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Page B4-The Chronicle.-Thursday. August 30, 11 Broadway Is My Beat Tina: At 45, sh BY JOEY SASSO Syndicated Columnist Observations in covering the Night Beat: Still the queen of rock and roll at 45.Tina Turner thrills audiences around the world with her fiery stage presence. And the older she gets, the m i Kflfltfi fiXpitipft and beautiful she becomes. ? - boundless?J energy which just keeps pouring out from inside me." She uses that unworldly energy to whip crowds into fever pitch with her sexy gyrations and powerful voice. But Tina says that's just her image. "Just 15 minutes before 1 go on stage, I totally transform," she says. "I become a sex goddess. I go into my dressing room, put on my makeup and slinky clothes and start my deep breathing. And '7 am unique. I have boundless energy which just keeps pouring out from inside me." -- Tina Turner then, suddenly, I make the switch. 1 step into becoming Tina Turner the star, the lady who is goinc to blast the ceilino ckv-hioh M She's still on the comeback trail after leaving her singing partner and husband of 16 years, Ike Turner, at an age when many rock stars think of retirement. It's a comeback after 16 years of unhappiness and the struggle to make it on her own has taken eight years of hard work and determination.... Multi-millionaire Julio Iglesias has finally revealed his secret relationship with songstress Diana Ross. The singer, who had made more women swoon than Frank Sinatra, shared an intimate Christmas with his children and Diana last year at his S3 million mansion in Miami. 441 tell you this story so you can understand better about Diana," he said in a recent interview in a BrUishTftl^spaper. "She is a be&uftfuT wbman."*" She is # superstar. She has a beautiful, superb V J^eat artist andv'^he t&vefc hef* * children. But, for this special holiday, she was all alone. 1 had seen her in Las Vegas the month Ask Yolonda A helnine hat BY YOLONDA GAYLES Syndicated Columnist / Dear Yolonda: As a teacher and a parent, it angei number of young people standing on the corners a nothing to do. I know that there aren't enough sun around for all young people, but there ought to be they can do to give them some exposure to the What they don't need is one of those summer progi more than have young adults playing ball all day t? energy. They need a program aimed at providing i that they can use in the future. I would like see more businessmen and women munities take more of an interest in these young they can't afford to hire them, they could come up program designed to allow young people to c M I B wL/f*mWmm B jj ~ # V KB ^B ' *56 U jjfcH& "m [^fyn B^HmL K ' H " 'X h^S' Mi' "mv-V" 'SrJIi m. ;'i|?|' '<= : >?: wBB * m\: > t9b B^Bl pi^r^B.* ??? IrB NM Sophistifunk MTUME (pronounced em-TOO-may) has done its original sophistifunk sound on the gro single, "You, Me and He." The song, from th< W .... A 984 Wee The Arts, Leisure e's going strong before. She was working so hard, doing everthing herself."... Diahann Carroll says a bout of depression got her the part of Dominique Deveraux -- the latest supervixen on the hit TV series "Dynasty." The veteran singer-actress says a break from her New York stage work triggered an emotional crisis. - ^Aftcr oir tfliradwasr was over, I fett into a slump," says Diahann. "1 missed going to the theater and being with people. The play was hard work, and, when you put so much into something, you're often depressed afterwards. I would sit all day and watch TV. Suddenly 1 found myself fascinated with these bitchv J women like Joan Collins and Jane Wyman. At that point, says Diahann, she decided that it would be fun to play such a role. "I called my business partner and told him, 'Be sure to call Aaron Spelling - the producer of "Dynasty" ? and let him know 1 how I feel.' " Shortly after that, Spelling, accompanied by Joan Collins, saw Diahann Carroll perform several songs at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. Collins recalled that Spelling was overwhelmed by Diahann's stage presence and told her: "Isn't she beautiful. I want her on "Dynasty"," Joan remembered. For Diahann, the news that she would be the latest member of the "Dynasty" cast was thrilling.... Nell Carter, star of "Gimme a Break", ended