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EPISODE 83 - “TCM FILM FESTIVAL 2025 PREVIEW” - 4/14/2025 It's that time of years again. Time for the 2025 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, which takes place April 24-27 in Hollywood California. This year, the theme is “Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film.” This week, Steve and Nan offer a fun preview of the highlights of the upcoming festival and they discuss the films they are most excited to see, including great titles such as BEN HUR, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, GUNFI*GHT AT THE OKAY CORRAL and A GUY NAMED JOE.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Wikipedia.com; TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Movies Mentioned:  The Empire Strikes Back (1980), starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, & Harrison Ford; The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), starring Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, & Beau Brides; Cooley High (1975), starring Lawrence Hilton Jacobs & Glenn Turman; Car Wash (1976), starring Richard Pryor, Bill Duke, & George Carlin; Greased Lightning (1977), starring Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, & Beau Bridges; Which Way is Up (1977), starring Richard Pryor & Lonette McKee; Bustin' Loose (1981), starring Richard Pryor & Cicely Tyson; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), starring Peter Frampton & The Bee Gees; The Last Dragon (1985), starring Taimak & Vanity; Krush Groove (1985), starring Russell Simmons & LL Cool J; Beau Geste (1926), starring Ronald Colman; The Freshman (1925), starring Harold Lloyd; Misery (1990), starring Kathy Bates & James Caan; The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, & Barry Bostwick; Babe (1995), starring James Cromwell; The Enchanted Cottage (1945), starring Robert Young & Dorothy McGuire; Jaws (1975), starring Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, & Roy Scheider; Blue Velvet (1986),starring Kyle McLaughlin, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, & Isabella Rossellini; We're No Angels (1955), starring Humphrey Bogart & Joan Bennett; Gunfight At The Okay Corral (1957), starring Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas; Cape Fear (1962), starring Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck and Polly Bergen; The Ritz (1976), starring Rita Moreno & Treat Williams; Gunman's Walk (1958), starring Van Heflin, James Darren, & Tab Hunter; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), starring Robert Mitchum & Deborah Kerr; The Divorcée (1930), starring Norma Shearer & Robert Montgomery; Talk of The Town (1942), starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, & Ronald Colman; Moonlight & Pretzels (1933), starring Leo Carrillo & Mary Brian; A Guy Named Joe (1943) starring Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, & Van Johnson; Ben Hur (1959), starring Charlton Heston & Stephen Boyd; Suddenly Last Summer (1959), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, & Montgomery Cliff; Brigadoon (1954), starring Gene Kelly & Syd Charisse; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph discuss The Women of Brewster Place - a 1989 American television miniseries, starring Cicely Tyson, Oprah Winfrey, Jackée Harry, Robin Givens, Lynn Whitfield, Paula Kelly, Lonette McKee, Paul Winfield, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Moses Gunn, William Allen Young, and Larenz Tate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Additional topics include: -Stevie Wonders vision -It Ends with Us (book vs. movie) -Favorite Mariah Carey songs -The death of Patti Yasutake Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/FishJellyFilmReviews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to send them stuff? Fish Jelly PO Box 461752 Los Angeles, CA 90046 Find merch here: https://fishjellyfilmreviews.myspreadshop.com/all Venmo @fishjelly Visit their website at www.fishjellyfilms.com Find their podcast at the following: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fish-jelly Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/388hcJA50qkMsrTfu04peH Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fish-jelly/id1564138767 Find them on Instagram: Nick (@ragingbells) Joseph (@joroyolo) Fish Jelly (@fishjellyfilms) Find them on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ragingbells/ https://letterboxd.com/joroyolo/ Nick and Joseph are both Tomatometer-approved critics at Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/nicholas-bell https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/joseph-robinson --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fish-jelly/support

Episode 291: “Brewster's Millions” (1985): Movie Review This week, Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back to 1985 to watch and review the Walter Hill comedy, “Brewster's Millions” starring Richard Pryor, John Candy and Lonette McKee. The guys discuss the box office success of the film, the cast, scenes, trivia, themes and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris makes Derek play a... Read More

It's 1985 and Richard Pryor stars in the sixth remake of this riches-to-rags story, putting such an indelible seal on this Walter Hill movie that it's never been remade since. Supported by John Candy, John Candy, Lonette McKee and Stephen Collins, with Hume Cronyn doing his finest impression of a malevolent raisin.

