MONICA IN FULL SUMMERTIME SCHEDULE-JUGGLING MODE.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Sounds like it's going to be one super-strenuous summer for pop star Monica. She's headlining Nickelodeon's 43-city All That Music & More Festival tour, along with 98 Degrees. She's also doing several Lilith Fair Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands; it ran from 1997 to 1999. dates. And, she tells us, she's ``working out a situation for a particular role in a Miramax film ... definitely a drama, but I'm not supposed to say more about it yet.'' She adds that she'll probably be flying to film on location ``on all my off days from the tour.'' The 18-year-old chanteuse chan·teuse n. A woman singer, especially a nightclub singer. [French, feminine of chanteur, singer, from chanter, to sing; see chant.] and part-time model is a hot personality - as evidenced by the fact that the gray Chanel skirt she wears in her ``Angel of Mine'' video is being auctioned off as one of the featured items in ``MTV's Cool Crap'' fund raiser A Fund Raiser' is an organized event, attempting to collect money. The money to be collected is usually for a specific item or need. The event also can entail gimmicks or activities to promote donor interest. for anti-violence charities. The bidding culminates Saturday with a live-on-both-coasts edition of the show. She insists that she's ``taking time for a personal life. You have to. Experience was my teacher on that. I reached a point after my first album (the double-platinum 1995 ``Miss Thang'') where I felt there was one thing in my life - work. ... You need to be human, not become like a machine.'' She adds, ``If you're not enjoying what you do, you're not going to connect with the audience. I had to pretty much become two people - Monica the artist, and Monica the person.'' Monica feels that the fact she took some time for real life has everything to do with the fact her hit ``The Boy Is Mine'' album has resonated with fans. ``People can feel it when something is realistic.'' She tells us she won't even think about her next album till all of her touring is done and she's had a chance to rest up. The industry eye Producer David Permut reveals he's already getting queries from name actors and their reps about ``Brother Sam'' - his in-the-works biopic bi·o·pic n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. biopic Noun Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)] of the late wildman comic Sam Kinison Samuel "Sam" Burl Kinison (December 8 1953 – April 10 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was famous for his extremely raunchy humor and amazingly wild, colorful outfits. . ``But we're not casting yet,'' he notes. And that process probably won't begin until late in the year. ``It's a great part - Kinison's journey from being a Pentecostal preacher to his rise as this madman comedian. We're using the shorthand `Raging Bull' meets `Lenny.' '' Diva alert Legendary r&b divas Chaka Khan  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. and Patti LaBelle will be hitting the road together on the Sisters Soulfest tour, which is being sponsored by Honeynut Cheerios. They start out in Minneapolis on July 8, and before they wrap things up in Nashville on Aug. 29, they will have hit New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Houston, Cleveland, Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Girls! Girls! Girls! Those teen dreamboat dream·boat n. 1. A person considered exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive. 2. A luxurious, well-designed automobile or other vehicle. Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys are going into rehearsals for their June 2-starting European tour - with a U.S. tour to follow in September. They've just departed New York, where they've been busy launching their ``Millennium'' album and avoiding fan crushes. Indeed, the Boys were asked by Big Apple police to use a service entrance rather than walk the red carpet when they attended the ``Star Wars'' premiere last weekend. And when they visited MTV's studios that look out upon Times Square, such a crowd buildup awaited them that they were cautioned by police not to turn and acknowledge the fans outside the windows, out of fear that it would prompt a stampede over barricades that had been set up. Meanwhile, personnel at the hotel where the Boys were staying are still amused over attempts by enterprising young ladies to get to the group by masquerading 1. (networking) masquerading - "NAT" (Linux kernel name). 2. (messaging) masquerading - Hiding the names of internal e-mail client and gateway machines from the outside world by rewriting the "From" address and other headers as the message leaves the as messengers - and applying for work as maids. A fellow guest notes, ``You could tell whenever the Backstreet Boys were entering or leaving because suddenly it would sound like there was a roller coaster outside with all the screams.'' That's nice Multiplatinum recording artist Meredith Brooks, who may be best-known for her mega-hit ``Bitch,'' is proving to be an angel in her spare time. She's deeply involved in Anybody's Mentoring Program - hosted by NARAS NARAS National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy awards) NARAS Navigation Aids, Radar and ARPA Simulation (UK maritime course) Grammy in the Schools - that's aimed at encouraging high school students to gain the resources and connections necessary to succeed. Meredith, who's visited 10 high schools recently, with more scheduled, makes the point that a boy taught her to play the guitar in the fifth grade, and that ``by seventh grade ... I was the guitar teacher because my music teacher didn't play. ... Kids mentoring kids ... people mentoring people. That's the idea behind AMP - Anybody's Mentoring Program.'' With reports by Stephanie DuBois. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) MONICA (2) LaBELLE (3) KHAN (4) KINISON |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion