Savannah Jayde - Movie

 

Savannah Jayde - Movie

By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist 

Savannah Jayde

Saving The Day In Space Warriors!

     Arc Entertainment has a new movie out called “Space Warriors.” It involves six highly skilled teens who were hand picked to participate in a summer space camp competition at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. When the competition really heats up, the participants are not aware that their ultimate challenge will be to solve a dangerous crisis aboard the International Space Station amid world wide media attention. 

    

Savannah Jayde

Dani is one of the teen team members and she is played by Savannah Jayde. Fans of the Nickelodeon teen show “Big Time Rush” will recognize Jayde as one of “The Jennifers.” She has also had roles on TV shows such as “Amazing Love,” “Mellissa & Joey,” “Corey and Lucas” and “The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” to name some.

    

The Teen Space Crew

When asked to describe her role as Dani in “Space Warriors,” Jayde lights up, “We had a chance to see the finished movie and we’re really happy with it. The film is about a group of kids who all come to the same camp and we go through the motions of learning how to be an astronaut. We’re competing against this team that has won every year. They are such a great team and we are kind of the underdogs and still kind of learning our way around but we end up saving NASA. 

   

 

Cast and Director at the Premiere

When she got the role, what kind of training did the cast have to undergo to make what they were doing look real on screen? Jayde explains, “A Couple of days before we started filming, we had to walk around the space camp and kind of see what the normal kids who were there had to go through. We did scuba diving and the centrifuge which is a crazy, big contraption that you get in and it makes you want to throw up. We also did the helidunker which is this huge, kind of helicopter like thing that gets dropped into this lake and you have to get your team out safely and you have to cover each other and swim out. That’s a part of the aviation plunge and it was pretty difficult but we all had a good time and we all looked out for each other which was nice. So we had to do all of the stuff that the regular camp kids do.” In case we didn’t mention it, the filming took place at the actual youth space camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

     When she sees her work on the big or little screen, is she critical of herself? Jayde laughs, “Absolutely! I think all actors are their #1 critic. Once you see something and it is in print you know you could have done it a different way. But you have to look at it like that’s what you did, it was great and everybody liked it if you get good feedback so you have to put it aside. But I would definitely say that I’m a pretty hash critic of myself.”

Savannah on red carpet

    Having started as a child model in her native Dallas, Texas then moving to Los Angeles with her family to pursue acting; eighteen year-old Jayde has arrived at that interesting point in her career and in life of transitioning from child/teen to young adult. History has shown that some former child stars fall off the wagon during this period and become victim to peer and fan pressure thereby wanting to shake their cutesy-wootsy, squeaky clean image for that of trying to be bad, hard, oversexed, drugged-out and excessive partying. How does Jayde plan to get through this chapter? She ponders, “I think it’s definitely something that you kind of prepare yourself for. You see people ahead of you going through it. Some people come out really well and some come out not so well. It all depends on how you grew up and what you believe and how your family is and where you see yourself going in your career. You can make good and bad decisions and chose the path you go down and obviously I plan to take the right one. I don’t want to do projects that are trashy. I have some fans and I’d like to do something that they can grow with me.”

Some photos are from Arc Entertainment, others are subject to copyright

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Kali Hawk - Movie

 

Kali Hawk - Movie

By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist

 

Kali Hawk

Sensuously Heats Up The Screen In “Peeples!”

    

Kali Hawk

Some people have to create a persona while others have it naturally. Actress Kali Hawk has the strikingly fine looks, magnetic personality and sensuousness that attracts attention in a subtle way that is not obviously flaunting. She is a part of the Hollywood hotties such as Adrianne Palicki, Katherine Heigl, Megan Fox, Paula Patton and of course her “Peeples” co-star Kerry Washington. Hawk, a New York City native got her start on stage at age 6 and skipped two grades in elementary school to enter high school at age 12. She then was accepted to the prestigious New York Arts University SUNY Purchase before she was 16. Hawk was sighted by Glamour Magazine as one of the “12 Funny Women To Watch.” She had co-starring roles in the mega-comedies “Couples Retreat, “Bridesmaids,” and “Get Him To The Greek,” to mentions some films. On the TV side, Hawk appeared as Shelby on two seasons of the Fox sitcom “New Girl” starring Zooey Deschanel. 
 

  In Hawk’s latest film, Tyler Perry’s “Peeples”, she plays Gloria Peeples who has a lesbian lover but personally doesn’t quite know if she is a full lesbian or just bi. While Hawk’s beauty is an attention grabber on the big screen, her comedic attributes stand out as well. How did Hawk approach the role of a sexually confused female? She laughs, “One of the things that I liked about the film as a whole is that the characters weren’t written in a stereo typical way. Everything about the movie was universal, the theme was universal. All families have secrets and corky things that they do and they all have to figure out how to love each other in spite of that. 

