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Lonette McKee (born July 22, 1954) is an American film, television and theater actress, music composer, producer, songwriter, screenwriter and director. She is most known for her role as Sister Williams in the original 1976 musical-drama film Sparkle. She is also known for roles in such movies as The Cotton Club, ATL and Honey. She also appeared on the CW sitcom The Game as Mrs. Pitts, the mother of Jason (played by Coby Bell).
McKee was born in Detroit, Michigan, the second of three daughters of Dorothy, of Swedish descent, and Lonnie McKee, an African American bricklayer and auto manufacturer employee.
McKee's career began in the music business in Detroit as a child prodigy, where she started writing music/lyrics, singing, playing keyboards and performing at the age of seven. At fourteen, she recorded her first record, which became an instant regional pop/R&B hit. McKee wrote the title song for the film Quadroon when she was fifteen. Several years later, McKee was launched to stardom with her critically acclaimed performance in the hit 1976 musical drama film Sparkle.
Director: Neil Burger Writers: Neil Burger, Steven Millhauser (short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist") Stars:Edward Norton, Jessica Biel and Paul Giamatti Plot: In late nineteenth century Vienna, renowned illusionist Eisenheim is reunited with the Duchess von Teschen when she is volunteered from the audience to participate in an illusion during one of his performances. Despite having not seen each other in fifteen years when they were teenagers, they almost immediately recognize each other as Eduard Abramovich and Sophie von Teschen, they who had a doomed romance at that time due to their class differences. The Duchess is soon to be wed to the Crown Prince Leopold in what would be for him a marriage solely in pursuit of power: overthrowing his father, the Emperor Leopold, as well as overt...
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You haven’t seen anything yet. Now You See Me 2 – Now Playing! Get Tickets: http://Tickets.NowYouSeeMe.movie Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Radcliffe, Mark Ruffalo and Michael Caine. #NowYouSeeMe2 http://NowYouSeeMe.movie http://facebook.com/NowYouSeeMeMovie http://twitter.com/nysmmovie http://instagram.com/nysmmovie THE FOUR HORSEMEN [Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan] return for a second mind-bending adventure, elevating the limits of stage illusion to new heights and taking them around the globe. One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, the illusionists resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a t...
A novelist being hunted by a spy who believes the writer holds millions of dollars in diamonds stolen by his dead fiance.
Lord Of Illusions Trailer 1995 Director: Clive Barker Starring: Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Scott Bakula, Sheila Tousey, Vincent Schiavelli, Barry Del Sherman Official Content From MGM Home Entertainment A private detective is thrust into the dark world of the supernatural when he investigates the death of a famous magician and falls in love with the beautiful widow. Movie, Lord Of Illusions Movie,Lord Of Illusions Trailer,Lord Of Illusions 1995, Clive Barker,Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Scott Bakula, Sheila Tousey, Vincent Schiavelli, Barry Del Sherman
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I had the distinct honor of leaving the underground for a moment to do the music and sound design for "Illusions & Mirrors" - a short film by visual artist and film maker Shirin Neshat, a winner of both the Silver and Gold Lion awards. The film stars Academy Award winning actress Natalie Portman, and was shot by Academy Award Nominee Darius Khondji. What the hell was I doing with these mega talents? The world may never know. However, I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity and most happy to share the work with you. The piece was commissioned by Dior and will be permiered at Grand Palais November 12, 2013 for my films and music go to www.johnnyazari.com
Lonette McKee at BEI BIO LIVE on WDR German Television - April 1985 Broadcast in PAL SD, aspect ratio 4:3. Lonette McKee had performed in Francis Ford Coppola's film COTTON CLUB, and her appearance on German TV coincided with the release of the movie. MUST LISTEN WITH A HEADSET OR GOOD SOUND SYSTEM! - more examples of early TV work at https://vimeo.com/channels/529905/videos -
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Dexter Gordon and Lonette McKee from the movie 'Round Midnight
Corn Dog "The Reel Hustler" Interviews EB CEO Dr. Elise calvert and Actor/Singer Lonette Mckey Elise Beautifull Cosmetics National Launch Celebration Featuring Celebrity Actress Lonette McKee Meet Our New Cosmetics Line Spokeswoman ~ AT ~ 336 S. Main Rochester, MI 48307 www.Eliseeb.com or call 248.652.8511 - ask for Dr. Elise Calvert Sponsors: Ballard Associates, LLC David & Davis Home Liquidity International Lyndsey's Linen & Chair Covers Michigan Chronicle MY (Metro You) Magazine RBS Refined Home Skin & Tonic
To see all 5 songs Lonette sang this evening, type in Stunning Lonette McKee sings Them There Eyes and more Lonette McKee on Soul Train saying she is up for a part in Sparkle and hopes she gets it! I think she did! ;-) Previous Comment: From: frankmichaelchiara Marvin Hamlisch deserves lots of kudos for composing this beautiful piece. Mathis's voice is lovely but I still love .
My favorite song from Lonette McKee's 1978 lp titled "Words and Music". I've been listening to it alot lately and thought I'd share it. The song was written and produced by McKee. A stirring song with an emotive vocal that shows McKee is as talented as she is beautiful.
