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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Disilgold Soul Literary Review Magazine Announces the Nominee Finalists of the 6^th YOUnity Reviewer Guild of America  TOP 25 AWARDS 2009!

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK- (November 7, 2009)-  Disilgold Soul Literary Review Magazine in conjunction with the Disilgold Literary Network Association since 1999, announced the nominee finalists of the 6^th YOUnity Reviewer Guild of America  TOP 25 AWARDS 2009  hosted by the Literary Legends Ball Online at www.disilgold.com, The No.1 African-American Literary & Multi-Media Awards Network Worldwide.

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Mo’Nique

The “Precious” Interview

with Kam Williams

Mo’Nique Imes was born on December 11, 1967 in Baltimore which is where she started her showbiz career as a stand-up comedienne on a dare a couple of decades ago. From there, she gained visibility and immense popularity with performances on “Showtime at the Apollo,” HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam,” “Apollo Comedy Hour” HBO’s “Snaps,” BET’s “Comic View,” The Montreal Comedy Festival and Uptown Comedy Club.

Her big break arrived in 1999 when she landed a starring role on the television series, “The Parkers.” During the show’s five-year run, Mo’Nique earned numerous awards, including four NCAAP Image Awards as the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. Her film credits include Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Two Can Play That Game, Hair Show, Three Strikes, Baby Boy, Beerfest, Phat Girlz, Soul Plane, Irish Jam, Domino and Shadowboxer.

As a voluptuous role model for Rubenesque females Mo-Nique wrote the best-selling book “Skinny Women Are Evil,” as well as an equally-funny follow-up entitled “Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted.” She also created, produced and emceed “Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. Chance,” America’s first, full-figured, reality beauty pageant. Struck by the skyrocketing number of women behind bars, she brought her act to a prison to tape a comedy special called “I Coulda Been Your Cellmate” which aired on TV before later being released on DVD. Then, she delved further into the issue as the host of “Mo’Nique: Behind Bars” for the Oxygen television network.

Here, she talks about “The Mo’Nique Show,” her new late-night talk show on BET, and about her Oscar-worthy performance in Precious, Lee Daniels’ eagerly-anticipated screen adaptation of Sapphire’s novel, “Push.”

Kam Williams: Hi Mo’Nique, thanks so much for the time.

Mo’Nique: Hey Kam! Thank you, baby!

KW: Congratulations on the new TV show.

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Michael Jai White Interview with Kam Williams

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Michael Jai White was born in Brooklyn, on November 10, 1967, but raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut where he attended Central High School. He started studying karate at the age of 8 and had already earned a black belt by the time he was 12. The beefy hunk continued to practice a variety of martial arts disciplines while in college, and also added acting to his repertoire.

Michael made his screen debut in 1989 in Toxic Avenger II, and followed that up with appearances in action flicks like Universal Soldier and Full Contact. His big break arrived when he landed the title role in Tyson, a made-for-TV bio-pic about boxing great Mike Tyson. He subsequently played Spawn in the screen adaptation based on the popular comic book series of the same name.

More recently, White received critical acclaim for his work in The Dark Knight and in Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married. Here, he talks about his two new releases, Black Dynamite, an homage to the Seventies’ Blaxploitation Era, and Blood & Bone, a revenge flick which went straight-to-DVD.

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Kam Williams: Hi Michael. Thanks a lot for the time.

Michael Jai White: Hey, no problem.

KW: What inspired you to write and to star in Black Dynamite?

MJW: I came up with what I though was a funny idea for a movie. So, I wrote it, found the money to produce it, and it’s been a ball from start to finish.

KW: How would you categorize the movie as a spoof or as a drama?

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Okay, found a million dollar pic of Faizon Love.

Looking for a decent pick of Faizon Love from his management. I hate when photographers use the wrong filter for people of color at red carpet events. They don’t know how to bring out the beauty in dark skin. I can’t even see Faizon’s eyes in a pic I found of him at several events. Getting a pic now.  Black skin doesn’t have to always look ruddy  and shiny in pics. Learn to use your camera’s media or get out of the business. This is why magazines are going out of business. It’s like a pic I found of Diddy at the Hip Hop Honors. Didn’t even want to post. The man is handsome, but this pic disguises all of his features that show the character in his face.  Maybe media should be  fined who take bad pics of African American people. Be right back.

