudlin and producer
W� HlXDin In tiJ!ir place
an: George Jadcsonaoo Doug M:­
Hemy, woo aHti.rocted well
prochred tiJ! film. Jackson and
M:Hemy are th: production earn
behiOO ''NewJacJcCity.'' Also new
10 � "HaISe Party" crew are
Oeeen Latifah, Kamron (of th:
Yoq Blade Teenagers). super­
rmdel Iman, aIXl Georg Stanford
Brown.
This time Kid's goB: to college
am is facing � real world. Here's
George.JacJam. Ho Party Il
comedically examires being a
�studcntinanall-whi1ecoUege
am other relevant issies too. Stars
Kid � Play Y tlK:y're pleased
with th: direction the sequel went in
Tbe late Robin Harris till plays
a role in HaISJI! Party 2 via dips
from the first film. Along with ex­
�thc tiJ!nrsoffriermhipam
loyalty, ''HaISe Party 2" has a
sIammin' soundtIack. All of that is
cornbim1 with a light-hear1ed look
at college life with a pa;itive mes­
sage for kXlay's �m.
Priority Records recently
released a collection of old Rick
James nresonacompuadonalbum
called ''RicJcJ ames and Friends. /I
Among the tracJcs are ''Super
FreoJt', "Mary Jane," "17", and
"Bustin' Out." ... The legal dispute
over who really wro Madorma's
hit ''Justify My Love" is far from
over. Lenny Kravitz 1e already
given his side ofth:s�,saying Ix:
prochred th: � and eo-wroe it
with Madonra But hl¢d CllaYez
daiJm * wrote it ml is suing
Lenny.
In an article in Er6ertainment
Weekly Magazine, Ingrid says nth:
only � Lenny wrote were j�
tifymyloYem1�changed
eft � " Ironically CllaYez�
� am Kravitz me still very good
friends.
More thm 18> Black-owtrd
radio S1atiom are threatening 10
''witlxlraw � of Sony Music
d� to a "ctisaimiJlitoty �m" of
busims with AfriCan-�ricam.
Black 0WIlCIS were angered by
the recent leakofMichaelJadcson's
"Black or White" single to � 40
18dio in �ral markets, and Y
they will oot add Sony prochr;Is to .
tim �1S until Sony extCUtives
meet with � National Organiza­
tion ofBlack-Owned �rs
(NABOB).
TheY believe Epic Rooo� pur­
posely kakrx1 th: • to klp 40
outleS alad of i pIanrrJd re
to UIban m1 oeer stations. Tle
gro� Uo ooICd a dwirdingnum­
berofBladc��
� well a lack of advertising with
BIadc-owned media.
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When th curt i ri e for th 12th an­
nual "Lou Rawl P rade of Stars" telethon
on S turd y, Dec. 28, entertainer Lou
Rawl and ome of the bigg t name in
how b ine will get an early tart on
New Year' celebrations by singing, danc­
ing and, mo t importantly, making public
appe I for financial upport to benefit the
United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
Sta . including Bill Co by, Melba
Moore, Reba McEntire, Kool Moe Dee and
the Boy' . ctloirofHarlem will blend their
pecial talen on behalf of education at
UNCF chools, institutions that have edu­
cated ome of America' roo t outstanding
citizens.
Preparations for the "Parade of Stars"
is a year-round venture for many UNCF
volunteers and upporters, including Lou
Rawls, who i th driving force behind the
ucce ful television special.
Each year Rawls extends personal in­
vitations to celebrity friend to join his
national call to support Black higher
education. As in years' pa 1, the Chicago
native has once again managed to assemble
some of the entertainment world's hottest
stars for the 1991 "parade."
Through Rawls' 12-yearofpersonal in­
volvement with the telethon, which gal­
vanizes support for UNCF's 41 colleges
and universitie , over $88 million h been
pledged to UNCF, enabling qualified and
needy younsters to study at th nation's
privat, historically Black colleges and
universitie .
. ab'Uty to recruit orne of the biggest
names in show business for the "Parade of
stars" has made the telethon one of the mo t
exciting holiday specials on television.
Viewer loyalty to the program, Rawls ex­
plains, i twofold: "Excellent entertain­
ment and, of course, an excellent. cause -
the United Negro College Fund."
Support the United Negro College Fund
by pledging.
BOYZ II MEN AND LOU RAWLS - Gear up for the upcoming 1991 "Lou Rawls Parade of
Stars" telethon December 28, 1991. Support the CF. (check local �)