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lostnfound117 · #61 08-07-2003, 04:26 PM

HIDDEN BEACH LAUNCHES NEW LABEL: McKeever plans to inspire and uplift.

(Aug. 7, 2003) *Hidden Beach Recordings founder Steve McKeever has undoubtedly proven that music consumers want real music. His success with phenomenal chart topper Jill Scott alone proved that music lovers were ready for a new sound and a new vibe.
With the announcement of his new inspirational label, Still Waters: A Hidden Beach Experience, McKeever is once again putting his money where his creative mouth is.

The new subsidiary label will feature artists with uplifting, motivational messages and reach a wide range of music fans.

Hidden Beach executives anticipate the label expanding across the religious genre and appealing to the listener's minds, hearts, and spirits.

"Regardless of genre, music has always had the ability to inspire and to heal. Still Waters provides us with the perfect vehicle to serve both the artists who see this as their creative mission and the fans who turn to music as a source of comfort and strength," explains McKeever.

Still Waters will launch with debut albums from singer/songwriter/musician Keite Young and female vocalist Onitsha, among others.

Steeltrap · #62 08-07-2003, 06:11 PM

'Gigli' Ads to be Scrapped
Wednesday, August 06
NEW YORK, Aug 06, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- With a dismal turnout for the opening weekend of the Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck film, "Gigli," Sony Pictures will pull its ads.

"Gigli" took in slightly more than $3.8 million over the weekend, putting it in eighth place at the box office.

One New York TV station executive told the New York Daily News that the studio has asked that commercial time it had bought for "Gigli" be converted to ads for another Sony film, "Bad Boys II."

"They're making every effort to pull advertising," another television network executive told the News.

Theater chains are obligated to play the movie for two weeks but are expected to turn off the lights after that.

For now, "Gigli" will get crammed into the smallest, least desirable theaters in the megaplexes.

Copyright 2003 by United Press International.

MeezDiscreet · #63 08-08-2003, 11:49 AM

Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan
Photo: MTV News
"I'm the greatest player who ever played the game." — Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan

CHICAGO — He's gone from being a ladies' man to brokering ladies of the night to speaking in front of church congregations. Now, one of the first pimps to pay taxes for his street activity is turning into a recording artist. Yes, Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan is putting out an LP.

"We damn sure doing that album!" Snoop Dogg said last month in Cleveland about the project that he and his close friend are putting together. "It's called Game: General Amount of Money Earned. He's gonna talk about his game and a lot of other people are gonna rap on it. A lot of his rap friends that's in the game owe him favors or wanna be down with him."

It seems like everyone in the hip-hop community wants to be down with Don Juan. Although the Bishop, who says he's an ordained minister, and is even rumored to have his own church, mostly rolls with Snoop, MCs including 50 Cent, Nelly, Busta Rhymes, Rakim and Ice-T have shown him love in their videos or stage shows. Not to mention the countless number of mic marksmen who have referenced him in their lyrics.

"Well, let me see, Snoop heard about my game," the flamboyant Holyman said sitting in a hotel room in his hometown, recalling how he and the Dogg became friends. "He saw me at a concert [and I like] anybody [that's] attracted to what's real so I came backstage. Me and some other players got a chance to kick it with him. The fellowship was good. We saw that we were in different areas, but we were really on the same level. I been there, he's been here. Him being a young player like that, I got a chance to be able to express some of the things that I feel through him, giving him this game. And that's what I do, man. I give our game and I like people to know game ain't just something you go and play. It's all about life."

Although the green-and-gold-plaid-wearing, pimp-stick-holding minister appears in the new video for 50 Cent's "P.I.M.P.," he frowns on the current trend in hip-hop where many MCs are claiming to be pimps in their music.

"You know, they say a lot of things about pimping, but I want y'all to know something — y'all can just keep that pimpin' out your mouth if you don't have a prostitute on the corner," said Don Juan, whose also sporting glasses shaped like stars. "You're not pimping anything. It ain't the pimp game ... OK?"

The Bishop started off in the pimping game almost 30 years ago. Even back then, he says, he had a special connection to the man above.

"Well, first I started off as 'Don Juan,' " he said, recounting how his name came about. "You know, 'Don Juan' is known to be a lover so I continued to play as a lover and be successful. Then, the pimp god, he gave me the name 'Magic' because I kept on playing the game so tough when everybody else seemed to be failing and turning another way. I stayed true to the game and he said, 'Well, you oughta be "Magic." ' Then, the Bishop part is when I got saved in 1985. I've just been part of the chuuuuuch movement. So chuuuch."

Earlier in the day, the Bishop had been spreading his pimping goodwill throughout the streets of Chi-Town. Dressed in a green polka-dot suit to match his toenail paint, hat, boxer shorts, boots, Eldorado, iced-out pimp cup and diamond-studded sunglasses, he let everyone within earshot know that the day was going to be "official like a referee with a whistle." (Click for photos of Don "Magic" Juan in Chicago.)

