Kimberly Elise has been jogging right under our noses.
The Minneapolis-born actor was in the metro last week for the 20th anniversary of Independent Film Project-Minnesota, a center for media arts, at the Varsity Theater.
When the "Beloved" star arrived here Wednesday night she went for a little run, Elise told me after getting prodded by Jane Minton, exec director of IFP.
"I ran the 5K that was a part of the Aquatennial Torchlight Parade," Elise said when I caught up with her at KARE-TV, Channel 11, where she did an interview. "I ran all the way through downtown Minneapolis. I plan on getting to Lake Calhoun before I leave."
Elise likes to "take in the calm, peaceful energy that's here," where her parents, Erma and Marvin Trammel, still reside.
While watching startribune. com/video, please know I am suppressing the urge to break down Elise's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" character like football game video. That Tyler Perry movie is so cathartic once Elise's character gets even with her abusive, cheating husband, but I'll never understand what took her so long to get with Shemar Moore. While it's true the man has only one expression and is nowhere near the actor Elise is, Moore is extremely arresting for a few minutes.
Stoked about two steals FOX 9 is tickled about stealing two locally produced shows from KARE.
News director Bill Dallman was so excited about landing the "Kent Hrbek Outdoors" show that the new exec sounded like Bob Casey announcing Hrbek's arrival in the batter's box at the Dome. Dallman said that was not an indication of a favorite.