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EpiCentre exited bankruptcy protection

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:01:22 +0000

EpiCentre emerges from bankruptcy protection after its owners put the EpiCentre into Chapter 11 to avoid foreclosure; is now owned by an investor group, Blue Air 2010, the project’s trustee, Elaine Rudisill, is continuing to look into how the EpiCentre spent its money and may seek to recover assets.

The popular complex at College and Trade streets is now owned by an investor group, Blue Air 2010, which bought the project’s troubled loan. The developers who conceived of the mixed-use project, Afshin Ghazi and George Cornelson III, are out of the EpiCentre and no longer have any connections or business with the project.

The project’s movie theater, Mez restaurant and Kazba nightclub will remain open and operating as usual, according to the bankruptcy trustee that has been overseeing the project. The project’s unsecured creditors are set to have their claims paid in full, a big improvement over the 10 cents on the dollar originally proposed.

“All the fighting paid off,” said attorney Dennis O’Dea, who had fought on behalf of the unsecured creditors committee before the committee was disbanded late last year. “I’m so pleased… continue reading

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The life is good for Queen Latifah

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:25:52 +0000

I accept that I’m, says Latifah; accepted as is and as one is it is a part of Queen Latifah’s, however; to relieve back pain led her to undergo a breast reduction surgery in 2003.

When Queen Latifah enters the room, heads turn. Even when she’s dog-tired. In sweats. Hair slicked under a trucker’s cap.

She has arrived at the Hollywood photo studio not-so-fresh from a red-eye flight from New York, hours after attending the funeral of her friend Heavy D, the rapper.

Still, someone cranks up the jams, and the actress, singer and occasional MC gets down to business: She flashes an infectious smile and transforms herself from Everyday Dana Owens into a perfectly coiffed, platform-heel-strutting diva shaking her booty to Jay-Z as cameras click. Her skinny jeans work every angle.

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Still, both incarnations command attention. Her skin glows; she could give J. Lo a run for her money. And while the stilettos heighten the lady’s already tall presence — she’s 5-foot-10 without them — it’s her unassailable comfort in her own skin that radiates a magnetic energy.

“I accept that I’m me,” says Latifah, who co-stars with Dolly Parton in the new movie Joyful Noise, opening next Friday.

Latifah, 41, unwittingly shares what she believes is the secret for her success. “I am me. I don’t have a choice! From the time I really accepted myself, everything got brighter. People were attracted to me for… continue reading

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Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:20:08 +0000

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