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Tyler PerryTyler Perry

Steve Jobs of Apple

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Interview of Jermaine Jackson on CNN Talking About His New Book

Up and Coming

In the Spotlight

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Tyler Perry’s Story

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Jermaine Jackson’s New Book:

‘You Are Not Alone’

Defends His Brother Michael

Jermaine Jackson gave an interview on the Joy Behar Show on CNN.

Here are some of the questions and answers:

Joy: Why did Michael share his bed with children?

Jermaine: First of all. Michael did not share his bed with children. He slept on

the floor….while growing up, we had sleep overs in Indiana. The neighborhood

kids would sleep over and Michael grew up knowing that this was okay.

Interview With Joy Behar Talking About His New Book

Joy: Why would he think that people would look at that and say

that it was okay for a 40 year old man to sleep with kids in his room?

Jermaine: Michael grew up in a room with bunk beds and all the

brothers. Psychologically that never left him.

Joy: But you grew up that way and you never did that.

Jermaine: I’m still around kids all the time.

Joy: Do you have them in your bedroom though?

Jermaine: Absolutely. There is nothing wrong with it. If I am

responsible for kids and their parents leave them with me,

what’s wrong with it? Today is so demented and sick that peo-

ple look at things the wrong way. My brother never touched

anyone and they knew this. The media knew this too but they

did it anyway. Why? Because they knew it would create

ratings and that it would sell newspapers. So, in the book, I

speak about all of this because when you talk about him you

talk about all of us Jacksons.

Joy: Well I think it’s the appearance of things. After the charg-

es he continued to do it, why do it?

Jermaine: Because he did nothing wrong...What you have to

realize is that Michael is a kid himself. You are looking at Mi-

chael through grown up eyes. He is looking at kids through

child’s eyes because he didn’t have a childhood. But there was

never none of that. (Jermaine is referring to the allegations of

abuse.)

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Some parts of the interview have been omitted here. You can

watch it online on my blog at TerriLynnShow.com.

Jermaine’s book is entitled: You are Not Alone Michael:

Through a Brothers Eyes. It is available in book stores now.

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Mrs. Ruby White

Ruby White is following in Tyler

Perry’s footsteps. Ruby’s first

stage play was “Loose to Love

Again” written and directed by

Hurtestine Wilkerson. That stirred

up something in her.

Up and Coming!

Ms. White says that one day she was at her kitchen sink, she

heard a voice that told her to pick up a pencil and write.

She responded that she would do it later. Again the voice

told her to pick up a pencil and write. In the mist of washing

dishes she stopped and took a piece of paper to start

writing. Within one hour she had written a play from the

beginning to the end. Ruby says that she couldn’t believe it

was her doing it and that she believes it was God. She asked

God what to name her play. Ms. White says that God told

her to call the play “Mimic” Breaking the curse of abuse

through prayer, hope, and the word. She has an upcoming

play on January 7th and 8th in Yazoo City, Mississippi.

You Can Make It Entertainment Presents:

“MIMIC”

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Play Starts at 7:00 pm

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Play Starts at 5:00 pm

The Triangle Cultural Center in Yazoo City

For Ticket Information call 601-594-2937 Or 601-201-3260 601-588-6751

Megan Durr

Megan, a Mississippi native,

grew up in Milwaukee, WI. She

moved back to Mississippi in

2000. Megan started college at

the early age of 16. She gradu-

ated from Hinds Junior College.

She majored in Graphic and Print Communications. She also has a Real Estate License and she has attended design school. She is currently studying to become a lawyer. Me-gan decided to become an entrepreneur after watching the movie “B.A.P.S” starring Halle Berry, who opened up a beauty salon and restaurant in the movie. She personally designed her beautiful multi-business com-plex on Watkins Drive. It houses her Sandwich Shop, N Motion Hair Salon (named after her son who was very active while she was carrying him), and her boutique called Vivian’s, named after her mother. The food at Megan’s res-taurant reflects her exceptional culinary skills. Even her lemon-aid is exceptional with its slice of orange or cherries on top. Believe it or not, Megan has accomplished all of this at the young age of 27!

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Eclecius (King) Franklin, Jr.

Eclecius (king) Franklin, Jr. is a rising star in the track and field arena. He’s not just a great athlete, he is an ath-lete with a great heart as well. His father Eclecius Franklin, Sr., owner of Gifted Hands Massage Therapy re-calls an incident when his son

first started running in his very first race. As King was run-ning, he came upon a participant who was in a wheel chair. He stopped to help the young man who was having a very difficult time. This costs him 4 minutes off his racing time. He probably would have won the race but he believed that it was more important to extend his help to the young man in need. Eclecius ended up placing 2nd Place in his age division in the race in spite of the 4 minute time delay.

