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Movies
ONE LOVE
directed by Rick Elgood and Don Letts ("Dancehall Queen")
starring Ky-Mani Marley (son of the late Bob Marley),
Cherine Anderson and Vas Blackwood
The Jamaica/UK/Norway production tells the story of the forbidden love
between Kassa (Marley), a Reggae musician of the Rastafarian faith, struggling to make a name for himself and his band 'Freedom
City' while working out his relationship with Serena Johnson (Anderson), lead singer of her church choir and the pastor's
daughter.
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Books
YOU NEVER KNOW
Roxann Latimer
Caressa, Sharmayne, Rayne and Jade are four very confident
and beautiful women who have been friends for a long time. While they each have their own issues and secrets, they are always
there for each other. But more than anything else, each of them yearns for unconditional love and happiness with their significant
other.
In Roxann Latimer's You Never Know, we take an emotional journey of love and discovery with these four wonderful women
that runs the gamut of emotions. As a reader you want these women to work through their problems and find true happiness.
Overall, I enjoyed You Never Know. However, I felt that the lack of explanation of certain events , and the transitions from
one character to another seemed a little rushed and hurt the storyline somewhat. Despite these two issues I believe Ms. Latimer
has a good writing voice and I look forward to reading more of her work.
Reviewed by Simone A. Hawks
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Music
 EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, February 20, 2004
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Reviewer: A music fan from Inglewood, CA USA |
This is a wonderful CD...This Velvet Teddy-Bear is extremely soothing, and warm. I am very glad that I bought this CD,
and I am sure will enjoy it for years to come...his voice, style, and choice of lyrics is refreshing and timeless. I didn't
doubt that he could hold his own. I LOVE YOU RUBEN.The first full-length effort from second-season American Idol winner Ruben Studdard is an unassuming album that will surely please his fans. Studdard works in the vein of mainstream
R&B crooners like Luther Vandross; here, he even covers "Superstar," the Leon Russell/Bonnie Bramlett song associated with Vandross. Other familiar material includes a close, if foreshortened, copy of Al Greens version of "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart," and the standard "For All We Know," so memorably sung by Billie Holiday on Lady in Satin. A fair bit of time is spent making sure we know that despite his success, Ruben hasnt changed. Indeed, he comes off
as modest and charming; as for electrifying, hes less so. As a CD that couldve easily pandered much more to the whims of casual
TV viewers, though, Soulful is a perfectly acceptable debut. --Rickey Wright
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