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2D A & E/tt|e C^arlsRe $ot Thursday, January 19, 2006 laaaiiiaiiiiAaaaaaaM Lee praises MLK Oprah selects Wiesel’s Holocaust WE.ASSOC'lAm) PRFJiS ROCHESTER, Mich. - Filmmaker Spike Lee gave a campus audience serious wchxIs about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a joke about the weekend wedding of rap star Eminem Tlie director of “MalccAm X," “Jungle Fever” and "Do the Ri^t Thing” spoke to about 500 people Monday during Martin Luther King Day observances at Oakland University • Tm glad to be here on the day we honor Doctor King, a true giant, and it’s our responsibility to teach our children what the man was and how this is not just a day you don’t go to school,” Lee said, according to The Detroit News. “So many people had to fight hard so this could be a national hofiday,” he said. “Many young Americans, both black and white, have no idea of the blood, sweat and tears that were sacrificed so we could drink fiom a water fountain, sit down in a bus, have the ri^t to vote.” Lee. 47, urged parents to encourage their children to follow their own dreams and encoiu’aged his younger listeners to woric toward careers that they are passionate about - citing his own as an exmnple “I say my prayers fevery ni^t because I get to do what I love," The Oakland Press of Pontieic quoted him as saying. memoir ‘Night’ as new book club pick By Anna Johnson TflK ASSOCIATtD PRESS Lee CHICAGO - In her first book dub pck since allega tions that some parts of her last selection were fabricat ed, Oprah ^^Tn- fiey chose Elie Wiesel’s "Ni^t," a das- Wlnfrey sic of Holocaust literature sometimes labeled a novel but r^arded by the author as a memoir. Brown shines in effort Continued from page 1D Brown gets more props for almost totally avoiding the obvious He’s neither thuggish nor overtly sexual Brown seems more concerned with matters of his heart, not his crotch. Brown also seems con cerned with career already He’s surroimded himself with some of the bri^test new pro ducers who have given him a radio fiiendly sound that is surprisingly appealing to adults. “Run It!” has been played to death since late 2005. It appears in two forms, one with Juelz Santana; the other with Bow Wow. It’s a cool song, but not Brown’s strongest effort. He seems to be better at beat ballads like “Ya Man Ain’t Me” and “Win ner.” His relaxed vocal deliv ery brings Usher to mind, but Brown is avoiding the overtly sexual references - at least so far. Brown doesn’t shy away fiom adult subjects. ‘Is This Love” has liim pondering to leave a stede relationship for what seems to be true love. Who says kids have it easy these days? On her show Monday, Wm- fioy announced the selection of Wiesel’s autobiographical account. The 77-year-old ^esel, who wrote "Ni^t”in the 1950s, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for a life time of writing and speaking against hatred, racism and genocide. ‘Hi^t” is Wiesel’s chronide of his family’s placement in the Auschwitz death camp, and was his first of mOTe than 40 books, essays and plays. An accomplished work of prose, the book has often been called a novel, induding by the study guide CliffsNotes. But Wiesel’s foundation labels it a memoir, as does the book’s publisher, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. The book dub on Winfi^ys popular television show has meant huge sales for selected titles. By Monday ni^t, a paperback edition of “Night” was No. 1 on Amazon.com, displacing Winfi^ys contro- Latifah carries meek ‘Holiday’ Continued from page 1D man who’s nickname is Ladies Love Cool James can’t tell a woman that he wants her? Not bloody likely While the movie was light and flufiy, it did drag in some parts. And what’s up with all of these New Yoikers pretend ing to be finm New Orieans? The movie was shot Pre- Katrina and it showed the regular side of the dty. not the French Quarter. There wasn’t a Creole accent in the entire movie. In the end, “Last Holiday’ is a cute movie with flaws Queen Latifah shows that she can carry a movie. Now if she could (mly get scmie better material. Photo/Paramounl Ptelures “Last Holiday” as a vehicle for Queen Latifah is dull and trite. She’s funny and charming