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Jesse Jackson, Patti La
Belle Will Appear on E!
For Special Black History
Month Presentations
"E! New Daily" Will Explore M e­
dia Portrayals o f Black Entertainment,
including Interracial Relationships and
Rap Music
E! Entertainment Television hon­
ored Black History Month on two of its
prime time series this month. “Extreme
Close-Up,” the network’s half-hour
celebrity series, inaugurated its first
“theme week” with a five-part presen­
tation that focused on the accomplish­
ments of the African-American com­
munity. “E! News Daily” presented a
four-part look at black entertainment,
its impact on American society, and its
handling in the media.
Political leader Jesse Jackson,
Academy Award-winner Denzel Wash­
ington, and pop singer Patti LaBelle
will be among the guests on “Extreme
Close-Up” during the week of February
24. Interviewed by E! host Arthel
Neville, these guests and others to be
announced will offer insight into their
careers and success. “Extreme Close-
Up” airs nightly at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.
“E! News Daily,” which airs nightly
at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, presented a look at
the “African-American Identity” on
Monday, Feb. 17. Communities often
establish a sense of identity from the
celebrities in their midst, which means
that celebrities are treated as if they are
culture heroes. Actors such as James
Earl Jones and Sheryl Lee Ralph (“To
Sleep With Anger”) discussed the pres­
sure and responsibility placed on indi­
viduals when they are asked to repre­
sent the hopes and dreams of an entire
community.
“ Bad Rap/Good R ap” (Tuesday,
Feb. 18) - Rap music is often seen as a
stimulus to violence and hatredof whites
and women, but the genre as a whole is
far more diverse. In interviews with
rappers Ice T and Ice Cube, among
others, this segment explored the many
facets of rap.
To be seen on Wednesday, Feb. 19,
is “ Interracial Relationships.” Televi-
sion shows and movies are depicting
interracial relationships more frequently,
and the subject always stirs controversy.
Blair Underwood of “L.A. Law” and
Annabella Sciora of “Jungle Fever,”
whose characters both had interracial
relationships, will talk about the ways
the media depict this often taboo sub­
ject.
“Sam pling” (Thursday, Feb. 20)—
rap music occasionally uses snippets of
other musicians’ songs-a practice that
has led to litigation over copyright in­
fringement but that also is seen as con­
temporary musicians’ paying homage
to earlier ones. Rap musicians Salt N
Pepa and Herby “LuvBug” Azor, among
others, will discuss this controversy.
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On Thursday, Feb. 18, Academy
Award winning actor Louis Gossett,
Jr., will presents a lecture on African-
American history at the Wilson Gym­
nasium in Linfield College.
The lecture, which will be free and
open to the public, is sponsored throug h
the Madeleine Amsden Endowed Lec­
tureship.
Gossett got his start in show busi­
ness in 1953 when as a 17-year-old
without any professional acting experi­
ence, he won the leading role in the
Broadway play, “Take a Giant Step.”
He received the Donaldson Award as
best newcomer in the theatre that year.
Over the next nearly 40 years,
Gossett appeared in more than 60 theat­
rical productions, 20 movies, four tele­
vision series, and about 20 miniseries
and made-for-television movies. His
most notable film appearances have
been in supporting roles in such movies
as “A Raisin in The Sun,” “The Deep,”
and “An Officer and A Gentleman,” for
which he received the Academy Award
as best supporting actor for his depic­
tion of the no-nonsense drill instructor
Sergeant Emil Foley. He will long be
remembered by viewers for his depic­
tion of Fiddler, the friend and mentor of
Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries
“Roots,” a performance that earned him
an Emmy Award.
An all-around athlete in high
school, Gossett lettered in track, base­
ball and basketball. His first taste of the
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to sit out an entire basketball season and
he won arole in the school play. He later
auditioned and won the role in “Take A
Giant Step,” for which he received out­
standing reviews. Gossett attended New
York University on an athletic-drama
scholarship, playing on NYU’s out­
standing varsity basketball team and
also continued his acting career. After
graduating in 1959 he was drafted by
the NBA’s New York Knickerbockers,
but decided to abandon basketball after
he was offered a role in Lorraine
Hansberry’s Broadway play, “A Raisin
in the Sun.”
He has gone on to star in the stage
and screen productions of “A Raisin in
theSun,” “TheChoirboys,” “Backsiairs
at the Whitehouse,” “Gideon Oliver,”
“Sadat,” “Iron Eagle,” “A Gathering of
Old Men” and many more feature films,
theatre and television productions.
Gossett has also received a Golden
Globe Award, and the NAACP’s Image
Award for projecting a positive view of
African-Americans, and the Martin
Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award
for his work with ghetto children. Hop­
ing to in cre ase the n u m b er o f
nonstereotypical roles for African-
American actors, Gossett founded his
own production company, LoGo Enter­
tainment. Among the projects he is said
to be considering is a movie biography
for Cab Calloway.
A group of Linfield alumni, headed
by Baruti Artharee, a Portland busi­
nessman, has in v ited Portland area h igh
school students and residents to attend
Gossett’s lecture as special guests as
part of their efforts to help increase
cultural diversity at Linfield.
The group has been instrumental in
developing a mentoring program for
Linfield’s minority students. The alumni
meet with students on a regular basis for
social activities and to help the students
if they are having any difficulties. This
group, along withothcrLinfieldalumni,
have developed an endowed scholar­
ship to support minority students in
attending Linfield. Additionally, they
are also working with the Admissions
office to increase the recruitment of
minority students to Linfield.
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