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ARTheat
Showtime celebrates
the Black Experience
during Black History Month
BShowtime Original
Pictures For All Ages
presents The Red
Sneakers on Feb. 10.
NEW YORK, N.Y.
For All Ages premieres The
Red Sneakers on Sunday, Feb
ruary 10, 2002, at 8 p.m. (ET/
P Gregory Hines
(Showtime’s Bojangles, The
Cotton Club, Waiting to Ex
hale) makes his full length
television directorial debutand
also appears in the film. The
Red Sneakers stars Dempsey
Pappion (Noah Knows Best,
Undressed), Vanessa Bell
Calloway (ComingtoAmerica,
BET’sA Private Affair, What’s
Love Gotto Do With It), Ruben
Santiago-Hudson (Shaft, The
Devil’s Advocate) and Vincent
D’Onofrio (TheCell, The Dan
gerous Lives of Altar Boys,
Last Word on Paradise, and
Law & Order: Criminal In
tent).
Seventeen-year-old Reggie
Reynolds (Dempsey Pappion)
is a nice kid. He loves his
mom, he’s good to his sister,
does well in school and tutors
his friend in math. All of that
O ell Mechelle,
26 Action News’
“Tell Mechelle”
airs weeknights on
26 Action News
at 6 p.m.
When buying a home,
beware of toxic mold
Ifyou arein the market to buy
a home, buyer beware. One
family says the toxic mold they
never knew they had in their
home is making them sick.
Carol Cherry of Philadelphia
can’t even walk through her
house anymore without feel
ing sick so she had her house
checked by a company that
specializes in mold. The com
pany found numerous toxic
molds growingall through her
homeand say it would cost her
close to SIOO,OOO just to clean
the basement alone. Carolisa
single parent and can’t afford
shelling out that kind of cash
sosheand her sons were forced
toabandon their homeleaving
alltheir contaminated belong
ings behind.
Local county agent Betty
English tellsmenot allmoldis
toxic, but she saysin our moist
climate mold, toxic or not, can
Parents in the Peach state: Are
your teenagers breaking the law?
Rosemary Wilkie called me
about the teen driving laws for
the new year.
Shetells me shejust realized
her 16-year-old daughter was
drivingillegally. Youseeunder
the new rule, drivers 16 to 18
years old are not allbwed to
have people under 21 in the car
unless they’ve had their
license for at least six months.
Also they’re not allowed to
drive between midnight and 6
a.m. Adriver’seducation course
or 40 hours of supervised driv
Mechelle Jordan is the Action News consumer anchor.
Contact her atmjordan@.wagt.com or call 826-0001.
comes easily to Reggie, but he
wants desperately to play on
the basketball team. Hard as
he tries, Reggie just doesn’t
havethemovesthatcomenatu
rally to his friends. In his
youthfulinnocence, hebelieves
that beingabasketball star will
makehislifeinfinitelybetterin
evety way — including having
abeautiful girlfriend cheer him
in the stands.
His chance meeting with a
mystical junk collector Zeke
(Gregory Hines), whogiveshim
apair of “magic” red sneakers,
changes his life. Suddenlv,
Reggie’splayinglikeastar. He
makes the team, gets the girl
and theaccolades, and he’slov
ing it. Before long, Reggie is
faced with a decision that will
speak volumes about honesty,
confidenre and the power that
comes from believing in one’s
natural strengths.
The Red Sneakers is execu
tiveproduced by Thomas Lynch.
Gary L. Stephenson serves as
the co-executive producer.
Mark Salzman wrote the tele
playand Geoffßichardson wrote
the story. The Red Sneakers is
a Lynch Entertainment pro
duction.
Vanessa Bell Calloway cur
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befound almost anywhere. She
also tells me some people are
sick from mold in their homes
and don’t even know it.
English recommends these
tipstohelp control themoldin
your home. First clean, disin
fect and dry surfaces. In lower
humidity levels, clean and dis
infect humidifiers, refrigera
tor drip pans and air condi
tioning coils. Exhaust the
dryer to the outdoors and run
a bathroom exhaust fan dur
ing baths and showers.
Idid some checking at some
local school systems to see
what they were doing to pre
vent problemslike this. I found
out Aiken, Columbia, and Rich
mond County Schools keep
their air conditioners on all
year round to help keep the
humidity levels down.
Carolisnow suing the people
who sold her the home.
ing is also required. The new
Georgia teen driving laws also
haveschool attendancerequire
ments.
For more information on the
new policy log onto
www.dmvs.ga.gov and for any
questions or roncerns you may
have, “Tell Mechelle” at
wagt.com or call me at 826-
0001.
