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living large; She has a magnificent, full-size body and a giant voice.(Interview)
Byline: Jonathan Van Meter
It's not easy being Queen. For one thing, there is the not-insignificant matter of her name, which is actually Dana Owens. A perfectly lovely name, certainly, but nearly 20 years ago, when she was a teenager, she decided, in keeping with hip-hop custom, to give herself a boastful, bigger-than-life stage name. When she was a little kid growing up in hardscrabble Newark, someone in the neighborhood started calling her Latifah, which in Arabic means "sensitive and kind." When her first record was being released, in 1989, she decided to add Queen to Latifah because her mother, trying to inject a little self-esteem into her daughter, told ...
- Star hopes `Last Holiday' spurs rebuilding; Queen Latifah mourns for the...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Strickler, Jeff January 8, 2006 700+ words
...city in the first place. Latifah plays a shy cookware salesperson...Depardieu. But according to Latifah, he isn't acting. "Gerard...The kitchen was in the Grandhotel Pupp in the Czech resort village...nice slice of local life," Latifah said. "The huge ballroom...
- Queen Latifah says movie musical `Chicago' is dressed to kill.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hewitt, Chris January 2, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Chris Hewitt Queen Latifah can get a Golden Globe nomination with...and you can spot the moment when Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones are about...We shot it, we shot it," assures Latifah, by phone. "But I guess there were...
- QUEEN LATIFAH'S TALK SHOW IS RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Jet April 24, 2000 700+ words
Queen Latifah is on a roll. It seems everything she...TV talk show host. Her show, "Queen Latifah," is exactly like she is. It entertains...show to stand out and be different," Latifah explains. "We have dealt and will continue...
- Queen Latifah says movie musical `Chicago' is dressed to kill.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 2, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Chris Hewitt Queen Latifah can get a Golden Globe nomination with...and you can spot the moment when Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones are about...We shot it, we shot it," assures Latifah, by phone. "But I guess there were...
- Queen's latest realm: makeup: Latifah visits Hunt Valley site to see her...
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) February 24, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: Tanika White Feb. 24--Queen Latifah breezed onto the floor of the CoverGirl...plant's employees, it was clear Queen Latifah's visit was a morale booster and an...one employee called out, as Queen Latifah toured the busy floor, checking out...
- LATIFAH: THE QUEEN OF ALL THINGS.(TimeOut)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) October 7, 2004 700+ words
...nobody would have guessed that Queen Latifah would become so ubiquitous. Whether she...Beauty Shop," yet another comedy starring Latifah, is from the filmmakers behind the...her latest project -- something that Latifah, now age 34, felt it was time to do...
- Queen Latifah: changes her figure and her tune.(Biography)
- Magazine article from: Ebony Norment, Lynn January 1, 2005 700+ words
Queen Latifah has plenty to dance and be happy about...the scenes. It is the story of Queen Latifah, who was born Dana Owens in New Jersey...upon a new year full of possibilities, Latifah is forging ahead with her exploding career...
- Queen Latifah & Steve Martin team for no. 1 movie `Bringing Down The House'....
- Magazine article from: Jet April 7, 2003 700+ words
Is there anything Queen Latifah cannot do? She has reigned on top...fast on the heels of that triumph, Latifah has teamed up with funnyman Steve Martin...4 million at JET press time. And Latifah indeed brings down the house in the...