Monday, March 24, 2008
Grammy winner is hurt critically in bus accident
HOUSTON — Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured Sunday when his band’s bus crashed on a highway in the metro area, city and hospital officials said. Navaira and his band Rio had performed at a Houston nightclub on Saturday night. About 5 a.m. Sunday, the band’s bus slammed into traffic barrels on Interstate 610 northbound in Bellaire, a well-to-do enclave within the city west of downtown Houston, Bellaire police Sgt. Daniel Kerr said. Navaira was one of eight passengers on the bus who were injured, said Houston Assistant Fire Chief Omero Longoria. Navaira was listed in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was being treated in the intensive care unit.
‘Jericho’ canceled again
LOS ANGELES — “Jericho,” the post-apocalyptic CBS drama whose devoted fans rallied to save it from cancellation, has met its end. The show failed to increase its audience and will air its final episode Tuesday, the network said Friday. “Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program; we simply wish there were more,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said. “We have no regrets bringing the show back for a second try.” “Jericho,” which stars Skeet Ulrich, was canceled last May, triggering a fan protest that deluged the network with about 40,000 pounds of peanuts — a tribute to the defiant “Nuts!” line uttered by Ulrich’s character in the first-season finale. CBS relented and ordered seven new episodes, which started airing in February.
B.B. King buys juke joint
INDIANOLA, Miss. — B.B. King is the new owner of a juke joint in his Mississippi Delta hometown. Mary Shepard has owned Club Ebony in Indianola for the past three decades. King and other artists have played there throughout the years. Shepard says she sold the club to the bluesman because she wants to relax and spend time with her family.
Today’s birthdays
Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 68. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 64. Movie director Curtis Hanson is 63. Rock musician Lee Oskar is 60. Singer Nick Lowe is 59. Rock musician Dougie Thomson (Supertramp) is 57. Comedian Louie Anderson is 55. Actress Donna Pescow is 54. Actor Robert Carradine is 54. Actress Kelly LeBrock is 48. Rhythm-and-blues DJ Rodney “Kool Kollie” Terry (Ghostown DJs) is 47. TV personality Star Jones is 46. Country-rock musician Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) is 44. Actress Annabella Sciorra is 44. Rock singer-musician Sharon Corr (The Corrs) is 38. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 38. Rapper Maceo (AKA P.A. Pasemaster Mase) is 38. Actress Alyson Hannigan is 34. Football player Peyton Manning is 32. Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is 18.