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1. I am Male

2. Bright lights surround me

3. I have over 50 films under my belt and counting

4. I am an Actor, Director , and Writer.

5. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 25 nominations

6. Received an Oscar for best picture , and directing

7. Has made 2 Icons out of his films he has directed,written, acted

8. Has won numerous awards, including people’s choice award

9. Has brought the plight of the Myanmar people suffering over the last 60 years to the Silver screen in 2008

10.He is currently working on an action film with Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Eric Roberts that is set to be released April 2010

11. Is Happily Married, and has 3 girls and 2 boys

12. Has written a book: On Losing Weight, and building Strength, Gain Will Power, and Live your Dream

13. Brought action to the forefront, a Pioneer in making action films there best.

14. Oil paints in his spare time and considers Leonardo Da Vinci his personal hero

15. Ranked in “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list

16. Has his own television reality series on Espn

17. Is a business man and dabbles in all sorts of things from water to restaurants to casino’s just to name a few

18. His fan base is huge and loved by millions. He’s a very caring person, and has his own website for his fans .

19. Is often misunderstood. Very intelligent, and funny

20. He got his first big break in ROCKY and even has a statue in Philedelphia in his honor of the character he portrayed

Good luck let see how many of you can guess the right answer. I put the easiest question last wanting you all to think first and know more about the person and his gifts and achievements

we attended this concert with our pre-teen daughter and friend. I
am not sure it was Louisiana Hayride group. I remember comment
by the promoter that he’d never heard of Elvis but had to take him as part of the tour package . . but, by the time of the concert he had to pinch himself at his good luck in having a sold-out house
and a first class act.
I moved to Memphis in 1960 as United Way CEO (S.U.N.)
and had many direct and indirect contacts with the “King”. At age
86, I have undertaken a writing career,among which is a book of
personal anecdotes and Elvis-related fun stuff I hope to publish
in time for the 30th anniversary of his passing in August.
My final editing will double-check dates, names, locations, etc
for which the decades may have dimmed the specifics. (I even
had an office at one time on the Elvis Presley Boulevard, the pre-
expressway principal southbound avenue to Mississippi and the
Tunica cotton fields which are casino city).

Actor, Comedian And Exasperated Dad Mac Dies At 50

Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper “Ocean’s Eleven” and his acclaimed sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show.”

Though his comedy drew on tough experiences as a black man, he had mainstream appeal — befitting inspiration he found in a wide range of humorists: Harpo Marx as well as Moms Mabley; squeaky-clean Red Skelton, but also the raw Redd Foxx.

Mac died Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital, his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. She said no other details were available.

“The world just got a little less funny,” said “Oceans” co-star George Clooney.

Don Cheadle, another member of the “Oceans” gang, concurred: “This is a very sad day for many of us who knew and loved Bernie. He brought so much joy to so many. He will be missed, but heaven just got funnier.”

Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently was hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, which his publicist said was not related to the disease.

In 2007, Mac told David Letterman on CBS’ “Late Show” that he planned to retire soon.

“I’m going to still do my producing, my films, but I want to enjoy my life a little bit,” Mac told Letterman. “I missed a lot of things, you know. I was a street performer for two years. I went into clubs in 1977.”

Mac was born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough on Oct. 5, 1957, in Chicago. He grew up on the city’s South Side, living with his mother and grandparents. His grandfather was the deacon of a Baptist church.

In his 2004 memoir, “Maybe You Never Cry Again,” Mac wrote about having a poor childhood — eating bologna for dinner — and a strict, no-nonsense upbringing.

“I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy,” Mac told the AP in 2001. “I decided to try to make other people laugh when there wasn’t a lot of things to laugh about.”

Mac’s mother died of cancer when he was 16. In his book, Mac said she was a support for him and told him he would surprise everyone when he grew up.

“Woman believed in me,” he wrote. “She believed in me long before I believed.”

Mac’s death Saturday coincided with the annual Bud Billiken Parade in Chicago, a major event in the predominantly black South Side that the comedian had previously attended.

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