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Harlem Speaks, the ongoing discussion
series of the Jazz Museum in Harlem (held
on Thursday evenings 6:30-8:30 p.m.) which
gives overdue tribute to people whose lives
and legacy keep jazz alive in Harlem.
RUNNING, SHOOTING, SCREAMING FOR
“16 Blocks” a Conversation With Bruce
Willis About the Film
Beverly Hills plastic surgeon
Dr. Anthony Griffin, M.D.
F.A.C.S. does extreme
makeover on ABC-TV
Beautiful Ivanka Trump joins
her dad "The Donald" on
"The Apprentice"
Spike Lee's wife, Attorney Tonya Lewis Lee
pens BestSeller Book controversial "Gotham
Diaries" a peek inside a world of privilege and
money
New York loves Goldie Hawn, in
town promoting paperback
release of "Goldie A Lotus
Grows In the Mud"
Matthew McConaughey Talks
About Possible Correlations With
His Character in "Failure to
Launch"
Billionaire  MARK CUBAN   
Scores Big With Reality Show  
"The Benefactor"  
About Kings Ransom Anthony Anderson
says, "With this cast that we had Kellita
Smith, Regina Hall, Loretta Devine,
Donald Faison,  READ & HEAR MORE
Jon Faddis Effulgently
Recapitulates Jazzopedia At Blue
Note 'Master Series' Inaugural
LOU RAWLS Dead At 72 of Lung
and Brain Cancer
Gabrielle Union  was entering the room when
one of the reporters said "WOW! She really is
beautiful". - "Breakin' All the Rules"
Cassandra Wilson Brings Great
Music Only to  New York Blue
Note Gig
Famed New York hotel offers
$10,000 martini READ MORE
Upfront and Personal - "issues" right in your face is
what  BET's "reality show "College Hill"  delivers.  
Executive producer Tracey Edmonds told us
there is a method to it all.
Goldie Hawn Is About to Turn 60 She’
s Still Cute and Funny AND Now She's
Rich Playing Ditzy Roles
Beautiful Isabella Rossilini Is
52 And Glad About It
HOTEL RWANDA subject  PAUL RUSESABAGINA
and Director TERRY GEORGE at Atlanta Ritz-Carlton
Hotel For One-on-One Interviews
LOU RAWLS thrills a sellout
crowd at NY Blue Note opening.   
A thumbs up experience. Lou
chats with us following 1st
performance opening night.
At Age 64 Al Jarreau  Is back with a
new album
Carla Thomas,  Mary Wilson,  Wilson
Pickett  & Sam Moore  In New York City
Promoting  DVD  Release  of Film "Only The
Strong Survive"  Laughing on the outside
while crying on the inside.
Jamie Foxx on red carpet
with Kerry Washington and
Regina King
Still Sounding Damm Good!  -
NANCY WILSON "R.S.V.P."
Debuts at the Top of the Charts -
All proceeds go support the MCG
Jazz program
The OPRAH SHOW  Ends 2004 Proclaiming -
"America's Funniest Family: The Wayanses" And
Oprah Accepts Kim's Apology For the Fat Oprah
Jokes On 'In Living Color'  READ MORE
From Atlanta - Police Say
Tossed Baby Story A Hoax
READ MORE
Miles Davis appeciation for the sport of
boxing was part of his identity. He was
an avid prize-fightng enthusiast who
often trained in boxing gyms to stay in
shape.  READ MORE
Agnes Morris, 92, is
president of her
neighborhood garden
READ MORE
Four Lovely Daughters - Big Family Secrets - &  An
Affair to Remember Writer / Producer / Director /
Actress - VANESSA PARISE  Chats About Her Award
Winning  Family Disclosures  READ MORE
Rare Opportunity to Meet  World
Renowed ELLEN COLCORD in
person - World Headquarters  
"COLCORD STUDIOS"
The classic Lauren Bacall face
seems little touched by her 80
years. She releases autobiography
"By Myself And Then Some"
Director Jonathan Demme, Executive Producer
Tina Sinatra and stars Denzel Washington,
Meryl Streep and Kimberley Elise in NYC behind
the scenes "THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE",
Paramount Pictures.
TIME magazine calls him "creative genius"
AS News Report says about his NY Blue
Note performance Matt Savage "a
remarkable young spirit with a very bright
future"
Even Beyonce' Hair Makes Big Bucks
Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, from
A&M Records label donate company
papers READ MORE
NYU JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Featuring LENNY PICKETT
From "Saturday Night LIVE"
Band Takes Colorful Musical
Journey at New York Blue Note
-   Impressive Performance By
COMBO NUVO w/Dir of NYU Jazz
Program Dr.  Dave Schroeder
Tribute to Nina Simone at NY Blue Note Brings
Thunderous Applause Standing Ovations  "More"
Whoops & Star Power for  brother Sam Wayman
and daughter Simone
Tina Knowles is very proud
of her daughter Beyonce'.
She talks about sacrifices to
make it all become reality
RICHARD BONA Fascinates the Crowd
at NY Blue Note Jazz Masters Class
"Me & Pop Looking Good Tonight"
shouts Muhammad Ali's daughter
champion boxing Laila
Musical Biographical Drama of Legendary
RAY CHARLES -Starring Jamie Foxx -
Has Academy Award Winners  Written All
Over It - - Or Grits Ain't Groceries & Mona
Lisa Was A Man
Shemar Moore, Kimberley Elise,
Tyler Perry, Rueben Cannon in
ATlanta to Discuss TYLER PERRY'S First
Film  "Diary of a Mad Black Woman"
Diana Ross Performs FREE
Greenwich,
Connecticut Concert to Benefit Children
Jane  Fonda surrounded by
Dallas Austin and Big Boi' join  
