1. READ ALL ABOUT IT!, by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush 2. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder 3. SOMEDAY, by Alison McGhee 4. DIRT ON MY SHIRT, by Jeff Foxworthy 5. ALPHABET, by Matthew Van Fleet
IT’S NEVER A good idea to steal joke routines from successful comedians, but this one was just too good to pass up. There was an auto race last night whose name begged to be turned into a Jeff Foxworthy joke. I’m talking about the Craftsman Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200. You’ll see what I mean after you give yourself this test. Rank these three institutions in order of what
On their 2006 country top 10 single "Some People Change," Montgomery Gentry sang, "Don't give up hope, some people change." That advice could apply to the way the veteran duo is approaching its career these days.
With the recent passing of Charlton Heston, the National Rifle Assn. lost its biggest media gun. But rocker Ted Nugent -- the man known for once performing in a loincloth and for greeting concertgoers from the back of a bison named Chief -- is prepared to fill in for the elder statesman as popular culture's most outspoken proponent of the 2nd Amendment.
T he voice on the phone says matter-of-factly: "This is Dan." That would be Dan Whitney, better known as his comic alter ego, Larry the Cable Guy. Maybe you know him from the successful Blue Collar Comedy Tours. Maybe you know his catch phrase: "Git-R-Done." Maybe you have kids who know him as Mater in the Disney/Pixar hit "Cars." Maybe you've heard the accent, seen the sleeveless shirts
The sad tale of Thomas Ravenel gets more sordid by the week. The recent revelation of his interviews with law enforcement investigators sounds almost like he was describing a bad late-’70s movie: “Cheech & Chong Meet The State Treasurer.” Cheech: Hey, man, you can buy some of the magic dust, but don’t blow our cover. Ravenel: Nobody will ever recognize one of South Carolina’s nine
Benjamin Jang, a 32-year-old financial analyst, competes on primetime show. IRVINE – Last minute cramming paid off for Irvine resident Benjamin Jang, who walked away from his "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" experience $100,000 richer.
May 18: Actor Bill Macy (``Maude'') is 86. Actor Pernell Roberts (``Bonanza,'' ``Trapper John, MD'') is 80. Actor Robert Morse is 77. Actor Dwayne Hickman (``The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'') is 74. Bluegrass singer-guitarist Rodney Dillard of The Dillards is 66. Country singer Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys is 60. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 59. Country singer George Strait is 56.
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Colonel Elvis Presley, Colonel Muhammad Ali and Colonel Pope John Paul II all received ornate certificates to accompany the honorary rank that Kentucky bestows on thousands of people each year, including some of the world's most rich and famous. Now a budget crunch threatens to curtail the glories of those commissions that conjure up the image of a genteel Southerner. The