We Are The World Remake 2010

Here’s the 25th Anniversary “We Are The World” Haiti benefit song/video. This was written/produced again by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie. Featuring pretty much everyone who’s been on the celebrity scene these past few years. I hope everyone took the time out to donate something, whether it be big or small...it all adds up. I love this video! 
"We Are the World"

NOH8 CAMPAIGN

D.Woods and Mechelle Epps have taken a stand by joining the ranks of celebrities for the NOH8 Campaign. The NOH8 Campaign is a photo project and a silent protest created by Adam Bouska (www.AdamBouska) and partner Jeffery Parshley in direct response to passage to Proposition 8. For more information on Proposition 8 please visit the official website at The Offiical Noh8 Campaign

I would like to give a special thanks to Adam and Jeff for all the work they have been doing bringing awareness to America. 

Mechelle Epps "Don't be a puppet of society" 

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D.Woods is taking a STAND Breaking thru the chains time

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World Premiere of Christian Keyes Video "I KNOW" feat. D.Woods

Oprah presents "THE COLOR PURPLE"

  

February 10, 2010, Dj Eque and I went to the Grand Opening of    

THE COLOR PURPLE in Los Angeles, CA.  The COLOR PURPLE is a soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize –winning novel by Alice Walker and the film by Steven Spielberg. Fantasia gives a moving performance, the girl and ACT and SING! I also enjoyed actress, Felicia P. Fields who played "Sophia" she was amazing and funny. One of the highlights of my evening was being able to meet with one of my favorite R&B singers, Chaka Khan. Who is a lovely beautiful woman.  The Pantages was filled with celebrities such as Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Monique Coleman, Della Resse, Bishop Nole Jones, Robi Reed, Tasha Smith, Tisha Campbell, Elise Neal, Keith Robinson, Shanice, Clifton Powel, Kim Whitley, Sheryl Lee, Erica Hubbard and Naturi Naughton. Special thanks to Laura BK. Below are some photos.

Cheyenne with her "COLOR PURPLE" playbill

Cheyenne & DJ Eque

Cheyenne & Chaka Khan (I love her)

Erica Hubbard (from show Lincoln Height) & DJ Eque

DJ Eque

Black History Month Salutes Gloria Hendry

As you know, Every week for the Month of February, I am doing a tribute to an African American. I was exploring possibilities, who would I spotlight on my 2^nd week of Black History Month.  I wanted to talk about someone who has paved the way for African American Actresses and have changed this country despite the many odds against them. I wanted someone who is Beautiful, Intelligent and an Influential Black Women. Someone who has made history…who better to spotlight then my client “Gloria Hendry” 


Born in Winter Haven, Florida, raised in Newark, New Jersey.  Gloria excelled academically, in various sports and played the violin throughout her education and in the Essex County All-City Orchestra. While nightly attending the Essex College of Business for Law School, she spun off her career during the day performing TV commercials, voiceovers, photo –illustrative modeling and doing runway fashion shows. Gloria’s first job was an assistant to the legal secretary in the New York office of the NAACP.  She then applied in illustrious New York Playboy Club and became one of the first African American Playboy Bunnies.

There she was spotted by various writers, advertising agents, managers and casting directors, who later casted her in  “For the love of Ivy” with Sidney Poitier and Abbey Lincoln, which was her first film.   

Gloria, is perhaps best known for portraying the BOND GIRL, Rosie Carver in the James Bond film “Live and Let Die”.  In the film, she became and made history being the first African American Women to become romantically involved with ‘007 (Roger Moore). She is not however, the first African American Bond girl: that title went to Trina Parks. When the film was first released in South Africa, her love scenes with Roger Moore were cut out because the Apartheid government prohibited it. 

Gloria, was then introduced as one of the first female action leads, along with beginnings of Independent Film making.  She starred in “Black Caesar”, “Hell up in Harlem”, both with Fred Williamson, “Black Belt Jones”, she portrayed the martial arts expert, Sydney with Jim Kelly (whom I personally had a crush on when he was in the film Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee, both of these actors were my crush).  “Slaughters Big Rip Off”, with Jim Brown,  “Bare Knuckles” and “Savage Sisters” one of my personal favorites.  Gloria has done several guest starring roles in televisions shows such as, Doogie Howser, Falcon Crest, and As the World Turns just to name a few.

A violinist, a tennis player, a model, a playboy bunny, a singer, a stage actress, a director, a producer, a writer, an author and most especially, a ‘007 James Bond African American women who has open the door for others such as, Halle Berry to play a love scene with James Bond. I salute you, respect you and thank you for your contribution to history. 

Gloria Hendry Official Website
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Black History Month

How did Black History Month Begin?

