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The Xavier Herald is written and edited by students of Xavier University. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the university or university policies. Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the editorial board. Member: Associated Collegiate Press and Cass Advertising. Tiffany B...
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The Xavier Herald is written and edited by students of Xavier University. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the university or university policies. Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the editorial board.
Member: Associated Collegiate Press and Cass Advertising.
Tiffany Bennett, Editor-in-Chief; Keara Ketchum, Associate Editor; Nikia Dillard, Business/Ad Manager; James Williams, Entertainment Editor; Natashia Bell, Copy Editor; Kemba Bowles, Photo Editor; Ebony Brown, Photographer.
Columnists: Sherice Henry, Terry Winn II.
Staff Artists: Teneille Prosper, Chris Carter.
Staff Reporters: Joshua Auzenne, Terrance Bond, CeCe Broadus, Chad Broussard, Rockell Brown, Dave Doell, Tia Finney, Yvette Green, Everett Howell, Keith Jackson II, Deletrise Jones, Tiffany Jones, Bernard McGhee, Allen Parker, Jamila Patton, Sherice Shields.
Faculty Advisers: Chris Campbell, Pearl Stewart. |
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xuloai_p16948coll14-5187 Xavier Herald - Page 7 72 No. 3 1996-10-10 Xavier University of Louisiana The Xavier Herald is written and edited by students of Xavier University. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the university or university policies. Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the editorial board. Member: Associated Collegiate Press and Cass Advertising. Tiffany Bennett, Editor-in-Chief; Keara Ketchum, Associate Editor; Nikia Dillard, Business/Ad Manager; James Williams, Entertainment Editor; Natashia Bell, Copy Editor; Kemba Bowles, Photo Editor; Ebony Brown, Photographer. Columnists: Sherice Henry, Terry Winn II. Staff Artists: Teneille Prosper, Chris Carter. Staff Reporters: Joshua Auzenne, Terrance Bond, CeCe Broadus, Chad Broussard, Rockell Brown, Dave Doell, Tia Finney, Yvette Green, Everett Howell, Keith Jackson II, Deletrise Jones, Tiffany Jones, Bernard McGhee, Allen Parker, Jamila Patton, Sherice Shields. Faculty Advisers: Chris Campbell, Pearl Stewart. African American college students; African American newspapers; African American universities and colleges; College student newspapers and periodicals; Student publications; Xavier University of Louisiana Text PDF XH_1996_10_10_007 Xavier University of Louisiana English Physical rights are retained by Xavier University of Louisiana. Copyright is in accordance with U.S. copyright laws archives@xula.edu L-R: (Standing) J.D. Jackson, Frank Nitti, (Middle) Tia Finney, Rose Brapcher, Nicole Charisse, (Seated) Tuslime Jackson, Eddie Franscis. BET makes moves, to make history by James Williams Entertainment Editor Black entertainment will step up to another level in 1997. Black Entertainment Television (BET), founded in 1980 and owned by BET Holdings Inc., has collaborated with Encore Media Corporation (EMC), the largest provider of cable and satellite-delivered television channels in the U.S., to create the first black movie channel. The big announcement for BET Movies was made by BET Chairman/ CEO Robert Johnson and EMC Chair-men/ CEO John J. Sie at a joint press conference Sept 24. BET Movies will benefit from stars' long-term output deals with Hollywood's biggest studios, which in-clude Miramax, Universal, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures and New Line for exclusive movie selections. BET Movies won't just be another movie channel although it will serve the black community. Its purpose is to create a showcase for films that feature black cre-ative talent and showcase cultural themes, lifestyles and interests. "This venture capitalizes on BET' s position as the recognized leader in televi-sionprograrruning forb lacks and to become 'must-have' movie channels in urban cen-ters. BET Movies will truly be the destina-tion channel in black households," said Sie. African American entertainers such as Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, Terry McMillan and Vanessa Williams, just to name few, all voiced their support ofthe new service, with such comments like: "Congrats, BET! You're all that and a bag of Popcorn!" Because black consumers are great fans of television and avid moviegoers, the need for this channel and will help expand pay TV households in urban markets. Sie and Johnson offer statistics that indicate blacks