Lori Singer is expected to play again this year in the Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game which takes place tomorrow.

WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. (batting practice starts at 1 p.m.)
WHERE: Herrick Field, East Hampton, NY (behind Waldbaum's)
WEB: artistswritersgame.com
COST: $10 suggested donation; children younger than 12 free

Pictures of Lori, from past years, can be seen on the website above on various pages.


Source: weblogs.newsday.com

Don't forget to check out Gone Country which premieres tonight at 8/7c on CMT. Check your local listings!

On a side note, a visitor to this site by the name of Tracy, contacted Irene Cara's lawyer and he confirmed that Irene did walk away from participating in Gone Country 2 to focus on her singing career and Hot Caramel. So Irene will only be appearing in a few episodes.

How Caramel currently has a single released from their new album and it's doing pretty well, according to her lawyer. By any chance has anyone here heard her new single on the radio yet?

If you miss the premiere tonight, you can catch it again a number of different days/times. Check out the Zap2It listings for the show.

As you might remember one of the previous announcements that I made regarding two opportunities for Fame fans, well, I have sent in all the names/emails of the people who contacted me interested in helping the other day.

Thank you to those of you who responded.

Awhile back you may remember that I had seen an article online saying that Irene Cara had dropped out of the Gone Country competition and although I sent an email to someone from CMT I didn't get a response back. However, the other day, I did get some info about the show and Irene is still in it!

See Irene Cara on Gone Country at CMT.com



Don't forget to watch and show your support for Irene!

Gone Country on Facebook

The second annual Broadway Stands Up for Freedom! concert will be held July 21 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.The 7:30 PM concert will benefit the Youth Programs of the NYCLU. Michael Cerveris is confirmed to be performing in the concert.

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is located at 566 LaGuardia Place (Washington Square South) in Manhattan. Tickets, priced $12 (students), $60 (general admission) and $100, are available by calling (212) 279-4200 or by visiting www.ticketcentral.com. For more information go to www.nyclu.org/bway.

Source: playbill.com

“Fame,” the 1980 musical that tackles issues of self-esteem, sexuality, drugs, friendship and stardom, will screen in New York City as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar®” series on Monday, July 21, at 7 p.m. at the Directors Guild of America Theatre. A post-screening onstage discussion will feature two-time Academy Award®-winning composer Michael Gore.

Tickets for “Fame” in NYC are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be reserved by calling 1-888-778-7575. Depending on availability, tickets may be purchased in person on the night of the screening. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The DGA Theatre is located at 110 West 57th Street in New York City.


Source: http://www.webwire.com/

I was recently contacted by a couple people who could use the help of Fame fans in projects they are working on.  If anyone is interested, please contact me with your name and email so that I can pass along your information. When doing so, please state which person (or both) that you would like your information passed along to.

Michael A. Hoey - worked on Fame and is in the process of writing a book about Fame.

Simon - Executive Producer at So TV one of the UK's leading TV production companies where they are currently developing a one-off prime time special for C4 celebrating 'Fame'.

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The long awaited Irene Cara CD is due to release a new single this summer called "How Can I Make You Love Me". The Oscar and Grammy winning composer and actress has been developing a girl band called "Hot Caramel" and much of the music features songs produced, written and played by Cara and the women in her band.
The debut album is called Irene Cara Featuring Hot Caramel and is due out by the end of summer. The first single of the album is called, How Can I Make You Love Me, which is being released to radio the first week of June. Hot Caramel members include; Errica Poindexter, Yvonne Poindexter, Audrey Martell, Donna Hairston, Lafrae Olivia Sci, Sheryl Bailey and of course Irene Cara as lead vocals.

Source: prweb.com

Debbie Allen was once again a guest judge on last nights episode of So You Think You Can Dance. I didn't know, in advance, about her appearance on last nights episode or I would have mentioned it sooner. It came as a surprise to me when I went to watch it.

Anyway, I don't know that Debbie will be on this season, as a guest judge, very much because it just so happened that one of the contestants who was chosen to be in the top 20 is a former student of her's and as long as he is in the competition, she is not allowed to be a judge. However, if he happens to be sent home sometime, they may bring Debbie back on. If that happens, I'll do my best to keep you all informed.

I have finally gotten the nameservers for the FameForever.com domain changed to the new hosting so you can now view the site with the FameForever.com domain or the FameForever.net domain ... your choice. The designs will work in either domain (after a small coding edit I made).

It took me awhile to sort out what I needed to keep from the old hosting, what I could delete and to make sure that wherever I might have been linking to graphics (like from my message board) from the previous hosting account was changed to the new hosting account. I think I have everything sorted. Or so I hope I do. LOL 

Also, the change of the nameservers occured pretty quickly but if by chance anyone emailed me from my fameforever.com email address and it bounced back to you, please resend it. Thanks!