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Documentary About Sammie Davis, Jr. Set Film Fest
The 53rd annual Chicago International Film Festival announced a preview of the first 20 films confirmed out of some 120 feature films and shorts planned for this year's festival which runs from Oc- tober 12-26.
Sam Pollard's documen- tary about the legendary en- tertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me will be screening as part of the Black Perceptive showings at the festival with the director in-person.
Sammie Davis, Jr., was the veteran of increasingly outdated show business tra- ditions trying to stay relevant; he frequently found himself bracketed by the bigotry of white America and the dis- taste of Black America; he
Sammie Davis, Jr., was often caught between his blackness, religion and entertainment.
was the most public black fig- ure to embrace Judaism, thereby yoking his identity to another persecuted minor- ity."
Young Thug Finds Out He Won First Ever MTV Award A Day Later
A total of 17 awards were handed out at the live broad- cast of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, including one for Best Editing. The honor went to Young Thug for the “Wyclef Jean” video, which marked his first VMA Award,
YOUNG THUG
but it turns out the Jeffery rapper was the last to know.
The following day, Thug took to Twitter to announce he had no idea he’d won.
“So no one was going to tell me that I won an award??,” he wrote.
Tatyana Ali, Jasmine Guy And Kim Fields Star In Lifetime Christmas Movie
Tatyana Ali, Jasmine Guy and Kim Fields have been tapped to star with Mindy Sterling, Dan Lau- ria and Brendan Fehr in an upcoming Lifetime Christ- mas movie.
The network announced the two-hour holiday movie, under the working title, Se- cret Santa.
The film's logline, per Deadline: "Christmas is Hillary Nash’s (Ali) least favorite time of year. As the Senior Financial Analyst at the upscale Hudson Valley Outdoor Mall, she has to be
Tatyana Ali, Jasmine Guy And Kim Fields.
the annual Christmas Grinch and cancel the leases of
under-performing stores by the end of the year.
JAY-Z Taking His Children On Tour
Hip-Hop superstar JAY- Z will be turning the back- stage area of his upcoming tour into a quiet zone as he prepares to take his newborn twins and their big sister on the road.
JAY-Z will be embarking on the trek in October in sup- port of his new album 4:44, and the shows will keep him away from home for two months, including over the Thanksgiving holiday.
However, he won't be missing out on his baby son, Sir and daughter, Rumi's development milestones as they will have their own
JAY-Z will begin touring in October, and has made arrangements for his children to be with him on tour.
dressing room on each stop footsteps of their five-year- of the tour, following in the old sister, Blue.
Cash Money’s Early Years Documentary Surfaces
Cash Money Records changed the game. But before signing their huge deal with Universal and taking over for the ’99 and 2000s, in the mid- 1990s, they were just a fledg- ling label trying to get it how they lived.
Former Hot Boy, Turk re- cently uploaded a rare docu- mentary on his YouTube page that showcases the label before their nationwide fame.
Featuring the likes of Bird- man, Juvenile, B.G., Turk, Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh, Slim and more, the nearly 40- minute doc takes viewers on a ride with the label in its early days.
Birdman in the mid 1990s.
On top of explaining their come up, the video shows footage of them hitting the road. In one section, they travel to Atlanta to perform. In an- other scene, they go to Texas to spread their vibes.
Yo Gotti Earns First Top 10 Slot With Single Featuring Nicki Minaj
This week, rap veteran, Yo Gotta earned his first Bill- board Hot 100 Top 10 single.
Gotti's "Rake It Up" fea- turing Nicki Minaj reached the #10 spot on the chart.
Minaj, the record holder for most Top 10s by a female rapper, now has 14 songs to break into the Top 10.
Besides the success of "Rake It Up," Yo Gotti can also take pride in the triumph of his artist Moneybagg Yo. The fellow Memphis native
Memphis rapper, Yo Gotti has earned a top 10 Billboard spot with song featuring Nicki Minaj.
has the #5 album in the coun-
try with Federal 3X.
Soul II Soul Singer Melissa Bell, 53, Has Died
Alexandra Burke has announced the death of her mother, Melissa Bell, 53.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 28, vowed to continue with the entertainment show in tribute to her late mother, who she described as beauti- ful, funny and loving.
Melissa joined British group Soul II Soul in 1993 and sang on the track Wish which appeared on their greatest hits album.
She continued to record and tour with the group through until 1995 when she left to pursue a solo career.
The singer went on to re- lease four singles in 1997 - Rumbled Sex, Surrender, Mixed Up, and Nothing
2008 X-Factor winner, Alexandra Burke with her mother, Melissa Bell, the for- mer singer with Soul II Soul.
Gonna Stop Me Now, before forming a new group, Soul Explosion, in 1999.
The soul singer suffered from kidney failure, which made it difficult for her to watch Alexandra during the X Factor live finals in 2008.
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