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Sexypink - Rest In Peace Mr Belafonte. What a remarkable man and life. You sang Calypso songs and put Trinidad and Tobago into the collective consciousness for generations to come.

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Sexypink - In Bereavement - Thank you Rubadiri Victor for permission to reprint your recollections in text and image of a talent gone so soon.

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Rest in Perfect Peace Mark Akini Nottingham. My Deepest Condolences go out to his Family & Closest Friends- especially to a brother-in-arms like Arnold Goindhan... It is distressful when it is someone so young & still so full of Promise... Mark was an enormously creative soul, with a grand appetite for Life & Creative possibility. When a number of us sparked the underground creative movements of the 1990s, Mark and a cohort of his peers from the St Joseph Valley emerged as the next Rapso young guns- Black Lyrics. 

They were the face of the Rapso generation right after the Kindred generation. They in fact have a pretty good album of young Teen Rapso that has never been released. This may be a great time to bless it with air... The group of four escaped the limitations of their valley home and 'Pinny' and Mark especially descended into the sometimes viper-pit that could be Trini and Port of Spain theatre (lol). 

They actually broke the mold and did excellently for themselves, becoming steadfast working actors and creators- probably the hardest working theatre men of their generation... Mark was a member of my troupe of actors in my company- the WIRE BEND Folklore Theatre.

 They were the first people I called when I formed it in 2015. I owe him, Pinny, Renee Michelle King, Nicole Wong Chong, Karina Andrews 'Arlette', Kurtis Gross, and others so much because they committed to be the vehicles for me to tell my stories, and have done so since. Mark and Pinny in particular have been fearless in disappearing into roles and collaborating with my madness. Not every actor can act well in full body costumes and puppets- fewer can manage 7 complex costume changes, whilst nailing all the respective characters per play.  Dragons, Imps, Lions, Wolves, Old Men, Children, African Kings,- Mark never hesitated to wrestle with the role and render it. He was especially my go-to to play 'The Boy'- that recurring immortal archetype of the mythical innocent young male. 

He did not need to act it- he was very much the Boy. Apart from his fresh-facedness he had that openess, curiousity, and appetite for life. He also had the naughtiness of the Boy too... Because of this and his wit, he also was my choice to portray my version of the traditional Anansi... He nailed it...He and Pinny, like many of us who choose this life, have a profound connection to 'the Child inside' and for the sacredness and essentialness of Play. So Mark was playful as he embodied those essential archetypes- and also as he moved through life. 

He was a committed Teacher, Actor, and Rapso-man. He was moving into being a full multi-media titan embracing film/video and more- especially dedicated to the disenfranchised Boys of the Street- the Zess generation. He wanted to record their songs and tell their stories in film (one of the other things about Mark is that he got things done). I think he understood how profoundly the Arts expanded his life from being an urban village boy from the St Joseph Valley with ceilings on his expectations. 

He wanted to repeat that emancipation for others...Mark- though young- was very much a family MAN. He had a relatively large-ish family and was an excellent father to his kids, who he adored. My heart goes out to them... Too young. This one. Too young. A lot of good ones are going. 

We can only hope it is as Stalin said, ''MORE COME...''We will dedicate the 2023 Season of Wire Bend in April to him. Rest in Peace, Young Brother...

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Tony Hall on 'Eye to Eye', Part 1 of 5 (Banyan/GayelleTV, May 15th, 2010)

~Sexypink~ An important son of the soil, Tony Hall has died. We grieve his loss and lord his life. Rest in peace.

