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3B ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTH'he Charlotte Post Thursday, October 17, 1996 LISA COLLINS Behind The Scenes Top billing: Laurence Fishbume has landed the star ring role in Paramount’s “ ! E V e n Horizon.” He’ll play tlfe head of an explo ration team tfeat sal vages a s^jaceship n; e a r Neptune after Fishbume disappearing for seven years. ■To do the picture, Fishbume passed on a key role in “The Rainmaker,” which would liave reunited him with direc- tfrr Francis Ford Coppola. Pishburne just finished work on “Hoods” with Tim Roth, Andy Garcia and Vanessa Williams. In that film, which is directed by Bill Duke, Eishburne piortrays ijnfamous Harlem numbers n u n n e r Bumpy dohnson. ' In other film news, Tupac Shakur’s last film. male acting roles last year, compared with 11 percent in 1991. African American actresses also cap tured 13 percent, up from 10 percent. The biggest contribu tors in the upswing are net works like Fox, the WB Network and UPN, who have put somewhat of an emphasis on reaching African American audiences. The most stagnant area of growth is employment for women 40 and over. Star revelations: R&B diva Patti LaBelle has been jet-set ting across the country on a promotion tour to support the recent release of her autobiog raphy titled “Don’t Block The Blessings: Revelations Of A Lifetime.” And in case you did n’t know it, Patti has her own fragrance out and it’s available in fine department stores. For information on where you can get it, call (800) 903-5674. Speaking of divas, Chaka Khan recently signed an exclu sive record pact with Reprise Records. The first offing from the new deal will be her first ever collection of greatest hits titled “Epiphany: the Best of Chaka IQian Volume I.” The project showcases classic hits like “Sweet Thing” and Me’Shell NdegeOcello. By the way, Vanessa Williams is slated to spread some holiday cheer this Christmas with the release of “Star Bright.” Due Nov. 5, it features a guest vocal appear ance by Bobby Caldwell... Whoopi Goldberg will head back to Broadway for a four- month stint in the play “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” in February...The first single and video from RuPaul’s Rhino Records debut, scheduled for release on Oct. 29, is appropri ately titled “Snapshot.” word that he and his wife are expecting their first baby. GOLDBERG Shakur ‘Gridlock,” has now been set for release in late January. The film is described as an urban comedy that star.s the late rapper as one of two addicts, who in the process of going straight, get turned around by a bureaucratic sys tem that proves to be more of a hindrance than a help. The film is directed by actor Vondie Curtis-Hall. And from Fox’s executive suites comes word that pro ducers George Jackson and Doug McHenry have signed a three-year, first-look deal for the development of projects for all of Fox’s divisions. In addi tion, McHenry has signed a three-year directing deal at Fox. The team - famed for films like “New Jack City,” “Jason’s Lyric,” and “A Thin Line Between Love & Hate” - reportedly has a higher than average domestic gross per picture. Their average domes tic gross is $22.5 million, while the industry averages $12 mil lion. On the rise: A new study from the Screen Actors Guild finds minority performers have made steady gains in TV and film employment over the past five years. This is good news to an industry which had been bombarded with media to the contrary, particularly in light of the stink made by Rev. Jesse Jackson during this year’s Academy Awards cere monies. Most cite the gains as far from significant. The data “Tell Me Something Good,” along with five new tracks , including “Never Miss The Water” with Williams Actress Jada Pinkett teams with Tommy Davidson in the upcoming New Line feature “Woo,” which shoots in Toronto and New York. Pam Grier and Isaac Hayes are part of the supporting cast. Model-actress Tyra Banks has split from world-renown recording artist Seal, with whom she had been romanti cally linked...Diahann Carroll and hubby Vic Damone say busy schedules are partly to blame for their highly-publi cized split...Finally, congratu lations to Blair Underwood on EXCELSIOR THE 921 Beatties Ford Rd. • 334-5709 WEEKLY FEATURES: • Tue. "TISH NIGHT" All you can eat $5, DISCO following • Wed. R&R • Fri. & Sat. DISCO with C.C. • Sunday - LIVE MUSIC or DISCO 3 ROOMS COMPLETELY INSTALLED CARPET • LABOR • PAD $ •PLUSHES •TRACKLESS Excludes Furniture! & Take Up •CUTN LOOPS •BERBERS Based on 34 sq. yd. 4600 N. Tryon St. • 599-6101 • M-F 9am-7pm/Sat. 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