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Arts & Lifestyle * Of Interest ... Vet sues Michael Jackson SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - Michael Jackson is being sued tin unpaid tails by the v elerinarian who lends to the pop star's exotic animals at his Neveriand ranch, which the singer has not occupied since being acquitted of child nude-station charges last June Jackson has been living in the tiny Persian ( hit king dom of Bahrain, but the law suit w as filed in Santa Maria, (^alif , where he stood trial last year , Martin Dinnes, owner of Dinnes Memorial Vetennary Hospital. alleges that Jackson owes $91,602 in veterinary bills. Dinnes helped the singer acquire am mals for his luo, including flamingos, giraifes, elephants and orangutans, said his lawyer, Brenton Homer IXnncs continues to treat the animals regularly. Homer said. "He tiled this (lawsuit) with great reluctance." Homer said. "He has a lot of admiration for Michael. This is just a business matter." A healing w as set for May 2. ? * Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr. said he had not seen the complaint and could not comment. Fire destroys Chicago birthplace of gospel music CHICAGO (Reuters) - lire destroyed on Friday Chicago's 116-year-old Pilgrim Baptist Church, a his toric landmark that was built as a synagogue and became known as the birthplacc of American gospel music. Towering' flames collapsed the peaked wooden roof and brick columns of the 1890 Mahalia Jackson church designed by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. No one was injured by the blaze, but a custodian who had been inside said a repair crew had been working on the roof when the fire broke out, C^iicago Fire Department Commissioner Cortez Trotter told reporters. Church officials said exten sivc repairs had been pertormed on the building, which was declared a landmark in 1981 but had been deteriorating. The synagogue, initially run by Adler's father, a rabbi, was converted into a church in the 1920s as the area's Jewish population migrated elsewhere. It became an anchor of the once-thriving Bronzeville neighbor hood for (Chicago's growing black population. Thomas A. Dorsey, the son of a Baptist minister and a church organist, became the church's music director, melding blues with sacred hymns into gospel music. His choir featured such stars as Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland and Sally Martin. Among Dorsey s many compositions performed at the church were 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord." Page Laughlin at SECCA The Southeastern ( 'alter for Contemporary Art will present Winston-Salem resident afld Wake Forest University faculty member Page Laughlin 's "Zoom In Zoom Out" Jan. 21 through April 7. Using an array of stylized images from high-end interior design magazines as a starting point, Laughlin confuses and explores the underlying issues surrounding this seemingly grandiose lifestyle. According Jo the artist "I am interested in what these fantasies reveal upon closer inspection and in what is veiled in seduction. Working with these interiors, in a way, mirrors my own relationship to painting. I, too, am creating a fantasy to be examined." Laughlin will give an artist talk at SECCA's Hot Topics in ( 'ontemporary Ait on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5:30 p.m. The ArtTalk is free for SECCA members, $5 gener al admission, and $3 for students and seniors. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (336) 725-1904 or visit www.secca.org. "Sopranos" actor arraigned NEW YORK (AP) - I nder the glare of off-duty police officers packing a Bronx courtroom, "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato Jr. and a co-defendant were arraigned Monday on charges that they killed a police man who confronted them during a burglary. Scores of other officers who couldn't squeeze into the gallery milled in the hallway during the five-minute session, applauding as the slain officer's parents entered and left the courtroom. Brancato. 29. and Steven Armento, 48, pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, burglary and weapon possession before state Supreme Court Justice John Collins. Armento, accused of being the triggcrman. also was charged ?ith two counts of first degree murder in the Dec. 10 killing of Officer Daniel Enchautcgui. who was shot while ofT duty Both defendants entered the courtroom with their hands cuffed behind them. Enchautegui's father, Pedro, sat in a wheelchair in the center aisle near his wife, Maria. Prosecutors say the defendants told police that they had been together at a strip club before deciding to break into a Bronx apartment in search of prescription drugs Enchautcgui, who lived next door, confronted them in an alley. vi Brancato has said that Armento (ipened fire after Enchautcgui identified himself as a police officer and ordered them to freeze, authorities say. "Lillo Brancato is not a murderer," Brancato's law yer, Mel Sachs, said as he left the courthouse with the defendant's family, lillo Brancato is not criminal ly responsible Lillo Brancato did not have a weapon and did not know there was a weapon." Brancato made his debut in 1993 in "A Bronx Tale," starring opposite Robert De Niro, and went on to appear in more than a dozen movies He also had a recurring role in The Sopranos" as an aspiring mob lUBr.' ^ ? BET has best ratings ever in 2005 BETPfc*) Husband and wife actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett'Smith hosted the popular " BET Awards" last year. Millions watched the show, which featured appearances by some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry. SFR1AL TO THE CHRONICLE BEr Networks is riding a high alter posting its highest viewer ship numbers ever last year. BET's viewership increased by an impressive 17 percent from 2004 to 2005. The company also celebrated its 25th anniversar); fine tuned its business portfolio; made execu Bve moves focused on original program -ming, and/efreshed its market identity with new graphics and an edgier attitude. All of t|iis hap pened in just the first ?? six months of lJebra Lee's tenure as CEO. Lee took over for BE1 founder Bob Johnson. "We're generating the kind of results thill should make BET affiliates, advertisers, viewers and supporters take notice Every part of the BET organization is con tributing to that success," said Lee. 