NEWS IN BRIEF Travis Tritt Sues Record Label Tue. December 11.2007 7:40 PM EST
Travis Tritt has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Category 5 Records, the Nashville-based label that released his latest album, The Storm, in August. Filed Tuesday (Dec. 11) in federal district court in Nashville, Tritt alleges that Category 5 and label president and CEO Ray Termini misrepresented the company's financial resources and expertise and denied him creative control over his recordings. Termini is also CEO of Haven Healthcare, a nursing home chain that is based in Middletown, Conn. The Connecticut attorney general's office is investigating Haven Healthcare, which declared bankruptcy in November, to determine if Termini illegally used Medicaid funds to help launch the record label. Termini has denied misusing the money. Tritt, who has a four-year contract with the label, claims Category 5 currently owes him almost $400,000. Established in 2005, Category 5 also released Sammy Kershaw's Honky Tonk Boots album in 2006. Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift Have New Year's Plans Tue. December 11.2007 6:03 PM EST Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus will ring in the New Year with performances on the TV special, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008. Underwood, Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers will perform live on stages in New York's Times Square during the Dec. 31 telecast. Swift will perform in Hollywood during a party segment featuring Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Kingston, OneRepublic, Plain White T's and Black Eyed Peas members Fergie and will.i.am. Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest will host the New York segment of the ABC program. Dirt Band, Poco, Jim Messina Touring Together Tue. December 11.2007 6:03 PM EST The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco and Jim Messina will be working together next year during the Party in the Dirt tour. The Dirt Band and Poco are each celebrating their 40th anniversary as bands in 2008. Messina, a founding member of Buffalo Springfield and Poco, has also enjoyed success with singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins in Loggins & Messina. Messina exited Poco in 1970 and was replaced by guitarist Paul Cotton. Poco's current lineup includes Cotton, multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassist Jack Sundrud and drummer George Lawrence. No tour dates have been announced. CMT Music Awards Set for April 14 Tue. December 11.2007 3:59 PM EST The 2008 CMT Music Awards will be held April 14 at Belmont University in Nashville and will air live on CMT. The first round of nominations will be announced Feb. 5, and fan voting will begin on CMT.com. The final nominees will be announced in early March. Videos must be submitted no later than Jan. 1, 2008, and must air on CMT by Jan. 9 in order to be eligible. The CMT Music Awards is country music's only fan-voted award show. Sara Evans Co-Hosting The View Tue. December 11.2007 3:59 PM EST Sara Evans travels to New York City this week to co-host ABC's The View on Wednesday and Friday (Dec. 12 and 14). Evans, Gloria Estefan and actress Kate Walsh are among the celebrities filling in for co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is on maternity leave. Evans recently released her Greatest Hits album. Kay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
