Detroit Hot Television

07/11/2024

Shae Nycole "Do Right" ... Still hitting it!

31/10/2024

Sometimes those of the arts are not always singers and entertainers but those who let the world know who those folks are among us. Meet Dahyrl Gooden, a powerhouse in the world of photography and videography, whose journey began in Detroit, Michigan, on September 23, 1957. From the moment his father, Lee, gifted him a Kodak Instamatic camera, Dahyrl's fascination with capturing life through a lens ignited a lifelong passion. By age twelve, with a Ricoh 35 mm camera in hand, he was already framing family moments and shooting weddings and sports events, honing his craft with an assortment of lenses and gear.
Now, after five decades as one of Detroit’s top photographers, Dahyrl continues to push the boundaries of his artistry, traveling the globe to meet new people and capture the beauty of diverse cultures and landscapes. As the owner and CEO of Dahyrl Entertainment Enterprises (D.E.E.), he combines his entrepreneurial spirit with his creative vision, bringing a unique perspective to every project.
A founding member of the Black Professionals of Film and Video and a recognized figure in the Who’s Who of Black Professionals in Detroit, Dahyrl is committed to empowering the next generation of Black entrepreneurs. His voice resonates not just through his photography, but also as a voice announcer and voice-over artist for television and radio.
Join Dianne Hart on the Where Are They Now talk show as she interviews Dahyrl Gooden, diving deep into his inspiring journey, his vision for the future, and the profound impact of his work. Don’t miss this chance to learn from a true trailblazer in the arts! And who now has brought his talent to Detroit Hot Radio as a DJ/Host of his own talk show of contemporary and smooth Jazz every Sunday from 6pm-7pm.

31/10/2024

Premiering on Detroit Hot Television is the first concert show of Upstairs Live, an intimate online platform where the spotlight shines on the raw and authentic talents of underground, and undiscovered and discovered artists. Nestled in the cozy upstairs of an old building, their venue offers a unique, tiny concert experience that captures the essence of genuine musical artistry. Each performance is unfiltered and personal, bringing you closer to the music and the artists who create it. Join us to discover hidden gems and witness the magic of live music.

See the show tomorrow Nov 1 @ 7:00 pm on YouTube viewing after right here on Detroit Hot Television but to see it first you must register on Upstairs Live website. Which will be provided upon the start of the show.

26/10/2024

https://youtu.be/VfRtr7XbKtQ?si=Y9u0REomxZgKFnFS

Welcome to Upstairs Uncut, an intimate online platform where the spotlight shines on the raw and authentic talents of up-and-coming, underground, and undisco...

24/10/2024

Today on Where Are They Now with Dianne Hart. Dianne interviews Al Lindsey, Smooth and smoky-voiced Al Lindsey has been making waves in the Southern Soul scene with his captivating new album and dynamic live performances. Recently, he won the Blues Critic's 2005 "Best New Male Artist" award, as voted by readers.

Originally from Virginia and raised in Michigan, Lindsey's musical roots stretch from Detroit to the Deep South. His career took off while he was in the military, where he opened for comedian Jimmy Walker, known as "J.J." from *Good Times*. After returning to Detroit, he connected with Obie Benson of the Four Tops and formed a group with Roquel Payton, son of the late Lawrence Payton (who has since taken Obie's place).

In 1989, Al recorded a 12-inch single with guitarist David Myles titled "Always on My Mind," but it didn't gain traction. Undeterred, he continued to delight local audiences, performing alongside artists like Latimore, Willie Clayton, the late Little Milton, Rue Davis, J. Blackfoot, and Maurice Davis. His next opportunity to record came in 1996 with two songs, "Our Day Will Come" and "Come Share My Love," which received some local airplay.

In 2004, Lindsey returned to the studio and released his first CD, *Just Chillin'*, featuring a well-received remake of Willie Hutch's soulful ballad "So In Love." He teamed up with producer Simeo Overall, formerly of Cameo, for the successful 2006 album *Caught*. Over the next decade, Lindsey and Simeo collaborated on three more albums, solidifying Al Lindsey's place in the Southern Soul landscape.

23/10/2024

How Awesome!

22/10/2024

https://www.jazzcafedetroit.com/events/November-2024/FLOWERS-a-Tribute-to-Motown

22/10/2024

Sidney Poitier & Morgan Freeman
Two Great Actors!!