but those around her are flat and dull. Note to Foxx: keep acting Jamie Foxx U npredictable Jamie Foxx« Breyon Prescott and Marcus King, execu tive producers J Records enough, but doesn’t move me in any particular direction. Unfortunately this mess fits in with what’s being passed as music at urban radio. The CD was certainly crafted to get as much radio exposure as possible and on that level it exceeds all expectations. F(»dc is not to be blamed solely for this travesty. He gets help fix>m Mary J. Blige (“Love CTianges”) Ludacris (‘TJnpredictable”) and Kanye West (“Extravaganza”), each of which need not put this on their musical resumes. The only bright spot is Foxx’s “Heavai.” It’s not a great song either, but Baby- face (or Face as he calls him self now) produces and gives the song a musical quality the rest of this recording lacks. Jamie Foxx’s notoriety is the tiggest element powering this va|Hd CD to stellar sales. It currently rests at the top of Billboard’s Hot 200 album and R&B charts. At least that's what I figure. Who knew an Oscar could influence so many music buy ers? Or is it that (gasp) that many people really believe this album is actually good? It isn’t. I can't remember the last time I heard souething as generic and uninspired as this mess. Foxx found a group of songs that lack emotion, depth and interest. He’s to be commended. Tliat’s a feat most couldn't accomplish by tiying hard. And at 40, Foxx needs to leave the thug men tality to a younger crowd As a singer, Foxx is just OK. His wispy tenor could be mis taken for a number of current R&B crooners. It's pleasant i#K Tuesday K\os Eat Free Wednesday Reggae Night Thursday .40e Wings Sunday .350 Wings *Ask ahoui our fire Birthdas mrai! Special Take Out Offer * Buy 10 wings & get 5 wings free! or Buy 20 wings & get 10 wings free! OPEN 7 DATS A WEEK - BREAKFAST SERVED Ihurv-SW. 11PMUntlAAM • OPEN3PM nc ^704-537-2447 S546AbMWtoM. • CMotta,IK28212 Fac 704-537-2448 versial previous pick, “A Mil- licai Little Pieces.” James Frey’s memoir of substance abuse has drawn criticism over detailed allega tions that the author fabricat ed some parts, including a three-month prison stint that apparently never happened He has acknowledged some alterations, but defended the “essential truth” of the book as a story of addiction. Winfii^y reaffirmed her sup port last week of Frey’s book when she phoned in to “Larry King Live* at the end of an hour-long interview with Frey and dismissed questions about the book as "much ado about nothing.” Wmfi^y did not mention Frey’s book on Monday’s show. In announcing her selection of “Ni^t,” W^nfi^y referred to the King Day holiday “Like Dr. King, I have a dream of my own, too, that the powerful message of this little book would be engraved on every human heart and will never be forgotten again. That you who read this book will feel as I do that these 120 pages ... should be required reading for all humanity," she said. ^Tnfi*ey also said she plans to travel with Wiesel to Auschwitz next month, and her show will have a hi^ school essay contest on Wiesel’s book. Fifty winners will be flown to Chicago, where her show is based, for a taping with the author, Win- fi«y said. In a 2002 interview with the CTiicago TVibime, Wiesel recalled that “Ni^t,” written in "Oddish in the 1950s, trans lated into French and then English, attracted little notice at first. “The English transla tion came out in 1960, and the first printing was 3,000 copies,” he said “And it took three years to sell them. Now, I get 100 letters a month finm children about the book. And there are many, many million copies in print.” In one passage, he sums up his feelings upon arrival in Auschwitz: ‘Never shall I forget that ni^t, the fir^ ni^t in camp, which has turned my life into one long ni^t, seven times cursed and seven times sealed Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I for get the little faces of the chil dren, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky ... Never shall I forget these things, even if I am con demned to live as long as God Himself Never.” .Associated Press Writer Hillel Italie contributed to this story fivm New York. 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