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FOCU:
IN A C T IO N
“The PJs”
Box Office Hits
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“Private ’ moment: Tom Hanks
in "SavingPrivate Ryan"
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Out o f Sight
3. There’s Something About Mary
4. Velvet Goldmine
5. Life is Beautiful
6. Happiness
7. The Truman Show
8. Love and Death on Long Island
9. Elizabeth
10. Rushmore
The magic o f the award-winning
Will Vinton Studios joins forces with
the comic genius o f Eddie M urphy in
“The PJs,” the first stop-motion ani
mation series ever to air in primetime.
Set in a big city housing project,
the “ foam ation” series smashes cul
tural sterotypes and taboos as it takes
a satirical look at urban family values.
Created by M urphy and Larry
W ilmore & Steve Tompkins. “The
PJs” is produced by Imagine Televi
sion, Eddie M urphy Productions and
W ill V inton Studios in association
with Touchstone Television and pre
mieres Sunday, January 10, at 8:30
P M (E T /P T )onF ox.
The series moves to its regular
time on Tuesday, January 12,at8:30
PM(ET/PT).
V o ic in g T h u rg o o d S tu b b s,
M urphy stars as the cantankerous
superintendent o f the Hilton-Jacobs
Projects. All Thurgood wants is to be
left alone w ith his recliner and his
beloved “W heel o f Fortune.” But
w hether it’s a flood o f
water from faulty plumb
ing or a flood o f com
plaints from the ten
ants, it seems there’s
ju st never enough time
to kick back and relax with a
“ forty,” Thurgood’s beverage
o f choice.
Thurgood’s wife Muriel (Loretta
Devine, “W aiting to Exhale”) is the
calming force in his life. Sweet as can
be, her feathers never get ruffled and
she seems to find the good in any
body or any situation.
She keeps a journal o f her life b e
cause that’s w hat her hero Oprah
does. W hile Thurgood and M uriel
have no kids o f their own, they act as
surrogate parents to Calvin (Crystal
Scales), abright 10-year-old who idol
izes Thurgood, and his friend Juicy
(M ichele M organ) whose parents are
so overw eight they can’t fit through
the doorway to their apartment.
R o u n d in g o u t T h u rg o o d an d
CONCORDIA
UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCES
AUDITIONS FOR
ROMEO & JULIET
M u rial’s extended fam ily in the
projects are M uriel’s older sister Bebe
(Jenifer Lewis, “Dreamgirls”) and her
Korean husband Jimmy (Michael Paul
Chan), who have the sex drives o f a
couple o f teenagers.
Mrs. Avery (Ja’net DuBois), and
uptight, 73-year-old resident w ho’s
an g ry ev e n w hen s h e ’s happy;
Sanche (Pepe Sem ai), Thurgood’s
chess buddy who can only speak
through a voice box which is con
stantly on the fritz; and the very col
orful Haiti Lady (Cheryl Francis
Harrington) who sees voodoo as a
solution to everyday problems.
As superintendent o f the Hilton-Jacobs Projects, Thurgood Stubbs presides over the buiUng’s P l ^ ^ n d
na o u p c ,
maintenance problems with pride
as his beloved wife Muriel stands
loyally by his side in Imagine
Television and Touchstone
Television’s new comedy series
‘ The PJs,’ premiering midseason
on Fox.
Open auditions are an
nounced fo r Concordia
U niversity’s Spring production
o f Shakespeare’s tragic ro
mance, Rom eo & Juliet,
.The production opens on
April 10,1999 and runs for 3
weekends.
Roles available all ages,
particularly middle and high
school students. Young people
are particularly needed to
audition. Auditioners should be
prepared to perform a 2-minute
monologue as well as reading
from the script. Scripts are
available for viewing (not for
checkout) at the Concordia
University library or any
Shakespeare play book.
What: Auditions for Rom eo &
Juliet
Who: M iddle School, High
School students
When: February 6 & 7 1999, by
appointment - callbacks Feb. 8
Where: Concordia University
Fine Arts Building
NE 27th and Highland (North
o f Ainsworth) on the Concordia
University Campus
How: call28O-8614( lO am -2
pm ) to schedule an appointment,
or leave a message anytime
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PRESENTS
NEW YEACS EVE B A I E
P ortland C onference C entef
300 N.E. Multnomah St.
Thursday, December 31, 1998
9:00 pm to 2:00 am
Music by A aron B . P ruitt
Tickets: $25.00 per person
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