"This is 'P.I.M.P.' for real!" Don Juan yelled over the sounds of a G-Unit mixtape blasting in his vehicle. "I'm the greatest player who ever played the game," he said before walking into a hotel to meet with peers like Mr. Chicago and Snoop Dogg.

The true fanfare, however, would happen in the Archbishop's room, where he and Snoop sang songs and the Magic Man unveiled enough custom-made suits that he could go three weeks without wearing the same outfit. He also had jewelry and personalized turntable covers with spray-painted pictures of himself on them.

"I mean, I've got to be dressed from head to toe," he said of his famously conspicuous fashion sense. "I don't do like a lot of other people — get up and put on [my] jeans and gym shoes. I like to be dressed for occasions. You don't know what might be jumpin' off. Somebody might say, 'Let's go to a wedding or let's go perform.' I want to be ready so I don't have to get ready."

Steeltrap · #64 08-08-2003, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan
Photo: MTV News
"I'm the greatest player who ever played the game." — Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan

CHICAGO — He's gone from being a ladies' man to brokering ladies of the night to speaking in front of church congregations. Now, one of the first pimps to pay taxes for his street activity is turning into a recording artist. Yes, Archbishop Don "Magic" Juan is putting out an LP.

"We damn sure doing that album!" Snoop Dogg said last month in Cleveland about the project that he and his close friend are putting together. "It's called Game: General Amount of Money Earned. He's gonna talk about his game and a lot of other people are gonna rap on it. A lot of his rap friends that's in the game owe him favors or wanna be down with him."

It seems like everyone in the hip-hop community wants to be down with Don Juan. Although the Bishop, who says he's an ordained minister, and is even rumored to have his own church, mostly rolls with Snoop, MCs including 50 Cent, Nelly, Busta Rhymes, Rakim and Ice-T have shown him love in their videos or stage shows. Not to mention the countless number of mic marksmen who have referenced him in their lyrics.

"Well, let me see, Snoop heard about my game," the flamboyant Holyman said sitting in a hotel room in his hometown, recalling how he and the Dogg became friends. "He saw me at a concert [and I like] anybody [that's] attracted to what's real so I came backstage. Me and some other players got a chance to kick it with him. The fellowship was good. We saw that we were in different areas, but we were really on the same level. I been there, he's been here. Him being a young player like that, I got a chance to be able to express some of the things that I feel through him, giving him this game. And that's what I do, man. I give our game and I like people to know game ain't just something you go and play. It's all about life."

Although the green-and-gold-plaid-wearing, pimp-stick-holding minister appears in the new video for 50 Cent's "P.I.M.P.," he frowns on the current trend in hip-hop where many MCs are claiming to be pimps in their music.

"You know, they say a lot of things about pimping, but I want y'all to know something — y'all can just keep that pimpin' out your mouth if you don't have a prostitute on the corner," said Don Juan, whose also sporting glasses shaped like stars. "You're not pimping anything. It ain't the pimp game ... OK?"

The Bishop started off in the pimping game almost 30 years ago. Even back then, he says, he had a special connection to the man above.

"Well, first I started off as 'Don Juan,' " he said, recounting how his name came about. "You know, 'Don Juan' is known to be a lover so I continued to play as a lover and be successful. Then, the pimp god, he gave me the name 'Magic' because I kept on playing the game so tough when everybody else seemed to be failing and turning another way. I stayed true to the game and he said, 'Well, you oughta be "Magic." ' Then, the Bishop part is when I got saved in 1985. I've just been part of the chuuuuuch movement. So chuuuch."

Earlier in the day, the Bishop had been spreading his pimping goodwill throughout the streets of Chi-Town. Dressed in a green polka-dot suit to match his toenail paint, hat, boxer shorts, boots, Eldorado, iced-out pimp cup and diamond-studded sunglasses, he let everyone within earshot know that the day was going to be "official like a referee with a whistle." (Click for photos of Don "Magic" Juan in Chicago.)

"This is 'P.I.M.P.' for real!" Don Juan yelled over the sounds of a G-Unit mixtape blasting in his vehicle. "I'm the greatest player who ever played the game," he said before walking into a hotel to meet with peers like Mr. Chicago and Snoop Dogg.

The true fanfare, however, would happen in the Archbishop's room, where he and Snoop sang songs and the Magic Man unveiled enough custom-made suits that he could go three weeks without wearing the same outfit. He also had jewelry and personalized turntable covers with spray-painted pictures of himself on them.

"I mean, I've got to be dressed from head to toe," he said of his famously conspicuous fashion sense. "I don't do like a lot of other people — get up and put on [my] jeans and gym shoes. I like to be dressed for occasions. You don't know what might be jumpin' off. Somebody might say, 'Let's go to a wedding or let's go perform.' I want to be ready so I don't have to get ready."

And people wonder why we suffer a ridiculous image.

