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Noel Callahan as Louis (left). Master P as Percy Miller, Erica 0 'Keith as Jodi and Romeo appear in
a scene from Nickelodeon's ‘Romeo.' (APphoto)
Rapper L’il Romeo Launches New Show
(A P ) — W hen L il’ R om eo and
his father, M aster P, decided th ey 'd
m ake a T V show , they had little
doubt about w hich netw ork they
w anted it on.
“ 'SpongeB ob SquarePants" and
‘Fairly O dd Parents’ are my favorite
show s," says the rapper, w ho re
cently turned 14. The programs, fea
turing the anim ated adventures o f a
bum bling ocean sponge and a boy
with equally bum bling fairy godpar
ents, are N ickelodeon's most popu
lar series, regularly landing in the
cable Nielsen ratings’ Top 10.
... and targets
all ages.
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“ B ut now ,” he adds playfully,
O n one o f those clandestine v is
“the best show on N ickelodeon is its, he brought a recording en g i
going to be ‘R om eo.’”
neer with him w ho cut a record, then
T hesh o w (8 :3 0 p .m . E D T S atur played it for his father w hen he
days) follow s a teenage w annabe returned from a business trip.
rap star and his less-than-enthusi-
“ He cam e hom e and heard the
astic father, w ith R om eo and hip- song and said, ‘W ho is th is? ” ’
hop im presario M aster P m ore or R om eo recalls w ith a chuckle.
less playing them selves.
A fter it w as revealed that it w as
To do that, the TV R om eo m ust M aster P ’s eldest son, a star w as
go behind the back o f his m usic bom - but not w ithout som e trepi
executive-father, som ething sim i dation from his father, w ho Rom eo
lar to w hat the real-life R om eo did says w ould have preferred that he
w hen he used to sneak into his spend his tim e concentrating on
fath er's recording studio.
school.
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Britney Reaches 1 )ut ‘In the Zone’
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(A P) — Is 21-year-old B ritney
Spears trying to attract a m ore m a
ture audience w ith her upcom ing
album , “ In the Z one”?
N o, the pop singer says. “The
record label w anted m e to do cer
tain kinds o f songs, and 1 w as like,
Look, if you w ant m e to be som e
kind o f sex thing, th at’s not m e,” ’
she tells Esquire m agazine in its
N ovem ber issue. “ I will never do
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B ut she d o e sn ’t see h erself as
superfam ous. “ I’m fam ous,but I’m
not famous like freaking Brad Pitt or
Jennifer A niston. But in my w eird
little head, I ju st think w e ’re all here
to inspire each other. W e’reall equal.
W e ju s t bounce o ff each other and
show the w orld w hat w e can do.”
Spears said if she d id n ’t have a
career in m usic, she “probably
w ould have gone to college and
becom e a schoolteacher.
“T hat w as m y dream , because I
love kids,” she said. “E ither that, or
an entertainm ent law yer.”
Jay-Z says ‘Black Album’ is his Last
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Jay-Z says h e ’ll launch his last
nationw ide prom otional tour w ith a perfor
m ance at M adison Square G arden on Nov.
25.
The concert, produced by C lear Channel
E ntertainm ent, will benefit the H ip-H op
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C arter Scholarship Fund. Ja y -Z 's new a l
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Nov. 28.
“ ‘The Black A lbum ’ is m y last solo album
because I w ant to go out w hile I’m hot and
strong,” the 33-year-old rapper said. “The
success o f m y recording career has opened
up other opportunities for m e w hich I w ant
to now focus on.”
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Myriad of Talent
Roseland Theater w elcomes Peter
Fram pton with Joe Bonamassa at 8
p.m. Oct. 29; T w iztid with W olfpac,
the R .O.C. and Society O ne at 8 p.m .
Nov. 5; Less Than Jake with Fall Out
B oyat8p.rn.N ov. 12;andB.B. King
at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23. Tickets are on
sale now by calling 503-224-8489.
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Portland Parks and Rees sponsors
a H allow een D ive-In M ovie at C o
lum bia Pool, 7701, N . C hautauqua
BI vd. at 6 p.m. Oct. 24. Tickets are $2
for kids and S3.50 for adults; an all
ages M onster M ash costum e party
is at the Matt D ishm an C om m unity
C enter, 77 NE Knott, from 6 to 8:30
p.m . O ct. 24; A not so spooky Boo
T o Y ou exhibit is designed for
younger kids from 11:45 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at the M att D ishm an
C om m unityC enteronO ct. 25; Little
O n e ’s H allow een D elights gives
kids a chance to m ake their ow n
decorations at the D ishm an C enter
from 12:45p.m. to 1:30p.m .O ct.25.
Coming Home to the 80s
Revel in a chance to drink in class
a n d sm o k e in d e te n tio n at
M cM enam ins K ennedy S chool's
first ever H om ecom ing Dance! This
80s party has prizes for best cos
tume, a photographer, and a DJ spin
ning 80s hits. The dance is from 7 to
10 p.m. Oct. 23. Tickets. $10, are
availableat the door. For more infor
mation, visit www.mcmenamins.com