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Richard Roundtree Speaks Out About Breast CancerWhen Richard Roundtree was diagnosed with cancer in 1993, he was bowled over. "The doctor told me, 'You have breast cancer,'" recalls Roundtree
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Country Singer Paul Ott Carruth Battles Breast Cancerrare cancer among men, Carruth joins a few other famous men who have struggled with breast cancer, including actor Richard Roundtree (best known for his starring role in the movie "Shaft") and Edward Brooke, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts
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Surviving Breast Cancer: Affliction of the StarsThese two women did much to increase public knowledge of breast cancer and treatment for the disease. Richard Roundtree Richard Roundtree , known for his manly ways as John Shaft in the 1971 film "Shaft," now has taken on a new role: male
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John Stossel: Hollywood's Stereotypes
Hollywood as fools and servants. But movie roles have changed for blacks. Since the 1971 movie "Shaft," starring Richard Roundtree as a private eye, blacks have played most every type of humanity. Hating Yourself But that's less true for other
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Hollywood's Stereotypes
Hollywood as fools and servants. But movie roles have changed for blacks. Since the 1971 movie "Shaft," starring Richard Roundtree as a private eye, blacks have played most every type of humanity. Hating Yourself But that's less true for other
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The 'Poseidon' Effect: Hollywood's Greatest Disasters
2" was never produced. In it, stars from the first movie -- including George Kennedy, Victoria Principal and Richard Roundtree -- were supposed to move to San Francisco to recover from their seismic trauma. Heston -- who was uneasy about
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Skin-Deep Discrimination
and it did change some things. Suddenly there were some dark-skinned male stars who played the "hero" -- Richard Roundtree played "Shaft," and other stars followed, like Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley Snipes, and Oscar winners Denzel
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Tennis Tourney Features Battle of Brands
knelt at a coffee table. "What was your size?" she asked. "Did you get what you needed?" Nike consultant Richard Roundtree of Honolulu asked a young man. In each case, the player was allowed to choose the size, color, and type of garment
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'Goodfellas' On National Film Registry
original film and Judy Garland s exemplary performance. Adding some snap to the list is the original Shaft, with Richard Roundtree as a black New York City detective who didn t take guff from anybody (and who had Isaac Hayes to sing his praises