her mouth-long holdout from the NBC series last week after producers agreed to raise her salary from $30,000 to $45,000 per episode. She was demanding $60,000 per. Give us a break, Nell. Coincidentally, regular Dolph Sweet, who plays her employer on the show, was sidelined during those same four weeks by minor abdominal surgery. The crew tried to shoot around the two missing principals, but eventually production shut down. Taping resumed recently.... Lena Home is no spring chicken but she's still knocking 'em dead in London where she opened in "The Lady and Her Music." came down on her opening performance, the chaps and chapettes in the audience gave her a cheering, shouting, standing ovation.... id now could pro businesses for a week, or even a < ly. This would allow the young \ all about. s me to see the , , , . , ... ,, ... I know this sounds like a lot to ill summer with , ,, . . . would be doing is getting these yc nmer jobs to go . , ? . something that ,ng'hem a chan?'n "fe;, . . . , Please print my letter. I d be v< working world. , . r . . . , thought of this approach, rams that do no ? o wear off their them with skills from our com- Dear Marie: I know of a coupl adults. Even if of thing. Specifically, many local > with a training a program. But this doesn't e: ome into their businesses. same title, is the groups third L 5 it again with mer the group, lead by comj ups latest hit Mtume, wooed audiences with 9 album of the according to Mtume, is subtle, kend i, Music, Columns Rr ^ ^ w ? Tm ^llfl - *" - - " ? -j^Lji^^^:-~~~^>[Mfep^^|[^^^P"1^l ? 'IV E^u' **' jqB " vQcUl ^K t IJJKH 1 Viul vflflfl t KJUtm Jr. >StA^WNM^Wtth 11 vMtJbmMkmmV-.'<> Years after the split with Ike, Tina Turner has emerged a vide skills for future lay, and work for them voluntari- What I try to get across person to see what employment is have to look for ways to s< - black teen unemployment ask, but really it's not. What they percent is one such proble ?ung people off the streets and giv- connection between a your world, and what he or she ?ry much interested in what others Come on businessmen a in hearing from you if yoi teen employment program Marie V. . . , .. At 16, She Says: 4I e of organizations that do this sort chambers of commerce have such IA v, . . n u , , ,, , , , , Dear Yolonda: I m a 16xcuse our local small and black Plea Musical Notei htfHIff V Kool and the Gang gave children from Congr Heights Elementary Schoo I Washington, D.C., I they won't soon forget. The group ^^Hil students - all members j||^%; school's break dance club be guests rec I Then other I members of 20 compact a The discs were donated Polygram Sony as par Parti ships in Education Progi i ...*ii i i ;? >i l*i_ - anu win dc useu in mc iidi of Congress Heights Sch< P on the Epic label. Last sum- which has been "adopted* Doser-singer-producer James the White House. ) "Juicy Fruit." Sophistifunk, Kool and the Gang wen sensual and swings like mad. Washington as part of the t J for its latest LP, "In I ft mgs\ H jjHb I ,v* Ww'--' w 1 s m v: ^ M _ ... ? i '" > <- .* ?.> .?. .<?. ? ' V'"-. . >4n.. VA..?* t ' s a star of her own making. vocation in this column is that we, individually olve problems in our communities. The rate that constantly hovers around 47 m. Sometimes we forget that there is a lg person's introduction to the working strives to Decome. nd women. I'd be very much interested 1 know of, or participate in a volunteer Don't Know How To Kiss' year-old girl and I have the biggest prose see page B16 > ? id the Gang ? D. C. students five Heart" (Delite/Polygram ess Records), an album that has l in already produced two hit ling singles ? "Joanna" and "Tonight." the the "Rockit" Tops Nomina to tions :ent Herhie Hanrnrlr - - ? ~ . ' "Rockit" video received seven the ... . .. . A nominations in the 14 ang categories of the first MTV Video Music Awards. JSCS "Rockit" won nominations in the Best Video of the Year, ^ Best Male Video, Best Concent Video. Rest Snerial Pf 1 gf r ' f fects, Best Art Decoration, -arn Best Editing and Most F.x^ ry perimental categories. The , , ' awards show will be telecast by live on Sept. 14 from Radio City Music Hall starting at 10 j in p.m. The two-hour special will our The Please see page B14 rs
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