Jackie Robinson Film “42” Hit Hard!
HELLO AMERICA!—When watching film “42” based on the professional life of baseball icon JACKIE ROBINSON, I was reminded of the power and determination it took and still does to rise above ignorance, racists, sick-minded people who are stuck in the mud of programming which effects the freedom and progress of some of our most gifted people in America. I found...
Meet Chef AninA Who Performs Kitchen Magic!
HELLO AMERICA!—Upon arriving in Hollywood, Chef AninA prepared meals for some of the most powerful crème de la crème industry names in the motion picture the business. Once she takes command of a kitchen, it becomes a place of magic, one filled with love and great expectation. Before you know it, Chef AninA is considered an important part of the...
Black Actors Trapped In Own Making!
HELLO AMERICA!—Recently, I have been receiving so many messages concerning current actors of color portraying old concepts and views of themselves as a people in this country. Betty Hamilton, a third-grade teacher, and listener of my radio WLMR radio show and reader of this column from Boston inquired why so many potentially fine actors, especially black female artists believe...
No Genuine Place For Theatre Works In L.A.
HELLO AMERICA!—Upon hearing about our play, "I FEEL SIN COMIN' ON," being produced in Atlanta, GA, I received a message from a fan who asked why it wasn't being supported and produced in Los Angeles. The same query was posed by many listeners of my national radio show as well. It was initially rather disturbing because after so many...
Kirk Kelley-Kahn Taking On Most Challenging Role
HELLO AMERICA—It was reminiscent of the old days in Hollywood when searching for the perfect actor to play the key role of Sonny Lewis in the Pre-Broadway play with music, "I Feel Sin Comin' On." Based on the book, "Hollywood Through the Back Door," the play has garnered the attention of actors from New York to cities on the...
The Hong Kong Experience Never To Be Forgotten!
HELLO AMERICA!—During my last months under contract to 20th Century Fox in the 1960s, I made sure when corresponding with my two best buddies, Chris Robinson and Ron Walters both under contract to Universal Studios at the time about my Hong Kong assignment. I had witnessed a riot on Nathan Road, the main street of Kowloon, which was right in...
Atlanta Steps Up With Levi Miller
HELLO AMERICA!—It is very gratifying to know there is one major city in our country that genuinely cares about the arts and what it does to promote love and understanding among people. Of course, it does demand that those who are savvy enough to understand this basic principle in opening the door to this kind of journey happen. The owner...
Richard Eick Has Arrived That’s For Sure!
HELLO AMERICA!—So many people come to Hollywood with merely a dream to keep them alive or even believing what the outcome might be. But Richard Eick, a young filmmaker, actor, writer arrived fully prepared to take on any task which might come his way in making it to the top.
Our young Mr. Eick began his career at eight years old by...
John Lewis Continues Journey Of Sound Music
HELLO AMERICA!—When John Lewis, a youngster growing up outside of Philadelphia, in the small suburb of Morton, Pennsylvania, he was fascinated by the sound of the early morning train which woke up their small community exactly 5:30 a.m. making its way to the big city of Philly.
“To me,” he explained, “the sound represented words that I somehow understood as...
Obama Considering Film Role
HELLO AMERICA!—Millions of Americans are cheering former President Obama wherever he goes these days. It is reported that he is receiving thousands of letters from people from all over the world, especially, young people who are urging him to take on some official governmental responsibility or office. Not only that, he has been offered a film script to consider which...