“Commentary by Heather Covington. I don’t mind featuring the book reads of Disilgold SOUL interview guests, but if its anything too controversial or political that will attract spam to our sister blog here, we are striking it, FYI.  Other than that, Faison Love is a riot and heading straight to the bank.”

Faizon Love

The “Couples Retreat” Interview

with Kam Williams

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Love Unlimited

            Langston Faizon Santisima was born in Santiago, Cuba on June 14, 1968, but was raised in Newark, NJ and San Diego, CA. Changing his name to Faizon Love, he started out in showbiz as a stand-up comedian at 15, before finding steady work as a colorful character actor both on TV and in film.

Among the many movies on his resume’ are Elf, Blue Crush, Friday, 3 Strikes, Money Talks, The Replacements, The Players Club, Idlewild. Torque, The Perfect Holiday and Who’s Your Caddy? On television, the burly teddy bear has appeared on such sitcoms as “That’s So Raven,” “The Wayans Bros,” and “The Parent ’Hood.” Here, Faizon talks about his new film, Couples Retreat, a battle-of-the-sexes ensemble comedy co-starring includes Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kali Hawk, Kristin Davis and Jon Favreau.

Kam Williams: Hey, Faizon.

Faizon Love: What’s up, man?

KW: First, let me tell you how much I’ve enjoyed your work. You seem to pop up doing a hilarious cameo in every other movie I see.

FL: [Laughs] That’s funny, because this is one of the last two movies I’m doing in order to focus on writing and directing. There’s an Eddie Murphy project I may do, but I’ve already directed my first piece. [Tao of the Golden Mask]

KW: Wow!

FL: Yeah. That’s where it’s at.

KW: So, what type of pictures do you want to direct?

FL: The first one is sort of an homage to Bruce Lee, but the good guys wear black. It’s a fun popcorn movie. And I’m going to make some more Seventies-style karate movies with budgets around $5 million. Hopefully, they’ll turn over a profit.

KW: Speaking of directing, Couples Retreat was made by a first-time director, Peter Billingsley. Was that risky?

FL: Not really. Peter’s a part of the family. He’s been around the business. He had Jon [Favreau] there, and Vinnie [Vaughn] was hands-on, too. And most good directors are good actors, and Peter’s been an actor for years.

KW: Yeah, as a child, he played Ralphie in A Christmas Story. 

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Omarosa sure was getting fire on The Apprentice, but I understand her disposition after meeting her at the African American Pavilion at BookExpo (www.AfricanAmericanPavilion). We both lived in the projects as youth, but admit we really didn’t grow up in the hood as to what all the other gang bangers and hoodrats were doing, and I’m not saying everyone who lived in the projects was a hoodrat and messed with me.  I am talking about folks who fall prey to oppression and the mentality shared among a people because of their social infrastructure. It takes a strong upbringing to mold a woman like Omarosa and myself. We both came from single family households. My married mother and father separated when I was young, but I old enough to remember him leaving which nearly traumatized me, but now I let folks go like flies. My mother provided a strong role model.  Really, if folks have issues with my aggressive personality as a business woman they can step. They don’t make me or break me and can easily be forgotten forever. I don’t take myself as seriously these days because the struggle is over.  Instead, I try to give back and support other people’s goals. It makes folks like myself and Omarosa find meaning and purpose for what we do and Omarosa is doing it up big. After reading Omarosa’s book, Bitch Switch I kind of agree with her philosophy about life. I mean only in America could a woman with the Bitch Switch mentality get a chance to make it. Folks in these industries let people run over them and put on that facade or game face as Terrie Williams invented and coined the term as in she announced it to millions in her Essence article and on CNN which I caught both.  I respect folk’s opinions when they share their voice. Omarosa gets props for representing women in general with class in the industry and even if she is America’s no. 1 tv villain bitch. Bring it on. I can relate. See a candid live Disilgold SOUL  footage on Disilgold SOUL TV at www.disilgold.com

 Omarosa

 The “Life After” Interview

with Kam Williams

 A Tete-a-Tete with the Top Reality-TV Villain of All Time

Omaroseonee Manigault-Stallworth was on February 15, 1974 born in Youngstown, Ohio where she attended Rayen High School before earning her Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism at Central State University. She later moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue both a Master’s and Ph.D. in Communications at Howard University. She later served as Deputy Associate Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House under President Bill Clinton, although her subsequent appearance on a television show would come to eclipse all of the above.