the cast of  "Monster-in-Law" on
red carpet in Atlanta
The Ten Year Campaign to Destroy Bill &
Hilary Clinton "THE  HUNTING  OF  
THE  PRESIDENT" READ MORE
The often outspoken Whoopi Goldberg
seems to have said and done it all
"What defines a sound is how
you resolve it." Says Jazz
Master McCoy Tyner at The
Blue Note Jazz Master
Class Finale READ MORE
LIVE On Broadway in New York City at  
the Iridium FREDDIE HUBBARD
66th BIRTHDAY  Celebration Party
Samuel L. Jackson Says He Had
to Learn Patience While Filming New
Line Cinema's  "The Man"
TAKE 6 Are Six Gorgeous
Instruments Who Took to the
Stage At the New York Blue
Note Performance To Please
READ MORE
SPIKE LEE "SHE HATE ME" A Film About
Sex, Greed, Money and Politics In America
READ MORE
Chaka Khan Under the Stars With the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at  Chastain
Park Amphitheatre
DENZEL WASHINGTON   
Big  Screen  Directorial  
Debut       "ANTWONE
FISHER" READ MORE
Najee the man, the performer with a
new album all about love. Hear an
album sample.
ANITA BAKER Is Back!!  More Melodic!!  More
Harmonic!! More Colorful!!  Delivering Lyrics &
Music Reminiscent of True Rhythm'n'Blues
MONIQUE does tribute to Beyonce
on  "BET awards *04" A Darn
Good Time With Side-Splitting
Humor READ MORE
Hear Mike Epps  and Cedric the
Entertainer in "The
Honeymooners" movie  final plea.
"Now I completely understand why a writer wants
you to stick to  the script", says Eddie Griffin
about his directorial debut "My Baby's Daddy"
with actor Anthony Anderson
Abbey Lincoln involved in a
near fatal vehicle accident on
her way to the Blue Note gig,
READ MORE.
In Atlanta is Dr. Christine King
Farris. PHd Spellman College (the only
sister of Martin Luther King, Jr). on hand
to celebrate 1965 Voting Rights Act 40
Year Anniversary
Actor Omar Epps discusses discipline the sport of
boxing requires and his role in "Against the Ropes" -
 "Life is not a game of emotion. You must
Missouri Court of Appeals
Judge Lisa White Hardwick
could make history by becoming
the first female African-American
to sit on this nations highest court
 READ MORE
Hear DONALD FAISON talk
about being inspired by  Denzel
Washington.
SOUL PLANE "Is a spoof
comedy, not a masterpiece" says
star KEVIN HART READ MORE
NY Blue Note Continues "Jazz Master
Class" Series With trumpeter  
NICHOLAS PAYTON Says, "A sound
is like your fingerprint"
"Black 2 Broadway" at NY B.B.
King Blues Club Honoring
Blues Legend 'Ruth Brown'    
READ MORE
Donald Trump's "The Apprentice"
rewards "the winning team" with a trip to
weightlessness.  Craig Williams from
Atlanta was the team captain who decided
that  READ MORE
If you know Jimmy Heath you
know Bop." Dizzy Gillespie
once said.  Heath teaches Jazz
Masters Class at NY Blue Note  
READ MORE
Broadway's Toast (THE WIZ)  (MA RAINEY'S
BLACK BOTTOM) & TELEVISON  ("That's My
Momma") superstar Theresa Merritt-Hines Gone
But Not Forgotten
Eva Pigford was rewarded with a
$100,000 contract with CoverGirl, a
spread in Elle magazine and a contract
with Ford Models.READ MORE
World mourns Luther
Vandross Dead at age 54
READ MORE
Anthony Mackie from Spike Lee's "She Hate Me"
looks years younger, as Perry.  Writer/Director Rodney
Evans says "Brother to Brother" is Mackie's first film.
OLETA ADAMS Turns New
York BB King's Club In to A
Lovers Den Singing and Talking
All About Love
Marlena Shaw Feels Like Making
Love and She's Out to Warm A
Musical Spot In Your Heart With
Two CD's
MGM Home Entertainment Pays Cinematic
Homage to Legendary Composer Cole Porter In
"De-Lovely" Starring Ashley Judd, Kevin Kline
With performances from Natalie Cole
Melba Moore Is Back Big Time
"Conversations With Michael Eisner"
Is Yet Another Unrivaled Success For CNBC
and A Big Hit With
African-American Males 17-77
Marion Meadows  on his new CD
"Dressed to Chill" ..Sample the CD
Oprah, Ruby Dee and
Angela Bassett on the red
carpet of Color Purple on
Broadway.  READ MORE
Afro American Syndicate: The information contained in the AS New Report may be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of AFRO AMERICAN SYNDICATE.  
Visual Affects in  the WAYANS'
Family Greatest Laugh Out Loud
Comedy Film "Little Man" Has
Audience Members Rip-Roaring
Nancy Wilson's taking a chance on
love with   "turned to blue"   AND
you just might fall In It  -- after listening
Michael Jordan Buys Stake In NBA
Team  Becomes Part-Owner Of Charlotte
Bobcats With BET  Founder
The First 19 Episodes of PERRY MASON
Season One Recorded 1957 & 1958
Starring Raymond Burr Was Trailblazing Now
Available On Paramount DVD
The Donnie McClurkin Story  long
awaited DVD is an extraordinary film
documenting his life, as one of Gospel
music’s most dynamically liked singers
Etta James looks amazing.  Said
she feels amazing.  Most importantly
the lady definitely SOUNDS
amazing.   ETTA JAMES soulfully
attest in her NY Blue Note debut.
Jane Wyatt, the lovely, serene
actress who for six years on "Father
Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite
moms, has died.  She was 96.  
FULL STORY
Ed Bradley from CBS '60
Minutes' Dead At 65
Merv Griffin DVD Tops '100 Gift
Ideas',  List, followed by Alfred
Hitchcock, Perry Mason, Fantasia,
Smokie Norful, Tyrese and others.  
View video, listen to his music, and meet
talented  
singer-songwriter-producer-director,
instrumentalist Darrel Petties "count it all
joy"  Debut CD for EMI Gospel
Sex Shame & Power Former New
Jersey Governor James McGreevey
Tap Dances on Larry King Live
New Charges For Alleged 'Suitcase Killer'
N.J. Woman Accused Of Hacking Up
Husband, Dumping Remains In Suitcases.
READ MORE
SEAN "P. Diddy" COMBS
Introduces New
Gillette M3Power Razor at
Gotham Hall in NYC
SILVER BELLES met in the 1930's as chorus dancers
at the Apollo and the Cotton Club. Watch video
of their performance 70 years laters SEE them
as they are today 5-Women Aged 84 to 96.  KICKIN' IT
Ev'rebody  Loves  New York
Monday's  at 8E/7C on VH1.  Flavor
Flav made Tiffany a household word.  
Stage and Film Actor/Director
Bill Duke in pre-production of
"Cover", a film about family with the
DL (down-low) experience  turn reality
in his own life, he says and his
motivation to do the film.
TV on DVD (1956-57) "Alfred
Hitchcock Presents: Season 2" -  
Another Excellent Reason
to Build A "Classic TV On DVD Library
Season 13, Episode 1305
“Inside the Actors Studio: Diana Ross.”
Original Airdate: February 19, 2007
HBO's original movie, LIFE SUPPORT: Wendell
Pierce, Queen Latifah. Directed by Nelson
George - a personal and so timely message of HIV
in African American women.
Multi-talented BERNIE MAC  tells
David Letterman he's going to retire
from standup comedy.  FULL STORY
Director Spike Lee was named Tuesday as one of
the winners of the annual George Polk Awards for
journalism for his acclaimed documentary on life in
post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.- "When The
Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts"
Actress, playwright Clarice Taylor pictured
here Off Broadway as Moms Mabley and
adored as Cliff Huxtable's mother on Bill
Cosby Show talks about the meaning of
Father's Day.             READ MORE
Down to the wire with two left
standing, Sanjaya Malakar and
LaKisha Jones on American Idol
Top Fashion Designer
VALENTINO Retires After
45 Years says   "I have
been very lucky to be able
to do what I have loved all
my life." FULL STORY
Billionaire and Motivator MARK
CUBAN Tops Attraction List of
Celebrity - "Dancing With The Stars"
Cast Announced"  READ MORE
QUEEN LATIFAH building confidence by example in a
film tht uses a mix of actors and real people from the
HIV/AIDS community  to tell the story of HIV-positive Ana
Wallace, in "Life Support" on DVD from HBO.
DIANA ROSS Known As Much For Her
Unique Voice As For Her Survivor  Attitude
P/R Mogul TERRIE M. WILLIAMS  
Co-founder of The Stay Strong
Foundation in NYC
releases must read book titled
"Black Pain"
Premiere Jazz label "HEADS UP
INTERNATIONAL" Signs JAZZ/R&B/FUNK
LEGEND GEORGE DUKE
Good Listening and Dance Music
For Grown-ups Still Exists
ANGIE STONE Delivers Soul
"Prince of Sophisticated Soul" -  
WILL DOWNING
New CD  "After Tonight"   is
infectious
Funk at its Finest and Chaka At the
Height of Her Powers As A Performer
- She Joins Cast of "Color Purple" In
January 2008  READ MORE
W I N
Autographed Copy of "BLACK PAIN"
Courtesy of author Terrie M. WILLIAMS
Offer Expires      July 31, 2011
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REAL TALK!!
United Negro College Fund’s An Evening of
Stars Tribute to ARETHA FRANKLIN Largest
Audience EVER with Clive Davis, Smokey
Robinson, Dr. Lomax on hand. READ MORE
GLADYS KNIGHT Brings Down the House Singing
Two Tribute Cover Songs to Congresswoman
Maxine Waters  READ MORE
TYRA BANKS delivers awe-inspiring antidote
visionary message response to "No" it can't be done  
READ MORE
Cable Station VH1 Brilliantly
Reunites Salt N Pepa Monday
Nites Both Look Sexy & Fine
So Funny & Entertaining
READ MORE
A CAPPELLA Singing Giants TAKE 6 Gets Lucky
Deal With Dave Love's Record Label  READ MORE
HBO Releases Hilarious Television Series
"MARTIN" Season Three on DVD With
Non-Stop Laughs  READ MORE
Nancy Wilson, Marcus Miller, George
Duke, Terence Blanchard, Steve Gadd & others
celebrate the music of Cannonball Adderley       
     READ MORE
Superstar STEPHANIE MILLS Makes Special
Guest Appearance on BET's Hit Show "Sunday's
Best"  READ MORE
RICK JAMES tells how he worshipped the devil in his
self-penned autobiography "The Confessions of
Rick James Memoirs of a Super Freak"
READ MORE
WALTER BEASLEY is "Ready For Love" says
this  hit CD is for him.  READ MORE
DVD Courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment
Offer Expires July 31, 2011
W I N
10 Hours of Family Home Viewing
Entertainment in Black & White with stars
including Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington,
Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole,
Lionel Hampton, Big Joe Turner, Count
Basie, Martha Davis, Nipsey Russell, Ethel
Waters, Ruth Brown, Dinah Washington