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~Sexypink~ Veteran actor Nigel Scott has died at the age of 73.Scott passed away on Sunday morning. He survived cancer for 18 years and held on for as long as he was able to. He leaves to mourn his wife Minnie Gopaulchan, sister Radio 97 announcer Celia Scott, children Jason, Dominic, Crystal and Kimiko, four grandchildren. Scott was a founding member of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop and had a long relationship with its founder the late Nobel laureate Derek Walcott since 1968.He acted in several of Walcott’s plays including The Joker of Seville, Pantomime, The Odyssey and O Starry Starry Night. He also worked on film projects with Walcott including The Rig and Hart Crane, the latter for PBS television. Scott also played the role of Serge in Art, Captain Von Trapp in the Sound of Music and Cassio in Othello. Scott was also the voice for several documentaries, radio and television commercials. His credits include Wild T&T, Inward Hunger and Unfinished Sentences by Mariel Brown. He also produced several plays including ManTalk and The Last of the Redmen which were both Cacique Award winners for Best Production. In a 2015 interview, Scott said: “When you get involved in theatre as a practitioner, you bare your soul. You see others bearing their souls. You bond with people. You make lifelong relationships with people in theatre. I see my good friends pass away one by one, but those memories linger. ”Among the man people he has worked with are the late Wilbert Holder, Stanley Marshall and Errol Jones. Also sharing the stage with him were Albert La Veau, Helen Camps, Wendell Manwarren, Roger Roberts, Noel Blandin and many others. Apart from his pursuits in the theatre, Scott was a freelance sales/marketing consultant and has been in business management for over 45 years. He operated his own company Scott’s Trading Limited for 21 years. His last substantive position was chairman of a medium-sized electronics and appliance company. He credited his success over the years to his fervent passion for delivering excellent customer service. Scott served as a director on several boards including CTC Electronics, Trinidad Theatre Workshop, Junior Achievement of T&T, and Rebirth House. He was also chairman of Hololo Club Investments Ltd — an investment company formed 22 years ago.

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Actress Lena Horne poses for a painting by fellow actor and artist Geoffrey Holder.

From the Papers of Gail Lumet Buckley, 1886-2014 (currently in processing).http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99153684315803941/catalog

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                              Bahamian American Actor Sidney Poitier

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~Sexypink~ Remembering Raymond Choo Kong on the anniversary of his murder one year ago.

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~Sexypink~ From the Facebook page of Dominic Kalipersad.

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Trinidad is a special place for American actress Frances McDormand who won the Best Actress Oscar award for her role in “Nomadland” on Sunday night.Her first-ever professional role was in a play by Derek Walcott, The Last Carnival, staged at the Government Training College in Port-of-Spain in 1984.

She collaborated with Walcott on the production just after graduating from Yale Graduate School.

She played Agatha Willett, a 25-year-old working-class English governess who comes to work for the French Creole De la Fontaine family. In the second act, which is set two decades later, she played Clodia, the daughter of the family.

McDormand was one of two American actors brought to Trinidad by Walcott to appear in the first production on the play. 

Walcott also directed Cotter Smith (Mindhunter) in the play.https://bombmagazine.org/articles/frances-mcdormand/...McDormand is now the recipient of three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting”.

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OMG Interview Raymond Choo Kong

From the Facebook page of Dominic Kalipersad

Raymond Choo Kong was an award winning producer, director, and actor in Trinidad and Tobago theatre for some 40 years.

He staged many plays through his theatre production company Raymond Choo Kong Productions, and received18 Cacique Awards, making him the holder of the most Cacique Awards.

He directed a number of musicals such as ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘The King and I’, and ‘Mahalia: A Gospel Musical’, for First Instinct and JCS Entertainment.

Choo Kong also worked on projects in The Prime Minister's Best Village Trophy Competition, Trinidad Theatre Workshop with Dereck Walcott, films, commercials, and Carnival band launches etc.

He wrapped up his last pro­duc­tion, Choose Your Part­ner Wise­ly, at the end of June at Cipri­ani Labour Col­lege.

His com­pa­ny was due to hold a work­shop in San Fernando this week­end.

Choo Kong was found dead at his home in Arima this afternoon.

According to media reports, the body bore gunshot wounds.

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US Trailer (2019)

Don't miss Trinidad and Tobago born Winston Duke in a new nightmare, Us. From the mind of Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele comes "the best horror film of all time". US, coming to Trinidad and Tobago cinemas on March 27.