More News-Leroy from "Fame" dies

[Steeltrap]

With mom @ the Lakers' game. Bet Kobester wasn't thinking about her when he was cheating.

[RedefinedDiva]

She is a cutie pie! If only she knew about her daddy.... Wait until she gets older and finds out.

[FeeFee]

Originally posted by Steeltrap
With mom @ the Lakers' game. Bet Kobester wasn't thinking about her when he was cheating.

What a pretty babyperson!!!

BOO HISS @ her Daddy!!!

[lil_sunshine]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
'Fame' Actor Gene Anthony Ray Dies at 41
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NEW YORK - Gene Anthony Ray, an actor and dancer best known for his roles in the 1980 movie "Fame" and its spin-off television series, died Friday in Manhattan of complications from a stroke. He was 41.



Ray was also HIV (news - web sites) positive, his mother said. The actor attended New York's High School of the Performing Arts, but he dropped out after a year.


Ray returned to the role of Leroy for the "Fame" television series, which ran from 1982 to 1987. He went on to appear in the films "Out of Sync" (1995) and "Eddie" (1996), starring Whoopi Goldberg (news).


Ray appears in a "Fame" reunion documentary, "Fame Remember My Name," which was taped in April 2003 for the BBC but has not yet aired.

This is sooooo sad. He was my favorite character from the show, besides Debbie Allen.

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SANTA MONICA, California — Dangerously in Love 2 is already taken — it's a song on Dangerously in Love — so something like Still Dangerous might have to do.

You see, Beyoncé hopes to release a sequel of sorts to her debut solo album in March.

"I recorded about 45 songs for Dangerously in Love," the singer said at the recent Vibe Awards. "I love so many songs, and they are just kind of going to waste sitting there."

Beyoncé included one of the songs, a collaboration she recorded with P. Diddy (and later Ghostface Killah) called "Summertime," on "The Fighting Temptations" soundtrack and found fans and radio programmers eager for more.

The album is still in the planning stages, but one of the producers from Beyoncé's first album is sure one of his leftover tracks will be included, possibly even as a single.

"It's called 'Scent of You' and it's a ballad, but it's a rock ballad, a little leaning on metal," said Bryce Wilson, who has also worked with Toni Braxton. "It's definitely something that nobody's ever heard from her."

In the meantime, Beyoncé is still promoting her first album. She shot a video last week for "Me, Myself and I," the follow-up to the hit "Baby Boy."

"The song is really powerful," she said. "It talks about women basically listening to their inner voice and knowing that they will never disappoint themselves. And basically the video reflects that."

Details of the concept are being kept under wraps, but Johan Renck (Kylie Minogue, Chris Cornell) directed. "He's from Europe, and I love his whole approach," Beyoncé said.

As for Destiny's Child, the singer said her group plans to reunite in the studio early next year. Plus she hopes to make another movie soon. "There's not anything in stone yet, but I am looking," she said.

On Saturday Beyoncé joined Bono onstage at a benefit concerts for AIDS awareness in Africa.

—Corey Moss