Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the January 28 DVD release of Dreams, starring Angie Stone, members of the Gospel-singing family The Winans, and introducing American Idol's Syesha Mercado. Directed by Joel Kapity, the film interweaves four powerful stories of inner city life as Chicago residents fight to overcome difficult circumstances. Its synopsis reads: Mia (Mercado) dreams of singing, Quentin (Marchello Lee) dreams of dancing, Paalo (Joseph Awinongya) wants to mend the relationship with his daughter and Alonzo (J-Son) hopes to reconnect with his family but the realities of abuse, failure from their broken pasts and a notorious criminal make the path to...
- 12/10/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
So sad. Another music legend has died. The Ten Years After guitarist will surely be missed.
Alvin Lee, who performed a monumental 11-minute version of his song “I’m Going Home” at Woodstock, died on March 6, according to his website.
“With great sadness, we have to announce that Alvin unexpectedly passed away early this morning after unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure,” the message read on alvinlee.com, signed by Lee’s daughter, Jasmin, wife, Evi, and former companion Suzanne. “We have lost a wonderful, much loved father and companion. The world has lost a great and truly gifted musician.”
Alvin, who was born in Nottingham, England, in 1944, and later became the lead guitarist of Ten Years After, died on March 6.
Alvin’s 1969 Woodstock Performance
Though Ten Years After never had a top 10 album in America, Alvin earned his status as a musician after his infamous Woodstock performance.
In...
Alvin Lee, who performed a monumental 11-minute version of his song “I’m Going Home” at Woodstock, died on March 6, according to his website.
“With great sadness, we have to announce that Alvin unexpectedly passed away early this morning after unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure,” the message read on alvinlee.com, signed by Lee’s daughter, Jasmin, wife, Evi, and former companion Suzanne. “We have lost a wonderful, much loved father and companion. The world has lost a great and truly gifted musician.”
Alvin, who was born in Nottingham, England, in 1944, and later became the lead guitarist of Ten Years After, died on March 6.
Alvin’s 1969 Woodstock Performance
Though Ten Years After never had a top 10 album in America, Alvin earned his status as a musician after his infamous Woodstock performance.
In...
- 3/7/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
Lou, who starred in the ’80s ‘Cosby Show’ spin-off on NBC, passed away on Feb. 19 after a series of health scares. So sad.
Lou Myers, the actor famous for playing Mr. Vernon Gaines on A Different World, the successful spin-off of The Cosby Show that ran for six seasons in the late ’80s on NBC, passed away in West Virginia following a heart-related emergency on Feb. 19.
The President of the actor’s non-profit organization spoke with TMZ, telling the website that Lou was in the care of the Charleston Medical Center at the time of his passing. It’s reported that his heart stopped earlier on the 19th. Doctors revived him, but he fell into a coma and died just hours later.
Lou Myers’ Health Woes
Lou’s health troubles began when he was hospitalized in December for pneumonia, but was released after New Year’s. He collapsed in his home a few weeks later,...
Lou Myers, the actor famous for playing Mr. Vernon Gaines on A Different World, the successful spin-off of The Cosby Show that ran for six seasons in the late ’80s on NBC, passed away in West Virginia following a heart-related emergency on Feb. 19.
The President of the actor’s non-profit organization spoke with TMZ, telling the website that Lou was in the care of the Charleston Medical Center at the time of his passing. It’s reported that his heart stopped earlier on the 19th. Doctors revived him, but he fell into a coma and died just hours later.
Lou Myers’ Health Woes
Lou’s health troubles began when he was hospitalized in December for pneumonia, but was released after New Year’s. He collapsed in his home a few weeks later,...
- 2/21/2013
- by Billy Nilles
- HollywoodLife
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