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***TW/CW - discussion of racism, racial violence, drugs and domestic violence0:00 - Intro & Summary2:00 - Movie Discussion01:03:01 - Cast & Crew/Awards01:11:51 - Pop Culture/True Crime - murder of Yusuf Hawkins01:32:03 -  Rankings & Ratings To see a full list of movies we will be watching and shows notes, please follow our website: https://www.1991movierewind.com/Follow us!https://linktr.ee/1991movierewind Theme: "sunrise-cardio," Jeremy Dinegan (via Storyblocks)Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe/tell your friends to listen to us!

Un gran estreno en esta edición: 'Detour' es el nuevo trabajo discográfico del saxofonista Boney James, una de las grandes estrellas de la música Smooth Jazz. En el repaso a novedades reseñamos los álbumes recientemente publicados por Sonix, Mattias Roos, Bob Baldwin, Khari Cabral Simmons y Lindsey Webster. En el apartado para el recuerdo recuperamos los dos primeros discos de la cantante y compositora Lonette McKee, ambos lanzados en la década de los 70.

For the seventh episode of our special retrospective season, we're looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1984 to feature another major box-office flop, Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club. Directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Lonette McKee and Bob Hoskins, The Cotton Club was part of a string of commercial failures for Coppola. The post The Cotton Club (Bonus 1984 Box Office Flop) appeared first on Awesome Movie Year.

Hey, there listeners! Join my friend CJ and me as we discuss and pick apart the 1976 drama, Sparkle. This 1970's cult classic film stars Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Dwan Smith as three beautiful sisters with voices way before SWV was weak. The sisters are pushed out into the limelight alongside and quickly find out that things are a bit harder than they bargained for. This movie has a lot of music and a lot of drama and CJ and I are here for it.    If you enjoyed this podcast then please rate and review it on iTunes. Also, definitely watch the film yourself and tell us what you think! Follow the Pick It Apart Podcast on Instagram: @Pickitap_Art Follow me (Kelli) on Instagram and Twitter: @keloggs8495plus Thank You For Listening! If you've been waiting for this new episode of Pick It Apart, I'm so thankful that you've hung in there! I know I've been gone for a while but I intend on picking back up. For now, you can expect a new episode every other Wednesday morning! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/piakelligreen/message

A married black lawyer named Flipper (Wesley Snipes) begins an affair with Angie (Annabella Sciorra), his white secretary. When the news is leaked through an acquaintance, Flipper's wife (Lonette McKee) kicks him out of the house. Flipper decides to begin courting his mistress, only to be greeted by disapproval from friends, family and even strangers. The relationship continues to be strained in a society not ready to accept it, and people are hurt during its inception.

Revisamos una película sobre la amistad y el mundo del Jazz, dirigida por el recientemente fallecido director francés Bertrand Tavernier, 'Round Midnight, Alrededor de la Medianoche. A pesar de los 35 años transcurridos desde su estreno, se sigue disfrutando como el primer día. La banda sonora es obra de Herbie Hancock, y cuenta con el saxo de Dexter Gordon que también encarna el papel protagonista junto a François Cluzet. En el apartado musical, un gran numero de primeros espadas escoltan a Hancock y Gordon. En el bajo se alternan Pierre Michelot y Ron Carter, y Tony Williams y Billy Higgins en la batería. Junto a ellos las colaboraciones de Bobby McFerrin, John McLaughlin, Chet Baker, Wayne Shorter, Lonette McKee, Cedar Walton y Bobby Hutcherson. Los temas que suenan son, por orden: Berangere's Nightmare (H. Hancock); Round Midnight (B. Hanighen, C. Williams, T. Monk); Body And Soul (E. Heyman, F. Eyton, J. Green, R. Sour); Fair Weather (K. Dorham); Una Noche Con Francis (B. Powell); The Peacocks (J. Rowles); How Long Has This Been Going On? (. Gershwin - G. Gershwin); Rhythm-A-Ning (T. Monk); Still Time (H. Hancock); Minuit Aux Champs-Elysees (H. Renaud); Chan's Song (H. Hancock, S. Wonder); Broadway (Woods, Bird, McCrae). Merece la pena volver a verla y volver a escuchar su banda sonora.

