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...grim, uncertain weeks following Sept. 11, some New Yorkers wondered when they would ever have cause to party again. At the Robin Hood Foundation, executive director David Saltzman and his board organized both the party and the cause. The Oct. 20 Concert for New York City brought together an A list of performers that ran from Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger to Melissa Etheridge. In ticket sales alone, the televised concert generated $14 million; pledges from viewers are still being calculated...
...other philanthropic groups could have organized such an event so fast with confidence that the proceeds would get where they needed to go. But Robin Hood--started in 1988 by Saltzman and a handful of thirtysomething Wall Streeters led by commodities trader Paul Tudor Jones--has always been as determined as the city it serves. This organization attacks the social crises that have haunted urban communities for generations: teen pregnancy, illiteracy, poor job training. Robin Hood doesn't just pay, it plays, becoming intricately involved in the management of beneficiary groups. Its staff offers expertise and procures pro bono access...
...AWARDED. PETER CAREY, 58, the Booker Prize for his book True History of the Kelly Gang, a fictionalized account of Australian legend Ned Kelly, the notorious outback gangster-turned-Robin Hood; in London. Carey became the second author in the prize's 33-year history to win twice, after South African J.M. Coetzee. Carey first won the Booker in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda. DIED. JAY LIVINGSTON, 86, Oscar-winning composer and lyricist whose collaboration with Ray Evans produced such hits as Silver Bells and Que Sera Sera; in Los Angeles. During their 64-year partnership the duo received seven...
...Don’t Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood, Marlon Wayans makes the joke that the careers of talented actors are endangered by rappers crossing over into film work. Bones, starring rap artist Snoop Dogg, proves his point perfectly. Centered around a young group of entrepreneurs, Bones is a supernatural thriller that runs entirely too long. The movie would be completely boring if not for the actors’ laughable performances. Snoop plays Jimmy Bones, a man who is wrongly killed and awakens to avenge his death. However, he fails so miserably...
...they grabbed Hollywood by the collar with Menace II Society. The film, about black, disenfranchised youth, opened to critical acclaim and big box office. They returned to that milieu in 1995 with the ambitious Dead Presidents, about a black Vietnam soldier returning to a life of crime in the hood. With American Pimp, a controversial 1999 documentary, they took a straight-on view of the gold-medallion and Cadillac...