Country music star George Jones has been released from the hospital.
In a news release from Jones’ publicist on Saturday, Jones says he is improving, and “I look forward to seeing everyone soon.”
Jones, regarded as the greatest voice in country music history, was hospitalized for the second time this year on Monday in Nashville, Tenn., with an upper respiratory infection. The 80-year-old spent a week in the hospital in March as well.
Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit against ex-wife Elizabeth Travis, TMZ reports. The pair divorced in 2010, and the following year, Randy fired her as his manager, ending a professional partnership that had lasted 30 years. The singer now claims his ex breached their contract by spilling personal details about his life and aiming to sabotage his career. What’s more, he says, she tried to scam him out of money by inflating travel costs.
Earlier this year, Elizabeth filed a breach-of-contract suit of her own, alleging that the country superstar wrongfully sacked her as manager.
While Elizabeth is angling for her full management fee, Randy has asked the court to stop her from taking a cut of his future concerts.
For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King. Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien is selling Elvis Presley’s original crypt to the highest bidder as part of his “Music Icons” auction next month. The tomb is inside the granite and marble mausoleum at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. Presley was interred there alongside his mother, Gladys, after he died Aug. 16, 1977. Two months later, they were reburied at his Graceland home. The original crypt has remained empty ever since. The Julien says the winning bidder will get the crypt, opening and closing of the vault for burial, a memorialization inscription and use of a chapel for a committal service. Transportation and funeral home charges aren’t included. The auction starts June 23, 2012.
Summer Reading Program for Adults @ the North Platte Library!
After the success of last year, the North Platte Public Library staff will again have a Summer Reading Program for adults! This year’s theme is “Between the Covers”.
This program is independent in nature and does not require registration, attendance at meetings or any cost.
The rules are simple. Participants, read whatever they want over the summer, and every week have a chance to win an Between the Covers prize. Books in any format count: large print, fiction, non-fiction, e-books, audio books, etc. Books can be their own personal copy or the library’s.
For every book read, participants simply fill out a weekly drawing form (maximum of three entry forms per week). Drawings take place on Saturdays at 5:00 PM. It is not necessary to be present to win. Plus, if they attend any of the summer series programs and brown bag luncheons, they can enter a 4th time with a special program entry form.
The program kicks off with a special program on Friday June 1st at 2:00 PM.
This program is open to adults 18 years of age and older and runs from June 1 through September 1. The first prize drawing will be Saturday, June 9th. More information and drawing forms are available at the library.
1914, in one of the worst maritime disasters ever, the liner Empress of Ireland, carrying 1,477 passengers and crew, collided with the Norwegian freighter Storstad in Canada’s St. Lawrence River. Just over one thousand people lost their lives.
1917, John F. Kennedy was born. He was assassinated in 1963.
1942, Bing Crosby recorded Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.”
1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and sherpa Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1973, Tom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles. He retired in 1993.
1974, the TV variety show Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour last aired on CBS.
1980, NBA great Larry Bird beat out another great, Magic Johnson, for Rookie of the Year.
1980, National Urban League president Vernon Jordan was shot and critically wounded in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jordan survived, and today is one of former president Bill Clinton‘s closest friends.
1985, in Brussels, Belgium, a drunken group of British soccer fans supporting the Liverpool team stormed stands filled with Italian supporters of the Juventus team before the European Champion’s Cup final. During the attack, a concrete retaining wall collapsed and 39 people were crushed or trampled to death and over 400 were injured.
1989, student protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square built a replica of Statue of Liberty that they called the Goddess of Democracy.
BRAVO
DAY TIME TALK SHOW
THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW – Vince Vaughn, Kat Graham, Bethenny Frankel
THE VIEW – Michelle Obama
LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS
THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) – (repeat)
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO (NBC) – (repeat)
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC) – (repeat)
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON (CBS) – D.J. Qualls, Wolfgang Puck
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON (NBC) – (repeat)
LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY (NBC) – (repeat)
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (COMEDY CENTRAL) – Michelle Obama
THE COLBERT REPORT (COMEDY CENTRAL) -Charlize Theron
CONAN – (repeat)
KELLY CLARKSON BELIEVES IN FUNCTION: Kelly Clarkson says she won’t be caught wearing something on stage that she’s not completely comfortable with. Kelly admitted that though stilettos look nice — when it comes to competition, the fashion needs to match the confidence of the performer. She said, “Not only can the music be formulaic, but the attire can be formulaic. Just like music, with style there is room for everything and it might not be everyone’s cup of tea but it is that person’s thing. I don’t want to wear no stiletto. I am not a model and I am not Beyonce. It is not going to happen.”
JESSICA SIMPSON PICKS MAXWELL’S GODMOTHER: According to E!, Jessica Simpson has choosen CaCee Cobb to be her daughter, Maxwell’s, godmother. CaCee and Jessica have been good friends for many years. She was originally Jessica’s personal assistant. CaCee is currently engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Donald Faison.
