St. Louis says ‘No' to ‘Ike Turner Day' request
Music legend Ike Turner said he holds nothing against St. Louis' mayor for a decision not to issue a City Hall proclamation in his honor.
Mayor Francis Slay has turned down a request from organizers of the Big Muddy Blues Festival to make Sept. 2 “Ike Turner Day.” Turner, 75, is scheduled to perform that day at the blues festival in St. Louis.
Turner says he never asked for the honor. He notes he already has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and said he doesn't worry about whether he's given those honors.
“I just care about making people happy in the audience,” he said.
Turner's past troubles include a 17-month stint in jail on a 1990 drug conviction. He was depicted as an abusive husband in “What's Love Got to Do With It,” a 1993 movie about ex-wife Tina Turner's life.
McKellar encourages girls that brains are cool
Danica McKellar has a message for girls: Cute and smart is better than cute and dumb.
McKellar, who played Winnie on the 1990s television show “The Wonder Years,” is coming out with a book, “Math Doesn't Suck,” to encourage girls to get into math.
“When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being dumb and irresponsible,” the 32-year-old McKellar told Newsweek for editions to hit newsstands Monday.
“But I want to show them that being smart is cool,” she said. “Being good at math is cool. And not only that, it can help them get what they want out of life.”
Cowboy museum makes Wayne into 8 foot statue
John Wayne has been honored on the 100th anniversary of the year of his birth with a larger-than-life bronze statue at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
Two of Wayne's grandchildren, Anita LaCava Swift and Nick Kuhle, attended the unveiling Saturday of the 8-foot, 8-inch statue depicting the actor in cowboy boots, spurs, chaps and a hat, holding a rifle in his left hand and wearing a gun belt and holster.
“It's always an amazing thing for our family whenever we get to be out among his fans because he's almost been dead for 30 years, but there are 3-year-old children who come up to me and tell me how much they love him,” Swift said.
“It's just incredible. It was great to have an icon like that as your grandfather,” Kuhle said.
Wayne was a leader of the museum and served as a trustee from the museum's opening in 1965 until his death in 1979.
- From wire reports
Mayor Francis Slay has turned down a request from organizers of the Big Muddy Blues Festival to make Sept. 2 “Ike Turner Day.” Turner, 75, is scheduled to perform that day at the blues festival in St. Louis.
Turner says he never asked for the honor. He notes he already has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and said he doesn't worry about whether he's given those honors.
“I just care about making people happy in the audience,” he said.
Turner's past troubles include a 17-month stint in jail on a 1990 drug conviction. He was depicted as an abusive husband in “What's Love Got to Do With It,” a 1993 movie about ex-wife Tina Turner's life.
McKellar encourages girls that brains are cool
Danica McKellar has a message for girls: Cute and smart is better than cute and dumb.
McKellar, who played Winnie on the 1990s television show “The Wonder Years,” is coming out with a book, “Math Doesn't Suck,” to encourage girls to get into math.
“When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being dumb and irresponsible,” the 32-year-old McKellar told Newsweek for editions to hit newsstands Monday.
“But I want to show them that being smart is cool,” she said. “Being good at math is cool. And not only that, it can help them get what they want out of life.”
Cowboy museum makes Wayne into 8 foot statue
John Wayne has been honored on the 100th anniversary of the year of his birth with a larger-than-life bronze statue at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
Two of Wayne's grandchildren, Anita LaCava Swift and Nick Kuhle, attended the unveiling Saturday of the 8-foot, 8-inch statue depicting the actor in cowboy boots, spurs, chaps and a hat, holding a rifle in his left hand and wearing a gun belt and holster.
“It's always an amazing thing for our family whenever we get to be out among his fans because he's almost been dead for 30 years, but there are 3-year-old children who come up to me and tell me how much they love him,” Swift said.
“It's just incredible. It was great to have an icon like that as your grandfather,” Kuhle said.
Wayne was a leader of the museum and served as a trustee from the museum's opening in 1965 until his death in 1979.
- From wire reports
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