(L) Kimrie Lewis-Davis (Meg) (R) Kali Hawk Gloria Peeoles

  I’m playing this character that I thought was really neat that they’re just two women. So when you see them you don’t instantly think that they are going to be a couple, you don’t know what to make of them but there was nothing stereo typical about them and that’s what I really liked. They are just two lovely ladies who happen to be in a relationship and what that looks like is going to be unique to them and different from anything that you normally see on screen. We’re just living in the reality of our relationship and pretty much doing that.” 

   

L-R: David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington, Tyler James Williams, Kali Hawk, Kimrie Lewis-Davis

    When she got the lesbian role was she apprehensive about what she would have to do? Hawk lights up, “What’s so crazy, when I signed on to the movie, I was like its Tyler Perry and he is known for certain level of integrity within his work. So I knew it wasn’t going to be anything super crazy. My character was going to be a lesbian but I knew there wasn’t going to be anything really extreme or overt and there wasn’t.”

(L-R): Kerry Washington (Grace), Craig Robinson (Wade), David Alan Grier (Virgil)

  Did the studio give Hawk any notes about being politically correct with her role? Hawk says, “No, surprisingly I didn’t get any notes thrown my way about how to be a lesbian. I think that was the cool thing about the movie is that it doesn’t presume to teach or to show anything. It just kind of is you know. I mean lesbians are people. It just so happens to be women who love one another.” Hawk has played several roles where she is quirky, how much fun is that for her? She laughs, “I really like the idea of kind of transforming, having people see you in one project and look up to see what else you’ve been in and go Oh my God, that was the person from that, they played so and so, I can’t believe that’s the same person. I would love to give people that element of surprise.”

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Leroya Sanford - Comedy

Leroya Sanford - Comedy

By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist

Leroya Sanford

10yr-Old Comic Genius AKA “The Crown Princess Of Comedy" Is Rising Fast! 
 

Photos by Lee Sanford

   

Leroya Sanford

  Some people spend an entire life time trying figure out what their purpose in life is and never find the answer. Then there are those like ten year old Leroya Sanford who come here knowing why they are here. Since she got up in front of a crowd at her swim team awards banquet at four years old and told her first joke, Sanford has been on a mission every since. Initially her parents thought that it was a passing phase when she started to bug them at age five to let her go places to tell jokes. Eventually they gave in and thought that if they placated and let her tell jokes at gatherings that she would see how much work was involved and like all children do; would lose interest and that would be the end of it. Well that didn’t happen and soon Sanford’s dad Lee was making the event rounds with his daughter in tow because it only wet her appetite for comedy even more.

   

Leroya Sanford

  By age eight Sanford was making serious event rounds throughout the metro Los Angeles area with her stand-up comic routine appearing at local festivals, the famed Leimert Park area events, the annual KJLH-FM, LA Sentinel Newspaper “Taste of Soul” Street Festival and a host of others. This led to her getting into the door and working the major rooms in Hollywood i.e., “The Comedy Store,” “The Laugh Factory,” “The Ice House,” The Ha Ha Comedy Club” and “The Improv.” Stanford recently caught the eye of the producers of ABC-TV’s “The View” and was flown to New York to perform on the show. Needless to say she was a hit and the TV critic/reviews were very positive. 

  

Leroya Sanford & Whoopie Goldberg on set at The View

        Some critics called her the next young Whoopie Goldberg. You can see her segment on YouTube under Leroya Sanford on The View. 

   

Leroya & Richie Tienken owner of "comic Strip" in New York

While she was in the big apple Sanford also manage to sneak in appearances at “The Broadway Comedy Club” and the famed “Comic Strip.”

  

L-R: Elizabeth, Leroya, Whoopie & Sheri on set at The View

   When asked about her experience in on “The View” and New York, Sanford lights up saying, “It was phenomenal. They were the classiest ladies I’ve met and I love New York except for the cement but I love it, I love it. I shared the stage with great comedians and if they’re on there, I know I’m going to make it.”

   

Redd Foxx from NBC-TV's Sanford & Son

    As a note of interest, Sanford is from the bloodline of John Elroy Sanford (PKA Redd Foxx). She is part of the Sanford family from Chicago where Redd grew up. In short, Sanford is actually comedic royalty with the DNA and linage of Redd Foxx. 

 

   

Leroya Sanford

Sanford is now being referred by the press as "The Crown Princess of Comedy" and will be the youngest stand-up comic ever to headline the main room stage at the world famous “Comedy Store” in Hollywood on Friday, May 3, 2013. 





Comments from the pros include: Katt Williams---"Leroya is on the fast track;" Arsenio Hall---"So funny and original;" Paul Rodriguez--"She's a pint size Lucille Ball;" Tom Arnold--"Amazingly Hilarious;" Dane Cook--"She's the real deal;" Joe Medina--"Wow! Check her out;" Tom Dreesen---"She's soooo funny." and Jay Leno--"A superstar in the making."

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