8B ENTERTAINMENT The Saturday Telegram Saturday, April 16, 1994 Good boy HdmnriGB' oogs gangster with new release tt I si V- I 11 lV- 1 -4. lUiXf "doesn't mean I want to get a gtm and shoot them." Critics weren't too kind to the album, which only appeared irJ Billboard's Top 20 LP list for one week since its release March 1 and received generally unfavorable reviews. But no one has dissed his new look. Instead of glitzy Eants and vests and the are-chested look he liked, Hammer now appears in tougher, urban garb. That's because the maid altention-getter is Hammer'Si new "hardcore" rap style.
In a it's" a sgteBl transition Ata la aivrajfo uucu for his cockiness, us evidenced by 1990's hit single Can't Touch This," which remained at the top of the charts for months. 'mere thaa I i did7" Hammer said. NASHVILLE, Term. (AP) -In 1990, he was MC Hammer a jive-jumper king who became the good boy of rap with his platinum-selling LP, "Please Hammer Don't Hurt "Em." With his follow-up "2 Legit 2 Quit" in 1991, he dropped the MC and slammed his way up the charts as simply Hammer. After taking off a year from recording so he could spend time with his 6-year-old daughter, Akiba, and enjoy the fruits of his musical labors, Hammer's back with a new album, "The Funky Head- Hammer's gone gangsta.
Well, sortuf. He strikes the poses and cops the 'tude, and 'wears combat boots, dark baggy pants and work shirt. He also has tewh faces a murder charge and is free on $1 million bail) working with him on a few of the album's tracks. And he prances around in bikini briefs surrounded by half-naked women in his video for "Pump and a Bump," which he filmed during a pool party at his house in Oakland. But it's still pretty tame stuff, with no profanity cr violence.
And there are no religious overtones Hammer did a song in 1992 with gospel duo BeBe and CeCe Winans called "The Blood," and on his last album, had a hit called 2ut Hammer say's the absence of religious themes on his new work doesn't make him a bad person. "I'm still the same positive guy," he said in a telephone "I 't Aft! bxxh talk about someone in my album Cheech the cjEii Actor Cheech Marin, left, plays the guitar the Grouch, Telly Monster and Ruth Buzzi as he makes a magical guest appearance participate in his musical antics on the yiiw iwuiiy uuiui SHOW, Whicn 1 Soap actor once changed his last name after losing bet May -i i 994. when he was on "One T.ife tn Live." Why the name change? R.W., Roanoke, Va. A. Steve Fletcher, who plays Hank, did use a different last name while on "One Life to Live" at least, for awhile.
When he first joined the cast, he used the name Fletcher, but ship with her mother. I can not recall all the details. Can you refresh my memory? W.S., Orlando, Fla. A. Brooke's mother, Peg English (Patricia Barry), who was married to Phoebe's (Ruth Warrick) brother, was cold leaving complex role By LYNDA HIRSCH Q.
I noticed that an actor who used to be on "One Life to Live" is now on "Another World." When he was on "One Life to Live," he played Brad, and now he is Hank on "Another World." I believe he used a different last name Terry Lester NEW YORK Terry Lester will make his last appearance on "As the World Turns" as Royce Keller on May 5. Lester made a name for himself in daytime television when he created and played the role of Jack Abbott on "The Young and the Restless" from 1980-85. Lester came to "ATWT" in November 1992, when the late head writer Douglas Marland created the role of Royce especially for the actor. Lester's portrayal of the character, who was afflicted with multiple-personality disorder, has been impressive. Lester made Royce's various personalities interesting.
His talents (Lester was nominated four times for a Daytime Emmy as Leading Actor while on will be missed by viewers. frffirti I Mil. Lester has decided to remain in the Big Apple to pursue other career opportunities. SHORTTAKES: DAYTIME NEWCOMER KELLY Neal is creating the role of attorney Sidney "Sid" Dickerson on "Guiding Light." In the story line, Sid was recommended to Vanessa Lewis (played by Maeve Kink-ead) by Springfield's resident lawyer, Ross Marler (played by Jerry ver Dorn). Vanessa is hopeful that Sid will be able to see that she legally retains custody of her adopted son, Peter.
Neal is currently doing double acting duty. He appears nightly in the off-Broadway production of "The Day The Bronx Died" at The American Jewish Theatre in New York display the cultures and foods of foreign lands. Past events have drawn esttimated crowds of approximately 4,000, according to ISA president Manish Jha, a senior from Zambia. "This event is our largest of the year and attendance should be as good or better if the weather is nice," said Jha. "For our entertainment, we have some returning groups in addition to some new ones.