“That was a great thing you did. You made the right deci-sion.”, says his father, Eclecius, Senior.

King Franklin, as he is called, has run and won many rac-es. Among them are: Run Through History 10k, March 5,2011, time:-45:04 , placed 2nd in age group; Swinging Bridge 5k, July 9, 2011, placed 1st for is age group; Hit The Bricks 5k, July 16, 2011, time- 17:58, placed 1st in age group, 2nd overall.

Eclecius Jr. is a sophomore at Murrah High School in Jackson. He is a member of Murrah High School Cross Country Team

and participates in the M. Track Club Association 2011 level.

Christopher Paige

Chris Paige is from Jackson, MS. He grew up in the Washington Addi-tion neighborhood. He graduated from Jim Hill High School. Chris received his Barber’s and Barber Instructor’s license from Hinds Community College in Utica, MS

under the instruction of Ms. Jacqueline Sullivan. He received the Outstanding Student Award, which is only given to one Hinds CC student a year for barbering. He has been a licensed barber for almost 13 years. Chris has two beautiful daughters, Chrishawna and Krista. Chris says: “My daughters keeps me grounded and motivated. Chrishawna is in the APAC academic program in JPS and I am looking forward to Krista also being apart of it.” He attends MT Eva MB Church in Terry, MS.

Chris is a Barber Instructor at Academy of Hair Design in Jack-son. He owns Custom Cuts & Styles located at 2445 Terry Road, which won Best Barber Shop for 2011 in the Jackson Free Press. He also received the Rising Entrepreneur for 2011 Award. Chris is active in his community. Last year he orga-nized a food drive to donate to Stewpot. Chris and the bar-bers that work with him gave a free haircut to kids 13 and under that brought food items. All of the barbers working at Custom Cuts & Styles received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Mayor’s office for Outstanding Community Service. Chris will be teaching a class at the MS International Hair Show and Expo coming here at the Trade Center on the fair-grounds April 22 & 23, 2011. Chris’ motto is “Put God first”.

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Legal News

Attorney Ali Shamsiddeen

Ali Shamsiddeen is a native Jacksonian and graduate of Lanier High School who as a result of participating in Tou-galoo College’s Upward Bound Program received the oppor-

tunity to attend The University of Washington in Seattle

where he earned a B. A. Degree in Mass Communica-

tions.

He fulfilled his lifelong ambition to become an attorney

after working several years as an Editor for the Jackson

Advocate Newspaper which is the largest and oldest Afri-

can American owned newspaper in the State of Missis-

sippi.

He has received statewide recognition for successfully

defending high profile criminal cases in recent years.

Currently he is focusing his law practice in the areas of

Family Law, Personal Injury and Criminal Defense.

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Tyler Perry’s Story It all started one day when Tyler was watching the Oprah Show. Oprah was talking about how writing about your pain can be cathargic. He didn’t know what cathargic meant. Once he knew what it meant he started writing a series of letters to him-self. He was afraid that someone would discover his letters so he used different characters as names. Those letters became his first play.

He managed to save $15,000 to bring his play to the stage. The play turned out to be a huge disappointment. Only 30 people showed up to see it. Two of those 30 people were his co-workers who had suffered abuse in their childhood as well. Since those 2 people expressed that they were moved by the

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He wrote a movie script. He took the script to sever-al Hollywood producers. They turned him down. According to Perry, the reason they turned him down was because they did not believe that black people who go to church also go to the movies.

Their refusal forced Tyler to go at it on his own. He says that it is a good thing to be underestimated. It can cause you to end up having your own.

Tyler’s biggest challenge was getting people who are already suffering from abuse and struggles to actually want to come to a movie to see it on the screen. He found a way to wrap up their struggles with humor so they can laugh at it.

So far, he is doing an awesome job of doing that.

play, Tyler decided to continue on. Over the next six years Tyler produced his plays. During that peri-od he experienced tremendous disappointment and failure. While putting on his plays, he had to quit several jobs because they would not allow him the time off when he needed it. By 1998 Perry was homeless.

Tyler decided to quit the playwright business. He got a job with good benefits. He thought that was going to be the best he could do. Then on March 12th, 1998, Tyler put on another play. That play sold out. That success changed his life forever. Tyler decided to move to Hollywood. At the time he was selling out plays by the tens of thousands.

According to Tyler, the area where

he grew up in New Orleans was a

horrible place. Tyler called it a liv-

ing hell.

