Bridges lands TV role after legal woes
Todd Bridges, acquitted of assault in a narcotics shooting case, will guest star as a deputy sheriff on The New Lassie. Producer Al Burton, who gave Bridges his break on Diff’rent Strokes, hopes Lassie exposure revives his career amid a past of drug abuse and arrests.
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Dark star shuns limelight for family life
Los Angeles actress Rachel Ward left the spotlight after Against All Odds, raising two children in Australia while promoting her new film After Dark, My Sweet. She says motherhood is the most demanding role and the celebrity life isn’t rewarding. Last year she played a materialistic wife in How to Get Ahead in Advertising.
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Sinatra blasts Sinead O Connor over anthem row
Frank Sinatra told a Holmdel New Jersey audience that Irish singer Sinead O Connor should leave the country and that her behavior is unforgivable after she threatened to walk out if the Star Spangled Banner was played before a show at Garden State Arts Center. His remarks drew thunderous applause as staff feared trouble and allowed the concert to proceed without incident.
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Reba McEntire and Randy Travis to host CMA Awards
Nashville AP Country stars Reba McEntire and Randy Travis will host the 24th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry. The two hour program airs October 8 on CBS at 8 p.m. McEntire, CMA Entertainer of the Year 1986 and a Grammy winner, is known for Who’s in New England and The Last One to Know. she is set to perform with Eddy Raven at Valley Forge Music Fair in Devon.
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