Arts & Lifestyle
Local actress to perform
Ebony Miles, a Winston-Salem resident,
will be performing in
"The Piano Lesson"
by August Wilson.
She will portray
the role of Bemice on
Feb. 5 -8 at 7:30 p.m.
at William Peace
University in Raleigh,
where she is a full
time student striving to
receive her B.A.
degree in theatre.
She is a straight A
student with a 4.0 and
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is on the Dean s List
and President List. Recently she helped feed
10,000 people with the Stop Hunger Now
Program. Ebony is a ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop.
modem, pointe, and mime dancer.
Ebony enjoys going to church and doing
outreach ministry. She is a member of Calvary
Hill Church of Greater Deliverance in Winston
Salem under the leadership of Bishop C.C.
Turner and First Lfidy Virginia TXirner.
Her motto is "I can do all things through
Jesus Christ who gives me strength."
She is the daughter of Keith and Tammy
Miles.
Awards contest winner
Olivia Joy Stinson, a senior business admin
istration major at Winston-Salem State
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the NAACP Image
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She is on the Royal
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Achievement scholar, and a member of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Itam Oscar winner
Kelly FitzGerald, a Wake Forest University
sophomore, will attend the Academy Awards as
one of the six Team Oscar winners. Actor
Channing Tatum made the announcement
Monday night, Jan. 26 during his appearance on
Jimmy Kimmel Live.
In its third year, the Team Oscar program
has become a tradition for the Oscars.
FitzGerald is one of six winning filmmakers
who will deliver Oscar statuettes to celebrity
presenters at the 87th Oscars on Sunday, Feb.
22, live on ABC.
Team Oscar winners were selected by Oscar
producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, Tatum,
and the Academy, based on a creative 60-sec
ond video on the subject. The best piece of
advice I've ever received.
Fitzgerald's video is titled "Sharing a
Smile" and is based on the advice: "If you see
someone without a smile, give them one of
yours." Her video depicts a paper smile being
shared across the miles by several people.
Everyone who submitted a video received
an email asking them to tune into Jimmy
Kimmel Live for the announcement, she said.
"I thought I'd misheard it and thought, wait
a second, was that my name?" she said.
Move to help students see
'Selma' continues nationwide
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -
An additional five cities have
joined the massive national
campaign by African
American business leaders to
raise funds for free student
admission to the Golden
Globe-winning film "Selma,"
expanding the unprecedented
movement to a total of 13
cities, nationwide.
Following the lead of a
team of African-American
business leaders in New York
and across the U.S., funds
have been established in
Chicago, Dallas, New ?
Orleans, Oakland/San
Francisco Bay Area and
Washington D.C. African
American business leaders in
these cities - along with
organizers in Boston,
Nashville, New Jersey, New
York, Philadelphia, San
Francisco, Sarasota. FL and
Westchester - have created
programs that will allow stu
dents in these locations to see
"Selma" for free at participat
ing theaters.
The efforts are inspired by
the success of the program in
New York City, in which 27
African-American business
leaders created a fund for
27,000 of the city's seventh-,
eighth- and ninth-grade stu
dents to see the film for free.
Due to the overwhelming
demand, the New York City
effort sold out in the very first
weekend and was expanded
to 75,000 tickets.
"The chance to share a
film, which has so poignantly
captured a pivotal moment in
our history, has struck a deep
chord within the African
American business communi
ty and resonated so profound
ly across the country that a
simple idea has become a
national movement," said
Tony Coles, former CEO,
Onyx Pharmaceuticals. "We
are gratified that generous
donors across the country see
the opportunity to make a dif
ference in the lives of our
youth."
Frederick O. Terrell, Vice
Chairman, Credit Suisse
saids, "I think the overwhelm
ing response to our 'Selma'
initiative across the country
has been-.a reminder to all of
us of the'power of a simple
idea and the collective power
of communities. Buying tick
ets for our children to see this
wonderful film is an opportu
nity for greater awareness and
education."
"This initiative is unprece
dented in African-American
history. Never before has a
group of black leaders donat
ed the funds to enable stu
dents across the country to
view a film created by a black
director for free," said Henry
Louis Gates, professor of
African American Studies,
Harvard.
"This is a testament to Ava
DuVernay and the cast of
'Selma,' and to the leaders of
this initiative, Charles Phillips
and Bill Lewis."
In Chicago, the leaders
have developed a program for
students of After School
Matters, a nonprofit organiza
tion that provides out-of
school programming opportu
nities for Chicago teens.
Teens that participate in After
School Matters will be sent an
invitation to receive a compli
mentary ticket to see "Selma"
at one of the participating the
aters.
The students will provide
their student ID and the After
School Matters ticket at par
ticipating Chicago theaters.
The After School Matters pro
gram in Chicago began on
Friday, Jan. 16.
In the other cities, sev
enth-, eighth- and ninthth
grade students who present a
current student ID or report
card at the box othce ot any
participating theater will
receive free admission while
tickets last.
Viacom's Paramount
Pictures, which is distributing
"Selma," is coordinating the
programs with participating
theaters in the U.S. For a list
of participating theaters in
select cities offering free
admission to students during
this program and for informa
tion on group sales, visit
www.SelmaMovie.com/stu
denttickets.
Business leaders in addi
tional cities are currently
organizing commitments
from community organiza
tions.
"Selma" is the story of a
movement. The film chroni
cles the tumultuous three
month period in 1965, when
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
led a dangerous campaign to
secure equal voting rights in
the face of violent opposition.
"Selma" is playing in the
aters nationwide. To learn
more about the film, go to
http://www.selmamovie.com.
SELMA
Robinson attends 'BET Honors'
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Sheila Robinson, publisher of Greensboro-based Diversity
Woman Magazine, attended the live taping of "The BET Honors"
on Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Robinson was there to support two of her dear friends, hon
orees Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole and actress Phylicia Rashad. Usher
Raymond, Microsoft Corp. Chairman John W. Thompson and
Kanye West were
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Actor/comedian
Wayne Brady hosted
the star-studded
night "The BET
Honors" will pre
miere on Monday,
Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. on
BET Network in the
USA and around the
world on BET's
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Publisher Sheila Robinson poses with gospel on Saturday, Feb. 28.
legend Bobby Jones at "The BET Honors."
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