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'Stella' picks up three at NAACP Image Awards TteA?a?H>P?E? PASADENA, California - "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" won three honors, includ ing outstanding motion picture, at the 30th NAACP Image Awards ceremony. Angela Bassett was named outstanding actress and co-star Whoopi Goldberg earned out standing supporting actress hon ors at the awards ceremony spon sored by the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Cot ored People, a leading civil rights group. The ceremony took place on Saturday and Sunday; Sunday's presentation was taped for a March 4 telecast on the Fox net work. "Beloved," nominated for six awards, picked up just one - out standing actor in a motion pic ture for Danny Glover. Morgan Freeman won best supporting actor in a motion picture for his role in "Deep Impact." In the television categories, "The Young and the Restless" also received three awards - out standing daytime drama series, and outstanding actor and actress, for Shemar Moore and Victoria Rowell, respectively. "Cosby" won two awards, one for outstanding comedy series and Jurnee Smolett won best youth actor/actress. Lauryn Hill won outstanding new artist, outstanding female ???? artist and outstanding album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." A partial list of winners cho sen by a special committee of industry professionals and national leaders of the NAACP: MOTION PICTURE: "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." MOTION PICTURE ACTOR: Danny Glover, "Beloved." MOTION PICTURE ACTRESS: Angela Bassett, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." ? MOTION PICTURE SUP PORTING ACTOR: Morgan freeman, "Deep Impact." ? MOTION PICTURE SUP PORTING ACTRESS: Whoopi Goldberg, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." ? GOSPEL ARTIST: Kirk Franklin, "The Nu Nation Pro ject." ? MUSIC VIDEO: "Just the Two of Us," Will Smith. ? SONG: Kirk Franklin, "Lean on Me," performed by' Kirk Franklin. ? ALBUM: Lauryn Hill, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill." The show airs locally the March 4 on the FOX network. Kwmti /Mfaiw, NAACP Piatidanl and CEO. l-*t WR Srnih, Mariah Cf^Mlehwf Jordan, Blair Undmwood end tmiryn HR atltm 90lh NAACP Imag*/k?*tmdM. Performers relive Mack Vaudeville * # I. By MARY CAMPBELL 3~HE ASSOCTATEPPKESS ?? J NEW YORK - The black Vaudeville circuit may not have ;been fun for the performers, but *Rollin' on the T.O.B.A.," now at )he off-Broadway 47th Street Theater, provides an evening of delightful entertainment today. In the show, Sandra Reaves Phillips is the singer and Rudy Roberson and Jeffery V. Thomp son are the comedy team and dance men booked by the The ater Owners Booking Associa iion, T.O.B.A. The vaudeville cir cuit of theaters that presented black performers to black audi ences was called tough by those who toured. f. "Rollin' on the T.O.B.A." is basically a revue. In the thread of plot, Reaves-Phillips, as star ' flertha Mae Little, has booked Roberson and Thompson to trav el and entertain with her in 1931, near black vaudeville's end. ? The better-known comedy teams of black vaudeville, like Miller and Lyles, made record ings, and Roberson and Thomp son deliver some of those rou tines. The jokes are so old most people now never heard them, and they again strike the funny bone. Roberson and Thompson do a couple of clever mime sequences, playing checkers and playing poker, to a recording of the Ellington Band playing "Black and Tan Fantasy." And they run through a hilarious Pig meat Markham and Seals rou tine, saying they plan to steal it for their show with Bertha Mae. Most of the evening is accom panied by pianist David Alan Bunn. Reaves-Phillips' sings in a big, ? rich voice which remains musical, having no need to belt. She sings "Travelin' Blues"; "St. Louis Blues"; a double entendre blues, "One Hour Mama and "A Good Man Is Hard To Find." Her the- ; ater credits include Mama Younger in "Raisin" on Broad way, "Black and Blue" in Paris and a national tour of "One Mo Time!" In "Rollin' on the T.O.B.A.," she plays a Butterbeans and Suzie vaudeville comedy routine with Roberson as her husband. The three performers sing the title song and "Let the Good Times Roll." Sometimes they're seen on stages, sometimes on an ancient, shabby, train chair bench as they travel to the next town. Though, there are references to segregation - the men talk about being hungry and finding no place marked "colored" to eat < - the troupers complain very lit- j tie about the hardships of their life. , - ' Instead, they talk about enjoying entertaining and throw themselves into very heads-up performance. AreYtouWayii^ The Waiting Game? "We haven't verifieci your income." "Your credit check isn't back yet." Sound familiar? Sounds like discrimination. Don't be a victim of the "waiting game." If you suspect unfair housing practices, contact HUD or your local Fair Housing Center. Everyone deserves a fair chance. tsT EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FAIR HOUSING IS THE LAW! U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ? 1-800-689-9777 ? TDD 1 -800-927-9275 r ' DELTA SU3M4 IIII IA M l < l ll>. INC. * * \ proudly honors v? i Mose' Belton-Brown A as I itkhu '// hman o/'tJte i/etw" ^ 1999 VOGUE & BEW\ present 0, bigSest Basnion B/eni^ offoeyear Jop^/QQ^E's mercharff^^^llsiflf^ * live runwayShow featuring the latest iri spring fafehion from Paris, Milan, and New York. T|e evfenfhgv^enefits the Spec/al^ChJdren's School of Winston-Salem and ce)eb>tetes Its 25th anniversary. iff-- , 6:00 P.M. Receptiah?Auction 7:30 P.M. Fashion Show\ $50fot<aception, silent auction and s^qw $28 for the show only \ Call the Stevens Center box offtoe at 336-721-1945 or BSlk at 336-768-9200 for tickets and information. x X I h? swam aur ct52?S?-. \(ki I: / \?y * <1 VV W \ ?? \ 'f
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