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...investigating Walsh's use of two trust funds, "Banker Vics" and "Robin Hood." Walsh allegedly split the $500,000 in profits between the twotrusts and funneled the monies to payoff the bankofficials who funded his 19 real estate ventures...
AFTER HIS SPECTACULAR DEBUT LAST YEAR WITH boyz n the Hood, director JOHN SINGLETON was asked what sort of film he would make next. "A masterpiece," said the young tyro. Not according to insiders who have seen a rough cut of Singleton's latest, Poetic Justice, starring Janet Jackson and rapper Tupac Shakur. The audience turned thumbs down when Columbia Pictures held a test screening last month. Singleton lately has been reshooting some scenes...
...councillor, however, denied that the trusts provided funds to pay off business associates. The two trusts, "Banker Vics" and "Robin Hood," were established to benefit charities and under-paid employees, Walsh said...
...councillor said Robin Hood was earmarked to compensate workers who were not paid overtime for extra hours spent on projects. Banker Vics wasfor Volunteer International Christian Services(VICS), a charity headed by a long-time friend ofthe family...
...from an African-American perspective and, not least, the reputation -- carefully nourished, always vulnerable -- of Spike Lee. "Spike was on the set," recalls an observer who was close to the shooting, "and a guy comes up and tells him, 'I know you! I saw your film -- Boyz N the Hood.' " Lee was miffed, but the crew members laughed seditiously. They surely knew that John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood earned about as much money as Jungle Fever and Do the Right Thing did together. Lee doesn't care to be overtaken by the young black directors whose careers...