We want to invite people from the Triad to come to campus adn enjoy the day with us." Entertainment wil be by the following groups: Mbonda Africa (contemporary African music), Mariachi Los Viajeros (Mexican music, Middle Eastern dance group, One Tribe UIMCG announces annual international festival Fox salutes Candy "Fox Night at the Movies" wnicn manes me lore John candy's, left, directorial debut and stars George Wendt, right, in a fast-paced action comedy about a dispirited man who stages his own kidnapping In a desperate attempt to regain control of his life, premiering Monday, April 25 (8-10 p.m.). The Associated Press lwrluterf nir ThiirHnv then he lost a bet and became Steve Blizzard. What kind of bet? One Chicago winter, in the city where he hails from, Fletcher told an acting pal he could grab on to a car bumper during a snow storm evi dently, this is a Chicago tradition. He lost, and he had City. The actor will be juggling his acting chores for the duration of the play.
Neal also has a long list of other theatrical credits, including productions at the Theater Center in his hometown of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the Full Circle Improv Group in Philadelphia. His TV credits include "Brewster Place" and "Queen" and he has guest-starred on "A Man Called Hawk" and "Law Order." He was also seen in the Afterschool Specials "A Class Act" and "Teen Father." On the big screen he had roles in "Escape" and "Rocky II." SCOTT THOMPSON Baker, who plays Connor Davis on "The Bold and the Beautiful," revealed recently that his (reggae music)e, Roily Gray and Sunfire (soca, Trinidad music), Swamp Cats (New Orleans jazz), Otis Reem (ska music), African dancers and an African dirimming troupe. Local restaurants will set up booths with Middle Eastern, Indian, Mexican and Chinese and Thai food for purchase. Displays will be set up from a number of different countries.
Other activities will include face painting, hair styling and a fashion show. Also at UNCG this weekend is Spring Fling weekend. Today, beginning at 9 a.m., is the annual Jitters Jog, a 5 mile road race and a 2 mile fun run that will start at the Student Recreation Center. The event istar Trek: Deep Space 9 ICops jcops and distant to her When Brooke's father died, Peg moved to Pine Valley. Brooke was married to Tom Cudahy (Dick Shoberg) at the time, and was heartbroken when a drug lord with the code name "Cobra" claimed her dad was a drug runner.
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Q. I recall that Brooke (Julia Barr) had a strange relation on 'ATWT' mother can't bear to watch his work well, at least some of it. "I was her baby," says the actor. "It's hard for her to watch me get hurt physically, even though she knows it's fake. Again, there's that emotional attachment.
When I guested on 'Matlock' once, I got pushed down some stairs. My mother got physically ill. She had to walk away from (the television set). "My mother also doesn't like to see me doing love scenes, but I don't think anybody's mother likes to watch her little boy even make out with his own wife," he adds with a laugh. "She doesn't watch unless my sister screens it for her first.
If there's nothing that will upset her in an episode, she'll watch it." is sponsored by the Office of Campus Recreation (334-5924). The day will also include an "oozeball" tournament. "Ooze-ball" is volleyball played in six inches of mud. Campus teams of six players must register at $30 each. A dance party from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m. will conclude the day's events. Spring Fling concludes on Sunday, April 17, along with the 13th annual International Student Association's Interna-tional Festival. It't tht ptrfKt time to Stll, Buy or Advtrtiso. Call ttio clOMlfltd Xvorfiilnf dipartmtm today tor ill ttw details and place your ad TODAYi America's Most Wanted GREENSBORO The an nual International Students Festival will be held from 11 a.m.
to 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The festival will be held on College Avenue, and in Cone Ballroom of Elliot University Center (EUC) in case of rain. The 1994 theme is "The World in Motion." The event is open to the public at no charge. All performances are expected to change on the hour.
Information is available by calling the desk in EUC (334-5510). The UNCG International Students Association sponsors the annual event, known as "I-Fest," which is held to promote cultural awareness and to Reno receives muzzle award CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. A free-speech organization named for Thomas Jefferson wants Janet Reno to show a little more respect for the Constitution. The attorney general was one of seven winners Wednesday of the 1993 Jefferson Muzzle awards for curbing free speech. The nonprofit Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression singled out Reno for pushing for greater federal regulation of TV violence.
Other winners named on the 251st anniversary of Jefferson's birth included: The Bradford County, Board of Education for barring Miss America Leanza Cornett from using the word "AIDS" in talking to students in 1993. San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan, for removing a clergyman from the city's human rights commission for saying he believes the Bible says homosexuality is immoral. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, for declining to carry AIDS-prevention advertisements be-cause of their double-en tendres. YwTI find fti PURR-FECT CLtssifl SvctiM Your Business Will Really Grow With Help from the Shopping Service Directory) Your personal horoscope Just Call 1-900-740-1010 (The Evening Telegram) Access Code127 95e each minute Touch Tone phones only cosby Show jCrypt Taies brypt Tales 6:00 6:30 I 7:00 7:30 8:00 I 8:30 I 9:00 I 9:30 I 10:00 I 10:30 I 11:00 I 11:30 WUNCPBS Hometime Wild America Nat l. Geo.
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