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http://www.thechaiiottepost.com Cite CI[)arIotte THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2005 D Section Abdul Paula Abdul backs down niE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -Schedul ing conflicts will keep Paula Abdul fixtm appearii^ in the new Fox TV talent contest “So You Think You Can Dance,” her pubHdst said Fri day Abdul will be too busy pro moting an "American Idol” i DVD and work- j ing on the I show’s new sea- j son, publicist Ken Sunshine I said in a state- I ment. She had planned to appear as a guest choreographer in. sever al episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance.” ‘'We had not anticipated the time commitment required to successfully produce and appear” in the show, Sun shine said. “It became appar ent that h«' prior commit ments ... made it impossible to be part of th^ new show.” Fox Broadcasting and the show’s producers issued a statement saying they “respect Paula’s decision to step away” ‘'We wish her all the best and look forward to working with her soon,” the statement read. The series roughly follows the pattern of “American Idol,” with dance contestants competing against each other for $100,000 and an apart ment in New York for a year. Viewers will pick the winner. Fox and the producers of “American Idol” recently announced they have hired an independent counsel to investigate a claim that Abdul had an affair with an “American Idol” contestant during the show’s second sea son Abdul has denied former contestant Corey Clark’s alle gation. Soultry Tuesdays combines literary lights, good times By Chens F. Hodges cherts Jtodges®thecharlolteposl£om Ihesday isn’t just the sec ond day of the week any more, it’s soultry At least, Scott Reeves and Danny Eason hope that’s how people look at it. Eason and Reeves sponsor Soultry Tuesdays at Wme Up in NoDa. The event is part poetry reading, part book discussion, part wine tasting and all party “A fiiend of mine was telling me that they have a lot of book readings out here,” Eason said. “So, I told Scott about it and the idea was for us to have a book discussion here.” The original idea, Eeisou said, was for different book clubs to come out and dis cuss books by various authors.' But as luck would have it, the first book they chose was by a local author. “The first night we came, we had Glen Hutchinson. He’s a poet and his book was Nudity Invades Char lotte,”’ Eason said. Because of the crowd response and the fact that Charlotte is filled with authors, Eason and Reeves decided to focus their soul try readings on local scribes. So far they’ve held discussions for authors like Cheryl Mayfield Brown and Ahmad Daniels. But this isn’t the hbrary At V%ie Up thei*e’s wine tasting, food that Reeves and Eason prepare and giveaways for the patrons. “A lot of people are Part ing to respond to having the ^authors come,” Eason said. “Each author we have, we hke to do what they like.” Reeves said that because the party’s sponsor. Real Eyes Bookstore, hosts authors that come through to do signings, he and Eason wanted to give the readers a chance to get to know the writers better. “The space is just so small downstairs, we decided to link up and just bring everybody upstairs for the readily and discussions,” Reeves said. The crowd changes with the type of book that’s being discussed, they say The book discussion aspect of Soultry lUesdays is two months old, but Soultry Ihesdays is a poetry spot every week. Want to Go? What: Soultiy Tuesdays When; Open mic poetry every Thesday, book discus sions every second and fourth Tliesday Where: Wine Up, 3306 North Davidson St. Cost: $5 Sunset Jazz something to Shout about By Chens F. Hodges cherts Jtodges®thecharloaepost£om The Pride Sunset Jazz series is back, but different this year. Usually a Simday event, the series was interrupted last year when a gunman opened fire at Frazier Park. The new format, which is a part of Charlotte Shout, packs three concerts into one weekend. “We’d toyed with the idea of {putting the concais into one weekend) before the violence occurred last year,” said series organizer • Tbrrey Feimster. “It’s easi- MOVIE REVIEW er for us as a concert orga nizer to do it in one week end.” So when Center City Partners asked if Pride Sunset Jazz wanted to be a part of Charlotte Shout, Feimster said it seemed like a good match. “The new format enables us to reach a larger demograph ic which will include a diverse audience of jazz lovers,” he said. In other words, people