At times when Tyler’s father was

yelling at his mother, he would im-

agine himself being in a much hap-

pier place. The funny thing is that

he now is living in the type of place

he imagined.

Tyler Perry’s Mansion in Atlanta Perry’s Home Theatre

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Which One of the Housewives

Has a New Show?

The word has just gotten out that

Kandi Burruss, one of the House-

wives of Atlanta has gotten her own

TV show on the Bravo network! It

has been said that every since she

turned Kim Zolciak’s song “Tardy for the Party” into a

hit, thousands of artist have been asking her to do the

same for them.

The show will be called “The Kandi Factory” which will

air immediately after The Housewives of Atlanta for sea-

son four.

In her special, Kandi will give two musical hopefuls the

opportunity to come to Atlanta to learn the fundamen-

tals of becoming a super star.

We get to watch the transformation as these two hope-

fuls turn into the next musical sensations!

Here is the Press Release:

“Bravo Media and Kandi Burruss hit a high note as the

network announced today it has greenlighted “The

Kandi Factory,” a new special following The Real House-

wives of Atlanta star and multi-platinum songwriter.

Ever since Burruss turned Kim Zolciak‘s single “Tardy

for the Party” into a digital download phenomenon,

she has been bombarded by thousands of wannabe

artists desperate for her pop star secrets. Burruss be-

lieves she can turn anyone with raw talent and drive

into “something hot” and wants to give aspiring artists

a shot at their dream. For more information, visit

www.BravoTV.com and follow us on Twitter at https://

twitter.com/BravoPR.”

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Credit: Essence.com

Follow Your Passion:

Advice From Steve Jobs

The Legendary Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple was

the inspiration for many products we use today such

as the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. If it were not for the

fact that he followed his passion at all costs, our world

wouldn’t be quite the same.

Here is a quote from Mr. Jobs:

Always follow your passion and curiosity. Even if something (such as a class or a degree) may seem impractical, if you find it interesting, go ahead and study it. - You must have trust in SOMETHING – and follow your heart, even if it leads you off the well-worn path. - Failures are part of life. Don’t lose faith. A failure can turn into a later success. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. Don’t settle! Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Everything else is secondary. Excerpt from http://www.ihelploan.com/blog/ 2011/10/06/lessons-from-steve-jobs (Taken from Steve Job’s 2005 Commencement Speech at Stanford University).

When Steve was in college, he made the decision to

follow his heart. He was enrolled at Reed College.

After only six months in college he decided to drop out

of college. At the time he really did not know what he

wanted to do in life. The college was very expensive

and he felt like he was wasting his parents money.

Instead of being enrolled as a full time student with a

major, he decided to take a few courses that really in-

terested him. One of those courses was a Calligraphy

course that ultimately played a big role in the original

Mac computer that he helped to create.

Mr. Jobs talked about connecting the dots. There may

be times when you follow your heart without realizing

the importance those decisions will play later on in life.

But as time goes on you can look back and connect the

dots to see how those decisions ultimately led to a

better place in life. Steve said that if he had not

dropped out of college and if he had not taken courses

according to his passion, he would not have created

the beautiful Calligraphy font that the Mac computer

has today.

Mr. Jobs said that your time is limited so don’t waste

your time living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise

of others’ opinion drown out your own inner voice.

And most of all have the courage to follow your heart

and intuition.

Steve Jobs passed away in October of this year (2011)

of Pancreatic Cancer. (RIP)

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As a Man Thinketh . . .

You have probably heard of the Biblical Proverb that says: “As a man thinketh

in his heart, so is he” Proverbs 23:7.

This Proverb reminds me of a movie I saw recently starring Mo’Nique of the

Mo’Nique Show. In the movie she played the role of a woman who had a poor

self image because of her weight. One day she met a handsome African doctor

who really adored her. In his culture the plus size women are considered as

very beautiful.

Mo’Nique’s character was so insecure about her weight to the point of break-

ing up with her handsome beau. She could not believe that he could love the

way she looked. She thought that he was too good to be true.

After a period of depression and beating up on herself, Mo’Nique’s character

began to embrace herself. She decided to believe that she was indeed beauti-

ful. Her new attitude inspired her to create sketches of beautiful clothing for

plus sized women. Pretty soon her designs were discovered by a major depart-

ment store who made her a huge success.

The woman decided that it was time to reconnect with her beloved African doc-

tor. So she traveled to Nigeria, Africa to find him. When they re-united, he re-

vealed to her that he never stopped loving her. He was just waiting on her to

realize that she was as beautiful as he said she was.

Just as in the movie, many people are bound by their poor self image. Howev-

er, it is up to us to choose how we see ourselves. How do you choose to see

yourself?

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