NEWS LITE : MARLA TRUMPED ON CREDIT CARD BUY.Wouldn't you have just given anything to have been there when Marla Maples Marla Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her former marriage to billionaire celebrity Donald J. Trump. Maples was born in Dalton, Georgia to Ann, a former office worker, and Stan Maples, a real estate developer. Trump's credit card was rejected on a bad hair day? Trump had just had her tresses touched up at Clive Summers Salon in Manhattan and offered up her Visa - only to blanch blanch to become pale. when it was promptly rejected. Had the Trumps' coffers run out of money? Hardly. Her spokesman later explained that at that very beauty shop moment Marla's assistant was buying stuff with the card for her boss over the phone. Apparently, Visa frowns on simultaneous double-dipping. Rock pantheon expands roster The Bee Gees, the kings of disco, are headed to the Rock 'n' Roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. Hall of Fame in Cleveland, along with the Jackson Five. Other inductees for 1997 are folk singer Joni Mitchell, George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic, '60s pop band the Young Rascals and folk-rock groups Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash, both of which included Stephen Stills. Bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. pioneer Bill Monroe, who died last week, and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson will be honored for their early influence on rock 'n' roll. Video takes rapper to musical afterlife About a month before he was gunned down, Tupac Shakur made a music video depicting his death in a shooting and showing him being ushered into heaven. The video for ``I Ain't Mad,'' which aired on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. on Wednesday night, features Shakur being shot as he leaves a nightclub with a friend. Shakur was wounded in a drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang in Las Vegas on Sept. 7 and died a week later. ``It's pretty spooky,'' MTV Executive Vice President Andy Schuon said. In the video, Shakur is greeted in a cloud-covered heaven scene by dead stars, including Jimi Hendrix, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Sammy Davis Jr. and Redd Foxx. Shakur's record label, Death Row, delivered the video to MTV just three days after his death. Taking break from ad breaks Better get your snacks ready and take care of other business beforehand. You won't get a break during tonight's ``Late Show with David Letterman “Late Show” redirects here. For other uses, see The Late Show. The Late Show with David Letterman is a multiple Emmy Award-winning hour-long weeknight comedy talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. .'' With a one-time-only format even public television doesn't guarantee, Dave will bring viewers a breakthrough ``break-free'' edition of ``Late Show.'' This means not only will you be spared those boring commercial interruptions, you'll also get 16 minutes of bonus program. Of course, Letterman isn't in this for his health. The show will be sponsored. In fact, Nike, Anheuser-Busch, Chrysler and AT&T have signed on. Each will be mentioned twice during the hour by announcer Alan Kalter, who, seated onstage, will barge in with 15-second messages ``at the worst possible times,'' explained executive producer Rob Burnett with ill-disguised glee. No subliminal subliminal /sub·lim·i·nal/ (-lim´i-n'l) below the threshold of sensation or conscious awareness. sub·lim·i·nal adj. 1. Below the threshold of conscious perception. Used of stimuli. selling techniques here. ``It will be intrusive and annoying and show-stopping,'' Burnett said - ``something Dave is forced to reckon with to settle accounts or claims with; - used literally or figuratively. to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job s>. See also: Reckon Reckon Reckon .'' But doesn't this mean a total of two minutes given over to commercials after all? ``It'll all be for comedy effect, from my point of view,'' Burnett promised. Helping to fill all that extra time will be actress Drew Barrymore, an installment of Stupid Pet Tricks "Stupid Pet Tricks", and, subsequently, "Stupid Human Tricks", are well-known segments on Late Night with David Letterman, and, later, The Late Show with David Letterman. , music group Pearl Jam and 81-year-old shoeshine-stand owner Tony Avena, who became a cause celebre in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. after he was informed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority that the rent on his stand would be increased by more than seven times. Malaysia puts clamps on karaoke In an effort to promote marital harmony, karaoke bars in Malaysia's Selangor state have been ordered to close at 11 p.m. so husbands will return home earlier to their wives. ``Surely wives do not want their husbands singing in karaoke lounges until the wee hours of the morning. It invites quarrel,'' Selangor Chief Minister Muhammad Taib told reporters Wednesday in Shah Alam, the capital of Selangor. His remarks were reported Thursday in The Star newspaper. The curfew will remain in place as long the state ``is responsible for avoiding confrontations in the bedrooms,'' he said. Until the new rule was imposed, karaoke bars - where patrons sing to taped versions of popular songs - stayed open as long as they wanted. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) David Letterman: Set to go distance (2) TupacShakur: Second sense? |
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