22/10/2024

Brock Peters started to cry while filming his testifying scenes in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962), without rehearsing it this way, and Gregory Peck said that he looked past him, instead of looking at him in the eye, to avoid choking up himself. According to Peters, the producers were reluctant to cast him, because he had been typecast as a villain.
A product of NYC's famed Music and Arts High School, Peters (born George Fisher) initially fielded more odd jobs than acting jobs as he worked his way up from Harlem poverty. Landing a stage role in "Porgy and Bess" in 1949, he quit physical education studies at CCNY and went on tour with the acclaimed musical. His film debut came in "Carmen Jones" (1954).
Despite the novel's winning the Pulitzer Prize, the studios were not interested in securing the film rights, since they felt that it lacked action and romance (with the absence of a love story), and that the villain does not get a big comeuppance. Producer Alan J. Pakula disagreed, however, and persuaded director Robert Mulligan, his producing partner at that time, that it would make a good film for their Pakula-Mulligan Productions. Together, they were able to convince Gregory Peck, who readily agreed to the role.
Peck journeyed to Monroeville, Alabama with Mulligan and Pakula to meet Harper Lee's ailing father. True to the story, Amasa Lee really had been a widower who raised his children by himself, and at the same time was ready to defend a black man falsely accused of crimes he did not commit. The experience of meeting the actual man aided Peck's performance immeasurably.
Peters delivered Peck's eulogy on the date of his funeral and burial in 2003. (IMDb)
Happy Birthday, Brock Peters!

22/10/2024

I first saw this film when it aired on CBS, February 5, 1995 as an episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame. It’s an American drama directed by Lloyd Richards and written by August Wilson, based on his 1987 play of the same name. The film stars Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Carl Gordon, Tommy Hollis, Lou Myers, Courtney B. Vance, Zelda Harris, Rosalyn Coleman, Harold Surratt and a host of others. The film tells the story of an African American family struggles to retain their heritage, in the form of a history told in the carvings on the family piano. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano and use the money to buy farmland, but sister Berniece won’t part with it.
Watching this movie took me through a host of emotions, and over the years each time I watch it, I get a different perspective, but it’s one of the best folk movies I have ever seen. The cast was outstanding, well placed, and had me convinced they were who they were portraying.
I understand there is a new version of The Piano Lesson that will air November 22, 2024 on Netflix. This film stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, and Daniel Deadwyler. The film is produced by Denzel Washington and Todd Black, and directed by Denzel’s other son, Malcolm Washington. I also remember when they did the Broadway play, directed by Sam Jackson’s wife LaTonya Richardson. It got rave reviews.
I post this to say this. I do plan to watch the 2024 version, but they will really have to go some, to even come close to the 1995 version.
But I’ll be watching and will send out a reminder when it’s premier time😉

22/10/2024

PHOTO OF A 17-YEAR-OLD LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. IN THE 1953 PLAY 'TAKE A GIANT STEP'
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, winning him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also won an Emmy Award for his role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots.
Gossett was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York City. Louis is the first cousin of actor Robert Gossett who starred on TNT's The Closer.
He is an alumnus of Mark Twain Intermediate School 239 and Abraham Lincoln High School. He initially focused on sports when he was in high school, but an injury that temporarily prevented him from playing basketball led him toward theatre. His stage debut came at the age of 17, in a school production of You Can't Take It with You.
His high school teacher had encouraged him to audition for a Broadway part, resulting in his selection for a starring role on Broadway in 1953 from among 200 other actors well before he entered NYU. Gossett replaced Bill Gunn as Spencer Scott in Broadway's Take a Giant Step, which was selected by The New York Times drama critics as one of the 10 best shows of the year. He was 17, and still a student at Abraham Lincoln High School, with no formal drama training.
After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1954, he attended New York University, declining an athletic scholarship. Standing 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall, he was offered the opportunity to play varsity basketball during his college years at NYU; he declined the basketball offer to concentrate on theater.
After college he was drafted by the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) but chose to fully dedicate himself to acting as a career.
Gossett's Broadway theatre credits also include A Raisin in the Sun (1959); he had his cinematic debut with the play's film adaptation in 1961.
Also in 1961, Gossett appeared in the original cast of Jean Genet's The Blacks, the longest running off-Broadway play of the decade, running for 1,408 performances. The original cast also featured James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Browne, Cicely Tyson, Godfrey Cambridge, Maya Angelou and Charles Gordone.
In 1965, Gossett appeared in the musical play The Zulu and the Zayda on Broadway as Paulus with music and lyrics by Harold Rome.
Gossett also wrote the antiwar folk song "Handsome Johnny" with Richie Havens; Havens recorded the song in 1966.
His Emmy Award-winning role of Fiddler in the 1977 television miniseries Roots first brought Gossett to the audience's attention. In 1983, he was cast in the title role in Sadat, a miniseries which chronicled the life and assassination of Anwar Sadat. While filming An Officer and a Gentleman, Gossett was also starring in the 1982–1983 science fiction series, The Powers of Matthew Star.
His role as drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was the first black male to win an Oscar in a supporting role, the second black male to win for acting, and the third black actor to win overall.
Gossett has had roles on several TV shows, including Good Times as Uncle Wilbert and Donald Knight (1974-1975); The Jeffersons as Wendell Brown (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man as O'Flaherty (1975); Police Story as Det. Virgil Barnes and Freddie (1975-1976); and The Rockford Files as Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes and Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien (1976-1977).
Gossett has also starred in numerous other film productions including A Raisin in the Sun, The Landlord, Skin Game, Travels with My Aunt, The Laughing Policeman, The White Dawn, The Deep, Jaws 3-D, Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine, The Principal, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher, in an acting career that spans over five decades.
In 2013, Gossett starred in the drama Boiling Pot. Gossett plays a detective attempting to decipher a murder case that was fueled by racism, all while putting aside his own prejudices.
In 2021, Gossett appears in the film Not To Forget (2021), which aims to raise awareness and funds for the fight against Alzheimer’s.

