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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 2001
Page
1
New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi told Monmouth University graduates to take chances and be noticed. The rock star, raised in Sayreville and living in Middletown, received an honorary doctor of humanities degree and shook hands as graduates on stage.
Eddie Murphy says Shrek carries a serious moral about self acceptance. He voices Donkey and notes limited improvisation as the team crafts the characters. Shrek follows Donkey and an ogre rescuing a princess from a castle with Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz.
Celine Dion plans 600 Las Vegas performances over three years at Caesar’s Palace. A $65 million 4,000 seat theater modeled on a Roman Colosseum will open in March 2003 after her hiatus for childbirth. Dion resumes touring with a large-scale residency.
This chronicle recalls key events: Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor in 1804. the Plessy v Ferguson ruling upholding separate but equal in 1896. Aimee Semple McPherson’s 1926 disappearance at Venice Beach. Jacqueline Cochran’s 1953 flight breaking the sound barrier over Rogers Dry Lake. and Mount St Helens eruption in 1980 with 57 dead or missing.
Pope John Paul II is 81, actor Bill Macy 79, actor Pernell Roberts 71, actor Robert Morse 70, Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson 64, Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson 55, country singer George Strait 49. Pope John Paul II
On Saturday Health page, Lawrence women explore doulas as trained birth partners offering continuous emotional physical and informational support during labor and delivery.
The 37 million Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened in downtown Nashville with Ricky Skaggs and dozens of stars leading the crowd in Will the Circle Be Unbroken. Performances included Trisha Yearwood and Earl Scruggs as the new site highlights artifacts from Elvis to Hee Haw outfits.
Martin Sheen faced a 100-strong picket outside the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia as he received SOLAS award for immigrant rights work. Organizers reported ticket sales for the $150 dinner fell to about 380 400 from last year’s 600, affecting the fund-raiser for the Philadelphia Immigration Resource Center.
In NBC’s West Wing season finale President Josiah Bartlet vents fury at God in English then Latin at the National Cathedral after Dolores Sandingham’s funeral and before announcing his multiple sclerosis to the nation. He questions divine justice and laments tragedy.
Los Angeles variety of remarks: O J Simpson advises actor Robert Blake not to watch TV while his wife Benny Lee Bakley lies shot dead after a May 4 Studio City dinner. Blake defends innocence as police pursue suspects and his son Noah Blake airs on CNN defending his father.
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