Shawn Colvin, Elton John, Wynonna Judd, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Richard Thompson and Cassandra Wilson Among Artist Line-Up Scheduled to Salute Folk-Pop Legend in AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO JONI MITCHELL Airing Sunday, April 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.Entertainment Editors & Television Writers NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 22, 2000 Ashley Judd Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading roles in a series of late 1990s and early 2000s thrillers, including Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy and High Crimes. to Host Turner Network Television Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. (TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. ) continues its TNT Masters Series with a tribute concert event celebrating the music of folk-pop legend Joni Mitchell. Highlights from her body of work will be performed by some of the most celebrated names in contemporary music, including Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is a Grammy Award-winning American musician. Childhood and early career Colvin's formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. , Elton John, Wynonna Judd, Chaka Kahn, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Richard Thompson, Cassandra Wilson, among others. Special guest and additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks. Mitchell will also perform. AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO JONI MITCHELL will tape on Thursday, April 6, at the Hammerstein Ballroom 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. . Ashley Judd will host AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO JONI MITCHELL, which is scheduled to air on Sunday, April 16, at 9:00p.m. ET/PT. The TNT Masters Series showcases individuals whose contributions have had a profound influence on contemporary culture. TNT launched its Masters Series in 1998 with Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night and followed with An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash in spring 1999, which garnered an Emmy(R) nomination. One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute premiered in December 1999. "Joni Mitchell is an artistic visionary whose contributions to music and culture reflect the essence of the TNT Masters Series," said Bradley J. Siegel, president of general entertainment networks, Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc. "Celebrating her music with performers who have all been influenced by her work will make for an unforgettable evening." "We see this television special as a gift to an outstanding artist for an inspiring career that spans more than 30 years," said Jeb Brien, executive producer of the special. "The TNT Masters Series is the ideal vehicle for such a tribute." Mitchell's groundbreaking style has made her an artistic legend. An innovator in folk, jazz, pop, avant-garde and world music, Mitchell is a four-time Grammy(R) Award winner and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in in 1997. Her Miles of Aisles (1974, #2), The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975, #4), Hejira Hejira: see Hegira. (1976, #13), and Court and Spark (1974, #2) are considered among the most influential and important albums of the rock era. Some of her many classic hits include "Big Yellow Taxi," "Free Man In Paris," "Help Me," "Both Sides Now," and "Woodstock." Both Sides Now, her latest album, is scheduled for release on March 21 on Reprise Records. A passionate song cycle about love in all of its manifestations, Both Sides Now features sultry, dramatic renditions of 12 love songs from the 1920s to the present. AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE TO JONI MITCHELL will be produced for TNT by Automatic Productions. Jeb Brien is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director. Monica Hardiman is producer, and Ali Gifford is talent producer. Larry Klein is the musical director. Sandy Shapiro is executive producer for TNT. Jodi Hurwitz is executive producer for Automatic Productions. Automatic Productions is a television production, distribution and packaging company headquartered in New York City. It has a diverse slate of music variety series and specials, and is a leading supplier of entertainment programming for network, cable and broadcast syndication. Recent projects include A&E's Emmy and CableACE Award-winning series Live By Request; the critically acclaimed weekly television music series Sessions at West 54th Sessions at West 54th was an American television program that featured music performances, and was in some ways a pop music variation on the theme set by the long-lived Austin City Limits, though the featured musicians represented a number of musical genres. ; TNT's An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash and Britney Spears In Concert for the Disney Channel. Turner Network Television, currently seen in 77.1 million homes, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s 24-hour, advertiser-supported service offering original motion pictures and miniseries; original series, non-fiction specials and live events; contemporary films from the world's largest film library, the combined Turner and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Film libraries; exciting NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= sports action; exclusive coverage of both the 2000 Winter and 2001 Summer Goodwill Games; and popular television series. |
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