and much much more.
"A wake-up call"
- Iyanla Vanzant
"An opportunity to reach
your break through moment."
- Rev. Al Sharpton
"A new understanding
to misconceptions"
- Bebe Moore Campbell
"It pushes to give
a voice to the pain"
- Patti LaBelle
VANESSA BELL ARMSTRONG  walking
on miracles. READ MORE
Jazz group INCOGNITO with frontman Jean-Paul
Maunick known to fans worldwide as "Bluey", debut
high octance album "Tales of the Beach" on
Heads Up International label. READ MORE
At age 70 marvelous FREDDIE HUBBARD revisits re-arranged
classic tunes backed by The New Jazz Composers Octet, album
titled "On the Real Side".   READ MORE
"I decided to dig back into standards
I love them that's how I honed my
craft", CASSANDRA WILSON
Sax Virtuoso GERALD ALBRIGHT Pays Homage
to STAX Records       READ MORE
LALAH  HATHAWAY  Sings Songs  About  Love That  
Hasn't  Been Fulfilled Yet on "Self-Portriat"  READ MORE
THE FUGITIVE - Season Two  Vol One DVD
Starring DAVID JANSSEN falsely convicted of
murdering his wife and sentenced to death.
"Soul Food The Final Season" DVD a
tight knit African American family living in
Chicago
New York Tenor Saxophonist JD Allen Steps Up to
the Plate With Significant Purpose and Intent in
Jazz CD "I AM I AM"    READ MORE
TV's   "MANNIX"  Celebrates 40th Anniversary With
Season One DVD Starring Mike Connors
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JonBenet's Mother, Patsy Ramsey dies of
cancer, once a suspect, killer never found
READ MORE
19-year-old Joshua Allen from Ft. Worth Texas wins
Season Four So You Think You Can Dance
competition, gets $250K.  READ MORE
A very comical interview with quintessential
musician, singer, producer, composer
George Duke about "Dukey Treats" will
have you laughing out loud.  Read More
A tasteful assortment of colorful jazz flavorings  
COMBO NUVO the NYU artist/faculity jazz
ensemble in residence goes on record READ MORE
Motown Records legend MARTHA REEVES
enters Detroit City Council race.  READ MORE
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Jazz Giants Nathan East, Bob James, Larry Carlton,
Harvey Mason. together are FOURPLAY making
incredible music lp "ENERGY" for Heads Up Int
Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten known as
S.M.V Record Massive Lp For Dave Love's Head's Up Int.  
READ MORE
PAUL PORTER suffered an aneurism on the brain, lost his
speech, became paralyzed, stayed in a wheelchair for 3 years,
was given-up for dead by doctors
who said he won't make it. READ MORE
"Joe Louis: America’s Hero Betrayed"- 75 extremely
impressionable minutes on DVD from HBO about  the first
black sports star you won't believe. READ MORE
Good, clean, decent "Father Knows Best"
hopelessly captivates Anderson's perfectly
rosy lives now available on DVD for the first time.
Ricky and Dave Nelson grew up before America's eyes in the
1950's hit television sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie &
Harriet READ MORE
Just a year removed from "Perry Mason", Raymond Burr
became "Ironside" and the show gave jobs to Blacks in show
business. READ MORE
Shonda Rhimes is the screenwriter, director and
producer, who created Grey's Anatomy and spin-off
Private Practice.  READ MORE
Obama Elected Top Movie Date
By Texters     READ MORE
BET will premiere FRANKIE AND
NEFFE, a spin-off of the Network's
top-rated reality show KEYSHIA COLE:
Sometimes making music is all about the mechanics, like
balancing the melody with the harmony and the rhythm,
making sure the tempo is right.  NAJEE releases lp "Mind Over
Matter" inspired my Miles Davis writing.  READ MORE
vibraphonist composer Stefon Harris'   7th album as a
bandleader and Concord debut titled "Urbanus". READ MORE
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THE WAY IT IS, that intimately profiles the wildly
entertaining mother and sister of R&B singer
Keyshia Cole.READ MORE
PIECES OF A DREAM Goes Back to
Basics Including Using Hand Claps on
"Soul Intent" - Don't Miss the Party
JONATHAN KANTOR QUNITET  featuring Kenny
Werner, Alex Sipiagin, Gerald Cannon & Adam
Nussbuam at New York BLUE NOTE DEBUT
& DEMO RELEASE     READ MORE
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Esteemed Broadcast Journalist ED GORDON
Returns to BET Networks' News Division
The  Sensational  Stage  Musical
SOUL KITTENS CABARET
Starring Fantasia Barrino and
Faith Evans DVD on January 11th
Burbank, CA - Written and directed
by Nicci Gilbert (former lead singer
of the multi-platinum Grammy
nominated group
Brownstone).Released by Image
Entertainment. Soul Kittens
Cabaret follows seven women on
their journey to self  discovery as
they struggle with temptation,
personal demons and false
promises. While trying to
revive Detroit’s hottest club in town, the Soul Kittens
take customers on the ride of their lives with sultry sex
appeal and silky vocals. Along the way, the Soul Kittens
learn the real meaning of sisterhood from the yin and
yang of reasoning, Good Conscience (Fantasia
Barrino) and Bad Conscience (Faith Evans).