viewing televisionprogranuning 50 percent more than non-blacks, and also account for 50-100 percent more movie-going dollars than non-blacks. BET Movies will have an extensive library of over 6,000 movies that consist of many black films considered to be landmarks. They will also show movies that display black talent, such as, "Seven" (Morgan Freeman), "A Good Man in Africa" (Louis Gossett Jr.), "Corrina, Corrina" (Whoopi Goldberg), "The Cry-ing Game" (Forest Whitaker), "Pulp Fic-tion" and "Fresh" (Samuel L. Jackson), "Major Payne" (Damon Wayans), "How to Make an American Quilt" (Alfre Woodard) and "To Wong Foo ..." (Wesley Snipes). The BET Cable Network currently airs a variety of music video shows, as well as originally-produced and syndi-cated programming, 24 hours a day to more than 46.4 million cable households. The channel will debut BET Movies, coinciding with Black History Month of next year. XA VIER HERALD JtT/fl_TRTAIllvilfiffiNT October 10 1996 PAGE 7 Local comedy troupe is blowin' up the spot by James Williams Entertainment Editor Attention! Attention! R.A. G. (Ran-dom Acts of Genius) Productions would like to drop a bomb. To all who like to laugh til you cry, or just take off running because you have never heard something so funny before, get ready to cough up your colon. Why? you ask. All right, here's why. Loose Cannons, a new comedy troupe, have the most versatile comedy in New Orleans and its just for you. Loose Cannons consists of an en-semble of actors who perform original works and improv, give a new, refereshing look to comedy and have been acknowl-edged for their energy and chemistry. The Cannons made their debut at the Time Sports Bar Daiquiri & Grill and Dramarama '96 on Sept. 20. Troupe members say that their main focus is to deliver energetic, witty and charming theatrical comedy to their audi-ence. Their works are influenced by classic troupes, such as the original cast of "Sat-urday Night Live," "In Living Color," "SCTV" and "The Kids in the Hall," in addition to host of legendary stand-up co-medians. Now, you are probably wondering what does Loose Cannons include in its repertoire. Just about anything you can name. They perform anything from a spoof on a popular honey Dijon mustard; to a woman's dilemma at her favorite stop—the ATM; to a woman's bout with her former lover—food; to a little girl's discovery of a family legacy—voodoo (0000hh), and much more! Rose Bratcher, co-artisitic director of Loose Cannons and Smoking Mirror Per-forming Arts Company, said that their ma-terial is special because it focuses on true humor: "Anybody can get on stage and spit out several varieties of curse words, but it takes real talent to pull true humor out of a situation. It is unfortunate that our and the next generation of entertainers are being shown that (use of) profanity and mimick-ing previous artists are the best ways to build a career. We aim to rid ofthat stereo-type." Loose Cannons is composed of sev-eral performers that include actual troupe members and special guest. Their line up includes: Rose Bratcher, a student at UNO, Eddie Francis, a radio morning show pro-ducer for 93.3 FM, Xavier's very own Tia Finney, a DJ for 98 FM, Frank Nitti, a local radio personality on 93.3 FM, Nicole Charisse, also a personality on 93.3 FM, Tusiime Jackson and J.D. Jackson, both students at Dillard. Other performers in-clude Chey Martin, a student at UNO, singer Carry Bowers, dancer Tanja Hayes and theatre administrator Leia Lewis. Eddie Francis, co-artisitic director of Loose Cannons and Smoking Mirror Per-forming Arts Company, said, "Most ofthe actors in the troupe are not people with mile long resumes, but they have the two things that will push them to success— desire and vision." Loose Cannons will be performing on Oct 18 at the Time Out Sports Bar Daiquiri & Grill (TBA), and Oct. 25 for the "Alpha Week Comedy Classic" in UNO's Perform-ing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Admission is $5. High energy performance by Pieces of a Dream byYvette Green Staff Reporter CONCERT REVIENN For a group that I'd never heard of before, I was surprised to see a crowd that was standing- room-only for the Pieces of a Dream concert at the Praline Connection Sept 30. Beingthe youngest memberof the audience was somewhat unnerving. How-ever, being a lover of jazz music and in an environment that would do nothing less than cater to that love, I remembered that age was nothing more than a number and enjoyed the show. Despite the slight technical problems with the saxophone, the group did not allow See page 9 http://cdm16948.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16948coll14/id/5187 |