HARRY STYLES DID NOT PUNCH PAPARAZZO: One Direction’s Harry Styles is defending himself against accusations that he punched a paparazzo at the Men In Black III premiere last week in New York City. Harry told teen magazine J-14 that he definitely did not punch anyone. One Direction just began their US tour in Connecticut this week.
NO DOUBT PERFORMING AT TEEN CHOICE AWARDS: No Doubt have reportedly been confirmed as performers that the Teen Choice Awards on MTV in July. The band tweeted, “You may have heard the rumors… and yes, we will be performing on the Teen Choice Awards in July!!!”
Men in Black 3, the third film in the MIB franchise, reunites Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as their alien-fighting characters for the first time since 2002. Co-starring is Josh Brolin as a younger Agent K — Jones’ character — who’s targeted for death in the late 1960s by a time-traveling alien, a plot Smith’s character goes back in time to stop. Emma Thompson also co-stars.
The weekend’s only other new wide release was the horror flick Chernobyl Diaries, which debuted at Number 6. Starring a cast of largely unknown young actors, it follows a group of six tourists who hire an “extreme tour” guide and ignore warnings to go to the deserted city of Pripyat, the former home of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor workers. There they end up stranded and discover they’re not alone
THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES — MAY 25-28
NEW MAN FOR JENNY MCCARTHY: Jenny McCarthy is going public with her new beau, Chicago Bears star Brian Urlacher. RadarOnline.com reported that the two have been dating for about a month and are routinely spotted out around Chicago. McCarthy, 39, recently revealed that she shot a nude pictorial that will be featured in Playboy’s July/August double issue.
JESSICA LOWENDES REPORTEDLY DATING ATHLETE: 90210 star Jessica Lowndes is reportedly dating former Olympian Jeremy Bloom. The 30-year-old competed for the U.S. ski team in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics and has also played for two NFL teams: the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Lowndes, 23, has previously been linked to her co-star Adam Gregory and Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul.
JENNA JAMESON ARRESTED DUI: Former porn star Jenna Jameson was arrested for suspicion of DUI on Friday (May 25th). The AP reported that Jameson, 38, was taken into custody after hitting a light pole with her car. She reportedly suffered minor injuries but refused treatment. Jameson has since been released from custody.
TED ALLEN OUTS COWORKER: Ted Allen accidental outed his fellow Food Network star Anne Burrellduring a recent interview. During the chat, Allen stated, “I am not going to put a label on Anne, but she is dating a woman right now.” Burrell’s rep then confirmed the relationship, saying, “Anne doesn’t feel she was outed. She has made no secret of her relationship. Her significant other is a very private woman. They have been together for a couple of years and spend a lot of time together. It is no secret in the culinary world.”
CANNES WINNER REVEALED: Director Michael Haneke won the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize for his movie, Amour. The film features an elderly couple — played by two French acting icons — who are coping with the wife’s worsening health. Haneke said he made the film because “I experienced something in my family that touched me.”
MAY 25
MAY 26
MAY 27
MEMORIAL DAY
FRIDAY MAY 25
1787, four years after the end of the Revolutionary War, the Constitutional Convention, presided over byGeorge Washington, was convened in Philadelphia to begin writing a new constitution for the United States of America.
1895, playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison.
1927, Henry Ford stops producing the Model T car and begins production of the Model A.
1927 Author Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity) is born. He dies in 2001.
1927, The “Movietone News” was shown for the first time at the Sam Harris Theatre in New York City.Charles Lindbergh‘s epic flight aboard the “Spirit of St. Louis” was featured.
1935, Babe Ruth hit his 714th home run on this day. The record held for 39 years.
1950, New York City’s Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opened as the longest tunnel in the U.S.
1955, The Disney movie Davy Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier opens.
1961, President John F. Kennedy asked the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon “before this decade is out.”
1964, The closing of schools to avoid desegregation is ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Virginia’s Prince Edward County is forced to reopen and desegregate its schools.
1965, heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston one minute into the first round in their rematch for Ali’s heavyweight title.
1968, the St. Louis Gateway Arch was dedicated.
1969, the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Cowboy, starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, premiered with an “X” rating – the first major commercial film with this rating.
1977, the ground-breaking science-fiction film Star Wars opened in theaters.
1979, 275 people died in America’s worst domestic air disaster when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at Chicago’s O’Hare airport.
1983, The movie Return Of The Jedi, the third in the Star Wars saga, opens. It’s also known as Star Wars: Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi. It stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, and Alec Guinness.
1986, seven million Americans took part in “Hands Across America” in an attempt to from a human chain across the country from Los Angeles to New York to raise consciousness and money for the nation’s homeless. They raised $24.5 million.
1988, NBC’s medical drama St. Elsewhere last aired.
1990, Actor Vic Tayback (Alice‘s Mel Sharples) dies at age 60.
1992, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno debuted after Johnny Carson’s retirement.
1996, Married With Children co-star Buck The Dog dies at age 13.
1999, Home Improvement airs its series finale on ABC.
SATURDAY MAY 26
1521, Martin Luther was banned from the Holy Roman Empire by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings against the Catholic Church. He had already been excommunicated by Pope Leo the Tenth.
1868, the Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal when the vote fell one short of the two-thirds required for conviction.
