Fundraiser Shatta Wale shatters records
prostate cancer, “as COVID-19
has forced regional bank CIBC
FirstCaribbean to take its flagship
fundraiser online.”
The bank, through promoter
4D Entertainment, produced
the regional event that
brought together some 13 popular
regional performers and
two DJs for a full three hours of
entertainment, Loopnewscayman
said.
It said the event included
“energetic workout sessions”
from a number of top fitness
coaches.
Regional performers also
included Mr. Vegas from Jamaica;
Edwin The General” Yearwood,
Adrian AC Clarke and
Hypa Dawg Lil Rick from Barbados;
Caribbean L 40 ife, Oct. 9-15, 2020
Teddyson John from St.
Lucia; Ricardo Drue from Antigua;
and Julian Believe from
the Bahamas.
King James from St. Maarten
and Tumba singer Reinir Lijfrock
from Aruba also performed.
Steinem’s experience crossing
paths with Lorraine Toussaint
as feminist and civil right
activist, Flo Kennedy,” it said.
“The movie sees the pair
working on Ms. magazine
together, and the energy in
those scenes is particularly
infectious, not just because it
focuses on the launch of the
landmark publication but also
because of the cast chemistry,”
it added. “It turns out, Moore’s
approach to creating the right
tone on set might have had a
lot to do with that.”
Toussaint told collider.com
how Moore’s attitude made all
the difference.
“She’s underplaying what
she actually brought to the set
because the bottom line is, is
that Julie’s generosity set the
tone, honest to God,” she said.
“And that chatting that she
talks about is just her extraordinarily
transparent, loving,
giving spirit that sort of infused
the set, because she is the star
of the film.
“And so, when she opened
her arms and opened the doors
and, suddenly, we were so
embraced by her, it made it a
very safe place to work; it made
it a joyous place to work; it was
fun,” Toussaint added. “It was
rowdy! I remember more than
once Julie coming in to shut us
up; ‘You guys gave to be quiet
now!’
“We were very noisy, but we
were having a wonderful time
creating,” she continued. “And
the creative timing, it was a
heightened creative timing,
and joyous. So, it was lovely.”
Toussaint, who was born in
Trinidad and Tobago on April
4, 1960, was brought to live in
Brooklyn in the late 1960s by
her mother, a teacher.
She graduated from Manhattan’s
High School of Performing
Arts in 1978.
Toussaint then attended the
Juilliard School’s drama division
as a member of Group 11
(1978–1982), where her classmates
in 1982 included Megan
Gallagher, Penny Johnson Jerald,
Jack Kenny and Jack Stehlin,
according to Wikipedia, the
online encyclopedia.
After graduating from Juilliard
with a Bachelor of Fine
Arts degree, Toussaint then
began her career as Shakespearean
actress before tackling
screen acting in television
and film, Wikipedia said.
It said she supported performances
in films, such as
“Breaking In” (1989), “Hudson
Hawk” (1991) and “Dangerous
Minds” (1995).
As lead actress, she is best
known for her role as Rene
Jackson in the criticallyacclaimed
Lifetime television
drama series “Any Day
Now”, from 1998 to 2002, and
her recurring role as defense
attorney Shambala Green in
the NBC legal drama “Law &
Order,” Wikipedia said.
It said Toussaint later
appeared as a regular cast
member in the NBC police
procedural “Crossing Jordan”
(2002–03) and the TNT crime
drama “Saving Grace” (2007–
10).
Lorraine Toussaint stars in ‘The Glorias.’ Dominick Dusseault
Toussaint received critical
acclaim and an Independent
Spirit Award nomination
for her performance in the
2012 drama film “Middle of
Nowhere”, written and directed
by Ava DuVernay, Wikipedia
said.
In 2014, it said she played
the role of Yvonne “Vee” Parker,
the main antagonist in the
second season of the Netflix
comedy-drama series “Orange
Is the New Black”, for which
she received critical acclaim
and a Critics’ Choice Television
Award for Best Supporting
Actress in a Drama Series.
She later played the role of
Amelia Boynton Robinson in
the 2014 historical drama film
“Selma”, directed by Ava DuVernay.
Toussaint later co-starred in
the ABC fantasy-drama series
“Forever” (2014–15), Fox comedy
drama “Rosewood” (2015–
17) and AMC drama “Into the
Badlands” (2018–19), according
to Wikipedia.
It said she starred in the
2019 horror film “Scary Stories
to Tell in the Dark” before
playing Florynce Kennedy in
the 2020 biographical film
“The Glorias.”
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with the “euphoric” tile track,
“Dream,” “which ironically
can label his 2020, because he
has had an almost movie-like
rise to fame recently.
“His presence adds to the
case for the project getting a
Grammy for breaking barriers
in the world of Dancehall
by bridging it to a worldwide
audience,” she said.
“With the assistance of
Shatta Wale, the ‘Dream’ of
the team behind the ambitious
project might happen
quite sooner than later,” Driven
added.
“Dream” can be heard
at https://audiomack.com/
dc-salam/song/shatta-waledream.
‘THE GLORIAS’
Shatta Wale with Beyonce.
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