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B B lack February II. 2004 M onth sp ecia l Page B3 ,W coveragi. Focus Kyles Photography Eeionce S ukps Emms H ubs Luther Vandross, Coldplay and OutKast also honored (A P) — Luther V andross and C oldplay stole som e o f hip-hop's thunder at the G ram m ys, but rap funksters O utK ast still won album o f the year for "Speakerboxxx-The Love Below " and Beyonce took hom e a record-tying five trophies. D espite a tightly scripted show devoid o f outrageousness or spon tan eity - a m arked co n trast to today ’ s pop scene - Janet Jackson’ s Super Bowl breast flash at the hands o f dance partner Justin T im berlake rem ained the m ajor subplot S un day night. “ I know it's been a rough week on everybody,” said Tim berlake, stifling a self-deprecating laugh w hile accepting the best m ale pop vocal perform ance aw ard for "Cry Me a River." V andross, reco v erin g from a stroke, w on fo r b est song, best R&B album and best m ale R&B p erform ance for "D ance W ith My F a th e r” ; and best R& B p e rfo r m ance by a duo o r group w ith vo cals for "T h e C lo ser I G et to Y o u ," a re m a k e he d id w ith B eyonce. It was the evening’s m ost sentim ental victory - the R&B cro o n er's first win in a m ajor category inhis20-year-plus career. He was unable to attend, but sent a vid eotap ed m essage, his first public re m arks since his April 2003 stroke. Beyonce turned out to be the queen o f the ball, tying a record for fe male artists with her five awards. But she won none o f the top cat egories o f song, record or album o f the year. T he moody British rock band Coldplay, up against four hip-hop nom inees for record o f the year, won for their song "C locks.” Rockers Evanescence won best new artist in an upset over rapper 50 Cent - w ho briefly w alked onstage as E v an escen ce accep ted th eir award. June C arter Cash also won two posthum ous aw ards, and her hus band Jo hnny C ash and form er Beatle G eorge Harrison were also honored after their deaths. Beyonce also won best female R&B perform ance and best co n tem porary R&B album for “Dan- Who Was that Black Man? York in Lewis and Clark Expedition Families Weddings Events Promotional Beyonce Knowles holds her record-tying Grammy awards she won during the 46th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles. (AP photo) gerously in Love," and best R&B perform ance by a duo or group for her song with Vandross. Her five trophies tied a record set by A licia Keys, Norah Jones and Lauryn Hill for the m ost G ram m ys won by a female artist. O utKast, nom inated for a lead ing six G ram m ys, won three: best album, best urban/alternative per- Call 503/260-0969 One picture is worth a thousand words • form ance for “ Hey Y a!” and best rap album for “Speakerboxxx/The L ove Below ." It was the first rap album to win most o f the aw ards in top categories O ther m ultiple w inners included Jack W hite o f The W hite Stripes and Em inem , with tw o each, and bluegrass singer A lison Krauss, w ho had three. Cosby Nods to Landmark Court Ruling A (A P )— Bill Cosby got serious I with 500 ninth-graders at a talk Filmmaker Ron Craig puts him self around the arms o f York, the black slave who won his freedom during the famous Lewis and Clark expedition. The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Origins Series presents film m aker Ron Craig w ho will discuss the history and life o f York, the childhood com panion and family slave o f W illiam Clark. Y ork was the only African-Ameri can m em ber o f the Lew is and Clark Expedition o f 1803, and the first African Am erican o f record to vote. Craig wi 11 address the impact this little known explorer made on United States history and why we know so little about him. C raig ’s production com pany. Black History Month Films at MHCC In honor of Black History Month, Mt. Hood Community C o lle g e 's G e o g ra p h y and Criminal Justice departments will be showing two films. “ In Remembrance of M ar tin,” a PBS documentary hon oring the life o f Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement will be shown on Tuesday, Feb. 17 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1553. “Separate But Equal," a film detailing theevents leading up to the U. S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segrega tion, will be presented on Tues day, Feb. 17, from 6 :3 0 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Room 1309. Both film s are free and open to the cam pus com m u nity as well as the general pu b lic. The film s will be sh o w n at th e M HCC G resham cam pus at 26000 S.E. Stark. F ilm w orks N orth w est, recently com pleted a short film titled, “Lewis and Clark: And W ho is That Black Man Standing Next to C lark?" and is in production with a full-length docum entary, “W ho W as Y ork? A New Look at the Lewis and Clark Expedition.” The discussion is at 7:30 p.m. W ednesday, Feb. 25 at the IFCC Theater, 5340 N. Interstate Ave. Tickets are $ 15 and $8 for students and seniors. For more inform ation, call 503-823-4322. last week com m em orating the Suprem eCourt's landmark Brown v. Board o f Education ruling. "Take that education,” Cosby told the teens. "D o n ’t tell me it’s boring. Y ou’ re going to be boring in about 10 years and you may be boring w hile y o u ’re sitting in a cell, because you decided to do som ething that breaks the law. W hy? Because you co uldn’t get a job. W hy? Because you d id n 't want to give yourself a chance. W hy? Because you d o n ’t like yourself.” T he 6 6 -y ear-o ld co m ed ian spoke at Riverside Church at an e v e n t h o s te d by C o lu m b ia I U niversity’s T eachers College, where his son, Ennis, had been a j doctoral student. Ennis Cosby was fatally shot in 1997. j The talk was one o f hundreds o f events around the country celebrating the 50th anniversary o f the 1954 desegregation ruling, w hich is the official them e for F ebruary's Black History Month. tMITON CLEANING SCINVCE Carpet A Upholstery Cleaning jk * Commercial Bill Cosby visits the Riverside Church in Chicago to encourage kids to get an education and build self-esteem during a Black History Month event. 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