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Actor Morgan Freeman tells the story o f love in "March o f the
Penguins," Saturday on the Hallmark Channel.
Night of
Smooth R&B,
Hip Hop
Saturday will be a night of
smooth R&B and some hip hop
when local artists with amazing
talents converge for Ladies Night
Out at the Ash Street Saloon. 225
S.W. Ash.
E xecutive Branch M anage­
ment invites you to enjoy the
sounds of Sirens Echo. Arjay,
Chris Ray and Cokoa Moe. T ick­
ets are $8 at the door with the 21
and over party starting at 9 p.m.
Sirens Echo will perform Saturday at the Ash Street Saloon.
Turbulent Love Story
A man from a wealthy Moscow family falls
desperately in love with a beautiful young woman
who marries him to escape a dreary life in
“Three Years." now playing at West End The­
atre. the former Old Movie House at 1200 S.W.
Taylor.
Family conflicts both personal and political
heighten the stage drama set during the collapse
of the Russian Tsarist regime.
Performances are held on Thursdays, Fridays
PHOTO BY R l HI < ( A J. B it kl R and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
David Loftus and Melissa Whitney star in
through Dec. 3. All seats are $15 and available
“Three Years" at the West End Theater, 1220
at the door or by calling the box office at I -800-
S.W. Taylor.
838-3006.
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Love on the Ice
Actor Morgan Freeman is the
voice behind “March of the Pen­
guins." a love story about sur­
vival and family in the harshest
place on earth. The Academy
Award winning documentary
comes to television Saturday
on the Hallmark Channel.
Freeman tells the story of the
unique su rv iv al h ab its o f
Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins
as they trek across hundreds of
miles of pack ice on an annual
return to the place w here each of
them was bom.
In theirnine month-longjour-
ney, birds w ill mate.eggs w ill be
laid, some will die. but thou­
sands ofchieks will also be born
in one of the most heartwarming
movies ever brought to televi­
sion.
“March of the Penguins" is a
Warner Independent Pictures.
National Geographic. Bonne
Pioche Film from director Luc
Jacquet and producers Emanuel
Priou, Christophe Lioud. Yves
Darondeau. The movie is beau­
tifully photographed by cinema­
tographers Laurent Chalet and
Jerome Maison with music from
Alex Wurman.
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Jay-Z performs Saturday at
Pier 54 in New York during a
seven city tour to celebrate
his return to the music world.
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clared that 2OO3's "The Black Al­
bum" would be his last, has come
out retirement and with a new CD,
"Kingdom Come."
In 2< X W. the rap icon (real name:
Shawn Carter) became president
and CEO of Def Jam Recordings.
He became part owner of the New
Jersey Nets that same year. Also
on his resume: Not-So-Secret
Boyfriend of Bcyonce.
Despite naysayers' doubts, the
36-year-old Jay-Z thought he was
retired from music-making: "I be­
lieved it. yeah. I believed it fortwo
years."
But since his "retirement." he's
gone on a world tour, performed
on hit records with Bcyonce and
other entertainers, and had a pro-
tile higherthan most working rap­
pers. There were rumblings that
he was working on a new album.
He told Entertainment Weekly
that he began tinkering in the
studio over the summer.
"Something, when you love it,
is always tugging at you and itch­
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putting it off. I started fumbling
around to see if it felt g»xxl," he
said.
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Comedian Erupts in Racial Rage
M ichael Richards, the actor
\n throughout the outburst, som e­
who played “ Kramer" in the TV
one can be heard gasping "Oh my
comedy “Seinfield," stunned a
God" and various people "Ooh"
com edy club audience, shouting
after Richard uses the n-word.
racial epithets at people who heck­
Iff
Richards refused to comment
led him during a stand-up rou­
on-camera when reached by CNN.
tine.
but the network reported that he
The 57-year-old actor-com e­
said off-cam era he felt sorry for
dian was performing at the Laugh
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amends.
day night when he launched into
the verbal rampage, according to
O ur mission: to champion jazz as an
video posted on T M Z .com .
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art form, by educating and entertaining a
after two black audience m em ­
bers started shouting at him that
local, national, and international audience.
he wasn't funny.
Richards retorted: "Shut up!
Fifty years ago we'd have you
upside down with a f........ fork up
your a—.”
He then paced across the stage
taunting the men for interrupting
his show, peppering his speech
with racial slurs and profanities.
"You can talk, you can talk,
you're brave now m other........ .
Throw his a— out. He's a n----- !"
Richards shouts before repeat­
ing the racial epithet over and
over again.
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