Season 2 is going to go down in history and speaking of history it’s Black History Month and we are starting with a bang on #TheOpenTabsPodcast . Joe and Calvin discuss Francis Ford Coppola’s initially maligned, probably underrated, and MASTERFULLY redone, The Cotton Club: Encore. The original release has so much history behind it, kidnapping and murder (sorry Reese we didn’t mention that), you name it. It was the most troubled of troubled film productions. The studio felt the film was too Black so Coppola’s original vision was not fulfilled. Coppola being Coppola though, 35 years later fulfills his vision after all using some of his own money. Everybody go buy a bottle of one of his wines, because this film was worth it. If you love music and dance, see this film. If you love history, see this film. If you love gangsters, see this film. See this film y’all! And whether you’ve seen it or not watch and listen to our podcast as we go all the way in on the Cotton Club: Encore starring Gregory Hines, Lonette McKee, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, and Diane Lane. Like us, subscribe so you know when we’ve posted, tell a friend.

"I swear 'fore God, and four mo white people!" Season 3 comes to a close! On this final entry in the Hood Classic Retrospective, Harlem's Heroes check out Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever'. It's the longest movie yet, and easily the most jam-packed with thematic material. Luckily, the boys aren't handling it alone! They invite Wes Goodrich, a Brooklyn-bred writer-director currently enrolled in Columbia University's graduate filmmaking program, to help tackle the 2+ hour story. And they have the Queen of Queens ¡ABRIL! back on with them too. Does Spike have anything to say about race relations, and interracial relationships, that we didn't already know? Well you won't find answers here! Press play already! FEAT. Jude, a product of real life jungle fever, revealing the truth behind some of the prejudices depicted in the film! 'Jungle Fever' is a 1991 romantic dramedy written and directed by Spike Lee; starring Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, John Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, Ossie Davis, Frank Vincent, and Halle Berry, with Anthony Quinn and Ruby Dee. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hvopod/support

We are continuing our social distance, deep dives on dearly departed actresses. This week we dig into the oeuvre of actor, singer, and dancer Paula Kelly. You Might Know Her From Sweet Charity, The Women of Brewster Place, Night Court, Uptown Saturday Night, South Central, Santa Barbara, and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling. We get into Paula’s work in musicals including the little-known Alice opposite Debbie Allen and Alice Ghostley, her acting range best on display in films made by black filmmakers and screenwriters, and her cutting-edge role as one half of a lesbian couple opposite Lonette McKee. Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne  Discussed this week:  Damian loves this oddly satisfying Twitter account “Vídeos Satisfatórios”  Anne loves ASMR #hotknife #slime #kineticsand videos Chiropractor YouTube channels we love: Advanced Chiropractic Relief LLC and Damian is on TikTok Relatives of celebrities on TikTok: John Travolta’s son, Judi Dench’s grandson, Julianne Moore’s daughter  Paula Kelly in Sweet Charity (1969) directed by Bob Fosse  Rema Webb played Paula Kelly in Fosse/Verdon but was a blink and you miss it Walter Kerr on Paula Kelly  Lee Daniels on Paula Kelly  Paula went to LaGuardia School of the Arts and Juilliard  Something More! directed by Jule Styne, starring Barbara Cook Starred in original London cast of Sweet Charity with Juliet Prowse “Big Spender” and “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This” Paula’s killer FLOURISH at end of “Big Spender” 4:32 mark “Baby Dream Your Dream” from London cast Scatting on The Richard Pryor Show Peter Pan for BBC with Paula as Tiger Lily, Mia Farrow as Peter, Danny Kaye as Captain Hook Broadway’s original Tiger Lily was Sondra Lee Alice musical starring Debbie Allen, Alice Ghostley, Paula Kelly Did Mike Nichols secretly direct Annie on Broadway? Mike Nichols put Alice Ghostley into Annie as Dorothy Loudon’s replacement in Annie Debbie do Catalina Bar & Grill Late in life lesbian, Marsha Warfield  Tall men on Night Court Paula Kelly as Leggy Peggy with Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier in Uptown Saturday Night The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (miniseries starring Oprah, Cicely Tyson, Paula Kelly, Lonette McKee) Lonette McKee’s beige bra and oatmeal monologue Paula Kelly in Playboy (the pubic wars) Fuck Yeah, Paula Kelly is a great resource

