Brooks wins third straight entertainer of the year at ACMs
Garth Brooks captures his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy at the 28th Academy of Country Music Awards. Brooks vows a return to touring July 30 after a break, while Brooks & Dunn win three awards for best vocal duet, album, and single. Vince Gill wins top male vocalist and song for I Still Believe in You. Mary-Chapin Carpenter tops female vocalist. Tanya Tucker wins best video for Two Sparrows in a Hurricane. George Jones receives the Pioneer Award. past honorees include Hank Williams and Johnny Cash.
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Dolly Parton Unveils Ceremonial Signpost in New York
Dolly Parton arrived outside Radio City Music Hall in a violet dress with long beaded fringe and unveiled two ceremonial street names at Sixth Avenue and 50th Street: Dolly Parton Boulevard and Country Takes Manhattan Way. The ceremony promotes New York's first country music festival running through May 23, with events including a sold-out Carnegie Hall kickoff featuring Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Johnny Cash.
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Widow accepts posthumous Oscar for Roman Holiday
In Beverly Hills California AP reports widow Cleo Trumbo accepted a posthumous Academy Award for the 1953 film Roman Holiday. Dalton Trumbo the blacklisted screenwriter could not be credited then, later had his authorship recognized and the Academy amended its records.
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Politics in New York: Clinton brother performs at Palace
Roger Clinton, brother of President Bill Clinton, sound checks in New York to perform with his band The Politics at the Palace this week marking his first New York appearance. Bassist Juan Nelson accompanies him as media notes Stephanopoulos romance reports.
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Costner's hairdresser faces critics over short cut
Frank Ramos, Kevin Costner's personal hairdresser for five years, defends trimming Costner's hair even shorter for the Christmas season film A Perfect World. He notes critics mocked the star’s look after The Bodyguard, while a shaved head on a female character in Aliens drew little fuss, and cites Peter Rainer's LA Times review advising never to get a really bad haircut.
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Diana meets stepmother's new fiance at London hotel
The Princess of Wales encountered Raine Spencer and Count Jean-Francois de Chambrun at Claridge's Hotel while Diana attended a private luncheon for the National AIDS Trust. Raine spoke of a July wedding and said Diana's flowers and friendly talk followed their engagement news.
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