December 18,1991...The Portland Observer...Page 5
Portland Observer
ENTERTAINMENT
ROOTS
Hammer To Host 19th Annual “American Music Awards”
Special Airing On ABC-TV, Monday, January 27
Last year’s top American Music
Award winner, Hammer, w ill host the
19th annual “ American Music Awards,”
airing on the ABC -Television Network
Female Vocalist, Favorite Group, Fa
vorite Album and Single, and Favorite
New Artist. In the Rap, Heavy Metal,
A d u lt contemporary and Dance Music
Virgin Artist Endorses Safe Sex Campaign
For Teens
In an e ffo rt to combat sexually
transmitted diseases (STD) and create
and awareness o f the devestating im
pact o f A ID S amoung our youngadults,
Virgin Records’ RAP artist, REDHEAD
KING PIN has launched a national “ safe
sex” campaign geared towards young
m inorities.
Statistics show that o f the 12,607
adult/adolescent females with AIDS 52%
are black and 20% are hispanic. In
addition, over one fifth o f people in
fected w ith A ID S are in their twenties.
Knowing the incubation period between
H IV infection and the onset o f symp
toms is seven to ten years, most o f these
people contracted H IV as teenagers.
There has been a 50% increase in the
AIDS rate for 13-19 years olds between
1988-90.
The campaign has a hotline (1-
800448-2007) where young people can
call in and receive a “ safe sex” mes
sage from Readhead. A dditionally, a
national m ailing w ill be directed to
wards radio stations, retail outlets, media
centers and large urban locales. The
packet w ill consist o f educational lit
erature on “ safe sex” behavior, in fo r
mation on A ID S in Am erica, a con
dom, and in keeping w ith the theme o f
restraint, a cassette single or “ Nice &
Slow ” from Redhead’s latest album.
Red wants parents to understand
his firs t word o f advice to teens is to
practice “ abstinence” but i f young
people are going to be sexually active
they need to be informed, educated and
aware.
as a three-hour prime-time special on
Monday, January 27,8-11 PM, Eastern
& Pacific time (7-10 PM. Central).
The T V special, which is tradition
categories, awards w ill be presented for
Favorite Artist, New A rtist and Album.
In all, 30 awards w ill be presented in
these seven categories.
ally the highest rated o f all music awards
shows, is a presentation o f D ick Clark
Productions, Inc., w ith Clark serving as
executive producer, and w ill originate
from the Shrine Auditorium in Los
Angeles, California.
In only three years, Hammer has
become one o f the biggest-selling and
most-acclaimed recording artists in the
world. His 1990 release, “ Please
Hammer D on’t H urt’ Em ,” sold 15
m illio n copies worldwide and topped
the Album charts in this country for 21
weeks. Hammer is currently in the unique
position o f having two records in the
Top 40, the title cut from his current
album, “ Too Legit To Q u it” and
“ Addams Groove,” one o f the four
songs he performs and co-wrote fo r the
h it move, “ The Addams F am ily.”
Nominations for the “ American
Music Awards” are in seven catego
ries. In the Pop/Rock, Country and Soul/
Rhythm & Blues categories, awards
w dl be presented for Favorite Male and
In addition, a special “ Award O f
M e rit’ ’ w ill be presented for * ‘outstand
ing contributions over a long period o f
time, to the musical entertainment o f
the American Public.” Nominations
for the “ American Music Awards: w ill
be announced at a press conference,
December 17 at the Beverly H ills Ho
tel.
Winners o f American Music Awards
are selected by the public. A national
sampling o f approximately 20,000,
taking into account geographic loca
tion, age, sex and ethnic origin, w ill be
sent ballots by the National Family
Opinion, Inc. firm . Names o f the nom i
nees on the ballot w ill be compiled
from data supplied by the music indus
try trade publication, Radio & Records,
and the SoundScan Inc., management
information system. Results o f the vot
ing, tabulated by the K P M G Peat M ar
w ick accounting firm , are kept secret
until envelopes are opened during the
presentation ceremonies.
"Roots," the highest-rated mini-series of all time, will air on The Family
Channel at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific for six nights beginning Jan. 20,
1992. This will be the first national airing of this monumental drama since
1977. It also will air nightly at 11:30 p.m. Jan.20-25.
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