NEWS LITE : COUNTRY FOURSOME GARNERS AWARDS.The boot scootin' duo Brooks & Dunn, teen singer LeAnn Rimes and gentleman cowboy George Strait George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). were the top nominees Monday for the Country Music Awards. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn led the pack with six nominations, including entertainer of the year. Strait, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw were also nominated for that honor. Rimes, the 14-year-old Patsy Cline Patsy Cline (b. Virginia Patterson Hensley September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer, who enjoyed pop music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s. sound-alike who won Grammy Awards Grammy Awards Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958. last week for best new artist and best female country vocal, was nominated for top female singer, new artist, and album, song and single of the year. Strait, who tied Rimes with five nominations, also received male vocalist, single, song and album nominations. The awards will be televised from Universal Amphitheatre on April 23 on NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . Oprah `stays with,' then plugs novel The new Oprah Winfrey-anointed best-selling novelist is - envelope, please - Ursula Hegi Ursula Hegi (23 May, 1946 - ) is a fiction author. She lived in West Germany until she was 18. She moved to the United States and has lived both on the East Coast and in Spokane, Washington. , whose ``Stones From the River'' has been chosen as the March read for the TV star's book club. It's a 525-page story about life in a small German town during World War II as told by a dwarf. ``It's not an easy book,'' says Winfrey, ``but stay with it.'' Hell hath no fury like former Annies Support among show biz folk is building for Mayfair's Joanna Pacitti, unceremoniously dumped last week from the new ``Annie'' show a month before its Broadway opening. The original Annie, Andrea McArdle, has threatened a boycott of the new production, and Great White Wayers Carol Channing and Sarah Jessica Parker, another ex-Annie, also have registered their distaste for how Joanna was treated. There's also talk that the firing has caused a rift between the show's producers and Charles Strouse, who wrote the music for the show. Tuesday, Joanna, 12, appears on Rosie O'Donnell's TV show, where the two will sing ``Over the Rainbow.'' Why not ``Tomorrow?'' Because ``Annie'' co-producer Roger Hess refused permission to use it. Ex-leader thaws pending remittance The late Ferdinand Marcos, chillin' since 1992 in a refrigerated re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. mausoleum mausoleum (môsəlē`əm), a sepulchral structure or tomb, especially one of some size and architectural pretension, so called from the sepulcher of that name at Halicarnassus, Asia Minor, erected (c.352 B.C. in the Philippines, is on defrost de·frost v. de·frost·ed, de·frost·ing, de·frosts v.tr. 1. To remove ice or frost from: defrosted the windshield. 2. To cause to thaw. v. while his widow, Imelda, curses the power company for cutting off the electricity to the crypt Monday. The issue: $215,000 in unpaid bills. The shoe-loving former first lady of the Philippines, who says she's broke, calls it ``the ultimate harassment - the harassment of the dead.'' The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative says it tried to collect for a year and is willing to flip the switch just as soon as Imelda pays a ``substantial amount and shows intention of willingness to pay Willingness to pay (WTP) generally refers to the value of a good to a person as what they are willing to pay, sacrifice or exchange for it. See also
Frank Malabed, the mortician who embalmed the ex-president, says his work will stay in good condition - for a corpse - until 2002 without refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. . On the other hand, Marcos' assets - including about $500 million in two Swiss banks - remain frozen solid by the Philippines government. His widow was elected to Congress in 1995, but the job only pays $650 a month, plus allowances. Out of the TV closet Innuendo innuendo n. from Latin innuere, "to nod toward." In law it means "an indirect hint." "Innuendo" is used in lawsuits for defamation (libel or slander), usually to show that the party suing was the person about whom the nasty statements were made or why the comments soon to end; `Ellen' to divulge all The months of coy references are over. ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. said Monday that ``Ellen'' will come out as a lesbian. The character played by actress Ellen DeGeneres will talk to a therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey, about her attraction to a gay woman in an episode of the sitcom set to air April 30. While other television shows have featured homosexual characters, ``Ellen'' would be the first prime-time show to have an openly gay lead. Actress Laura Dern plays Ellen Morgan's love interest in the episode. ABC hasn't decided whether the show will be an hourlong special or air in its regular 9:30 p.m. slot. The network said a later ``Ellen'' episode will deal with Morgan telling her parents about ``this startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. self-discovery.'' Since word first leaked last September that ``Ellen's'' producers were considering the gay storyline, DeGeneres has led a steady stream of jokes and cryptic remarks about it. They began in the opening scene of the fall season, when Ellen Morgan serenaded herself in the bathroom: ``I feel pretty, I feel pretty, I feel pretty and witty and . . .'' She didn't complete the lyric as written, ``gay.'' Executives for ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Co., said they took their time giving ``Ellen'' the go-ahead because they wanted to be sure the coming out fit into a quality storyline. ``Ellen DeGeneres' strength as an artist has always been in her ability to . . . explore the complexity and compassion of her character,'' said Jamie Tarses, president of ABC Entertainment. ``I'm thrilled,'' said Chastity Bono, spokeswoman for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. ``I think it's going to be a very positive event for the gay and lesbian community.'' GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation even set up an Internet site for fans to talk about the ``Ellen'' plot twist and organized a letter-writing campaign in support of it. Heavy subject National fat study weighs U.S. cities Can a city make you fat? The possibility is posed by a new study that ranks the nation's big cities by the weight of their residents. It attempts to draw conclusions on why fat flourishes more in some cities and less in others. The 33-city study, issued by the Washington-based Coalition for Excess Weight Risk Education, found overall that cities with high unemployment rates, low per capita income Noun 1. per capita income - the total national income divided by the number of people in the nation income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time , high annual precipitation rates and a high number of food stores per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. tend to have higher rates of obesity. Called the National Weight Report, the study found that restaurant-rich New Orleans has the nation's highest obesity rate at 37.5 percent of adult residents while outdoor-living Denver has the lowest at 22.1 percent. Besides New Orleans, the high-weight metropolises include Norfolk, Va., 33.9 percent; San Antonio, 32.9 percent; Kansas City, Mo., 31.6 percent; Detroit, 31 percent; and Cincinnati; 30.7 percent. Easiest on the scales after Denver are Minneapolis, 22.6 percent; San Diego, 22.9 percent; Washington, D.C., 23.8 percent; Phoenix, 24.3 percent; St. Louis, 24.8 percent; and Tampa, Fla., 24.9 percent. Los Angeles weighed in at a pretty slim 25.22 percent. Why the differences? The study said its research produced some ideas. Many people in Atlanta, it said, reported eating fried foods, eating many of their meals away from home and having a deep loyalty to ``Southern-style comfort food,'' high in fat and calories but reflecting a sense of family and regional heritage and tradition. Ethnic food may be a fat builder in Cleveland, the survey said. And it said many people blamed the harsh winters for prompting them to eat meat and buttermilk buttermilk residual fluid after removal of fat from milk in butter manufacture; a protein-rich supplement fed to pigs. and biscuits and french fries to help them fuel up. People in Phoenix said they tended to gain weight during the summers when it is too hot to exercise. But they said that may be counterbalanced by the desire to look good in tight-fitting summer clothing. The National Weight Report is based on a list created by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. , which gathered the data from the National Health Interview Survey for the years 1990 and 1993. About 20,000 people, ages 20 to 74, reported their height and weight. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1 -- 2) Laura Dern will play Ellen DeGeneres' love interest in the show. (3) Rimes |
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