Martin & Sam welcome back friends of the show Simon Renshaw and Sam Clements to have a little chat about Coppola's jazz-odyssey The Cotton Club. There's some real difficulties for all four hosts with this one, although there are some standout scenes which seem to generate a little more enthusiasm; from the dancing of Gregory Hines, the crosscutting of dance-numbers and train stations, and the horse-drawing of Bob Hoskins. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: The Cotton Club trailer, via YouTube (dir. Coppola, 1984) Ill Wind, from the film The Cotton Club, Lonette McKee (1984) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly.

Menace II Society vs. Boyz n da Hood:After growing up in the gang lifestyle of the Los Angeles projects, 18-year-old Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner) wants a way out. Everyone around him, including his unpredictable friend O-Dog (Larenz Tate), is trapped in their lives of crime and violence. With the help of his caring teacher (Charles Dutton) and supportive girlfriend (Jada Pinkett), Caine plans to leave the city for good. But in a series of tragic events, Caine realizes that escape will not be easy.Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles (Larry Fishburne), in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, and his devout girlfriend Brandi (Nia Long) teaches him about faith, Tre's friends Doughboy (Ice Cube) and Ricky (Morris Chestnut) don't have the same kind of support and are drawn into the neighborhood's booming drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results. Juice vs. BellyFour Harlem friends -- Bishop (Tupac Shakur), Q (Omar Epps), Steel (Jermaine Hopkins) and Raheem (Khalil Kain) -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.Ever since they were kids, Sincere (Nas) and Buns (DMX) have lived life close to the edge, doing whatever it takes to survive. As adults, they build up their kingdom of crime on drug dealing and robbery. But Sincere grows weary of the criminal lifestyle and joins a black Muslim religious group. Buns, on the other hand, sinks deeper into criminality and faces serious prison time. The cops offer him a deal, however -- assassinate the head of the Muslim group, and he will go free. Do the Right Thing vs. Jungle FeverSalvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.A married black lawyer named Flipper (Wesley Snipes) begins an affair with Angie (Annabella Sciorra), his white secretary. When the news is leaked through an acquaintance, Flipper's wife (Lonette McKee) kicks him out of the house. Flipper decides to begin courting his mistress, only to be greeted by disapproval from friends, family and even strangers. The relationship continues to be strained in a society not ready to accept it, and people are hurt during its inception. Foxy Brown vs. ShaftUnable to pay back the $20,000 he owes the mob, small-time hustler Link (Antonio Fargas) instead gives up the identity of an undercover cop (Terry Carter) who happens to be dating his sister, Foxy Brown (Pam Grier). When gangsters later kill the cop, Foxy is quick to make the connection and swears vengeance. Posing as a prostitute, and with the help of a group of neighborhood vigilantes, she gradually tracks down the hit men, their Mafia bosses and her own brother.John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy (Moses Gunn), the leader of the black crime mob, then against black nationals, and finally working with both against the white mafia who are trying to blackmail Bumpy by kidnapping his daughter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RICHARD PRYOR has his name above the title and leading our review of 1977's WHICH WAY IS UP? costarring the underrated Lonette McKee and Margaret Avery. Plus A Wrinkle in Time vs Black Panther, Duck-Duck-Hen, The Missicks and 'passing for Indian.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This evening, we interview the oh so talented Lonette McKee! LONETTE MCKEE, Producer/ Director/ Screenwriter/ Composer/ SingerLonette McKee's Feature film credits include; Learning Uncle Vincent opposite Common, Honey and Honey 2, Cuba, Which Way is Up and Brewster's Millions - both opposite Richard Pryor; The Cotton Club and Gardens of Stone for Francis Coppola; Lift, for which she earned a Black Reel nomination. Other films include Honey, Men of Honor with Robert DeNiro and Cuba Gooding Jr., Round Midnight for lengendary French filmmaker Bertrand Tavenier, Jungle Fever, Malcom X, He Got Game and She Hate Me for Spike Lee. Television mini series and films include; Women of Brewser Place with Oprah Winfrey, for which she received an NAACP nomination, Having Our Say, Queen with Halle Berry, To Dance with Olivia, For Love of Olivia, both opposite Louis Gossett Jr. for CBS television network and Blind Faith for the Showtime Cable Network. Lonette also received an NAACP nomination for her appearences on the long-running CBS soap opera As The World Turns. 

