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.KNOWLES, BEYONCE.Knowles sang the National Anthem at Su-per Bowl XXXVIII in 2004.She made appearances on numerousmusical award shows including the 46th Annual Grammy Awards(2004), The Essence Awards (2003), the American Music Awards(2003), the MTV Video Music Awards (2003), and the Spike TV VGAVideo Game Awards (2003).She performed on Christmas in Rocke-feller Center (2003) and was one of the divas on VH1 Divas Duets(2003).As a member of Destiny s Child, she made appearances inearlier specials and award shows.KOBE BRYANT SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE.The 24-year-old LosAngeles Lakers all-star guard was charged with sexual assault of a19-year-old Colorado woman; he claimed that the June 30, 2003, en-counter was consensual.If found guilty, he could have received asentence ranging anywhere from probation to life in prison.The storywas prominent in national newscasts that sensationalized each step heand his lawyers made and each step the unnamed accuser and herlawyers made.Public sentiment was affected when the defense re-vealed that DNA showed the woman had sex with another man soonafter the encounter with Bryant.Then, days before the trial was to be-gin, prosecutors dropped the charges according to the accuser swishes.Bryant issued an apology while still maintaining innocence.This story would be in the top 10 of news stories ranked according tothe numbers of hours of TV airtime allotted to them in 2003 2004.KODJOE, BORIS.Kodjoe played Damon on the drama series SoulFood (2000 2004).In 2004, he began a starring role of Jackson Musein the sitcom Second Time Around.KOJAK (CBS, 1973 1990).This long-running drama starring TellySavalas as a New York City police inspector also introduced to televi-sion Andre Braugher, as Detective Winston Blake, from 1989 to 1990.KOTTO, YAPHET.Kotto starred as Idi Amin in Raid on Entebbe in1977.He played Sgt.China Bell in the drama series For Love and 244 " KRAVITZ, LENNYHonor in 1983.Kotto had key roles in the TV films Rage in 1980 andWomen of San Quentin in 1983.He starred with James Woods in theTV film Badge of the Assassin in 1985 and in the same year playeda key role in the TV film Playing with Fire.He played Lt.Al Gia-rdello in Homicide: Life on the Street from 1993 to 1999 and thesame role in Homicide: The Movie in 2000.KRAVITZ, LENNY.Kravitz appeared in the tribute special A Tributeto John Lennon in 1990, The Beatles Revolution (2000), Being Mick(2001), and various talks shows, specials, and music awards shows.He is the son of Roxie Roker (The Jeffersons). L LABELLE, PATTI.Grammy Award winner LaBelle starred in the1992 1993 sitcom Out All Night as a former singer who owned anightclub.She had a recurring role on A Different World as DwayneWayne s mother.She also appeared in variety specials: RollingStone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary in 1977, The Kraft All-StarSalute to Ford s Theatre in 1985, Musical Comedy Tonight in 1985,Placido Domingo.Stepping Out with the Ladies in 1985, LibertyWeekend: Closing Ceremonies in 1986, Sisters in the Name of Lovein 1986, Happy Birthday, Hollywood in 1987, We the People 200:The Constitutional Gala in 1987, The Songwriter s Hall of Fame in1989, Tommy The Who in 1989, Motown 30: What s Going On? in1990, The Bob Hope s Yellow Ribbon Celebration in 1991, DisneyWorld s 20th Anniversary Celebration in 1991, and A Country Mu-sic Celebration: The 35th Anniversary of the Country Music Associ-ation in 1993.She also appeared in the musical special A CapitolFourth: 1992.She hosted her own variety special, The Patti La-Belle Show, in 1985.LaBelle was a headliner at the halftime showfor Super Bowl XXIX in 1995.She sang in Goodnight Moon, a1999 children s program.LACKAWANNA BLUES (HBO, February 12, 2005).S.EpathaMerkerson starred in this dramatic cable film based on RubenSantiago-Hudson s play about characters in his early life in upstate LANEUVILLE, ERIC " 245New York in the 1950s.Merkerson played Nanny, a boardinghouseowner with an open house as well as an open heart to various color-ful and eccentric people who told their stories to young Ruben,Nanny s son, after she convinced his problematic parents (CarmenEjogo and Jimmy Smits) that the boy would be better off in her lov-ing, supporting home.Ruben, as a child, was played by Marcus Carl Franklin.As a youngadult, he was played by Hill Harper.Others in the cast included MosDef as a nightclub singer who had the joint jumping when he sang Caldonia ; Louis Gossett Jr.as Mr.Taylor, who left a mental insti-tution to live at Nanny s place; Terrance Dashon Howard asNanny s womanizing husband, Bill; DelRoy Lindo; Jeffrey Wright;Rose Perez; Charlayne Woodard; and others.Halle Berry, who was instrumental in getting HBO to make thefilm, was executive producer.Broadway s George C.Wolfe was di-rector.See also BIOPICS.LADY FROM PHILADELPHIA: THROUGH ASIA WITHMARIAN ANDERSON, THE (December 30, 1957).This episodeof See It Now was a documentary on singer Marian Anderson s good-will tour of Asia sponsored by the U.S.State Department.LAND OF THE GIANTS (ABC, 1968 1970).Don Marshall was thesole black actor in this science fiction drama about seven Earthlingswho traveled into space and landed on a planet where the inhabitantswere 12 times their size.Marshall was Dan Erickson, the copilot.Seealso SERIES WITH ONE BLACK SUPPORTING ACTOR/PERFORMER BEFORE 1980.LANEUVILLE, ERIC.Laneuville started his TV career as an actorplaying the student Larry on Room 222 (1969 1974).He was Mousein The Cop and the Kid (1975 1976) and had key roles in the TVdramatic films Foster and Laurie in 1975 and Scared Straight! An-other Story in 1980.Then, he was Luther Hawkins, the orderly on St.Elsewhere (1982 1988).He directed an episode of St.Elsewhere in1982 and thereafter piled up numerous credits as a director.He wonan Emmy Award in 1992 for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Se-ries for his work on an episode of I ll Fly Away. 246 " LANGE, TEDLANGE, TED.Lange played Junior in the 1974 1975 sitcom That sMy Mama and Harvard in the 1976 sitcom Mr.T and Tina, and is rec-ognized primarily for his role as bartender Isaac Washington in thenine years of the one-hour sitcom The Love Boat.Ted Lange ap-peared in game The Celebrity Football Classic in 1979 and the TVspecial Circus of the Stars in 1980.He appeared in variety specialsGood Morning, Captain in 1981, The Love Boat Fall Preview Specialin 1983, and The ABC All-Star Spectacular in 1985.He played theGhost of Christmas Present in John Grin s Christmas in 1986.Evenbefore That s My Mama, Lange appeared in the film project Wattstax1973, which had limited film release and was aired on television as aclassic in 2004.LANGHART, JANET.Langhart was a newscaster who played a news-caster in the miniseries Blind Ambition in 1979.Her credits includebeing correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and Black Enter-tainment Television.LARRY ELDER SHOW, THE (SYN, 2004 ).Elder s talk format wasbased on themes.He tackled a subject and brought in experts or per-sons who had personal experiences to talk about that subject.Amongthe subjects discussed were teachers having affairs with pupils, obe-sity as a disease, and various other life choices and lifestyles.See alsoTALK SHOWS.LASALLE, ERIQ.LaSalle played Dr.Peter Benton on ER(1994 2001) and Michael Stoven in the medical drama The HumanFactor (1992).He played Diego in the 1996 TV film Rebound: TheLegend of Earl The Goat Manigault
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