1896 The Dow Jones Industrial Average, co-founded by Charles Dow, first appears in The Wall Street Journal. The Dow Jones Industrial 12-stock average posts a 40.94 for the day.
1907 Actor John Wayne (The Quiet Man, How The West Was Won, The Sons Of Katie Elder, The Green Berets, True Grit) is born. He dies in 1979.
1912 Actor Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger‘s Toto) is born. He dies in 1980.
1913 Actor Peter Cushing (he’s played Baron Frankenstein, Dracula’s Dr. Van Helsing, and Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars) is born. He dies in 1994.
1937 San Francisco Bay’s Golden Gate Bridge opens.
1953 The first 3-D sci-fi film, It Came From Outer Space, opens.
1971, Don McLean recorded the classic hit, “American Pie,” about the plane crash that killed singers The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens.
1978, the first legal casino in America outside Nevada opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1979 John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd make their final appearances as regular cast members of Saturday Night Live.
1994, President Bill Clinton renewed trade privileges for China, and announced China’s trade status would no longer be linked with its human rights record.
1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley tied the knot in a secret ceremony in the Dominican Republic. Presley filed for divorce 20 months later, citing irreconcilable differences.
1994, Price Is Right game show host Bob Barker admitted he’d had an affair with former prize model Dian Parkinson, but denied he sexually harassed her as she had accused.
1995 Animation legend Isadore “Friz” Freleng dies at age 88. He created Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester The Cat, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, and The Pink Panther.
2000, Barry Grunow an English teacher at Lake Worth Community Middle School in Florida, was shot to death by Nathaniel Brazill, a seventh grader who’d been sent home for throwing water balloons on the last day of classes.
SUNDAY MAY 27
1647, The first recorded American execution of an accused witch took place in Massachusetts.
1703, Czar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as the new capital of Russia.
1894 Author Dashiell Hammett (The Thin Man, The Maltese Falcon) is born. He dies in 1961.
1911 Actor Vincent Price (The House Of The Seven Gables, The Three Musketeers, House Of Wax, The Ten Commandments, The Fly, House Of Usher, Pit And The Pendulum, The Masque Of The Red Death,The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Edward Scissorhands) is born. He dies in 1993.
1919 The pop-up toaster is patented by Charles Strite of Minneapolis.
1933, Walt Disney‘s Academy Award-winning animated short The Three Little Pigs was first released.
1937, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge opened.
1941, The British Navy sunk the German battleship “Bismarck” off France, with a loss of 2300 lives.
1949, Hollywood actress and pin-up girl Rita Hayworth married playboy Muslim Prince Ali Khan.
1964 The James Bond film From Russia With Love, starring Sean Connery and Robert Shaw, opens.
1964 Eleven boys are suspended at a school in Coventry, England for having hair styles like Mick Jagger.
1977, New York City fined “human fly” George H. Willig $1.10 — one penny for each of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center he’d scaled the day before.
1993, five people were killed in a bombing at the Uffizi Museum of Art in Florence, Italy. About three dozen paintings were ruined or damaged in the attack.
1994, late-night talk show The Arsenio Hall Show aired for the last time.
1995, Superman actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Virginia, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
1997, the Supreme Court ruled that Paula Jones could pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit againstPresident Bill Clinton while he was still in office.
1998, Michael Fortier, the government’s star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in jail after he apologized for not warning anyone about the plot.
1999, a U.N. tribunal indicted Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity, alleging he was personally responsible for the horrors in Kosovo and the purge of its ethnic Albanians.
1999, the latest restoration of “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci, an effort that took 22 years, went on display in Milan, Italy.
2001 Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler sings “The Star Spangled Banner” before the start of the Indianapolis 500 race. Tyler angers some military veterans when he changes the last line of the song from “the home of the brave” to “the home of the Indianapolis 500.” He later apologizes.
MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY
1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which mandated that all American Indians had to resettle west of the Mississippi River.
1892, the ecology group the Sierra Club was organized by John Muir in San Francisco.
1897, Jell-O gelatin was introduced.
1908 James Bond creator Ian Fleming is born. He died in 1964.
1954 The movie Dial ‘M’ For Murder, starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly, opens.
1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was established. This is the organization that gives out the Grammy Awards every year.
1957, the National League gave its approval for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants baseball teams to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively.
1961 Amnesty International is founded.
1984, President Ronald Reagan led a state funeral at Arlington National Cemetery for an unidentified American soldier killed in the Vietnam War, who was laid to rest at the Tomb of the Unknowns. In 1988, the soldier was identified as Air Force First Lieutenant Michael J. Blassie, and his remains were disinterred and sent to his family for burial.
1996, President Bill Clinton’s former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, were convicted of fraud.
1998 Actor-comedian Phil Hartman (Saturday Night Live, Blind Date, NewsRadio; also did several voices on The Simpsons) dies at age 49. He was shot by his wife, Brynn, who then shot herself.
2002, NATO declared Russia a limited partner in the alliance, accepting its former Cold War enemy as an ally. The arrangement gave a Russia a voice, although not a veto, in NATO.