That’s why you probably know her from The Apprentice as just Omarosa, the diva with the world-class attitude. The statuesque beauty was recently crowned the #1 Reality-Show Villain of All Time by TV Guide. This was no mean feat, when you consider that she had to beat out some rather reprehensible characters for the title, such as pathological liar Johnny Fairplay from Survivor and wife beater Jonathan Baker from The Amazing Race.

            Omarosa only has herself to blame, having cultivated a bad girl image on The Apprentice with lines like, “I’m going to crush my competition and I’m going to enjoy doing it.” Still, in no way does that TV persona matches the humble and charming real-life Omarosa whose greatest passion is working with at-risk youth and the homeless. Dedicating most of her free time to community service, she has volunteered her time to the Maya Angelou Public Charter School, in D.C., and to the Positive Vibrations Program and the Fred Jordan Mission in L.A. Furthermore, she serves as a celebrity goodwill ambassador for the Haitian Support Program and is currently enrolled in Divinity School.

            Here, Omarosa talks about all of the above and about her appearing on Life After, a new series premiering on TV-One in September. The show features interviews with celebrities about the effects of transformational events on their lives.

Kam Williams: Hi Omarosa, I don’t know if you remember me, but we met in May at the African-American Pavilion in New York. I approached you for an interview, but you gave me a business card with a bogus email address.  

Omarosa Manigault: I’m sorry. I didn’t know that they had printed the wrong email address on it. I got home, and I was like, “Why would yawl send these cards with me?”

KW: Well, I did manage to track you down again for this interview anyway. So, what interested you in this new TV series, Life After?

OM: I was interested because TV-One has successfully given African-Americans an opportunity to tell their own stories. I started out on NBC, and I don’t know if major networks do the best job of telling the stories of African-Americans. I was also on Bravo and VH-1, and these networks are not committed to presenting the authentic experiences of African-Americans. So, I just jumped at the chance to work with TV-One. 

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Commentary From Heather The Literary HEAT Covington

First of all, Gladys is my sorority sister so the loyalty is there. I own copies of all of her original albums passed on to my mother to me and the covers are in tact, plus the Gladys Knight and The Pips Albums, so the lady is gold in my book. I paid tribute to this classic songstress of all time in a book called PERSOULNALITIES: POEMS FOR EVERY KIND OF WOMAN I wrote. Since I was little, I always admired Gladys Knight’s  naturally  long hair and wore my hair like hers when I got my hair did. My mother used the classic straightening comb to do my hair. (The hot comb was invented by Madam C. J. Walker for you history illiterates), SHAME ON YOU, kidding, and the 1st Billionaire hair care product inventor. Let me not go there. The process was painful.  Anyway,  sometimes you are at events and meet people associated or who know  singers. Everyone knows  Gladys was in a very public relationship with Motivational Speaker Les Brown whom I got a chance to have lunch along with a few other author proteges at the Circle of Sisters Expo with his daughter, Ona Brown, (GET YOUR TICKETS AT www.WBLS.com for only $10.00 before sold out…. was  a major sponsor one year and spearheaded  the literary pavilion)  to candidly get schooled on motivational speaking. Les Brown was always an inspiration to me as a child as well and to many of my fellow authors.  I didn’t go there and ask what happened, but all I can say was Les was very respectful when he spoke about his cancer scare. It made him depressed and impacted on the relationship.   He’s fine today. As a media journalist to get this kind of information is historical. All I know is that both Gladys and Les Brown are royalty in their domain. There will never be a Gladys Knight or Les Brown as well as a Michael Jackson and James Brown. I think it is wonderful for that baby producer Tyler Perry to give light to all of these fine actresses and actors  and renown folk, plus  pay hommage to classic beauties in music like Gladys Knight. I want to see a lifetime achievement award on all award shows soon. When I think of Gladys I think of Chaka Khan, Pattie LaBelle, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. If you haven’t heard of  Gladys Knght Music, you need to get a classic album in stores. I couldn’t be a music maven if I didn’t grow up hearing Gladys Knight . Her era of music was the greatest. I’m kind of giddy over this interview with Kam Williams. She listens to music the way I do, by soundtrack and the entire album. If I can’t listen to an entire album it simply isn’t any good. Her choice  of what she’s listening to now which will shock you and is mentioned in this interview is  a solid production and reflective of her  great taste in music.”

