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I \ <4 Winston-Salem Chronic Broadway Is My Beat Diana may star i if details can bt By JOEY SASSO * Syndicated Columnist Observations in covering the Night Beat: Dianajloss will go before the cameras in Chicago ^ "this ac ctar^f tKi? in^rra^ta) Iai/# c?/^ry 44Silence," if.... "Right now, it's just a matter of finding the right leading man," reports Allan Carr. Except for that key casting decision, Carr says, "Diana is all set to go." The actress had been hoping the Josephine Baker project she's been developing for several years would mark her return to the big screen after a six-year absence. But that project is still bogged down with problems, and Diana is turning her attention to "Silence," says Carr. "She'll produce the picture with me," he says. "We've got a completed script." The two also hope to have Adrian Lyne ("Flashdance") direct the film, which is based on the novel by James Kennaways. Carr read it in England two years ago and has been hoping to bring it to the screen ever since. "It's shocking, emotional, dramatic; the story of a woman who doesn't speak who gets involved with a rich man from Chicago's North Shore," Carr says. "It's a picture that could get us all Academy Awards. It will be a real challenge for Diana. She won't have a word of dialogue ~ all the emotion has to come from the eyes. Carr isn't the first producer to have seen the screen potential in "Silence." As he points out, "Various filmmakers have wanted to make it; the Ladd Co. had it at one time. But it looks like it's finally coming together for us."... The deal's been sealed for Pearl Bailey and young Alfonso Ribiero to join the "Silver Spoons" cast this fall. But producers of the NBC show still haven't decided how regularly - or irregularly - the irrepressible Pearlie Mae and the talented seventhgrader (of Broadway's "The Tap Dance Kid" and the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial) wiir appear. Or if they'll be related on the tube. But all that should be ironed out by the time the "Spoons" shooting starts this month.... Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge and Art Blakey were among 10 charter members named recently to the newly-organized Jazz Hall of Fame in New York City. Five deceased ..,Aro nlr/x fA.. I. _ *-11 iii^iuu^is Wtit aisu Iidiiicu.v.uuill Ot?lr, IJUKF TL,U* V"S* ' : LA W> I Kirk and Spock: One's search Series of \Street. Music, an integral part of black heritage and culture, is the theme of the Salem Spirit Street Scenes, a series of outdoor concerts that will be held in seven metropolitan cities across the nation this summer. The series, sponsored by Salem cigarettes, will feature nationally known musical talent at each concert. The events will be held in Memphis, Tenn.; Washington, D.C.; Detroit, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York City and Chicago. "Music is an important element in all our lives, and the Salem Spirit Street Scene is our way of bringing music to the local communities in which we ? fe Weeb ^^ The Arts, Leisure, N in new film, i worked out Inotnn I nuis Armslrnna Pharlio ParLar m A 9 a-/ vr m ?4j 4 ma niaii v/ai^, X-z MI 1V a Ml AVI Ul 1 U IflAI J Lou Williams. The 10 were named for "outstanding achievements in jazz" and were chosen through a national poll and "Thy."V Hall of~Fame "corami11ee. HTie Hall willT>e located in the YMCA branch in Harlem.... Insiders tell me that Michael Jackson and his siblings will avoid New York, L.A., San Francisco and Chicago during their concert tour that gets under way in June ? and will limit their engagements to such cities as Seattle, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Newark, Lexington, Ky., Boulder, Colo., and Tampa, Fla. Their press representative says he will be surprised if that's the case, but admits that, at this point, he's not sure. There will be an announcement about the i Jacksons' touring plans in about two weeks, but it I will only cover their first four dates -- there's no telling when the announcement will come on the other eight cities the group will play.... Ruth Pointer, who had to get up each day at 6 a.m. to go to work as a keypunch operator, was hating every minute of her life when her sisters called and asked her to make an album with them. "1 quit my job immediately," she says. "It took nerve to quit my job but I always knew we could sing. That alone is what gave me confidence. I thought, If this deal doesn't go through, there'll be another one, now that we know we want to do this.' I had a lot of confidence in my sisters." ^ That confidence has paid off a big way for Anita, June and Ruth Pointer, the 5-foot-l 1 beauties known as the Pointer Sisters. Another sister, Bonnie, left in 1978 to perform solo. As of the end of March, the Pointers' "Break Out" album was No. 31 with a~ bullet on the pop chart and No. 16 with a bullet on the black contemporary chart. The single from it, "Automatic," was 8 with a bullet on the singles pop chart and No. 2 with a bullet among black contemporary