22/10/2024

19/10/2024

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Coming to you soon Upstairs Unpluggd Concerts.

Welcome to Upstairs Unplugg'd an intimate online platform where the spotlight shines on the raw and authentic talents of up-and-coming, underground, and undiscovered artists. Nestled in the cozy upstairs of an old building, our venue offers a unique, tiny concert experience that captures the essence...

17/10/2024

Dianne Hart will be interviewing Leonard King Jr., also known as Dr. Prof. Leonard King, is a drummer/vocalist/composer/arranger who was born at Burton Mercy Hospital, East Hancock at Brush Streets, Detroit
Michigan on February 14, 1948. He was musically inspired very early in life and received his first phonograph player at age 3.Leonard leads several different bands. Early on he performed as a vocalist
in elementary school, singing the hits of Chuck Berry, Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Fats Domino, and others. He was listening to ALL instruments and so much more music. Of course, it was the drums that resonated the strongest within him. He studied for three years at Grinnell Brothers Studios on Fort Street in Lincoln Park, Michigan beginning in September 1957 with William Keith who
eventually became a Michigan state senator. In the1970s Dr. Professor Leonard King joined the group led by Detroit organist Lyman Woodard and became a major player in Detroit jazz, soul, blues and dance music. Leonard King was one of the first musicians to record with Detroit jazz luminaries Rodney Whitaker and James Carter. He introduced them to the greater Detroit music community while they were still in high school. Leonard is still working on behalf of the music community, taking an opportunity to give back to the city that supported him for decades with The Lyman Woodard Organization For The Arts.

17/10/2024

Join us tomorrow right here on Detroit Hot Television, Where Are they Now with Dianne Hart. Dianne Hart will be interviewing Leonard King Jr., also known as Dr. Prof. Leonard King, is a drummer/vocalist/composer/arranger who was born at Burton Mercy Hospital, East Hancock at Brush Streets, Detroit
Michigan on February 14, 1948. He was musically inspired very early in life and received his first phonograph player at age 3.Leonard leads several different bands. Early on he performed as a vocalist
in elementary school, singing the hits of Chuck Berry, Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, Fats Domino, and others. He was listening to ALL instruments and so much more music. Of course, it was the drums that resonated the strongest within him. He studied for three years at Grinnell Brothers Studios on Fort Street in Lincoln Park, Michigan beginning in September 1957 with William Keith who
eventually became a Michigan state senator. In the1970s Dr. Professor Leonard King joined the group led by Detroit organist Lyman Woodard and became a major player in Detroit jazz, soul, blues and dance music. Leonard King was one of the first musicians to record with Detroit jazz luminaries Rodney Whitaker and James Carter. He introduced them to the greater Detroit music community while they were still in high school. Leonard is still working on behalf of the music community, taking an opportunity to give back to the city that supported him for decades with The Lyman Woodard Organization For The Arts.

14/10/2024

Jazz artist Damon Terrell will be the special guest at the Anointed Faces Gospel Coffee House 17th Anniversary at The Mag 21421 Hilltop Suite 24 Southfield,...