Rock Hall taps Dennis Barrie amid controversy ties
Cleveland native Dennis Barrie named director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Barrie, 46, known for Mapplethorpe exhibit controversy, previously led Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center and earned art awards. He succeeds Michael Benz as the museum's third director.
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Rushdie appears at U2 concert in Wembley
Salman Rushdie surprised 72,000 fans at a London U2 show at Wembley Stadium appearing by telephone with Bono. Once under guard since 1989 for The Satanic Verses, he spoke from the stage as part of a public appearance. The event included satellite pleas for aid from Bosnia factions.
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White House gift bottle marks deficit victory celebration
Dee Dee Myers held a Budweiser bottle given by Mack McLarty to celebrate Clinton deficit reduction progress. The note on the bottle urged cracking it open at will. Myers had been cautiously optimistic about the deficit package despite some Senate support remaining uncertain.
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Rush Limbaugh silent on fame and interruptions
In a U S News & World Report cover story Rush Limbaugh says fame brings interruptions he dislikes and he avoids meeting new people, preferring to clam up rather than engage with unfamiliar faces. Waylon Jennings, at the Bentshoe Festival near Sturgis South Dakota, praises bikers as modern cowboys and notes his ownership of Buddy Holly’s Aerial motorcycle.
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Gallagher to share billing with penguin at Knott's Berry Farm
Gallagher will headline at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park on September 4 and 5 with his stuffed penguin as a co star. The court cleared him and the penguin of liability for a 1990 incident, and the Labor Day weekend shows will feature penguin props at the park entrance and on stage.
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Decked debuts at No 13 on Times paperback list
Carol Higgins Clark enters the scene as her novel Decked debuts at No 13 on The New York Times paperback fiction list, following Mary Higgins Clark’s long chart run with I'll Be Seeing You. Mary celebrates her daughter's ascent and wishes her continued success.
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Gibson to star with Foster in Maverick film comedy
Mel Gibson will play the gambler con artist Maverick with Jodie Foster co starring as another con artist. James Garner, who portrayed Bret Maverick decades ago, also appears. Foster’s publicist Pat Kingsley says Foster wants a comedy. Filming starts this month in Arizona and California.
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Farrow alleges Allen sought younger partners over her
Mia Farrow told Woody Allen in a taped phone call that he chose her daughter because he could not become aroused with Farrow and needed a "little girl." She said, "You changed. You're older now," and claimed he now wants young girls to turn him on. The conversation was described by Cindy Adams in the New York Post.
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Singer Rick James on trial for torture in California
The trial of funk star Rick James opened as his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to cause great bodily injury. She faces four years in prison at a Sept. 21 hearing. Prosecutors say James and Hijazi beat Mary Sauger in a hotel room after meeting for a discussion about a record label. Prosecutors also accuse James of torturing and sexually assaulting another woman at his Hollywood Hills home in July 1991.
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FCC Fines Nevada Station for Stern Indecency Remarks
The Federal Communications Commission fined KFBI-FM Pahrump Nevada 73750 for nine days of Stern indecency broadcasts between November 1992 and January 1993. The station aired the remarks during hours when children could be listening sparking an egregious violations finding. Americom Las Vegas has 30 days to respond.
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