DAN'S PAPERS, July 23, 2010 Page 48 www.danshamptons.com
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posing with Lady Gaga in a current ad for MAC Cosmetics. The MAC AIDS Fund supports community organizations providing direct services to people living with AIDS. Lauper and Gaga appeared on “Good Morning America” to drive home the message that, today, women are more likely to contract AIDS than are men. In 2008 Lauper formed the nonprofit True Colors Fund to support LGBT youth, and opened the True Colors LGBT Youth Home in Harlem to shelter homeless LGBT teens. Over 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBT. Many have left home, or have been kicked out of their childhood homes, because of their LGBT status. “I lived through the Civil Rights Movement, I heard all the reasons why black people couldn’t be allowed to marry white people—while white people tanned themselves on the beaches. It’s about equality. We Americans get distracted from the real issues,” Lauper said. In addition to performing, Lauper has written the lyrics to hits by Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Matchbox Twenty, Ashley Tisdale and many others. She produced her current CD and you can hear her dulcimer playing on the song “Wild Women Don’t Get
the Blues.” Lauper also arranges music and she works as an actor. Her recurring role as Marianne Lugasso on “Mad About You” earned the artist her first Emmy in 1995. Earlier this year she appeared on “Celebrity Apprentice” wherein she “stole the show” in the final episode when she performed the blues single “I’m Just Your Fool” as only she can. Speaking of stealing the show, Lauper is set to launch her own reality television show next year. 2011 will also see the release of Lauper’s autobiography, published by Simon & Shuster. Oh, and, Lauper is also bringing the story of the hit British movie Kinky Boots to Broadway. Lauper’s rise to fame was not all smooth sailing. In 1977 she damaged her vocal cords and was told by three doctors that she’d never sing again. Legendary New York vocal coach Katie Agresta helped Lauper regain her voice by teaching her proper vocal technique. Lauper is a pretty little thing with big talent and she rocks hard. Check out the video of her performance of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” on YouTube if you doubt her aggression. She is, afterall, the mother of a teenage son. If you could use some fun, join this pop super star this weekend. No doubt the following lyrics from Lauper’s song “A Night to Remember” will apply to this concert: “I realize every thought of you Runs a circle around my heart
I hear your voice haunting me I feel your touch in the dark It was a night to remember.” Pop icon Cyndi Lauper at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July 24 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $175, $150, $125. Purchase Tickets 3 Ways: On-Line: whbpac.org, Call Box Office: 631-288-1500, Visit: 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
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Kabot’s lawyer William Keahon. Also discussed on Monday were the admissibility as evidence of a video made by a police camera showing Kabot refusing to take a breathalyzer and allegedly flunking two of three sobriety field tests. There is supposedly a four minute gap in the tape, which Defense Attorney William Keahon is suspicious about. The police say officer McManus was just fiddling with the tape machine to make sure it worked. It was also learned that the missing tape was 3 ?_ minutes, not four. On Tuesday, the judge announced he would postpone ruling about whether the tape was admissible at this time. Then he announced that pre-trial jury selection would be October 21 and 22, with the trial starting October 25, or, alternately, the jury selection would be November 4 and 5 with the trial beginning on November 8. Was she or wasn’t she? Did they or didn’t they? The world breathlessly awaits. – Dan Rattiner
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