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Gladys Knight

 The “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” Interview with Kam Williams

The great ones endure, and Gladys Knight is a testament to that sage maxim. Over the last half-century, this seven-time Grammy-winner has enjoyed #1 hits in pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, on television and in concert.

Revered as The Empress of Soul, Gladys is currently basking in the glow of the critical acclaim for her latest album, “Before Me,” a tribute to great legends like Ella, Duke, Billie, Lena. She has also recently released a couple of collaborations with the 100-member Saints Unified Voices gospel choir, with whom she landed the “Best Gospel/Choir Album” Grammy.

Knight was awarded yet another Grammy for her duet with the late Ray Charles on his posthumous album “Genius Loves Company,” specifically for “Heaven Help Us All,” and her “At Last” solo album earned a Grammy for “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album.” Furthermore, her recent four-year run at the Flamingo in Las Vegas was hailed “the number-one show on the Strip” by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The Georgia-born icon began performing Gospel music at the age of four and won the grand prize on television’s “Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour” just three years later. She met with phenomenal success throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s with “Gladys Knight & The Pips”, including several Grammys while registering numerous Top 10 hits, perhaps most memorably, “Midnight Train to Georgia. Over the course of her illustrious career, Gladys has recorded nearly 40 albums, earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and been inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame. 

Here, she talks about her life and about her co-starring role as Wanda in Tyler Perry’s new movie, “I Can Do Bad All by Myself.”

Kam Williams: Gladys, thanks so much for the time. 

Gladys Knight: Not a problem, Kam.

KW: The first time I met you was on an airplane back in the Seventies.

GK: Oh really?

KW: Yes, and you were quite gracious in speaking to me briefly and signed an autograph. I appreciated your making that encounter a special moment I’d remember for the rest of my life. But I wonder what it is like on the other end, and whether always being approached by fans has been a burden for you.

GK: No, I’m just me. I never get any further past that than that. I’m a people lover. I love interacting with different people as I meet them, and I think people are one of God’s greatest creations, I really do. They’re interesting and intriguing. 

KW: What interested you in doing “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” and working with Tyler?

GK: Mr. Perry? Mr. Perry called me up and said, “Gladys, I’m sending you a script. I have a part I need you to do.” [Laughs]

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Naturi Naughton

 The “Fame” Interview with Kam Williams

“Naturi by Nature”

            Fresh on the heels of her steamy screen debut earlier this year in Notorious as Lil’ Kim, Naturi Naughton is back with Fame, a remake of the 1980 Academy Award-winner for Best Score and Best Song. Now, the New Jersey native is enjoying a starring role showcasing an array of her considerable talents, including solo performances of a couple of hits from the original, the title track “Fame” as well as “Out Here on My Own.”

            Fans of 3LW (ala 3 Little Women) will remember the curvaceous cutie as a founder of that popular singing sensation. Since then, Naturi has studied Political Science at Seton Hall University and has appeared as Little Inez in the Broadway production of Hairspray.

            Here’s she reflects on being a member of the ensemble of Fame, a music-driven drama revolving around the aspirations of students at the New York Academy of Performing Arts. 

Kam Williams: Hi, Naturi, thanks for another interview.

Naturi Naughton: Thank you.

KW: What interested you in doing Fame?

NN: You know what’s so great about Fame is that it’s one of those classic re-inventions, one of those movies everybody wants to see come to life because it’s about young people fighting and striving for their dreams. Plus, I’ve been there. I was a young person who had a dream and wanted to be successful, and that’s kinda what Fame is all about. So, I think I was just attracted to the struggle and the realness of the story.

