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Outspoken CRAIG WILSON Hollywood I Dionne Warwick is best known as one of the most glamorous women in Hollywood, a top singing star and nightclub performer. Few people are aware that Dionne has always been a devoted mother to her two pre-teen sons, David and Damon, putting them ahead of her car eer. Dionne is now being beseiged by real estate brokers wanting to list and sell her three million dollar Beverly Hills estate before the singer moves to Aspen, Colorado. The move is rumored to be so her sons can pursue their love of skiing and other winter sports. Lots of southern dialects are being practiced these days since we reported that producer Charles Fries was serious ly considering adapting the book, Selma, Lord, Selma. into a multi-million dollar television movie. Naturally, Selma, Lord, Selma is about the situation in that Alabama town in the early 1960s, where a major fight for civil and human rights was organized and brought Martin Lather King, Jr., into the national spotlight as a forceful leader. GRACE JONES une-ume bald disco artist Grace Jones is changing musical and performing directions. We hear that Grace, along with many other artists who began on the disco scene, is moving headlong into rock and pop. She became a popular disco lady with her cat-like moves and whips, with which she beat up white, muscle-bound boys. Beautiful Vogue cover girl Beverly Johnson has filed suit against her long-time manager-husband Danny Simms in New York. At one time it appeared Danny could mold the gorgeous model into a singing sensation, but his efforts failed. Danny now manages Betty Wright and reggae king Bob Martey. The hottest rumor in town centers around actor Clifton ' Davis and that alleged fight in which he was engaged at a local health club. The corners landers say that Clifton en tered the club and Whs attacked by another patron, follow ing very angry words. None of the corners landers are will ing to admit that they witnessed the event. Congratulations to our friend Freda Payae upon her selection as “Ms. Black Yank of 1980” by the black mem bers of the United States military. Freda certainly deserves this and many other awards for her beautv and talent Our San Francisco spy called to report that while Diana Rom was performing in the Bay Area a strange man ap proached the stage, asked for a kiss and produced a mean looking knife to reinforce his request. Diana allegedly didn't argue the point and bussed the dude on the check, whereupon he instantly fainted and was hustled off by security forces. Few folks know that Johnny “Guitar’' Watson is a self taught musician who began recording at the ripe old age of , *4 w'th I he Federal Records Company. Johnny still credits T-Bone Walker. Clarence “Gatemoulir Moore, Ixmcfl Fuhon and Wes Montgomery among his early iaspirations. IWO Players International Pubticaiiom I* ‘ * r - » -**p. i t ^ . & 4 V • J . * > J , “Choosing Suicide ’’Premiers Monday “I don’t think of myself now as ‘killing myself.’ I fed no desire to kill, or injure, or maim. To me, thatts the difference between ra tional and irrational suicide; ir rational is neurotically involved with killing...” These words, spoken by New York artist and psychotherapist Jo Roman 32 days before carrying out her carefully planned suicide, are the opening words of CHOOSING SUICIDE, premiering Monday, June 16 at 8 p.m. on UNC-TV, Channel 58. This one hour docu mentary focuses on Roman’s determination to end her life with dignity and on her own terms. A panel discussion an the concept of “rational suicide” will air follow ing the documentary. Roman believed in pianowH self termination and opposed the in forced prolongation of life upon anyone who wished to end it. For the last ten years Roman has intended to end her life sometime in her 70s and was writing a book advocating her thoughts on “ra tional suicide.” At 62 Roman dis covered she had breast cancer and began organizing for an imminent departure. When the advance of the disease seemed to threaten her agility to finish the book, Roman asked a friend, documentary producer Richard Ellison, to record her ideas and plans on tape. HM««i in turn recruited videomakers Leah Siegel and Don Blauvelt. Together they taped 19 hours of intimate conversations and confrontations with close friends and relatives, some of wb< strongly opposed Roman’s intentims. A Cathonc 'ilend felt that be wanted to convince her to Iww because of his own fear of death; another friend, a lawyer, said accepting suicide is going to im prove the quality of my life.” UHt OF THE WORLD S GREAT MEN*S MAGAZINES Featured In the July Issue: MONEY ft MACHO ... Paul Nelmaik’s article, “Creative Money Making,” tells you how to turn a few hundred into a fortune in gold, silver, diamonds, foreign currency and even African mines. If you haven’t got the guts to follow his advice take the Macho test and find out how much of a man you really are. FICTION ... A Texas hitch-hiker fights off a white bitch and a junkie musician makes a deal with the devil. RUTH BROWN ... Blacklisted! An exclu sive interview with the hottest r&b singer of her time. She gives the inside details of the banishment that made her life hell. NEW FEATURE ... The great Donald Goines’ book. Daddy Cool, Is now ren dered in a four-page cartoon adapted from the original story. AND THE LOVELY LADIES ... Mary Hop kins of the Love Machine makes a red, .■ white and blue splash on the cover while Sandy, Demetrice and Keii light up the inner pages with enough fireworks for all. PLAYERS MAGAZINE l JULY ISSUE—On Sale Now I DON'T MISS IT »2>C J
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