Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 14, 1992 TAG: 9203140355
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"He's perfect for the market," Black Death spokesman Robert Plotkin told the New York Daily News. "He was really the only one Black Death wanted."
Slash and his colleagues are known for their personal excesses as much as for their music. Drummer Steven Adler was fired for heroin abuse, and the News said Slash has done at least one stint in a substance abuse clinic.
The Washington-based Advocacy Group, which studies how marketing influences teen-age drinking, is troubled by the Icelandic vodka company's choice.
"They're clearly targeting an underage crowd," spokesman George Hacker said.
The company said it is targeting 21- to 23-year-olds.
\ Many of today's black stars paid homage to Sidney Poitier as the actor and director received the American Film Institute's 20th Lifetime Achievement Award in Los Angeles.
"You made it possible to dream bigger dreams," Richard Widmark, who co-starred in Poitier's 1950 film debut, "No Way Out," told Poitier at Thursday night's ceremony.
Poitier, 68, was the first black actor to win an Oscar, for "Lilies of the Field" in 1963.
Among the black stars who said Poitier inspired their early careers were Lou Gossett Jr., James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman and Danny Glover.
Commenting on the number of blacks who have followed him to success in film, Poitier said: "I'm filled with pride. I'm sure you discovered that it wasn't impossible - it was just harder . . . Welcome, young blood."
\ Get ready for more Ivana. The ex-Mrs. Donald Trump is set to begin a media blitz next month as she launches her newest career: author.
Her first novel, "For Love Alone," written with former "Dynasty" scriptwriter Camille Marchetta, is due out in April.
The tour will include stops on Oprah Winfrey's show, a People magazine interview, and a 13-city tour. She'll also be doing satellite interviews in 25 other cities.
Her publicists say she'll talk about her book and new career as an author and about her life as a divorcee.
The book, published by Pocket Books, is being kept under wraps until its release.
The 43-year-old mother of three says she's already penned half of a sequel and has plans to publish a cookbook and guide to table settings.
by CNB