KW: You play Denise, but I don’t remember there being a Denise in the original.

NN: She’s similar to Coco, but not really the same personality, because we revamped the characters and changed some of the main storyline. However, I do feel very honored that I get to sing some of the original songs first done by Irene Cara. It was really exciting to bring those classics back to life in a new way. Even though I’m not playing exactly the same character, I feel like I’ve had a chance to recreate Coco in a fresh way.    Read the rest of this entry »

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 LeBron James

  The “More Than a Game” Long Interview

 with Kam Williams

                LeBron Raymone James was born on December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio to Gloria James, a 16 year-old single-mom seduced and abandoned by Anthony McClleland, an ex-con with no interest in parenting. Gloria did the best she could to raise LeBron on her own but that still meant moving frequently, living in the projects, and even temporarily surrendering custody of her son until she could get her finances straightened out.  

                Fortunately, LeBron found a sanctuary on the basketball court, where he would not only maximize his potential but forge lasting friendships with four teammates he would play with from junior high through high school: Dru Joyce III, Romeo Travis, Willie McGee and Sian Cotton. He was also very close to their coach, Dru’s dad, who would serve a critical role in shaping his character during his formative years as a father figure.

                Of course, everyone knows that LeBron blossomed into a basketball phenom who skipped college and went straight to the NBA where in 2009 he became the youngest player ever to be named league MVP at the age of 24. But few are aware of how loyal, humble and unselfish a man he is as well.

                To understand why LeBron has remained so grounded despite being nicknamed King James and being surrounded by all the trappings of overnight success, check out More Than a Game, an uplifting documentary directed by Kristopher Belman. This moving bio-pic chronicles the seven-year sojourn of the Fab Five, recounting both their basketball exploits and the personal challenges each had to face while collectively pursuing theirs hoop dreams.

                 Here, LeBron talks about the film as he reflects on life and his professional career.

Kam Williams: Hi LeBron, thanks for the time. I’m honored to have this opportunity to speak with you. 

LeBron James: Oh man, thanks for having me.

KW: I loved More Than a Game. Why did you decide to make this movie about you and your childhood teammates?

LJ: I thought it was time, and the footage that the director, Kris Belman, had shot was unbelievable. He followed us around our whole senior year for what was just supposed to be a ten-minute school project. But after he saw what he had captured on tape, he knew it had the potential to be way more than that. And then when he came to me with the first little trailer that he made, I was like, “Wow! I’m on board. Let’s make something big out of this.”  

KW: Well the finished product is very moving. Obviously, I was already well aware of your achievements on the basketball court, but this really related your personal story in a very powerful way. Congratulations!

LJ: Thank you very much. I appreciate that. My life has never been a bed of roses. I think now a lot of people are going to understand where I come from and who I am today.

KW: Part of what is so impressive about you is your loyalty to your childhood friends and your continued connection to your roots, which is something you don’t find with a lot of other pro athletes.

LJ: Well, thank you. I’m very humbled by the things I’m able to do on and off the court. I’m grateful to be in this position, and being able to give back really means a lot to me.   

KW: What would you say has kept you so grounded?

LJ: My mother, Gloria James, and my upbringing have kept me grounded. When you’re a kid growing up in a single-parent household, it sometimes forces you to mature a lot faster than you might want. In my case, I had to become the man of the house very early. My childhood was never great. We moved from place to place a lot. There were times when we had no definite place to stay. So, a basic level of security was not always there. Therefore, when you finally make it out, and you become who I am today, you’re humbled by the memories of those situations. You’re kept grounded by those reminders that you didn’t always have it all.    

KW: What has been the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome?

LJ: My childhood… my childhood was my biggest obstacle.

KW: Reverend Florine Thomspon asks, do you see yourself as a mentor today?

LJ: Absolutely!

KW: Is there any question no one ever asks you, that you wish someone would?

LJ: Honestly, no. I’m very open about myself. And between the movie and my autobiography, I’m putting everything I’ve been through in these 25 years of my life out there.  So, there’s really nothing that hasn’t been said.

KW: The Tasha Smith question: Are you ever afraid?

LJ: Am I ever afraid? Of course. I think everyone experiences those moments. 

