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Page 8 A ENTERTAINMENT BE TME S' with Lisa Collins ■ '■m Lee HaU Poiter Watley Spike Lee Denies Dogging Arsenio Hall Out: Statements made by Arsenio Hall (that talking behind his back could lead to a ghetto ass-whlpplng) on a recent edition of Lee Bailey's national ly syndicated "RadloScope," with regards to Spike Lee's criticism of both Hall and Eddie Murphy drew heated response from Lee. On a subsequent edition of RadloScope, Lee denied ever going be hind Arsenlo's back "dogging him out." Said Lee, "If anything, he tried to dog me out when I was a guest on his show...I think it's unfortunate for him to get out In the media and say he's going to kick my ass. I thought more of the brother than to say something like that. Arsenio has my number and I know he has a phone, so If he thought that way, he should have called. I mean, this Is the same kind of stuff we discussed when 1 was a guest on his show. If he heard I was saying stuff behind his back, he should call me up, but he didn’t. He's fallen prey to the same kind of stuff he was chastising me for." Bobby Brown's Cancellation Fallout: Bobty Brown's recent can cellation of the final 20 dates of his U.S. tour come amidst ru mors that the MCA Records superstar has been checked Into a drug rehab. But If you listen to those close to Brown, there are at least three reasons why you shouldn't believe this rumor. His at torney says the dates were cancelled so that he can begin pre- production on his next album (which Is not slated for release be fore the end of this year), particularly as he wants to do a great deal more of the writing. Liz Heller, MCA's vice president of art ist development. Implied "general burnout". In a recent LA Times article, while another MCA executive, Loull Silas maintained that Brown doesn’t do drugs. Added Silas: "at what point In his career are these rumors going to be put to rest? TTiey've been go ing on vlr-tually his entire career." Judge Concurs With Reference To Actor PhlUlp Michael Thom as As A "Mama's Boy": Miami Vice’s Phillip Michael Thomas lost his $14 million appeal of a libel suit against the National En quirer as a Federed Court upheld the earlier dls-mlssal of the suit filed by the actor, as well as his mother and brother. Thomas filed In 1987 after the tabloid reported that Thomas' brother was serving a 27-year prison term for raping three Sacramento wom en. A year earlier, the paper described Thomas, one of eight chil dren, as a "momma's boy" and the child of a "welfare mother". In dismissing the suit, U.S. District Judge William Orrlck ruled that the story was substantially true. ^ Wrap At "Ghost Dad": Production has Just winded down on the set of "Ghost Dad ”, which reteamed Sidney Poitler and Bill Cosby for the first time In over ten years (even though Poitier s role In the film Is behind-the-scenes, as director). Denise Nico las, who co-starred with the pair in "Let's Do It Again" and "A Piece Of The Action", once again plays Cosby's love Interest. Ni colas Is happy about the chance to work with Bill again. "The best work I've ever done has been comedy, and working with Bill Is an opportunity to learn more about comedy and timing and precision. Because he takes such wild trips and if you're open and can go with him. It works. It's just a good chemistry." The film also features "Head Of The Class" co-star Kimberly Russell In her motion picture debut.... Short Takes: It appears that singer Jody Watley is a prime contender for the role of Catwoman In the "Batman" sequel ...."A Different World" star Dawnn Lewis Is shuf fling between recording studios In Chicago and Detroit putting to gether a demo she hopes will attract the attention of a major record company, as she's getting serious about launching a sing ing career...Next week: Is actress Jonelle Allen emerging as the "Erica Kane" of Black America with her new role on "Generations"? HAMMER!! M.C. Hammer & The Posse M.C.'s Ready To Get It Started In Charlotte With their Capital debut. Let's Get It Started, M.C. Hammer & The Posse are poised to continue the critical and commercial suc cess they achieved on their own — a level of success they always knew was possible for a rap band from the "wrong" coast. Conceived and nurtured in the Bay area, M.C. Hammer & The Posse did things their way, breaking ground for West Coast rap groups with two indepen dent 12"s and an LP on their own Bustin' Records — attract ing a major record label's inter est In the process. M.C. Hammer Is the founder and leader of the eight-member group. Oakland bom and raised. Hammer credits his musical style to the "old school" pioneers In rap music: Afrlka Bambaa- taa. Grandmaster