'The momentum we have gives us optimism heading into 2006. The thought of trying to match or surpass last year's per formance is a challenge we cer lainly welcome " Lee continued: "I see succpss es and milestones as ingredients you use to set your next slate of goals and objectives. BET has never taken success lightly. We're already hard at work on making 2006 another great year." W hile BET's busi Lee i less platform is thriv ing, its holding compa ny, Viacom Inc. is changing Last week, Viacom officially split into two separate com panies - CBS Crap., with radio, broadcast television, publishing and outdoor advertis ing among its brands; and a "new" version of Viacom that features MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Famous Music and BET Networks. "It's an exciting new day for both Viacom and BET," said Lee. "Our company is now an even bigger part of the overall Viacom business strategy This bodes well for future investment in the BET brand" In 2005, BET made some See BET on All Living Boldly ' Last Holiday' stars rapper/ actors SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Living life to the fullest is the theme of Queen Latifah's latest film, "Last Holiday," a romantic comedy that also stars LL Cool J, Timothy Button, ( Jerard Depardieu, Alicia Witt and Cnancarlo Esposito. Paramount Pictures will release "Last Holiday" nationwide tomorrow (Jan. 13). Latifah says that the comedy taps into a basic human emotion. 'Try to imagine how you would feel if you were told that you only had a few weeks to live. All the dreams, all the desires, all the things you wanted to do and thoughts yoi> wanted to express are in jeopardy of being unfulfilled. Where do you beginT' Latifah plays Georgia Byrd, who lives a small life tueked inside big dreams A shy cookware sales person for a department store, she handles knives and skillets with the ? flair of a master ehef and dreams of one day opening her own restau rant. She has a secret crush on a co worker, portrayed *by LL Cool J, but is too timid to let him know. However, when a misdiagnosis leads Georgia to believe her days are numbered, she decides that if she has to go, she's going to go with a bang - and embarks on a dream holiday vacation to a grand ? resort in Europe These, thinking she has noth ing to lose, (ieoreia undergoes a metamorphosis. . and her trans forraalion affects everyope around her. < kxirgia's newly uniiihibited person ality shakes up stall and guests alike, including a venerated chef, portrayed by Gerard Depardicu From snowy slopes to spectacular spas, delectable dinners to midnight balls, Georgia is going to live a lifetime of fun in just a few weeks. 'This film gave me a chancc to get into the bones of someone very dif ferent from me," she noted. "Most of the characters I've played are vocal and outgoing, and this was a chance to embody someone who is meek and unaccustomed to speaking her mind (ieorgia is one of my favorite charac ter because she's so decent and inspiring." Director Wayne Wang said of w inking w ith I jgtitsh: "At the beginning of the movie, she plays a character complete!) different from the way I've Sec Film on All 1 Photo by Stephen Van Queen Latifah in "Last Holiday." Popular book to be discussed TBMP is marking 20th anniversary of 'The Color Purple ' ? SPECIAL TOTHECHRONKXE' /. GREENSBORO - Triad tJlack Media Professionals in conjunction with The Greensboro Public Library will present a discussion of the book "The Color Purple" on Sunday, Jan 15, at the Greensboro Historical Museum, 130 Summit Ave., at 3 p.m. This event is free open to the public. "We are inviting all those people who loved reading "The Color Purple" to read the book again and remember why you fell in love with tjic work and discuss and reflect on the mate rial with others," said Robin Adams, president of Triad Hlack PmfpccinnaU an nronni ration of media professionals throughout the Triad "I remember the first time I picked up the book, I started reading that day and didn't put the book down until it was finished," Adams said "The words, the charactcrs, ihcy were all real to me. and I remember thinking. 'This is great.' I look forward to re examining the material." . ?' Some of Triad's noted authors and liter ary critics will lead the book discussion. The literacy discussion is the second event TBMP is holding in a series commem orating the 20th anniversary of the 1985 release of the movie 'The Color Purple." The book, by Alice Walker, was published in 1982. Walker tells the story of Celie, a black The Color Purple ?\l< iAWUt r woman 111 the >outn ( etie wntes letters to God in which she tells about her life - her roles as daughter, wife, sister, and mother. In the course of her story, Cclie meets a series of other black women w ho shape her life: Nettie, Celie's sister, who becomes a mis sionary teacher in Africa; Shug Avery, the blues singer her hus band. Mister, is in love with, and who becomes ("elie's salvation; Sofia, the strong-willed daughter in-law whose strength and courage . inspire Celie; and Squeak, who goes through aw ak enings of her own. Throughout the story, though, ( 'elie is the center of this community of women, the one who know s how to sur vive. Both the book and the movie have an almost cultlikc following. The TBMP "Color Purple" series opened with a Juke Joint Party on I Xx. 1 1 and will conclude in February with a special showing of the movie Sigel foynd guilty of assault MARY CLAIRE DALE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA - Beanie Sigel, the rapper who has sold hundreds of thousands of racords glamorizing a crimi nal lifestyle, was convicted of assault last week for a fight in 2003. Sigel, bom Dwight Grant, agreed with the prosecutor's version of events and was convicted of misdemeanor sim ple assault. He was immediately sentenced to two years of probation plus $ 180 in court costs. ________ The chargcs stem from an argu ment between Sigel and a man who said the rapper punched him in both eyes, breaking his left eye socket, during a January' 2003 argument out side a Chinese restaurant. The case w as the last in a scries of criminal charges against Sigel, who has a long arrest record dating back to his days growing up in South lliiladelphia. With the case behind him. Sigel now plans to "make music, make movies and work on his clothing line," said his attorney, Fortunate N. Peni Jr. In September, a jury acquitted Si gel of charges that he nearly shot to death a man on a crowded city street two years ago. In August, Sigel left federal prison after serving nearly a year on a federal weapons charge that stemmed from a 2002 traffic stop in Philadelphia. Sigel also has fallen behind in child-support payments. He was Briefly jailed in Novcpiber until he paid $27,000 in vtuW support and $2,000 in fines. He was due in family court last week becausc he again owes child-support money. , Sinel
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