who come fi'om other places to experience Char lotte Shout! will now get a taste of Pride Jazz. Robert; Kmmbine, execu tive director of CTiarlotte Shout, is also pleased about the partnership. “CTiarlotte Shout is proud to welcome the Pride Jazz Festival as a key compo nent of the celebration The festival’s move out of the summer and into Septem ber allows us the opportu nity to add a strong and diverse event to Charlotte Shout. Partnering witii the Pride Jazz Festival also allows us to bring back one of the cornerstones of Shout as we first envi sioned it. Now, jsizz is back at Charlotte Shout.” The new Pride Sunset Jazz S«i^ kicks off Sept. 9 with Roland Guerin and the Roland Guerin Quintet at Booth Playhouse. Tick ets are $12.50 in advance and $15 the ni^t of the show. On Saturday, Jazz on the Green will be fi:^ and hdd at The Green Uptown on South Tbyon Street. The event winds down on Sunday with a $5 concert at tile Mint Museum on Randolph Road Feimster said he hopes Please see SUNSET/2D Babyface’s new CD is good song collection Babyface flashes ‘Grown & Sexy^ Grown & Sexy Babyface & Clive Davis, Executive Producer’s Arista/Sony BMG Now that “Grown & Seay” is finally out, the jm-y may still be out. Many were put off with the many delays and moved on to other singers. If so, fans need to come back. Despite the title, “Grown & Se3^’ is quite the recording. There’s nothing that’s a guaranteed hit, but at least Babyface has gone back to concentrating on the melodies that made him such a sou^it- after writer and not just trendy fluflf He stOl dabbles in. some silliness, talking of “ghetto diains” and “flossin”’ but he keeps that stuff to a Tninirmim What Babyface does best is offer good stories coupled with great melodies. His songs deal more with tlie heart; than the libido. “Sorrow For The Stu pid Things” finds him on familiar ground. He’s had his heart broken because of mis takes and bad actions. It’s a heart-tugging story by a con trite lover who’s now alone. It’s one of the better songs ‘Face has offered in a number of years. “She” has a twofold purpose. He’s praising the two loves of his life - his son and wife. He tells his son to be tharikfiil for his parents’ love because “you and I would never be.” “Good Tb Be In Love” is simply an ode to being in love. “The Loneli ness” is very Stevie Wonder sounding, finding ‘Face pour ing his heart out again Babyface does flash some bedroom eyes as well. “Tbnight It’s Goin’ Down” is as obvious as it is infectious. “Grcwn & Sejty” is male pos turing at its best. ‘Face puts a different spin on the breakup song. “Goin’ Out of Business,” equating an ended relationship to a store closing. It’s blunt and comical and tastefully done, as breakups go. This isn’t the p^ect pack age, but “Grown & Sex^’ is one of the better collections of songs you’ll hear this year. PHOTO/THE STOCK MARKET Ratings Classic; Ejosllent; Good Why? No stars - A Tour Brothers’ only: Action film is loud and mindless fun By Chens F. Hcxiges cherts hodges®lhecharlottepost£om John Singleton’s latest movie, “Four Brothers” is just that, for brothers. It’s loud, violent and some times crude. Just the kind of mindless action movie than is geared toward men The movie opens with Eve lyn Mercer, a Detroit foster mother, talking to a little boy stealing candy finm a local store. With her wit and wis dom, she teaches the kid a lesson about shoplifting. The little boy goes home and th«i all heck breaks loose. Two masked robbers come in and kill the store clerk and Eve lyn. Enter the brothers: Bobby (Mark Wahlberg), Angel (lyrese Gibson) Jack, (Gar rett Hedlund) and Jeremiah (Andre Benjamin - yeah, that dude fiom OutKast). Bobby is a hothead who returns to Detroit wanting to know who killed his mother. When he finds out, he wants to put them in the ground with her. If he has to shoot and-kill other people to find out who was behind Evelyn’s death, then that’s what he and his brothers will do. PHOTO/PARAMOUNT PICTURES Andre Benjamin gives a weak performance In Four Brothers. Angel, the pretty boy, is just as violent as Bobby, but a lit tle calmer. Jack, the baby boy basical ly does whatever Bobby says and Jeremiah, who has his own family tries to be the conscience. But as the brothers learn the police are less than thor ough in their investigation, they take the law into their own hands, shaking the underbelly of Detroit looking for the kUlers. What they find seems to point to one of their See FOUR BROTHERS/2D mo
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