Lonette McKee on Soul Train saying she is up for a part in Sparkle and hopes she gets it! I think she did! ;-)
Sweet lyrics sang by Lonette McKee, for the crime-drama centered on a Harlem jazz club of the 1930s.
In 1950s Harlem, Sparkle (Irene Cara), Sister (Lonette McKee) and Dolores (Dwan Smith) are http://tinyurl.com/j5s3jja three musically gifted sisters whose mother, Effie (Mary Alice)
Niecy (Kerry Washington), a young African-American woman, lives in inner-city Boston but works at Kennedy's, an upscale department store. Niecy is ambitious, intelligent, stylish ... and a proficient shoplifter who filches clothes and credit cards with equal aplomb. But when she's lured into a scheme to steal a small fortune in diamonds with a local gang, she finds that life as a criminal may not be all it's cracked up to be. Starring: Kerry Washington, Lonette McKee, Eugene Byrd, Barbara Montgomery, Todd Williams, Jacqui Parker and Sticky Fingaz, and Naheem Allah BET Pictures, Harp-Sharp Entertainiment, Showtime Networks https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Lift/60029236 https://www.amazon.com/Lift-Kerry-Washington/dp/B000095J01
This was my b'day party at Ashford & Simpsons' Sugar Bar! It was the last year to be a Silver Girl...We had a BALL!! I pray that you enjoy the show and ALL of my comedic antics...Here is where the BOYS..THE ROOMMATES...THE FELLAS..MY YOUNG MEN began to perform on stage!! I hope you listen well & enjoy the Show! The Band: The Toni Seawright Band Mick Gaffney (MD Lead Guitar) Lenny Underwood (Keys) Billy Grant (Bass) Camille Gainer Jones (Drums) Vocals/BGV's Gerald Latham Marvel Allen Asa LoveChild Arnold Gwendolyn Quinn Guest Vocalists: Featured Guest Appearance by Lonette McKee Gedeon McKinney aka Gedeon Luke Evvie McKinney Qaasim & Khalil Middleton Karen Bernod BIC aka Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir
Clip from the 1998 movie Blind Faith. PLEASE NOTE: A message will appear across the upload at 9:06 and 17:38 to let viewers know that it was uploaded on . PLEASE NOTE: This film contains moments of strong language and subject matter that some viewers may find offensive. Also, a message will appear across the . If you would like this film. Or Looking for more Rare Films.
The movie begins in Harlem, New York in 1958, and follows the girl group, Sister and the Sisters, which is made up three sisters: Sister (Lonette McKee), Sparkle (Irene Cara), and Delores (Dwan Smith). http://behindthelinemovieonline.blogspot.com/0075249 Stix (Philip Michael Thomas), Sparkle's love interest and the groups manager, is able to help bring the group from "amateur nights to brief stardom before tragedy (dope, melancholia, the wrong man)" ensues and the group splits.[3] Stix gives up on his music career and leaves the city and thus breaking Sparkle's heart. Sister is in an abusive relationship and is hung up on drugs while Delores leaves the city in pursuit of racial equality. In the end, after reconnecting after Sister's funeral, it is only Sparkle and Stix who climb the ladder...
This show features Mel Torme (Host), Rosemary Clooney, Lonette McKee, the Glenn Miller Orchestra & dancers from the American Ballroom Theater. It also featured some ice skating performances, which were cut out of this video at the time of taping back in 1989, and because of that I would not ordinarily have considered posting the whole show if not for a request from a viewer. MESSAGE TO VIEWERS: [Click on "Show More" for rest of this message & description] I am sad to find out that several people have copied and re-posted most of my videos, using my exact same titles (this video is among over 400 videos that they have copied from me). The descriptions are either shown as I originally wrote them, partially shown, completely left out, or completely changed!! These copied videos often have ...
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This week's episode of Black on Black Cinema the crew discuss the 1991 film, 'Jungle Fever' directed by Spike Lee. In the film, the complex issues of interracial relationships is the center focus along with issues of the drug epidemic during the early 1990s. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. Spike Lee defines "jungle fever" as sexual attraction between members of two races. In his film Jungle Fever, he examines the repercussions of an interracial affair upon two very distinct communities. Wesley Snipes is Flipper, a happily married and successful architect, and Annabella Sciorra is Angie, an office temp. When she starts working in Flipper's Manhattan office, one day they look at each other and are soon having sex over a blueprint-strewn desk. Their liaison causes an expl...
