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4 July 2008 10:27 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Don Cheadle, Sidney Poitier, Lenny Kravitz and Denzel Washington have joined U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama on a new list of the coolest African-Americans.

Music producer Quincy Jones, Richard Roundtree, Sammy Davis Jr., Jay-z, Prince, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson also make Ebony magazine's new 25 Coolest Brothers of All Time list.

Late icons Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac Shakur and Malcolm X are also included.

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26 March 2008 10:04 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Art Aragon, the handsome boxer known as "The Golden Boy," who inspired thousands of women to join their husbands and beaus at Southern California arenas in the late '40s and '50s, died Tuesday in Northridge, Ca at age 80 following a stroke on March 15. In the 1960s Aragon was romantically linked to such actresses as Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Mamie Van Doren and Jayne Mansfield. Although he never held a title, he had an impressive career, recording 90 wins, 61 by knockout, 20 losses, and 6 draws. Following his career in the ring, he became a bail bondsman and frequent actor, appearing in dozens of films and TV shows and counting Bob Hope, William Holden, Robert Mitchum and Sammy Davis Jr. among his close friends. Note:In Tuesday's edition of Studio Briefing, we referred to a statement by the family of the late Bob Marley that it has a policy of not licensing Marley's music for any project, but that it had made an exception in the case of Martin Scorsese's upcoming documentary about the singer. Several readers have pointed out that a Marley recording figured prominently in last year's I Am Legend.

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21 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Plans to film a movie about the life of Sammy Davis Jr. have hit a legal roadblock in Dallas, the Dallas Morning News reported today (Monday), citing a lawsuit filed in federal court in Dallas by Davis's widow Altovise against two former business partners. Joining her in the lawsuit are Judy and Burt Boyar, who co-wrote Davis's autobiographies, Yes, I Can and Why Me? They claim that a that the former partners, California couple Barrett LaRoda and Anthony Francis, enticed Mrs. Davis to sign away rights to her husband's estate to a company they created called Sammy Davis Jr. Enterprises and that they have mismanaged the company ever since. Mrs. Davis claims that the pair demanded executive producer credits in connection with the film bio and then scuppered negotiations with the studio when the talks were near completion. In an interview with the Morning News, Dallas attorney Mike Lynn, who represents Mrs. Davis, said that she is "devastated that the defendants have decided to hold this movie hostage for their own selfish interests. Her hope is that the claims in this lawsuit can be quickly resolved, which will clear the way for the movie to go forward."

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