2 March 21, 1985 Page B4 Ask Yolonda W elfare cheat By YOLONDA GAYLES Syndicated Columnist Dear Yolonda: A friend and neighbor is receiving government supplement for her apartment (Section hut in*?lioihl#* W*? livp in th#? same building. My rent is $380 a month; she's only paying $40. When she first moved in the building, she was eligible because she was on public aid, but now she's working every day. In fact, she seems to have a nice job. 1 see her leaving the house every day very neatly dressed. Although I'm not a squealer, I feel a little uneasy about her and our friendship. You might say that I'm jealous. I resent the fact that I have to struggle to make ends meet to have a place to stay, but she's able to live so cheaply. I'm sure that she's spending her money on those new clothes. Isn't she breaking the law? K.F., in LaPorte Broadway Is My Beat Pryor: In too dec Observations in^covering the James Earl Night Beat: role of a nast Reports leaking "from Atlanta Chi W% 1 _ 1 1 ? r Hi Kicnara rryor s jo jo because he hop Dancer: Your Life Is Calling" children avo set say he's acting as if he's gruesome fate, gotten in over his head on the autobiographical-style pro- any vieN* duction in which he not only ? vactcr, stars, but which he co-wrote participate in i and in which he makes his because t',t s ,ns debut as a producer and direc- portant, says act0r tor. The story of a failed comedian who fights his way back The five-hou from failed marriages, drugs based on the b and a near-fatal accident is on- of 28 black ly a few weeks into shooting. Georgia capita So there's still plenty of time cliimued by tl for things to get better ? or tion music worse.... free-la\ice \ rt > > I ? The DeBarge family, all 10 of them, started s Up Close DeBarge: A fam DeBarge burst on to the musical scene last year and struck gold with their second w Motown album, "All This Love." With lii two smash singles, "I Like It" and the title m tune from the LP, DeBarge ? El, Randy, st Mark, James and Bunny ~ established lc themselves as hitmakers. The third LP, bi aptly titled "In A Special Way," displays a oi new dimension for the popular quintet and ai just might be the charm for the family act tc from Grand Rapids, Mich., who grew up o singing and dancing before they could talk. ai The album was completely written by the group and was produced by 22-year-old El cl r\ auk/% n s-4 ?m ?+r> i (uacn't rv lytDtti gc, wnu imuu; auuiiu u wasn i i 11 easy. I o VIE / er may go to jail Dear K.K.: Yes, she is breaking the law. In fact, if she's caught, she'll have to repay every cent of the benefits she received anH ivrkartc cKa'll c#JII kok at me as El the producer, not El the Rapids, y< rother. If I made a decision, it was made music." n the basis of what was best for the album Ten kid! nd my brothers and sister had to learn not was never > take it personal. But if I had to do it all soon as th< ver again, I would. We all pulled together instrumeni nd it was a labor of love." making ui And pull together they did. El literally outdo wh< lallenged his family to write the best constant n msic possible, and they each rose to the ed into a ccasion. F IRTS .** *&" -jfl HHBHHHPP Wpr'^jMro^n ~ -Syj 'jyffiftl? " ~" _ ^T^WF*3??r . ji&f>-a^jgfl^?M Is B fl BT^P^i^k ? HHH ^S|MMMnMMMMl|M' . ffl BP^ ^ Miiffiifc^MHry5flBfeL^^ iW>48MFr!?g v : *^ V . % Jg I Musical I Moi i - I for' Morris Day has the 1985 recipi ^prestigious Clai Award by the makers Hall of award, created HmK the contribution black artists to i cinema, was pre? Wr musician and st* W motion picture "1 at the 12th A Micheaux Cere recently in Oal Past recipients c have included su as Debbie A1 U/\/NUC D an WJ/> nuuNS, rvvii ?* u Holliday and Shi K Harper. H Morris Day re t a multi-picture aj 20th Century-Fo: en't stopped yet. of his enormouj movie debut. T1 tor/musician w with movie off d reaching that agr currently makir recording arran will result in a fli won't come as a surprise to the ty, details of whi critics alike who have been wat- nounced in the n ise of this talented family. Music The Clarence blood. As Bunny onj^sa^fr^If is named after th name was DeBarge in Grand career spanned i 3u had to be into some type of years and who a] second talking > under one roof means the house filmed at a "talk nniat Ullt tan lr i rip rinninn nr ^linnft t K A latP 1 1 uui ivii Kiua singing tu uuiiiig iiiv low i ey could talk, playing the nearest of Dixie." His la t that was put in their hands and appearance was p little songs to see who could Ford Coppola 3m, can mean only one thing -- "The Black Stal oise. But the noise was channel- Muse was alsc creative vein by loving parents lawyer and song Mease see page B8 is best remembei ___________ J couragement at The arts, television, reviews and columns. .> ^mWM - 'V^MHI WIHPBHHHPP VHPQ -' 4- -.t ,s>&.' flH I * ' . "" Notes to Day gets award ;n d^> rurpiv i\uiri utuui ; been named he gave to aspiring young ent of the entertainers. Muse took rence Muse special pride in helping to Black Film- found and served as a charter Fame. The member of the Screen Actors to recognize Guild and was also a respected s of yoimg member of ASCAP for over a the w0?)a of quarter of a century.... iented to the r ... After 15 years of production ir of the nit c , _ . Purple Rain" ?oul Trai" Khas "ew ^ nnual Oscar d.ca ors Tnbune Entertain, ment. And changes are m store ;mony held e . . . 7 1 d Calf black-orientated 'J1" ' 1 1 American Bandstand. A new >f the award c - , . . format change, more video ch luminaries , 7 ? clips and increasing the lien, Kevin , . , 6 , T .c number of pop and crossover ods, Jennifer r . c e . . n . c A artists are just a few of the iri Belafonte- , changes. cently signed The show will also be movp-eement with ing to a new channel and new x in the wake time slots. ... ?1%r ciif/'occful SIJT 3UVVW3IUI n-IIL. I . ,, fte young ac- .. B" *?ard magazine calls as showered him P^haps the preeminent singer in black music today." ers prior to . 7 . In the Los Angeles Times, eement and is D 4 .... . 6 ' ig film and *?tbert H,',b"rn Pra,ses hl* gements that elegan,t' br,?ht md sensual f . . music. iirry of activich will be an- The he they are referring to tear future. is Luther Vandross, a multiMuse Award platinum, singer-songwritere actor whose producer whose fourth Epic more than 50 album "The Night I Fell In ppeared in the Love," was scheduled to be feature to be released on March 14. inception album is preceded 920s, "Hearts a sjngle ^ M Ba st feature film ^ .. ?? A jj j . _ Comes Home. An added m ' Cj rancls highlight to the song, written production by Vandross and Marcus Miller, is an organ solo by Bil5 a prominent ly Preston. writer, but he ed for the en- This summer Vandross will id friendship embark on a national tour. 7