The panel of performers - Michel Bell ("Show Boat"), Charlotte D'Amboise ("Damn Yankees"), Rosemary Harris ("An Inspector Calls"), Audra McDonald ("Carousel"), and Lonette McKee ("Show Boat") - discuss working with elaborate sets, their performing backgrounds, developing technique and discipline, and bringing classics back to the stage. Originally taped - September, 1994 An acclaimed fixture on New York television and in the theatre community for 30 years, the American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" offers an unprecedented forum for the meeting of theatrical minds. For more visit: http://www.americantheatrewing.org
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Corn Dog "The Reel Hustler" Interviews EB CEO Dr. Elise calvert and Actor/Singer Lonette Mckey Elise Beautifull Cosmetics National Launch Celebration Featuring Celebrity Actress Lonette McKee Meet Our New Cosmetics Line Spokeswoman ~ AT ~ 336 S. Main Rochester, MI 48307 www.Eliseeb.com or call 248.652.8511 - ask for Dr. Elise Calvert Sponsors: Ballard Associates, LLC David & Davis Home Liquidity International Lyndsey's Linen & Chair Covers Michigan Chronicle MY (Metro You) Magazine RBS Refined Home Skin & Tonic
The American Theatre Wing hosts seminars in which theater professionals talk about their work. This is a panel on performance in front of a CUNY audience from 1994 featuring Rosemary Harris, Michel Bell, Audra McDonald, Lonette McKee and Charlotte D'Amboise. Isabelle Stevenson is the host and Brendan Gill and George C. White are the moderators. If you would like to see the whole video, please visit the American Theatre Wing's website: http://americantheatrewing.org/wit/detail/performance_09_94
Lonette McKee on Soul Train saying she is up for a part in Sparkle and hopes she gets it! I think she did! ;-)
Kathrine McKee alleges Cosby raped her in a Michigan hotel room in the early 1970s when she was on tour with Davis. She joins more than 20 other women who have accused the comedian known as Americas Dad of sexual assault. Click here to get more: http://nydn.us/1sOnu7p Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/nydailynews Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nydnvideo Friend us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenewyorkdailynews Follow us on Tumblr: http://nydailynews.tumblr.com/
On this week's "Name Check," actress Lonette McKee, an original cast member of "Sparkle," stops by The Post to chat with Michael Riedel about her new projects. The Post Got It Covered: Twitter: http://twitter.com/newyorkpost Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NewYorkPost RSS: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/nypost/uploads iGoogle Gadget: http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets&url;=hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/106176226231832917782/New-York-Post.xml
www.MidnightMediaCapture.com "Pass The Courvoisier" Talented entertainer Lonette McKee reveals her one regret. He was introduced to her by her friend and co-star Richard Pryor and she knew a life with him beyond the glitz and promises was not possible. Lonette identifies this man and gives revealing details of so much more as MMC Presents The Lonette McKee Files, a podcast series only available at www.MidnightMediaCapture.com. This fourth chapter is 25 minutes and available for $1.99. Interview is conducted by friend of Lonette McKee, Nicole Franklin of Midnight Media Capture. Visit MidnightMediaCapture.com for your download. Midnight Media Capture. At Midnight, we have business. Bring a story.
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Honey 2 choreographer Rosero McCoy has an exclusive interview with DanceOn about working on the film. Blu-ray/DVD Release Date - February 21, 2012 Director - Billie Woodruff Choreographer - Rosero McCoy Katerina Graham ("The Vampire Diaries") stars in Honey 2 as Maria Ramirez, a 17-year-old girl just released from juvenile hall determined to rebuild her life, armed only with her talent for street dance and a burning ambition to prove herself. When Maria returns to her gritty Bronx roots, her killer moves attract the attention of Brandon (Randy Wayne, "The Secret Life of an American Teenager"), who urges her to help lead a rowdy group of rising dancers to win a fierce national competition. Maria's in for an unforgettable showdown in this inspiring story of courage, dedication and the will...
[B-Real]
Some people tell me that I need help
Some people can fuck off and go to hell
God damn, why they criticize me
Now shit is on the rise so my family despise me
Fuck 'em! And feed 'em, cause I don't need 'em
I won't join 'em if I can beat 'em
They don't understand my logic
To my gat to my money and I'm hooked on chronic
I never wanted to hurt a nigga
Unless ya come flexin that trigga, I dig ya
That grave on the east side of towwwwn
Lay ya six feet undergrounnnnd
From man, to the dust to the ashes
All I remember tell me where the cash is
Clicl-clack, barrel at my dome
Give all your loot or you ain't goin home
But I ain't goin out with a bang
Wa da da dang, wa dada daa dang
[Chorus]
I'm havin illusions, all this confusion's drivin me mad inside
I'm havin illusions, all this confusion's fuckin me up in my mind
I'm havin illusions, all this confusion's drivin me mad inside
I'm havin illusions, all this confusion's fuckin me up in my mind
[B-Real]
Motherfuckers be drivin me up the walls
Hopin that I fall but they can lick my balls
Straight jacket, strap it
In a padded room when some punk niggaz can't hack it
Distracted from all reality
Now I'm let out on a minor technicality
(ahhh) They all fucked up now
Cause they let a nigga back on the streets somehow
I'm lookin for someone like me
Livin in my own world to my own degree
On the loose in the city lookin at the ho wit the big titties
Lookin at me and I feel shitty
A little tensed up gettin hot
Cause she looks like my girl who just smoked at the crack spot
I'm tryin to find ways to cope
But I ain't fuckin round with the gauge or a rope
[Chorus]
[B-Real]
I'm havin illusions..
I'm havin illusions..
I'm havin illusions..
I'm havin illusions..
I'm havin illusions..
I'm havin illusions..
I'm havin illusions..