Sara Evans Engaged to Sports Radio Host Mon. March 24.2008 6:42 PM EDT Sara Evans is engaged to marry Jay Barker, a former quarterback at the University of Alabama, People magazine reported Monday (March 24). Evans, 37, filed for divorce from former political candidate Craig Schelske in 2006 while she was a contestant on the TV series, Dancing With the Stars. A bitter and widely-publicized divorce was finalized in September 2007. Barker, who hosts a morning radio show on WJOX-FM in Birmingham, Ala., helped lead Alabama to a national championship in 1992. A wedding date has not been set.
Toby Keith Compiling 35 Biggest Hits Mon. March 24.2008 5:30 PM EDT Toby Keith's 35 Biggest Hits, a two-CD career retrospective spanning 15 years and five record labels, will be released May 6. The collection begins with his 1993 debut single, "Should've Been a Cowboy," which reached No. 1, and closes with a new single, "She's a Hottie." Keith now owns and operates his own record label, Show Dog Nashville. The new compilation is a joint venture of Show Dog and Universal Music Enterprises. In addition to material originally recorded for Show Dog, 35 Biggest Hits includes singles from Keith's tenures at Mercury, Polydor, A&M and DreamWorks. Trace Adkins Performing on Celebrity Apprentice Finale Mon. March 24.2008 5:30 PM EDT Trace Adkins and his band will provide a live performance of his latest single, "You're Gonna Miss This," during Thursday's finale of NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice. Adkins and British newspaper editor and media personality Piers Morgan are the last of this season's original 14 contestants. Donald Trump will make his final decision Thursday and award a $250,000 check to the winner's charity. Adkins, whose 6-year-old daughter suffers from severe food allergies, is competing to raise money for FAAN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network). Immediately following his performance, Adkins' recording will be available for download at iTunes.com with proceeds benefiting the charity. While not predicting the outcome of the TV show, Adkins says, "I intend to conclude my time on this show with my dignity intact, and I will try to be as respectful as Piers will allow me to be." Tejano Singer Emilio Navaira Critically Injured in Bus Crash Mon. March 24.2008 5:30 PM EDT Tejano vocalist Emilio Navaira was critically injured early Sunday morning (March 23) when his tour bus collided with traffic barrels on Interstate 610 in Houston. Doctors said Navaira, 45, sustained a severe brain injury and remained in a coma Monday. Six members of his band, Rio, were also injured in the crash that occurred following a performance at a Houston club. They were returning to their homes in San Antonio in preparation for a tour of California later this week. Authorities said Navaira was apparently driving the bus. He remained in a medically-induced coma Monday at a Houston hospital. Navaira had already established a substantial following in the Hispanic community when Capitol Nashville promoted him to a mainstream country audience with the 1995 album, Life Is Good. He charted six country singles, including "It's Not the End of the World," which reached No. 27 on the Billboard country chart. Navaira won a Grammy for his 2002 album, Acuérdate. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
