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G ooding Stars in M ovin g D ram a ‘R a d io ’
Hr. Susan Taylor's Prescription for
Flawless Skin, llair, and \in ls
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prescription for
flawless skin,
hair and nails.
Cuba Gooding Jr. hands o ff a football to one o f his players in new film Radio.
H a ir, S kin and N ails
Author offers seasonal tips on looking good
by
D r . S usan T aylor
A utum n is here and w inter is closing in
fast. Instead o f looking crisp, bright and
radiant, you find that your skin, hair and
nails are a w reck like the W icked W itch o f
the W est. Instead o f having shiny hair like
Jennifer Lopez, even-toned skin like Halle
Berry, and healthy nails like Queen Lati fah,
you look like you got lost in K ansas. A dd
to the mix, the autum n w inds w hich have
already descended upon us, and you have
a recipe for additional dam age. So now is
the tim e to pay attention to your skin, hair
and nails to prevent further dam age from
the cold w eather and the dry heat.
Beginning o f winter beauty blahs are not
unusual. As a derm atologist specializing in
skin o f color, I have some tips for Hispanics
and African Americans. To heal your hair,
I recom m end washing it once or twice a
week with a sham poo for dam aged hair and
then applying a deep conditioner to the hair
fo r20-30 minutes while Mitting under a hood
dryer. Try to avoid excessive heat from blow
dryers, flat irons or curling irons. Try w rap
ping your hair and sit under a hood dryer
once a week and roll your hair on rollers
during the week. O r consider wearing your
hair pulled back in a neat chignon or bun for
4-6 w eeks to give it a rest. With these tips,
your tresses will regain their shine ju st in
A cadem y Award w innerC ubaG ooding
Jr. stars in the dram a Radio, a Revolution
Studios film , aT ollin/R obbins production
and a C olum bia Pictures release now play
ing in local theaters.
It’s a dram atic and m oving story in
spired by events in the life o f "R adio," a
man w ho m ade an enduring im pact on the
lives o f all those around him . R adio fo
cuses on the m entoring relationship be
tw een a high school football coach (Ed
H arris) and Radio (C uba G ooding, Jr.),
know n as "the sam e as everybody else,
ju st a little slow er than m ost," and how
their unique friendship ultim ately trans
form s the conservative attitudes o f a small
South C arolina town.
These tw o very different men are united
by their hum anity and love o f football and
in so doing enrich the lives o f countless
others.
Radio do esn ’t focus on the sport as
much as on the title character, a man o f
childlike purity w ho brought joy to this
time for the holidays.
To com bat an uneven com plexion, 1
suggest the daily use o f sunscreens— yes,
women o f color, both Hispanic and African !
American need sunscreen— even in the
fall and w inter seasons. Also consider
cleansing and moisturizing with products
containing an alpha hydroxy acid such as
glycolic acid. This will help rem ove the
dead skin cells that contain extra pigment.
If these solutions d o n 't work, first try an
over-the-counter hydroquinone bleaching
cream (containing 2 percent hydroquinone) j
twice a day for 8 weeks. Also consider
asking your derm atologist for a series of
chem ical peels o r m icrodermabrasion to j
restore that radiant glow.
Finally, you may have noticed that
your nails are becom ing increasingly dry ’
and brittle with the onset o f the colder
w eather. W hat probably happened d ur
ing the sum m er m onths was that m oisture
collected behind your acrylic nails. T his
provided the perfect environm ent for fun
gus and bacteria to grow. If you have
indeed noticed these changes in your
nails, it is time to take the acrylic nails off.
Then clip your nails dow n as far as you
can (d o n ’t w orry, they will grow back).
The nails are m ore likely to grow in
healthy, though it may take a few m onths.
Robert Johnson
sports-m inded com m unity, according to
Gooding.
"I have tw o boys, six and eight. A nd
w henever they do anything and get into
trouble, their reactions are so innocent
and so genuine. That is the quality that
Radio has. W henever he encounters an
obstacle, he never has any anim osity. He
doesn’t hold a grudge. H e’s all about
unconditional love,” G ooding said.
Court Settles Bluesman’s Estate
Judge decides who
gets musician’s
royalties
(A P )— The M ississippi Suprem e Court
has ended a legal battle over the photo
graphs and songs o f bluesm an Robert
Johnson, saying his son is the sole heir to
the royalties.
Johnson, a traveling m usician w ho re
corded “C ross R oad B lues,” "R am bling
on My M ind" and "H ellhound on My
T rail,” is considered the first m odern
bluesm an, linking the country blues o f the
M ississippi D elta with the city blues o f
post-W orld W ar II. He was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall o f Fam e in 1986.
Johnson died in Leflore C ounty in 1938
at age 27 w ithout leaving a will. He died
nearly penniless, but his m usic now en
jo y s international acclaim and has stacked
up royalties.
A ccounts o f his death include that he
was poisoned by a jealous husband or
that he w as stabbed. H e’s buried in
G reenw ood's T hree-Forks C em etery.
The m usician's illegitimate son, 71 -year-
old retired gravel truck driv er C laud
Johnson, said he w as unsure what the
latest court ruling will m ean to him.
Johnson said he had benefited from
royalties, but declined to give specific
am ounts.
At the tim e o f Robert Jo h n so n 's death,
C arrie Harris T hom pson, his half-sister,
said she was his sole living heir and took
possession o f his photographs. (O nly two
photographs are known to exist.)
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