4 THE CAROLINA TIMES
SAT., APRIL 11, 1981
MWYotkScene
by James E. Booker
NEW YORK, NY Up
until 1975 the playoff games
of the City University of New
York basketball tournament
only attracted audiences of
25 and the finals had only
about 100 in the stands.
Then Con Edison began pro
viding help in audience
development and publicity.
So this year found more than
28,000 fans attending the
playoffs and finals, a record,
and Staten Island College,
winner of the . tournament
was invited to particpate in
the NCAA's Division 111,
evidence of the increased
stature of the tournament.
The Fund of the Council
of Concerned Black Ex
ecutives is holding its Monte
Carlo-81 at the New York
Statler on May 15 and honor
ing Irv Cross, the TV foot-
Monday-Friday Daytime
April 13-17, 1981
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April 13. 1981
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ball newscaster. Proceeds
furnish MBA Scholarships. ,
The Family threw a Media
Party for Ophelia DeVore at.
its headquarters in the Black .
Theatre Alliance 42nd Street
Building with cocktails and
food and a performance to
remind everyone - of the
Alumni Grand Reunion
April 24-26 of former
students of the Ophelia
DeVore, School of Charm
and Grace D.el Marco Agen
cy at the Sheraton Centre.
The Academy Award pro
gram had no black nominees
this year, but the. show made
up for.it with exciting perfor
mances by Dionne Warwick,
Irene Cara of 'Fame" fame
(the song won), and the
Nicholas Brothers, who
showed that age does not
diminish talent and superb
timing.
The Jeffersons continues'
to remain among the Top 15,
TV shows and like Robert
Guallaumane went from
Soap to his own show, Ben
sion, Maria Gibbs, the saucy
maid, Florence, now has her
own show, Checking In
which bowed on April 9 for a
limited run.
Frank Robinson, manager
of the New York Giants,
showed he hasn't lost his
frankness when interviewed
on NBC's Sports Journal by
Edwin Newman. When ask
ed about so few black
managers, Robinson explain
ed, "it's the attitude in our
complete society. So why
should baseball or sports be
different?" But he added
that "fans don't come out to
the ballpark to see the
manager. They dorrt care
what color he is."
Michael Schultz,
Hollywood's most successful
black director, has taken
over "Family Dream," now,
called "Bustin' Loose," the
film starring Richard Pryor)
and Cicely Tyson that had to1
do retakes after Pryor suf
fered a near fatal accident
last year.
WABC-TV's newscasterj
John Johnson filed a suit
alleging racial discrimination
against the station last year
and a settlement said the sta
tion would feature him in a
regular series along with
other assignments. Johnson
was host of "Air Mail
Special" the show suddenly
yanked off the air last week
because some of the letters it
said were from fans actually
came from staff. Stationi
said -that Johnson was,notj
party to the deception and
station's confession that all
was not on the up-and-up
might stave off an FCC in
vestigation. In. Washington, WDVM
TV added a twist to the syn
dicated miniseries Roots with
an accompanying series of
locally produced one-minute
profiles of black Americans
called "Family Tree,"
highlighting achievement of
18 prominent blacks in
history from Benjamin Ban
neker who helped to design
the city of Washington to
Muhammed Ali.
A forthcoming book, The,
Washington Reporters by
Stephen Hess has the follow
ing quotes: "In all types of
Washington news organiza
tions most reports are male,;
white, urban and Nor
theastern. Some organiza
tions, of course, are more ur
ban (network television),
some more mae (wire ser
vices), and some more white
(specialized publications)."
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Tony Brown's Journal's
next segment centers in on
Philadelphia, the once gang
ridden, high-crime arena of
the East Coast that Tony,
says now has as its symbol of
unity in the black communi
ty, two community groups
that have turned gang leaders
into useful members of the
community and marginal1
students into scholars. He
interviews Sister Falaka Fat
tah, director of the House
Umaja and Lt. Charles Pat
ton who is with the Concern
ed Black men, Inc., a group
of police and firefighters.
Even before the Academy
Awards, the All-American
Press, an organization head
ed by Lee Posner and com-,
prised of 40 foreign and)
. domestic editors, had picked
"Ordinary People" as Best
Picture, Robert Redford as
Best Director and had ties for
Best Actor and Best Actres
between Robert DeNiro and
Donald Sutherland and Mary
Tyler Moore and Sissy
Spaced
You can still catch
"Widows" by Mfundi
Vundla and directed by Van
tile Whitfield at the Henry
Street Settlement Louis
Abrons Arts for Living
Center on Grand Street,
April 9-12. It's a drama of
the struggle of . African
women to survive oppressive,
conditions of life in South
Africa and stars Tina Sattin,
Victor Howard and Pamela
Poitier. It's being presented
by Woodie King's New
Federal Theatre.
"Today's Black Women,"
now hosted by Freda Payne,
has added three new stations
Youngstown, Ohio,
Macon, Ga., and Jackson,
Miss, and is now seen in 54
cities.
The Harlem Institute of
Fashion and the National
Association of Milliners,
Dressmakers and Tailors
holds its dinner awards
presentation and exhibition
from the Black Fashion
Museum on Easter Monday,
April 20, at the Harlem State
Office Building.
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