Título original The Cotton Club Año 1984 Duración 128 min. País Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Director Francis Ford Coppola Guión Francis Ford Coppola, William Kennedy, Mario Puzo (Novela: Jim Haskins) Música John Barry Fotografía Stephen Goldblatt Reparto Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Nicolas Cage, Bruce McVittie, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Allen Garfield, Gwen Verdon, Tom Waits, Jennifer Grey, Laurence Fishburne, Fred Gwynne, Lisa Jane Persky, Joe Dallesandro, Gregory Rozakis, Sofia Coppola, Mario Van Peebles Productora Zoetrope Studios / PSO International / Totally Independent Género Musical. Drama | Jazz. Años 20. Mafia Sinopsis América, años veinte. El Cotton Club es el night club de jazz más famoso de Harlem (Nueva York). Su historia es la historia de la gente que frecuenta el local: Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere), un atractivo trompetista que busca el éxito y cuya suerte cambia radicalmente cuando salva la vida del gángster Dutch Schultz; Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines), un brillante bailarín negro que sueña con convertirse en estrella, o Vera Cicero (Diane Lane), la novia de Dutch Schultz, una joven bella y ambiciosa cuya vida corre peligro debido a la pasión prohibida que siente por Dixie.

Sparkle starring the late Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks, hits theaters on Aug. 17 and fans of the cult film classic can see at least one of the original film's stars in concert. Our guest today,  Lonette McKee, was born in Motown. She will perform in concert with vocalist & bass player Michael Henders on on 11/2 at New York City's Aaron Davis Hall. McKee's career began in music in Detroit as a child prodigy, where she started writing music/lyrics, singing, playing keyboards & performing at 7. At 14, she recorded her 1st record, which became an instant regional pop/R&B hit. McKee wrote the title song for the film Quadroon when she was 15. Her career has included leading roles on stage, screen & TV. McKee made a highly praised film debut as the drug-addicted lead singer of a Supremes-like pop group in "Sparkle" (1976) and even has won a Tony nomination on Broadway. McKee has since appeared in some 40 TV & film projects, including a number of Spike Lee movies, such as Jungle Fever, Malcolm X and She Hate Me. She currently teaches at the City College of New York, has a lot of upcoming music, film and TV projects, including an urban tragedy, Dream Street, which will serve as her directorial debut. She was "Sister"  in the original Sparkle and is still shining. Hear her talk about her career & "Sparkle, a Night to Remember."  LonetteMcKee.com

The panel of performers - Michel Bell (Show Boat), Charlotte D'Amboise (Damn Yankees), Rosemary Harris (Tony Award winner in 1966 for The Lion in Winter), Audra McDonald (four-time Tony winner for Carousel, Master Class, Ragtime and A Raisin in the Sun), and Lonette McKee (Show Boat) - discuss working with elaborate sets, their performing backgrounds, developing technique and discipline, and bringing classics back to the stage.

The panel of performers - Michel Bell ("Show Boat"), Charlotte D'Amboise ("Damn Yankees"), Rosemary Harris ("An Inspector Calls"), Audra McDonald ("Carousel"), and Lonette McKee ("Show Boat") - discuss working with elaborate sets, their performing backgrounds, developing technique and discipline, and bringing classics back to the stage.