Wilkie tells. me she is now
makingother arrangements for
herdaughtertogettoand from
school.
rently stars in her own BET
show, A Private Affair.. She
recently completed production
ontheindependentfeaturefilm
Love the Way. She is best re
membered for her cameoroleas
Eddie Murphy’s fawning fian
cee in Coming to America.
Dempsey Pappion is a series
regular on Nickelodeon’s Noah
Knows Best. He also appeared
on television’s popular soap
operaseries The Young andthe
Restless, which paved the way
for hissuccessfulstinton MTV’s
Undressed. ;
Ruben Santiago-Hudson ap
pearedin thefeaturefilms Shaf,
The Devil’s Advocate, Coming
toAmerica and Bleeding Hearts.
Some of his television credits
include Rear Window, The West
Wing and Touched By an An
gel.
Vincent D’Onofrio appeared
inStanley Kubrick’s Full Metal
Symphony features “Classical
Mystery Tour” tribute to the Beatles
The Pops at the Bell Concert
will be held Saturday, Febru
ary 9, at 8 p.m. The Augusta
Symphony, under thedirection
of music director and conduc
tor Donald Portnoy, will host
itslast Popsconcert ofthe 2001/
2002 season on February 9.
This concert features former
members of the hit Broadway
show “Beatlemania,” perform
ing classics from The Beatles
collection. Single tickets to
eachconcertareavailable, rang
ing from $5 (students) to $35
per person.
Selections to be performed
include “Eleanor Rigby,”
“Something,” “I Am the Wal
rus,” “Penny Lane,” “A Day in
the Life,” “Here Comes the
Sun,” “All You Need is Love,”
“TheLongand Windir- zßoad,”
“Got to Get You Into My Life,”
“Golden Slumbers,” “Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band,” “With a Little Help
From My Friends,” “Hard
Day’s Night,” “ISaw Her Stand
ing There,” “Twist and Shout,”
and more! Songs from the
Beatles’ solo career will also be
performed, such as “Imagine”
and “Live and Let Die.”
Artists for the Classical Mys
tery Tour include Joe Gallo,
Carroll Parker, Tom Teeleyand
Mitch Weissman who have all
performed in various produc
tionsof “Beatlemania” andhave
a passion to live up to the stan
dardsthat The Beatleshaveset
in their name.
Tom Teeley has starred as
George Harrison in both the
Broadway production of
“Beatlemania” as well as the
film version. His vocal imper
sonations of numerous other
rock icons have also been fea
tured in many television ads as
wellasother Broadway produc
tions.
JoeGallo (John)started learn
ing Beatle songs when he first
pickeduptheguitaratagel4. He
is a former member of
“Beatlemania” and notable acts
such as “Help,” “Beatlemania
Live” and “The Fab Four.” He
has also been involved in several
original projects over the years.
Mitch Weissman (Paul) ap
peared in the Broadwayand
motion picture productions of
“Beatlemania.” widein Canada,
Europe,Japan, Hong King, the
Philippines and the United
States. He has recorded with
Peabo Bryson, Dennis Yost &
Classics Four, Mitch Ryder,
Badfiner, Tiny Timand others.
This concert is sponsored by
Hull/Storey Retail Group,
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Teen math whiz Reggie (Dempsey Pappion) desperately wants to be a basketball
star but lacks athletic talent in Showtime production, The Red Sneakers
Jacket. He will soon beseen in
the feature films The Danger
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Word on Paradise and We:-
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featurefilm creditsinclude The
Imposter and The Cell. He is
currently starring in the new
television series Law & Order:
Criminal Intent.
Sun Trust Bank, Windsor Jew
elers and Country Suites. Me
dia sponsors are Comcast,
Lamar Outdoor Advertisingand
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Gregory Hines won the 1992
Tony Award for “Best Actor in
a Musical” for his riveting por
trayal of jazz man “Jelly Roll”
Morton in Jelly’s Last Jam.
Some of his feature film credits
include The Preacher’s Wife,
Waiting to Exhale, White
Knights and The Cotton Club.
His television credits include
Forticket orders, calltheSym
phony office at 706.826.4705, fax
your request to 706.826.4735 or
contact the Symphony through
its web gite at
February 7, 2002
Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in
America, for which he received
an Emmy Award and most re
cently his Emmy-nominated
performance in Showtime’s
original film, Bojangles.
Additional play dates: 2/18/
02 at 8 p.m., 2/23/02 at 4 p.m.
and 2/27/02 at 2:35 p.m. '
www.augustasymphony.org.
TheSymphonyofficeislocated at
the Sacred Heart Cultural Cen
ter. It is open Monday through
Friday, 9 am. to 5 pm.