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About Me

Shavar Ross is best remembered as a child actor. He played "Dudley", Gary Coleman's best friend on the hit 1980's television show "Diff'rent Strokes". Shavar, now 36, has been an actor for well over 20 years and has starred in over 100 film and episodic television productions such as Magnum P. I., MacGyver, Friday the 13th: Part 5, Chicago Hope, Designing Women, The Bold and the Beautiful, What's Love Got To Do With It?, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Family Matters, and many more.
Currently Shavar is an up and coming film director. "Soul to Take", Shavar's 26-minute short marked his directorial debut and the film recently received distribution through Russell Simmons' Simmons Lathan Media Group. "Lord Help Us", an inspirational urban romantic comedy, marked his feature film directorial debut and the movie is available in stores nationwide.

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LORD HELP US
A Shavar Ross Film
Written, Directed and Edited by Shavar Ross
Producers: Michele Turner, Foster Corder and Alphonso Slater
Associate Producers: Pearl Devers, Danna Kiel, Rhonda Lee, Kim Price, Terrell Dunnum, Stacy Burnside, Lakita Smith and Tyrone Tye
Executive Producers: Jacqueline Ross, Nicholas Turner and Shon Gables
Genre: Inspirational Romantic Comedy
Plot: Sometimes you find romance in places you'd never imagine! In this hilarious romp, unlucky-at-love Kayla and her best buddy Jewels help a recently widowed Baptist minister regain his flock and his life as they battle a scandalous rumor. Starring newcomer Bill Toliver, Nadia Turner (American Idol), Joe Clair (B.E.T.'s Rap City), Debra Wilson (MADtv, Scary Movie 4) and Margaret Avery (The Color Purple) with appearances by Omar Gooding, Al Jarreau, Tico Wells, Sam Sarpong and more, this delicious taste of love, family and friendship will leave you praying for more!

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Music:

I have no one style so it's best you not put me in a 'box'.

Movies:

Lord Help Us, Carlito's Way, Far and Away, The Others, The Color Purple, Road to Perdition, New Jack City, Love and Basketball, Vanilla Sky, Gloria, Marvin and Tige, Glory, Tsotsi, Whale Rider, Let's Do It Again, Ghost, Les Triplettes de Belleville.

Television:

The Twilight Zone, The King of Queens, Frontline, American Experience, New York Undercover, Diff'rent Strokes, The Backyardigans, 64 Zoo Lane, The Good Night Show, Jack's Big Music Show, The Upside Down Show, Elmo's World, The History Channel, The Discovery Times Channel, A&E, The Biography Channel, The Learning Channel, Sprout, Noggin.

Books:

The Bible, The Destruction of Black Civilization, Non-Fiction (Only), All Biographies.

Heroes:

The way, the truth and the life.

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My Blog

Lord Help Us Movie Spotlight on Eurweb.com Today 6.13.07

We made the front page again today.The Electronic Urban ReportEurweb.com...
Posted by SHAVAR on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:09:00 PST

Work It Out

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Posted by SHAVAR on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:11:00 PST

On The Kidd Chris Show Today

Today I will be phoning in to chat live with Philadelphia's popular radio jock Kidd Chris.Time: 1PM (PST) 94.1 FM PhiladelphiaKidd Chris InfoWebsite ...
Posted by SHAVAR on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:38:00 PST

BLACK ENTERPRISE BUSINESS REPORT PREMIERS JUNE 9 WITH NEW HOST SHON GABLES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, NY) June 8, 2007The Black Enterprise Business Report, a half-hour, nationally syndicated television series that spotlights successful African American power players a...
Posted by SHAVAR on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:25:00 PST

Well...

...time to get to work. Will blog again one day soon. Thank you for all your support. May God bless you and shower you with all his love.
Posted by SHAVAR on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:53:00 PST

My Next Movie

I'm excited. Finally have a movie idea and storyline I think I can run with. Looks like I've got a passion for a good drama. However, this movie won't be targeted for the urban "church" crowd like ...
Posted by SHAVAR on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:12:00 PST

Graduation Day

My son Seven is officially a 9th grader today. He's 13 now (photo last year) and I don't know where he gets his height from. He's very tall for his age (taller than me now) and wears nearly a size 1...
Posted by SHAVAR on Fri, 25 May 2007 01:00:00 PST

Nadia Turner On Idol Tonight (TV Guide Channel)

Almost forgot, but caught a glimpse of Nadia pluggin' our movie today on TV Guide Channel's Idol Tonight. Way to go Nadia.I couldn't help but to think to myself "Man, we are STILL pluggin' this movie...
Posted by SHAVAR on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:19:00 PST

'Lord Help Us' Movie TV Spots On BET

The TV commercial spots for the movie started airing on Black Entertainment Television (BET) Sunday and will continue airing for the next few (Sundays only) from 9AM-4PM in the following markets:New Y...
Posted by SHAVAR on Tue, 22 May 2007 01:53:00 PST

The Psycho Trip

Psychologically I'm having to adjust to getting the movie out of my system. After all, it's been a big part of my life for the last three years and I'm so happy to be done with it. I'm glad it's com...
Posted by SHAVAR on Mon, 21 May 2007 10:31:00 PST