CMT Announces Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling Tue. September 23.2008 4:50 PM EDT
CMT's new series, Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, will debut on Oct. 18. The cast of 10 celebrity wrestling hopefuls will attempt to turn themselves into professional-quality wrestlers. Hogan, former World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff and professional wrestling manager Jimmy Hart will judge the following contestants: former NBA champion Dennis Rodman; Bewitched actress Erin Murphy; Playboy playmate Nikki Ziering; Different Strokes actor Todd Bridges; Super Heavyweight boxer ButterBean; reality TV star Trishelle Cannatella; Saved by the Bell actor Dustin Diamond; actor, boxer and recording artist Frank Stallone; singer Tiffany; and reality TV star and radio host Danny Bonaduce. Julianne Hough Records Christmas Album for Target Tue. September 23.2008 4:40 PM EDT Julianne Hough will release a Christmas EP, titled The Julianne Hough Holiday Collection, exclusively at Target stores on Oct. 12. Selections include "Jingle Bell Rock," "Feliz Navidad," "It Wasn't His Child/Mary Did You Know," "Santa Baby," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," among others. The disc is part of the NBC Sounds of the Season series. Target will also offer an album of new duets with Nat King Cole on Oct. 12. Johnny Cash, Gene Watson Spotlighted by Hall of Fame Tue. September 23.2008 4:40 PM EDT Johnny Cash and Gene Watson will be the subjects of spotlight exhibits at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum this fall. Cash's exhibit, which will be unveiled on Sept. 30, features a black gabardine suit designed by Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, a black leather duster designed by Manuel and a leather briefcase bearing his initials, JRC. Watson's exhibit, slated for an Oct. 7 debut, will display a 1970s green suit designed by Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, a suede cowboy hat with decorative pins and a floral-print Western shirt from the early 1980s. Watson has 21 Top 10 country hits, including "Farewell Party," "14 Carat Mind" and "Love in the Hot Afternoon." Old Crow Medicine Show Releases Tennessee Pusher Tue. September 23.2008 3:48 PM EDT Old Crow Medicine Show released a new album, Tennessee Pusher, on Tuesday (Sept. 23) on Nettwerk Records. Don Was produced the album. Guests include Jim Keltner on drums and Benmont Tench on Hammond C-3 organ. The band will celebrate the release in Boston with an in-store performance at Newbury Comics in Faneuil Hall on Tuesday and a sold-out concert at Berklee Performance Center on Wednesday (Sept. 24). They will also appear on A Prairie Home Companion on Oct. 4, followed by two concerts at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Oct. 9 and 10. Randy Rogers Band Releases New Album Tue. September 23.2008 3:48 PM EDT Randy Rogers Band released a new, self-titled album on Mercury Nashville on Tuesday. It's their second release for the label. Rogers collaborated with several Nashville co-writers for the album, including George Ducas, Radney Foster, Gary Nicholson and Stephony Smith. Other new releases include Stay Golden, Smog: The Best of Golden Smog (Rhino), jazz bassist Charlie Haden's country-inspired Rambling Boy (Decca), John Oates' 1000 Miles of Life (PS Records), Ralph Stanley II's This One Is Two (Lonesome Day Records) and Brooklyn-based Americana band Yarn's Empty Pockets (Ardsley Music). 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