Soul Kittens Cabaret DVD will retail in the US for the
suggested retail price of $14.98, run time 147 minutes;
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen; Sound:  
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo.
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NEW YORK - Bassist, producer,
composer, and all-around
musician Marcus Miller has
been a student, leader, creator,
interpreter, master,and a mentor
in the art form of music from his
teen years to the present and he
continues this legacy with A
Night in Monte-Carlo, a live
audio document of an amazing
Marcus Miller Continues His Legacy
February 1, 2011 With Both His Quartet
and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic
Orchestra In  With New CD Titled - A
NIGHT IN MONTE CARLO featuring
trumpeter Roy Hargrove and singer,
songwriter/guitarist Raul Midón
concert he was commissioned to perform on November 29,
2008 in the “rich man’s playground” of Monaco.  It features
Marcus leading both his quartet and the Monte-Carlo
Philharmonic Orchestra, with special guests: trumpeter Roy
Hargrove as well as singer, songwriter and guitarist Raul
Midón.

A Night in Monte-Carlo closes with two very special pieces.
The first is Marcus’ reverent yet contemporary interpolation of
the spiritual “Amazing Grace” which he calls “Your Amazing
Grace” that features him on an instrument that has fast
become his most singular voice, the bass clarinet.

That is followed by  “Strange Fruit,” recorded in his Los
Angeles recording studio. The title metaphorically conjures
the bodies of black men, women and child lynch victims
hanging from trees in the American south in the not so
distant past. It is an image and meditation that Miller brings
to highly emotive recall in his musical history lesson for
orchestra, crying its blues through his mournful bass clarinet
accompanied by the piano of his frequent friend and
collaborator Herbie Hancock.
Actress   GAIL FISHER  Graciously
Returns to Your Home on DVD
January 4th in  MANNIX  the Fourth
Season Guest starring Brock Peters,
Juanita Moore, Virginia Capers,
Albert Popwell, Kim Hamilton from
CBS Home Entertainment /
Paramount Home Entertainment
Gail Fisher, who co-starred on the
popular series "Mannix" for eight
years, died of cardiac arrest in a Los
Angeles hospital, December 2, 2000.  
She had emphysema and was
diabetic. The death certificate said
cardiopulmonary arrest.  She was 65.  

