DBE Head, Lou DiBella to Produce Major Motion Picture

Lou DiBella



***DBE Head, Lou DiBella to Produce Major Motion Picture***

New York, NY, DiBella Entertainment President Lou DiBella will produce a motion picture entitled “Love Ranch” which will begin filming in Albuquerque, New Mexico in late January. The drama will tell the story of a couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada and how their relationship is put to the test when infidelity becomes involved. The work is inspired by the story of Joe and Sally Conforte, owners of the Mustang Ranch in Reno, Nevada. Professional boxer Oscar Bonavena was shot dead at the ranch in 1976 after it was suspected he had an affair with Sally.

“I am extremely excited to be a part of this movie. Many people know me as a boxing promoter but film is something I have always wanted to be involved in”, said DiBella.

The film will star Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and legendary actor Joe Pesci. Taylor Hackford will be a producer and the director. The renowned director has directed famous films including “An Officer and a Gentleman”, “The Devil’s Advocate”, and his most recent work, “Ray”. Other producers include David Bergstein and Marty Katz. Mark Jacobson, a close friend of DiBella, whose New York magazine article formed the basis for “American Gangster”, wrote the screenplay.

“This will be a fun project. Having the opportunity to work with a friend in Mark, world class actors in Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci and a director like Taylor Hackford is really something I am looking forward to”, said the promoter.

This will not be the first time DiBella will be involved in a movie. DBE launched DBE Productions several years ago. The production department of DBE produced a documentary on IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Paulie Malignaggi’s rise to a title fight entitled “Magic Man”. The rough cut of the film won the Audience Award at the 2007 Hoboken International Film Festival. The film has recently been completed and will be released in late winter or early spring. DiBella had a role playing himself in the sixth and final installment of the Rocky movies, “Rocky Balboa”, which was released in 2006.

Paulie Malignaggi and Buddy McGirt.

BLACK NEW YORKER’S FOR GIULIANI TO DELIVER 25%

Gary James and Rudolph Giuliani

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October 29, 2007 Contact person: Gary James 212.281.8457
www.garyjames.info email: garyjamesusa@netscape.net

BLACK NEW YORKER’S FOR GIULIANI TO DELIVER 25%

“The absolute predictability of the Black American vote has rendered the Black community a political weakling among all other ethnic and political minorities. Black elected officials out number politicians of all other ethnic and political minorities yet Black Americans have comparatively no political leverage.”

This was the mantra articulated by Gary James, a longtime political organizer, analyst and author, during a booking signing event at the Barnes & Nobel bookstore located at Co-Op in the Bronx on Thursday September 27, 2007. The event was sponsored by a local health and fitness group comprised of women entrepreneurs.

Following his animated presentation critiquing Black political leadership and the efficacy of political correctness and traditional civil rights tactics, James discussed his intention to volunteer to help the Giuliani campaign in the February primary and November 2008 general election, should he prevail.

James said, “In the framework of Black New Yorker’s for Giuliani we will promote the need to develop ‘political leverage’ and work to deliver 25% of the Black vote in the general election. In the meantime we will we work on his behalf to win the GOP primary election on February 5, 2007.”

James continued, “25% of the Black vote going to the GOP candidate will unequivocally establish that the Black vote is now ‘unpredictable’ thereby establishing a degree of political leverage. A 25% walk-out by Black voters from the Democratic Party will constitute a paradigm shift that will move the Black community beyond the political stagnation that is the result of a failing Black political leadership orthodoxy.”

“Hopefully, we Black folk have learned that electoral politics embodies advancing the permanent interests of the community, and is not a fraternity of partisan friends verses racist enemies. We must not forget the political lessons of the 1960’s, which includes infiltrating adversary political forces from within as well strategic and tactical applications from without the process in order to achieve meaningful political and economic remediation.”

During the Q & A period, the point was mentioned to James that the Republican Party has a poor record with Black voters in general. In addition, the numerical advantage of Democrats in New York may constitute a mission impossible. This problem would be compounded should Mayor Giuliani be the Republican Party nominee in view of his record in the Black community, which is perceived as racist.

“The task for the GOP in New York is tough, but victory is not unprecedented. My organization helped President Reagan carry New York in 1984, during his re-election campaign. And Calvin Coolidge carried the state in 1924. As for Giuliani’s baggage with the Black community, I suspect that we may have substantially moved beyond the limitations of personally politics, and the racialized political paradigm. Whether we like a candidate or not, or whether he/she did this or that may not be politically irrelevant in 21st century black power politics. The real-time question is to what extent you are politically organized as a community to require the elected official to respond to your interests, who ever they are, and where ever they stand in the power equation. It’s about ‘how to’ be successful in accessing and sustaining political leverage.” James concluded.

Eracism, Author of the book Gary James.


For information: www.garyjames.info or email garyjamesusa@netscape.net

Eddie Goldman Named Boxing Correspondent for Joey Reynolds Show

Eddie Goldman Named Boxing Correspondent for Joey Reynolds Show

Eddie Goldman has been named the boxing correspondent for the "JoeyReynolds Show", a national radio broadcast in New York on WOR 710 AM and on 100 other stations via the WOR Network. These duties will include coming on the show prior to major fights, especially those in the New York area, to discuss them with Joey, as well as the overall state of the sweet science.
Eddie Goldman and Miguel Cotto.

"Joey Reynolds is a major fan of Eddie's," said Myra Chanin, booking producer and on-air personality for the show. "He finds Eddie's commentaries, interviews, and boxing connections outstanding, and feels he adds a great deal to the sports aspects and general intellectual content of the 'Joey Reynolds Show'." Added Joey, "I hope to win some more fights with you on the air."
Eddie Goldman and Bernard Hopkins.

Eddie said, "This is another great opportunity for me to build interest in boxing while at the same time offering critical analysis about the many problems in the sport. I will also be continuing all my other many activities in the media, especially covering the combat sports." The "Joey Reynolds Show" airs live beginning at midnight ET and runsto 5 AM ET Monday through Friday. You can also listen to the "Joey Reynolds Show" online. For more information on the show's webcast, go to http://www.wor710.com/.
Eddie Goldman and Samuel Peter.