KW: The Columbus Short question: Are you happy?

LJ: Definitely! I’m very happy.

KW: The Teri Emerson question: When was the last time you had a good laugh?

LJ: About two minutes before I started speaking with you. [Laughs]

KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson question: What was the last book you read?

LJ: Shooting Stars. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159420232X?ie=UTF8&tag=thslfofire-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=159420232X

KW: The music maven Heather Covington question: What music are you listening to? 

LJ: The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z.

KW: The Laz Alonso question: How can your fans help you?

LJ: By just continuing to respect and to embrace the way I play the game of basketball. And I’m going to continue to respect them.

KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

LJ: A great father, a great friend, a loyal person and someone who’s always trying to make a difference.

KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?

LJ: When I cook, my favorite thing to make is grilled cheese sandwiches. [Chuckles]

KW: The Flex Alexander question: How do you get through the tough times?

LJ: By remembering my upbringing. That was as tough as it could get for me. There’s nothing that could happen in my life right now that could be as hard.

KW: Reverend Thompson also asks, what is your greatest source of motivation?
LJ: My family. My two sons are my greatest inspiration.

KW: Some readers sent in basketball questions. Attorney Peter Brav asks how do you think it will be on the Cavaliers this season with your longtime center, Zydrunas Ilgauskus, having to share playing time with Shaq?

LJ: I think it’ll be great adding a future Hall of Famer in Shaquille O’Neal and having a couple of complimentary guys like that on the team

KW: Laz: Lyles wants to know if you would have liked to see Iverson come to Cleveland.

LJ: Allen Iverson is also a future Hall of Famer. Any Hall of Famer who wants to play alongside is always welcome.

KW: Peter, who I suspect is Jewish and 54 and plays basketball, also asks: Who is the best 54 year-old Jewish basketball player you know? 

LJ: [LOL] I don’t know. I have a lot of Jewish friends, but I’ve never seen them on the basketball court.

KW: Yale Grad Tommy Russell has a question for you about politics. What do you think about the Obama administration’s acquiescence to the proposed missile defense system in Eastern Europe? How do you think that will affect our diplomatic relations with Russia?
LJ: Well, I think Obama’s doing what best for the country. He’s an unbelievable guy. Very intelligent, very calm and very humble. So, I ‘m very confident that he’s always going to do what’s best.  

KW: Karla Thompson would like to know, whether you make time to reflect on all your achievements and to thank God for how far you’ve come?

LJ: I wouldn’t be anywhere without the Man above. I appreciate and try to take full advantage of my God-given talents. So, yes, absolutely! 

KW: Karla also asks, are there any goals you have not yet achieved thus far?

LJ: Yes, winning the NBA Championship

KW: Mike Ehrenberg says he saw you play in Trenton during your senior year of high school. It was your first game back after you were reinstated following your suspension for accepting a couple of jerseys from a clothing store. What are you memories of that day?

LJ: I was very excited and very emotional, because I just couldn’t wait to get back on the basketball court.

KW: How do you want to be remembered?

LJ: As a very, very great basketball player, but more important than that, as just a great person who dedicated himself to kids and to giving back.

KW: In the movie, you describe your junior high and high school playing days this way: “It was basketball, but it was more like friendship than anything.” What did you mean by that?

LJ: It was wonderful to make lasting friendships with a great group of guys, and also to have a great coach who was willing to serve as a father figure. I wouldn’t change it for the world. I still have those guys around me to this day. In fact, I spoke to all four of them just this morning, as well as to my coach. I feel fortunate and blessed to still have that kind of access, because you don’t see that very often in life.

KW: You have such deep roots in Ohio. Will you really seriously consider playing anywhere else when your contract expires?

LJ: I love my hometown of Akron, and I love the fans of Cleveland. They’ve given me everything, so I’m just looking forward to this season which is going to be great.

KW: Well, thanks again LeBron, and best of luck this season.

LJ: Thank you.

