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PEOPLE & ARTSTuesday 15 September 2015
Ricky Martin brings his Kardashian sisters
‘One World Tour’ to U.S. launch their own
SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Ricky
Martin begins the U.S. leg
of his “One World Tour” on
Tuesday, while evoking his
days with Menudo as a
judge and executive pro-
ducer of Univision’s new re-
ality show “La Banda.”
“I am happy to be part of
this great production. Be-
ing an executive produc-
er is very important to me
because it opens doors to
a world of infinite possibili- “Being able to go back to
ties,” the Puerto Rican star
told The Associated Press in
a recent interview.
“We started with Univision
with the idea of eventually
moving to other English-
speaking networks to look
for another ‘banda,’” he
said in reply to a question
about franchising, not-
ing that many “European
countries have already
bought the project.”
The singing competition,
with a judging panel that
A look back to when Detroit’s promise seemed boundless
JERRY HARKAVY
Associated Press
The city that remains syn-
onymous with America’s
auto industry has a newer
identity as an emblem of
urban decay. Its decline is
all the more tragic when
one looks in the rearview
mirror to see how Detroit
seemed to be firing on all
cylinders a half-century
ago.
Detroit native David Ma-
raniss recalls that time of
vibrant optimism between
the fall of 1962 to the
spring of 1964 when the
car business was booming,
Motown’s musical genius
was exploding and the
city had taken on a lead-
ing role in the nation’s civil
rights struggle. Everything
seemed possible, including
Detroit’s selection as the
site for the 1968 Summer
Olympics.
The book has a more lofty
focus than the city’s much-
analyzed decay and
In a Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 file photo, Ricky Martin walks the
red carpet before the Premio Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards
show in Miami. centric sisters said Monday
includes Italian singer
Laura Pausini and Spanish
singer-songwriter Alejan-
dro Sanz, was created by
Simon Cowell. The goal is
to create a Latin boy band
that can sing in both Eng-
lish and Spanish.
the beginning of my career
has been the best part,”
This photo provided by Simon
and Schuster shows the cover
of the book, “Once in a Great
City,” by author David Mara-
niss.
Associated Press
eventual bankruptcy. “I
wanted to illuminate a mo-
ment in time when Detroit
seemed to be glowing with
promise, and to appreci-
ate its vital contributions to helped drive Detroit’s car
American life,” the author
notes at the outset.
One high-stakes project
that panned out was the
media apps
al media apps.
Four of the five media-
they will offer apps and
Associated Press websites to allow them
to connect more directly
said Martin, 43, who started In this Nov. 23, 2014 file photo, with fans. Each will have
in the ‘80s in the Puerto Ri- Kendall Jenner, left, and Kylie content like personal dia-
can boy band Menudo. Jenner arrive at the 42nd an- ries, video and workout
“I have loved reliving with nual American Music Awards tips, geared either to Kim
these boys the uncertainty in Los Angeles. Kardashian West, Khloe
of one’s career beginnings. Kardashian, Kendall Jen-
... My mission is to be an Associated Press ner and Kylie Jenner. This
open book and share with isn’t Kim Kardashian West’s
them everything that has NEW YORK (AP) — The Kar- first foray into the digital
worked for me in my career dashian empire is spread- space: She introduced Kim
and everything that hasn’t ing into the field of person- Kardashian Hollywood, a
game, last year.
Whalerock Industries, the
California-based compa-
ny that is putting the apps
together, says they will be
a mixture of free content
and material behind a pay
wall.
Whalerock says they are
still developing a site for
Kourtney Kardashian.q
T-5, the code name given troit was in the forefront as ers whether a Detroit Olym-
to Ford’s supersecret new black clergy, activists and pics might have forestalled
car that would be named organized labor mobilized the 1967 riots and eased
the Mustang. Maraniss, a to support the movement. the city’s decline but
Pulitzer Prize-winning edi- Only nine weeks before his concludes that questions
tor at The Washington Post, “I Have a Dream” speech about that hypothesis are
takes the reader through in Washington, D.C., the “unanswerable but worth
the development, market- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. pondering.” The sad story
ing and unveiling of the delivered that same refrain of Detroit’s fate over the
sporty, exciting and afford- while addressing more than past few decades is com-
able vehicle with an ap- 100,000 supporters after mon knowledge, and the
peal to young drivers that an historic march through book is laced with inklings
downtown Detroit. of developing problems
sales to record levels. The author offers vivid pro- that got much worse. But
A similar success story files of key figures in the the author’s purpose is not
emerged on the music city’s ascent, among them to detail the city’s loss of
scene during the early ‘60s auto executive Henry Ford middle-class jobs, the flight
as Berry Gordy Jr. built his II; labor leader Walter Re- of white residents to the
recording studio into Hits- uther; Mayor Jerome Ca- suburbs and the corruption
ville USA, developing and vanagh; Gordy, his amaz- at the highest levels of lo-
showcasing talent such ing family and the stars cal government that con-
as Smokey Robinson, the of Motown. City leaders tributed to the mess.
Supremes, Stevie Wonder were confident that De- Instead, Maraniss cel-
and the Temptations. The troit would be elevated to ebrates what now seems
Motown sound captivated world-class status by host- like a golden age with end-
fans around the world, pro- ing the Summer Games, less possibilities, one that
viding the sound track for but that bubble burst when seemed poised to position
those years when every- the International Olym- Detroit in the pantheon of
thing seemed possible. pic Committee shockingly the nation’s greatest cities.
As the civil rights struggle chose Mexico City on the Sadly, it would not turn out
played out in the South, De- first ballot. Maraniss consid- that way.q