Lightfoot tapes PBS special after 40-year career
Gordon Lightfoot taped his first U.S. television special a 90 minute Reno concert at the Pioneer Center before 1,500 fans. The Toronto singer and his four member band performed hits like The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Sundown and If You Could Read My Mind for PBS broadcast in December. He noted the show would capture the band's identity while he remains strong and fit.
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Owen joins college board of Jacksonville State University
Andy Owen, 50, lead singer of Alabama, has been unanimously approved by the Alabama Senate to serve on the Jacksonville State University board. A Fort Payne native and first in his family to earn a degree, Owen said education and hard work open doors for children from poverty.
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Johnsons car recovered in Las Vegas police chase
Las Vegas police Sgt Victor Vigna recovered actor Don Johnsons stolen Mercedes-Benz after two chases over two nights. Johnson is in town filming Nash Bridges. Suspect Robert Lee Gibson, 31, was arrested on evading police possession of a stolen car and battery charges.
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Wilson Receives Third Harlem Renaissance Award
Oncy Wilson was honored this week with the third annual Harlem Renaissance Award recognizing her musical career along with activist and charity work she has championed in the community.
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Dennis to receive Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in Chicago
Art Dennis, 61, a Buffalo State University professor, earns one of poetrys richest honors the $100 000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize set for June 2 in Chicago. The St Louis born author of seven collections is praised for perceptive verse delivered with humor irony and understatement.
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Gumbel defends relationship amid negative publicity
TV host Gumbel rejects claims of infidelity in his 26 year marriage and lauds Hilary Quinlan. He stresses Quinlan is post separation, not a homewrecker, and says he remains surprised by their happiness and the depth of his feelings for her.
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Radziwill Split Heats Up Over East Hampton House
Jackie O sister Lee Radziwill and husband Herb Ross face a messy split with the East Hampton estate on the market at 20 million dollars. Rumors say Lee claims the house as community property while Ross wants the sale. Radziwill eyes a 300000 dollar summer rental as divorce delays continue.
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Janet Reno to read at White House Easter Egg Roll
Attorney General Janet Reno will attend Monday’s White House Easter Egg Roll as she negotiates the Elian Gonzalez custody fight. She plans to read Voyage to the Bunny Planet to children amid the ongoing family dispute.
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