FeeFee · #65 08-08-2003, 12:00 PM

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Originally posted by Steeltrap
And people wonder why we suffer a ridiculous image.

Steeltrap, you beat me to the punch. So this is what our young AA males have to look up too.

***Shaking my head in utter disgust***

RedefinedDiva · #66 08-08-2003, 12:17 PM

There was an article in our paper on Sunday about how the rap game had turned to pimps, etc. Snoop claimed that Don Juan had helped him to gain self-confidence. He was able to express himself better. The thing about pimps, Don Juan in particular, showed him that he could get money, be stylish, etc.

Don Juan also said that anyone can be a pimp, be it man or woman. They must handle their business right and be able to take charge and have the "ho" bring their money to you. They stated that the Hughes Bros. documentary, "American Pimp," and other shows, etc. brought the pimp game into a new light.

My statement: GIVE ME A FREAKIN' BREAK!!!

This pimp business is all some bullisht! Don Juan makes my stomach churn and I can't stand the sight of him!

He is sickening. With all the pimping stands for, I don't see why people are supporting that.

BLUTANG · #67 08-08-2003, 01:53 PM

still trying to pick my jaw up off the floor.

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You don't know what might be jumpin' off. Somebody might say, 'Let's go to a wedding or let's go perform.' I want to be ready so I don't have to get ready."

CrimsonTide4 · #68 08-09-2003, 09:34 AM

I meant to post this earlier this week, but girlfriend looks FAB U LOOOOOUS!!

CrimsonTide4 · #69 08-10-2003, 02:30 PM

(8/8/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- The Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin will add another jewel to her crown this fall. Black Entertainment Television (BET) salutes Aretha Franklin at the channel's ninth annual BET Walk Of Fame concert special, to be broadcast October 28.

Franklin joins previous BET Walk honorees, including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Boyz II Men, Diana Ross, Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle, and Stevie Wonder. No guests, hosts, or performers have yet been announced.

The star-studded event will be taped in Washington, D.C., at BET's studios. Ticket sales benefit the United Negro College Fund.

1savvydiva · #70 08-10-2003, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I meant to post this earlier this week, but girlfriend looks FAB U LOOOOOUS!!

She really does!!!

lostnfound117 · #71 08-10-2003, 05:34 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I meant to post this earlier this week, but girlfriend looks FAB U LOOOOOUS!!

i ain't hating....

cough*cough....yes i am (said under my breath)!

LOL!

Steeltrap · #72 08-11-2003, 12:51 PM

From hintmag.com's gossip column, Chic Happens.
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Few awards require such dedication to buffoonery as the annual induction into the Chic Happens Hall of Fame. This year's winner, already a legend, showed that even after a career as gossip fodder he's still capable of reaching deep inside and pulling off that one further embarrassment that snatches international headlines. Such is the mettle of a true fashion champion. This year's Hall of Fame trophy—the coveted star-shaped ashtray—goes to Calvin Klein. In March, Klein staggered onto the court in the middle of a New York Knicks basketball game to give star-player Latrell Sprewell advice on a play—or perhaps ask him out. The 60-year-old designer entered rehab, again, two weeks later. The incident even prompted the New York City Council to debate a special "Calvin's Law," which would provide stricter penalties for anyone interrupting sporting events. He's our Obsession; our Escape; our Contradiction; our One. Calvin Klein, this bump's on us.

Gyrl7 · #73 08-11-2003, 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
I meant to post this earlier this week, but girlfriend looks FAB U LOOOOOUS!!

She looks really pretty here.........

Way to go Queen!

FeeFee · #74 08-11-2003, 03:27 PM

Go 'head Queen - strut your stuff girl!!!!!!

Steeltrap · #75 08-11-2003, 06:18 PM

Erica Levy, Geraldo Rivera
Erica Michelle Levy, a documentary producer in New York, is to be married today to Geraldo Rivera, a correspondent for the Fox News Channel, also in New York. Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein is to perform the ceremony at Central Synagogue in New York.

The bride, 28, works for Maravilla Productions, Mr. Rivera's production company, for which she is the executive producer of "Geraldo's Voyager: From Roots to the Rain Forest," a program on the Travel Channel. She was until 2001 as a producer for "Rivera Live" on CNBC, where she met Mr. Rivera.

The bride graduated from the University of Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Nancy and Howard Levy of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Her father is a partner in Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, a law firm in Cleveland. Her mother teaches new parents about raising children for a research project called Bright Beginnings, in Cleveland.

The bridegroom, 60,

is also the host of "At Large With Geraldo Rivera," a weekend show on Fox News. He graduated from the University of Arizona and received a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. His four previous marriages ended in divorce.

The bridegroom is a son of Lillian Friedman Rivera of Sarasota, Fla., and the late Cruz Rivera. His mother, who is retired, was a cashier for the E. J. Korvettes store in Massapequa, N.Y. His father managed a kitchen at Republic Aviation, formerly in Farmingdale, N.Y.