singles. "It's probably going to be the biggest single we ever had," Anita says. "It's moving up faster than 'Fire' and 'Slow Hand,' which made it to No. 2." "We knew R&B was our direction to go with this one," Ruth says . "We never did that before. It is not enough just being black. You have to prove it. One I of my husbands used to tell me, 'You sing like a Please see page C5 ij^y J I /J^p jmP^| J^S/r jd^^^H||^HtfHB^HH|B for the other just plods along. KrpnPK' tn hp hpld 1 are involved," says Charles Sharp, manager of special markets for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Salem's manufacturer. The Salem Spirit Street Scenes series will begin June 23-24 in Memphis with a two^ay festival featuring the Manhattans, The Dells and The ChiLites. The event, sponsored by Salem in conjunction with WDIA Radio, will be held at Tom Lee Park on the banks of the Mississippi River. The Ft. DuPont Summer Concert Series in Washington, D.C., will feature well-known entertainers each weekend from June 22 through Aug. 25. The concerts, which are part of the Salem V ??????????????????????? 1 ^ ^ * r *" dusic, Columns T> M F I fl K^ I \MMMprw Jmrtifc. ^wJBDk*^ ^I^'CmB* dB Hr ' j A New Movie, Maybe... Diana Ross may rcftppear in the movies soon, if < out. The title this time will be "Silence/* the sto The Summer Films 'Star Trek III': A By ALLEN JOHNSON Executive Editor This review is the first in a series on this summer's movies. The third "Star Trek" motion picture," like the second, looks a whole lot like a great big television show. Maybe we've been spoiled by the epic dazzlers in George Lucas' "Star Wars" trilogy, but I somehow got the feeling as 1 munched popcorn and watched Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Co. romp through the cosmos once more in "Star Trek II: The Search For Spock," that I wanted to change the channel to see what else was on. And I'm a confirmed Trekkie. The premise was captivating enough: the everpopulor M*-. -Spock, Kir k-haU- Vuican, ? yt, ^ ; 'iii ii" ik i i ii - it iirmilii " ii m mm n i iibil mm best friend, nas diea. ' But, as always seems to be the case in science fiction and soap operas, maybe he really didn't die at all - maybe at least his spirit is out there floating around somewhere. Matters are complicated by the fact that Spock seemed to have left his soul imprinted in Dr. McCoy's (DeForest Kelley) brain before he died, thus driving the poor man half-crazy as he lapses into and out of Spock's voice and mannerisms. So the intrepid crew of the Enterprise highjacks its hroughout the nai Spirit Street Scenes series, will be held outdoors at Ft. DuPont National Park. The Watts Towers Music and Arts Festival, another of the Salem Spirit Street Scenes series, will be held July 14-15 in conjunction with the Los Angeles City Recreation Department. The festival will take place during the height of the Summer Olympics. In Detroit, Salem will sponsor the AfroAmerican Festival, one of the nation's largest black festivals, with an anticipated attendance of more than one million peopl^~ The event will be held in Hart Plaza July 27-29. Section C Thursday, June 7, 1984 y I ' I i A r ? j* '""*?*?, ?. *MM <%> a leading man, among other things, can be ironed ry of an interracial love affair. ji aborted mission aging vessel ? which Star Fleet Command wants to put out to pasture -- in search of what really happened to its comrade. Makinc the trin a hit more interestinc is the fact that a ruthless, tough-as-nails Klingon (alien bad guy) commander, played by Christopher Lloyd (who also played the spaced-out Jim in the "Taxi' television series) and his warship appear on the scene. The rest is "Star Trek" history -- and amazingly boring. There are several things wrong with this movie. First of all, the action is stiff and unexciting. I could almost hear a collective yawn in the theater as Kirk battled for his life on a planet that was about to selfdestruct. Second, the pace of the film is, to be generous, T slow, pasted by Harve Benneft, is laughable, literally. The audience chuckled even during what were supposed to be serious moments and one man chuckled all the way to his car. Fourth, what should have been one of the most riveting mysteries in the annals of science fiction becomes predictable near the film's halfway point. True, there are a couple of surprises, but I figured most of this one out almost before my seat got warm. Please see page C5 ??i ion this summer Salem will sponsor entertainment all three days of the event. The Afram Expo, organized by the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, will be held Aug. 3-5 in Rash Field in downtown Baltimore. The event, featur- I ing a variety of black entertainers, artists and craftsmen, is the largest ethnic festival held in Baltimore and is expected to attract as many as one million people. New York's Harlem Week, an arts festival organized by the Uptown Chamber of Commerce, will be held Aug. 10-19 with activities in various Please see page C6 ^
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