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Monday 10 deceMber 2018
‘Fresh Prince’ star Reid focuses on a creative life

By LYNN ELBER cept her as Vivian after re-
Associated Press placing original cast mem-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When ber Janet Hubert in the role.
Daphne Maxwell Reid Reid, who’s settled with her
filmed a scene that re- filmmaker-actor husband
quired her to dash through in his native Virginia, had
woods and across streams, the luxury of staying close
the younger actors scram- to home when “Jacqueline
bling alongside her were and Jilly” shot in the state.
surprised. “You’re keeping The miniseries, starring Nik-
up with us?” was the sen- ko Austen Smith (“Queen
timent, said Reid, 70, who Sugar”), was written and
played Aunt Vivian op- directed by Victoria Row-
posite Will Smith on “The ell (“The Young and the
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and Restless”), who’s also in the
starred with her husband, cast. Reid doesn’t rely on
Tim Reid, in “Frank’s Place.” acting as her only creative
“I stay ready in this busi- outlet. After a lifetime of
ness,” said the actress, who taking photos, including on
taped the action scene for her travels, friends encour-
an upcoming film. She’s aged her to consider a gal-
currently on the small lery showing.
screen in “Jacqueline and “I thought you have to be
Jilly,” as grandmother to a This image released by Urban Movie Channel shows Daphne Maxwell Reid, left, and Richard an artist to do that,” she
young woman struggling Brooks in “Jacqueline and Jilly,” premiering on streaming service UMC – Urban Movie Channel on replied. “They said, ‘Why
with a prescription drug Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. don’t you be an artist?’”
addiction. The miniseries is Associated Press On her 60th birthday, she
streaming through Jan. 10 Katiti Kironde, winner of the house agency head Eileen the school “just ignored decided to take them up
on UMC, the Urban Movie magazine’s “best-dressed Ford. But even Reid was sur- me. They didn’t put it in the on the suggestion.
Channel . college girl” contest) and prised when a brief photo yearbook, it wasn’t that ‘im- “I had to figure out what
Reid has shown before was the first elected as session resulted in a shot portant,’ although the year that encompasses, and
she’s capable of meeting homecoming queen at of the smiling, fresh-faced before the girl had gotten the journey was the joy,”
challenges. As a model, Northwestern University. beauty on Glamour’s cov- a three-page spread.” In said Reid, who had pro-
she was one of the first The magazine coup was a er in October 1969. response, she cut ties with duced books, calendars
African-American women breeze for Reid, who dab- Her experience at her Northwestern after gradu- and more with her photos,
featured on the cover of bled in modeling in college alma mater was less com- ating until, decades later, with distinctive doors her
Glamour (preceded by after impressing power- fortable. She entered the she got an apology and an favorite subject. “I think it’s
Northwestern contest as invitation to crown the new a metaphor for life for me.
a lark only to encounter a queen. ... Every decision you make
stinging backlash. For “Fresh Prince,” she had is basically opening a new
After she won, she said, to persuade viewers to ac- door.”q

Buzzcocks co-founder Pete Shelley dies at 63

Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Pete Shel-
ley, the singer-songwriter
and co-founder of the
punk band the Buzzcocks,
has died at age 63.
On Thursday, the band
confirmed “with great sad-
ness” his death and called
him “one of the U.K.’s most
influential and prolific song-
writers.”
The Buzzcocks announced
in a tweet on its website. It
did not elaborate on the In this May 19, 2018, file photo, Pete Shelley, of the British punk
details of Shelley’s death band Buzzcocks, performs at Plaza Condesa in the 6th edition of
but said that more infor- the Marvin Festival in Mexico City.
mation would be released Associated Press
later. what they considered the explicit “Orgasm Addict”
The Buzzcocks were part of pretensions and bloated and “What Do I Get?” Their
the punk revolution which style of mainstream groups energy and intensity were
began in England in the and turned out brief, worthy of punk, but they
mid-1970s and also fea- stripped down songs, per- also had a melodic streak,
tured such groups as the formed at manic speed. with the song “Everybody’s
Sex Pistols and the Clash. Their singles included “Ever Happy Nowadays” sound-
Like their contemporaries, Fallen in Love (With Some- ing at times like a punk ver-
the Buzzcocks scorned one You Shouldn’t’ve),” the sion of the Beach Boys.q