TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 lifestyle

MUSIC & MOVIES

Honoree Issa Rae attends the Black Girls Rock Awards. Honoree Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock Honoree Suzanne Shank attends the Black Girls Rock Awards. Awards.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, right, and husband Sid Williams attend the Black Girls Rock Awards.

India Arie and Tyrese Gibson perform on stage. Ledisi performs on stage. Maxine Waters, the rock star, shines at black women's event

iery Democratic US Rep Maxine Waters was welcomed you are, if you come for me, I'm coming for you," Waters Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love," was wheelchair bound but like a contemporary rock star when she entered the added, earning more loud applause. recited a speech from paper that won over the audience. F2017 Black Girls Rock Awards, as the audience Videos of the California congresswoman, who has been "Love is a song. Each of you has a song in your heart," 78- screamed loudly and gave her the night's rowdiest and critical of Republican President Donald Trump, have become year-old Flack said. "You keep singing that song." R&B singers wildest applause. Waters was one of the honorees Saturday a viral success on social media, including one where she India. Arie and Tyrese smoothly sang Flack and Donny at the annual event honoring black women in fields such as insisted that she was "reclaiming my time" at a recent con- Hathaway's popular 1970s duet, "Where Is the Love." Other entertainment, politics, science and social justice. The 78- gressional hearing. She's struck a chord with millennials and performers at the show, to air on BET on Aug 22, included year-old matched the energy of the audience at the New has even earned the nickname, "Auntie Maxine." SZA, Ledisi, Anthony Hamilton and Tasha Cobb. Jersey Performing Art Center in Newark with a punchy and Waters was joined by a top notch group of honorees at Each of the celebrants were inducted by men, including moving speech, which featured her catch phrase "reclaiming the BET event, including iconic singer Roberta Flack; "black-ish" actor Anthony Anderson, soul singer Maxwell, my time." "Insecure" creator and Golden Globe nominee Issa Rae; "Insecure" star Jay Ellis and actor-singer . "I want you to know, if it was not for the love and respect Grammy-winning soul singer Solange Knowles; Wall Street Knowles - who won her first Grammy Award this year for her shown to me by black women, those right-wing ultra conser- powerhouse Suzanne Shank; "black-ish" actress and Harvard critically acclaimed album celebrating black pride, "A Seat at vatives ... they would have me believe I'm too black, I'm too student Yara Shahidi; and community organizers Derrica the Table" - called the award "the ultimate honor." "Black confrontational, I'm too tough, and I'm too disrespectful of Wilson and Natalie Wilson of the Black & Missing Foundation. women make me feel invincible," she said. — AP them," she said. "But now I know I'm simply a strong, black Oscar-nominee Taraji P Henson hosted the multi-hour event. woman." "I don't care how big you are, I don't care how high Flack, known for hit songs like "Killing Me Softly with His India Arie attends the Black Girls Rock Awards.

Swift expected to testify in groping case in

few moments at a backstage photo session four years $1, while holding Mueller responsible and "serving as an escorted out of the arena and a member of Swift's team called ago are about to be relived, as lawyers for pop star example to other women who may resist publicly reliving sim- his boss. ATaylor Swift and a former disc jockey she accuses of ilar outrageous and humiliating acts," her lawsuit says. Swift never went to the police. She tried to keep the situa- groping her begin picking jurors in their dueling lawsuits. Swift is expected to testify. Mueller is also expected to tes- tion "discreet and quiet and confidential" and was upset by Radio host David Mueller sued the singer-songwriter, saying tify, along with Mueller's former boss and members of Swift's Mueller's claim that "for some reason she might have some he was falsely accused and that she should have called police entourage. Mueller, then 51, was a morning host at a country incentive to actually fabricate this story," her attorney, Douglas instead of his bosses, who fired him soon after the June 2013 music station when he was assigned to attend Swift's concert Baldridge, has argued in court. Mueller's attorney, Gabriel encounter. He's seeking up to $3 million in damages. at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Mueller was backstage with his McFarland, argues that Mueller may have been misidentified Swift countersued, claiming sexual assault, setting up the girlfriend when they met with Swift, then 23, in a curtained after someone else touched Swift. In addition to Swift, who civil trial where she is expected to testify amid tightened enclosure. They posed for a photo and left. lives in Nashville, Tennessee, Mueller named her mother and a courthouse security. Jury selection started yesterday. Opening Later, Swift's bodyguard confronted Mueller with the alle- member of her team as defendants in the lawsuit. — AP statements were expected to begin Tuesday in the case that gation that he had reached under the singer's dress and File photo shows Taylor Swift presents the award for could last two weeks. Court documents say it is unlikely that grabbed her buttocks. Mueller denied the allegation and entertainer of the year at the 50th annual CMA Awards in either side will settle. Swift is seeking a verdict that awards her asked that they call the police. He and his girlfriend were Nashville, Tenn. — AP US hip-hop legends wrap up Newport Festival he Newport Jazz Festival wrapped up Sunday with Coltrane under the stewardship of its founder-promoter winning bassist, said he was proud to feature "," a excellent at it." The festival is regarded as one of the high- a closing performance from the legendary hip-hop George Wein. band regarded as godfathers of hip-hop and best known in lights of the summer cultural calendar in the northeastern Tband "The Roots" as a new artistic director put his Since Wein stepped down last year, new artistic director the United States as the house band of late-night comedi- United States and is held at the same venue as the stamp on one of the world's most venerable jazz carni- Christian McBride has introduced a more eclectic line-up, an Jimmy Fallon. Newport folk festival. — AFP vals. The three-day festival in Rhode Island, which began featuring soul, Afro-Cuban and DJs as well as more tradi- "The one thing I think all these musicians have in com- in 1954, has been headlined over the years by jazz tional jazz stars such as Branford Marsalis who appeared on mon is that they all strive and achieve excellence," McBride greats such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and John Saturday night. McBride, who is himself a Grammy Award- told AFP. "Whatever style there is that they are in, they are

Members of the group Naturally 7 perform at Fort Adams during the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Saxophone great Branford Marsalis (center) performs with (from left) pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and Island. — AFP photos Kobie Watkins during the Newport Jazz Festival August in Newport, Rhode Island.