Thursday 18

Jazz jam

CJ’s Restaurant & Lounge presents “The Roger Humphries & RH Factor Jazz Jam Session” at 8 p.m. at 2901-2911 Penn Ave., Strip District. There will be live jazz and fun every Thursday night. Must be 30 years or older and there is a dress code that will be enforced. No tennis shoes, sweats or athletic gear. For more information, call 412-642-2377 or visit www.cjsinthestrip.com.

I know you receive a lot of mail from many people with many problems. This is mine: I am 61 years old and some years back my husband gave me herpes. The doctors have not been able to control the condition. I usually have a “breakout” about two to three times per year.

Gwendolyn, I recently met a man who seems to be a nice person. He is 35 and quite a looker. Not just his looks, he is kind and gentle. Most men today are looking for a woman who can support them. He is not that. He takes me to movies and to the most elaborate restaurants. Nothing has developed in the way of becoming intimate, but who knows? I desperately need your advice, Ms. Baines. I want to tell him about my medical condition, but I don’t want to lose him. Should I tell him?—Ms. W.

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Mo’Nique became the fifth Black woman to win an acting Oscar, 70 years after Hattie McDaniel won the same honor for “Gone With the Wind”—the first Academy Award ever given to a Black performer.

MO’NIQUE with her Oscar

The 42-year-old standup comedian portrayed an abusive mother in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”

“I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all she had to so that I would not have to,” Mo’Nique said in accepting the Oscar.

The dark, gritty and brutally urban new movie, “Brooklyn’s Finest,” was brought to the big screen by one of Pittsburgh’s finest, director and executive producer, Antoine Fuqua.

“Brooklyn’s Finest,” an intense story that disjointedly chronicles the lives of three Brooklyn police officers comes alive with an ensemble cast of heavyweight actors, including  Richard Gere who plays Eddie, a disillusioned, burnt-out, veteran cop who is into his last week on the job before retirement. He’s become jaded and complacent, almost numbed by all he has witnessed in his many years on the job. He just wants to end his law enforcement career without waves.

ANTOINE FUQUA

Then there’s Don Cheadle as Tango, an undercover narc who has reached the limit dealing with thugs and the game, but keeps getting the run- around from his superiors about getting out. And Ethan Hawke, who plays Sal the cop who is just trying to do for his growing family and sickly wife. Under enormous financial strain, he just wants to provide, all while dealing with the grime and crime on the Brooklyn streets.