Flash, Treacherous 3 and especially MeUe Mel. In 1987, Hammer founded Bus tin' Records, releasing two 12"s: "Ring 'Em" (voted the No. 2 hip- hop song of the year In 1987 by the nation's No. 1 college sta tion, Berkeley's KALX, and the title track of their Capitol debut, "Let's Get It Started." Lets Get It Started, produced by Hammer (who Is ^so pro ducing two new groups, 3.5.7. and Ace-Julce), is an 11 -song hip-hop medley with across-the-board accessibility. Songs like "Pump It Up." "Here's The News" and "They Put Me In The Mix" fea ture the turnta ble skills of the red hot DJ, "The Lone Mix er," Kent Wilson. For the hard core hip hopper, songs like "Feel My Power," which celebrates the rise of West Coast rap artists, and "That's What I Said," will have much appeal. Blues fans will appreciate the BB King gui tar licks on Hammer's version of "The Thrill Is Gone." The most awesome forum for The Most Awesome Forum For M.C. Hammer Is LIVE! M.C. Hammer & The Posse Is Live. Hammer, originally a solo performer, decided to form a group of dancers, singers, DJs, and a "hype" man to back him up. They are one of the growing number of rap groups that not only un derstand, but have mas tered the concept of "entertaining" a crowd while in con cert. To see this group perform is quite a treat. Their stage shows are ex citing, ener getic and Involve lots of of bells and packed with ener gy — M.C. Hammer & The Posse's music will reward you. Their beat Is always fresh, so no "Let's Get It Started." move ment and dancing. Full of bass, full of thump, full t Stephanie Mills SEE HAMMER! and Patti LaBelle, Stephanie Mi!!s, Guy, Tony! Toni! Tone and Guy at the Charlotte Coliseum for SUMMER FESTIVAL OF STARS. Tickets are $17.50, general admission. Reception For Batik Artist At The Afro Center Friday August 4 This Friday at 6:30 p.m. the public is invited to meet noted artist Dr. Leo Twiggs at a reception to be held at the Afro-American Cultural Center. An exhibit of Twlgg's new batik paintings are currently on display at the Center. A lecture/slide presentation by the artist will be held during the reception. Twiggs was bom In St. Stephen, SC. A summa cum laude graduate of Clallln College, he later studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, earning his Master’s from New York University. He began developing his unique batik painting process In 1965. Since then his work has won In ternational recognition and numerous awards. Twiggs has had over 40 one-man shows and has exhibited at the Mint Museum, Charlotte; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, the Glbbes Art Gallery, Charleston: the Studio Museum, New York; and others. : Presently, Twiggs Is Professor of Art and Ebcecu- tive Director of the LP, Stanback Museum and Planetarium at South Carolina State College. He has served on the Arts Commission and Is current ly a member of the South Carolina Museum Com mission. • The batik paintings by Twiggs will remain on ex hibit at the Afro Center through August 27. On Sat urday, August 12, Twiggs will hold a workshop on the technique of batik painting. For more Infor mation, please call the Afro Center at (704) 374- 1565, The Artist's Statements About His Work Every artist must create out of his own be ing, out of the result of his own encounter with the world. I was bom in the south and needless to say, the things 1 remembered, the scents, the atmosphere, all acted to shape the Imagery 1 use in my paintings. Very often people ask me how I came to work in the medium of batik, why I picked this ancient medium to explore rather than the more traditional techniques. Some have even written that It is my African ancestry that drew me to the medium because batiks have been done In Africa to decorate textiles. Frankly, all I know is that 1 wanted to get a feeling in my work. We were always poor folks and I remember there was always a dig nity In It all. Soon 1 came to realize that the stmggle we had was the basic struggle of man kind — we were not alone. Thoreau once said, 'The mass of mankind live out of quiet desperation." Perhaps It is the quiet desperation 1 sought to portray in my work. 1 know that somewhere along the way I saw the spidery web-like linear pat terns and mottled surface as expressive of an aging process, the struggle to survive, not just the world but time itself. As I look back on it all, perhaps that is why my figures evolved to be no longer Just black or brown, but purple (lots of purple, even now I don't know why) red, blue, yellow and white. A medium is merely a tool for the artist. He uses It only if and when it can help him achieve his magic. LEO TWIGGS
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