I am proud to be a part of Black History Month. I wanted to lend my voice and blog to lift up the African American Heritage Month. Each week for the month of February, I will be doing a tribute blog on a African American Movie Star!  Having said that, I am so happy that I am  alive and be part of history to see the first African American President, Barack Obama. I was wondering to myself, how did black history month begin? I felt compelled to find out this information for my readers. After extensive research, I discovered that Black history begun in 1926.  In 1915 Dr. Carter G. Woodson and Rev. Jesse E. Moorland co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). Their goal was to research and bring awareness to the largely ignored, yet crucial role black people played in American and world history. The following year, Woodson published and distributed his findings in The Journal of Negro History. He founded the publication with the hope that it would dispel popular mistruths. He also hoped to educate black people about their cultural background and instill them with a sense of pride in their race.

The son of former slaves and the second black person to receive a degree from Harvard University, Carter Woodson understood the value of education. He also felt the importance of preserving one’s heritage and, upon his urgings, the fraternity Omega Psi Phi created Negro History and Literature Week in 1920. In 1926, Woodson changed the name to Negro History Week. He selected the month of February for the celebration as a way to honor of the birth of two men whose actions drastically altered the future of black Americans. Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation was born on February 12th and Frederick Douglass, one of the nation’s leading abolitionists was born on February 14th.

Woodson and the ANSLH provided learning materials to teachers, black history clubs and the community at large. They also published photographs that depicted important figures in black culture, plays that dramatized black history, and reading materials.

Dr. Carter Woodson died in 1950, but his legacy continued on as the celebration of Negro History Week was adopted by cities and organizations across the country. This observance proved especially important during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when the inhumane and unequal treatment of black people in America was being challenged and overturned.

Black History Month is now recognized and widely celebrated by the entire nation on both a scholarly and commercial level. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History continues to promote, preserve and research black history and culture year-round.

Having said all the above…Say it loud I’m Black and I’m Proud!

(In James Brown’s voice).

EARTHA KITT

January 17, 1927 Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Miss Kitt was ostracized at an early age because of her mixed-race heritage. At eight years old, she was given away by her mother and sent from the South Carolina cotton fields to live with an aunt in Harlem. In New York her distinct individuality and flair for show business manifested itself, and on a friend's dare, the shy teen auditioned for the famed "Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe." She won a spot as a featured dancer and vocalist and before the age of twenty, toured worldwide with the company. During a performance in Paris, Miss Kitt was spotted by a nightclub owner and booked as a featured singer at his club. Her unique persona earned her fans and fame quickly, including Orson Welles, who called her "the most exciting woman in the world". Welles was so taken with her talent that he cast her as Helen of Troy in his fabled production of "Dr. Faust."

Broadway stardom led to a recording contract and a succession of best-selling records including "Love for Sale", "I Want to Be Evil", "Santa Baby" and "Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa", which earned her a Grammy nomination. In 1967, Miss Kitt made an indelible mark on pop culture as the infamous "Catwoman" in the television series, "Batman."   She immediately became synonymous with the role and her trademark growl became imitated worldwide. Singing in ten different languages, Miss Kitt performed in over 100 countries and was honored with a star on "The Hollywood Walk of Fame" in 1960.

Live theater was Miss Kitt's passion. On January 17 2007, Miss Kitt held a celebratory concert in honor of her 80th birthday at Carnegie Hall with a, JVC Jazz called "Eartha Kitt And Friends." One of my favorite characters that Eartha Kitt played was, cosmetics legend Lady Eloise, in director Reginald Hudlin’s 1992 movie, Boomerang, right, but especially the dinner sequence with advertising executive Marcus Graham, played by Eddie Murphy.

December 25, 2008, Eartha Kitt passed in Connecticut, at the age of 81, she’d spent over 60 years in show business, making indelible, absolutely unique and unforgettable impressions. Her outstanding vocals along with her curvaceous frame will forever be cherished for generations to come.

We miss you Eartha Kitt  January 17, 1927 -  December 25, 2008

Trey Songz "Neighbors Know my Name"Video... behind the scene photos

Trey Songz shot his video for the song "Neighbors Know my Name" yesterday in Los Angeles.
My client D.Woods and her sister Shanell (young money) has a cameo in the video as one of Trey Songz nosey neighbors... As well as some other celebrities such as; Brian White, Miguel Nunez Jr., Jackie Long, Teairra Mari, Kel, and NBA Baller Rashad McCants. Here are some behind the scene photos.

Kel, Miguel, Brian D.Woods and Rashad

D.Woods & Shanell

Shanell of Young Money

Tiko Pink, Kel and Cheyenne Martin

Shanell, Kel and D.Woods

Afterwards D.Woods, Shanell, Tiko Pink and Cheyenne Martin had dinner...