Gail Fisher, born August 18, 1935  in
Potter's Crossing, NJ was one of the first Black perfor-
mers to land a national television commercial when, in
1963, she became a spokesperson for All Detergent.  
However, it was as Peggy Fair on the hit drama Mannix"
with Mike Connors that brought her international
attention. On that show, which ran from 1967-75.  
Fisher won an Emmy and two Golden Globe awards.
In 1968, she made guest appearances on several TV
series like  My Three Sons, Love, American Style, and
Room 222. As a young woman,
she also worked as a model.
Gail Fisher
The fourth
season of
Mannix
chronicles the
weekly
adventures of
private
detective Joe
Mannix (Mike Connors) in Los
Angeles and his faithful
assistant Peggy Fair (Gail
Fisher).Running Time: 1216
minutesS.R.P.: $54.99CBS
Home Entertainment /
Paramount Home Entertainment
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BET Recognizes Six
Exceptional
Individuals That are
Legendary in Music,
the Arts, Service and
Education in the
Fourth Annual BET
HONORS Saturday,
January 15 Premieres
on Mon Feb 21, at 9PM
Hosted by actress Gabrielle Union
for the 3rd year and taped at the
historic Warner Theater in Wash-
ington, DC, BET HONORS  Cicely
Tyson (Theatrical Arts),   Oscar
award-winning actor/musician
comedian Jamie Foxx (Entertainer)
supermodel/entrepreneur Iman
(Service), publishing mogul Linda
Johnson Rice (Media), musician
composer Herbie Hancock and
historian /educator Lonnie G.
Bunch (Education).  BET Honors  
premieres on Mon Feb 21, at 9PM
Fourplay’s Let’s Touch the Sky  Features
Guitarist Chuck Loeb Guest Soloists
Anita Baker & Ruben Studdard,
Let’s Touch the Sky, FOURPLAY's ’s new
recording on Heads Up International, a
division of Concord Music Group is the
first to feature guitarist Chuck Loeb, who
joined the group early 2010 after the
departure of Larry Carlton to pursue a
solo career.Guest vocalists Ruben
Studdard and Anita Baker appear on the soulful “Love TKO”
and the dreamlike “You’re My Thrill".  The four-man crew
includes keyboardist Bob James, bassist/vocalist Nathan
East and drummer/percussionist Harvey Mason.
Michele Norris Ends 35 City Book Tour in
Kansas City And Says Her Book
"The Grace of Silence" A Memoir Made
Her Look Inside Herself About Race -
Calling it the Pretzel Twist
By: Dr. Gatsby Melodi' PhD
Author Michele Norris takes time out to pose with Rainy Day Books Owner
and Founder Vivien Jennings, following the event.  Credit: Gatsby Melodi'
Kansas City January 5, 2011 - Author Michelle Norris told a
near capacity sell-out crowd at Unity Temple in Kansas City that
the word race was accidental, "because this was not the book I
was going to write.  I almost think there should be a third word."

Ms. Norris continued, "Race came up the pretzel twist like move-
on to another subject.   I had to look inside my own heart.  I
began questioning myself 'Do Black people spend too much
time thinking about things?."

One focus never changed with "The Grace of Silence" she said
"Black children will have to be twice as good.  It's a good idea to
be better than good.  The message in the book is evolve. The
most important is that people respect you", she emphasized.

Ms. Norris talked about secrets her mother kept from her
growing up as the first Black family in a white neighborhood.

She recalled, "Families left immediately.  Within one week of
having moved in to the new neighborhood three homes went
up for sale.  Mom had anger and amusement.."  

In The Grace of Silence, Norris confronts hard truths about her
own family’s racial history that had been left unsaid by her
parents - from her grandmother’s work as an itinerant Aunt
Jemima peddling pancake mix to her father’s shooting by the
Birmingham police within weeks of his discharge from service
in World War II.

The event held December 8th was sponsored by  Rainy Day
Books 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, KS  66205 913-384-3126.

Michele Norris born September 7, 1961, is an American radio
journalist and current host of the National Public Radio (NPR)
evening news program All Things Considered since December
9, 2002. She is the first African American female host for NPR.  
Norris lives in the District of Columbia with husband, Broderick
Johnson, and her son, daughter, and stepson
TERRIE M WILLIAMS, One of EBONY
Magazine's "Power 150" for Activism and
WOMAN'S DAY Magazine "50 Women On
A Mission To Change the World" Is An
Advocate For Change and Empowerment
Terrie M. Williams, President and
Founder of The Terrie Williams
Agency and co-founder of The Stay
Strong Foundation no doubt  utilized
her influence and communications
expertise for more than 30 years to
educate and engage audiences in
causes that affect the community,
the nation and the world.

Williams is frequently featured and
quoted in the national press,
college textbooks, industry
publications and novels.
She is one of the country's most highly sought-after executive
and inspirational speakers, addressing a variety of topics
including public relations and communications, business
communications and networking, demystifying mental illness,
and creating balance in your personal and professional life.

The public discourse generated by Ms. Williams bestseller book
BLACK PAIN, and her Stay Strong Foundation's creation of a
national mental health advocacy "Healing Starts With Us", led to
a collaboration with Grey Worldwide, the volunteer advertising
agency for the Ad Council's and the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Campaign for Mental
Health Recovery.  She was asked to co-executive producer their
public service announcement campaign targeting mental health
awareness, launched February 2010.  She is the first woman of
color to receive The New York Women in Communications Matrix
Award in Public Relations, in the 70 year history.