To order a copy of LeBron’s autobiography, Shooting Stars, visit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159420232X?ie=UTF8&tag=thslfofire-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=159420232X

To see a trailer for More Than a Game, visit: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/morethanagame/trailer_medium.html

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  LeBron James

       The “More Than a Game” Interview

        with Kam Williams

                LeBron Raymone James was born on December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio to Gloria James, a 16 year-old single-mom seduced and abandoned by Anthony McClleland, an ex-con with no interest in parenting. Gloria did the best she could to raise LeBron on her own but that still meant moving frequently, living in the projects, and even temporarily surrendering custody of her son until she could get her finances straightened out.  

                Fortunately, LeBron found a sanctuary on the basketball court, where he would not only maximize his potential but forge lasting friendships with four teammates he would play with from junior high through high school: Dru Joyce III, Romeo Travis, Willie McGee and Sian Cotton. He was also very close to their coach, Dru’s dad, who would serve a critical role in shaping his character during his formative years as a father figure.

                Of course, everyone knows that LeBron blossomed into a basketball phenom who skipped college and went straight to the NBA where in 2009 he became the youngest player ever to be named league MVP at the age of 24. But few are aware of how loyal, humble and unselfish a man he is as well.

                To understand why LeBron has remained so grounded despite being nicknamed King James and being surrounded by all the trappings of overnight success, check out More Than a Game, an uplifting documentary directed by Kristopher Belman. This moving bio-pic chronicles the seven-year sojourn of the Fab Five, recounting both their basketball exploits and the personal challenges each had to face while collectively pursuing theirs hoop dreams.

                 Here, LeBron talks about the film as he reflects on life and his professional career.

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50 Cent

The “Streets of Blood” Interview

with Kam Williams

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Curtis James Jackson, III, aka 50 Cent was born on July 6, 1975 in South Jamaica, Queens, where he was raised by his single-mom until she was murdered when he was only 8. He was taken in by his grandparents, but began hanging out with the wrong kids and began selling crack by the age of 12. While still a teenager, he was arrested and convicted for drug dealing, and turned his life around while serving out a six-month sentence.

            After being paroled, he parlayed his street cred into an enviable career in gangsta’ rap with the help of the late Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, and the rest, as they say, is musical history. Here, he talks about his latest film, Streets of Blood, a crime thriller set in New Orleans and co-starring Val Kilmer.

 
Kam Williams: Hi 50, what interested you in making Streets of Blood?
50 Cent: I was looking to work with Robert DeNiro on this picture but ended up working with him on Righteous Kill. The script sat for a while, but once they got Kilmer involved I knew I had to do it.
KW: Tell me a little about your character, Stan Green.
50:  My character Stan wants to play things straight but cannot provide the things his family needs and wants, so he makes some decisions that catch up with him.
KW: How did you prepare for the role?

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Commentary by Heather Covington “The Literary Heat”

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I saw the previews of Tracy Morgans new movie G-Force and all I can say is that it’s going to be a mega-hit. Not only is Tracy Morgan a Native New Yorker, but attended De Witt Clinton highschool. Do you know how many Bronx icons have gone on to major success. I am representing Tracy Morgan and predicting that he will have the smasher of the season. Don’t say the “LiteraryDiva” didn’t tell you. Read the Disilgold SOUL Magazine Interview w/ Kam Williams. See more archived celebrity interviews on www.Disilgold.com.  Advertise your book on the site to win a TOP STORY feature right here on the Daily Literary Dish. We’re bringing the HEAT!

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This week, Disilgold Staff selects a rare up-close -and-personal interview with critically acclaimed author,  Senior Editor of Atria Books and creator  behind the UpSouth Festival, a series of the most anticipated events for literary artists of excellence creating a top buzz in multi-industries. A mentor to the Disilgold Soul family of literary artists, her interview is now a treasure at Disilgold.com and we want the entire family to tune in for the official unveiling of Malaika Adero. Stay tuned for the launch of the Legend Photo gallery featuring Malaika Adero’s guest speaking appearances at events like  “A Night of Authors ” hosted by Harlem World Mag, AALBC.com editor Troy Johnson and Ron Kavanaugh, publisher of Mosaic Books Magazine.  To visit Malaika Adero who will debut on DisilgoldSOUL with a feature magazine cover spotlight  late summer , visit www.UPSOUTH.org.  Visit www.Disilgold.com

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