NEWSMAKERS | Ronnie Dunn obsesses over 1st show since split

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Ronnie Dunn obsesses over 1st show since split

LAS VEGAS

Ronnie Dunn came to Las Vegas two days early to get ready for The Academy of Country Music Awards and his first concert since the iconic duo Brooks & Dunn dissolved last September.

He wanted to get his voice acclimated to the dry desert air and obsess over the details. He said that though most of his compatriots are out partying, he’s been in his room worrying.

The 57-year-old Dunn debuted his first set of new material publicly Saturday night at the ACM Concerts at Fremont Street Experience. He’ll perform his new single, “Bleed Red,” during today’s show, aired live on CBS from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

He said Friday after rehearsals that he’s not sure if fans will demand he play hits from his Brooks & Dunn days during the Fremont concert, and plans to “make it up as I go.”

“I’ve had lectures from everybody,” Dunn said. “A good friend, Barbara Orbison, Roy Orbison’s widow, was telling me she knows Paul McCartney and she talked about all the anxiety that he went through — and I didn’t know this — about doing Beatles songs when he first came out, and still to this day there are certain songs that he still has a lot of anxiety about doing.”

Lohan, rehab worker heard yelling on 911 call

RIVERSIDE, Calif.

A rehab worker told a 911 dispatcher that she ordered Lindsay Lohan to pack her bags and leave the Betty Ford Center after the actress hit her during a December argument, according to a recording of the call released Friday.

The six-minute call started with a chaotic exchange between Lohan and the worker, Dawn Holland, arguing over control of the phone at the facility in Palm Desert.

Later, Holland told the dispatcher she wanted to press charges.

“I have a problem because Lindsay Lohan pushed me and hit me with the phone while I was trying to talk to you,” Holland said on the recording.

A phone message for Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Holley, seeking comment on the recording was not immediately returned Friday.

Lohan was nearing the end of a three-month court-ordered rehab stint at the center after authorities said she failed a drug screening.

The Dec. 12 call resulted in an investigation by Riverside County sheriff’s detectives into Holland’s accusations. Prosecutors said Tuesday they found insufficient evidence to file any charges.

At one point during the call, Lohan told the dispatcher she had never seen Holland before.

“She’s freaking me out,” Lohan said when she was able to get on the phone.

Commotion was then heard before Holland returned to the line.

“Lindsay, you need to pack your [expletive],” Holland told the actress. “’Cause now I’m getting ready to file charges on you.”

Lohan then asked Holland pointedly, “What, you want money?”

Holland said no and told Lohan she wanted to be treated with respect, By that point, the two women were yelling at each other and the audio became garbled.

Lambert worried about Shelton on AMCs

LAS VEGAS

Miranda Lambert has a warning for The Academy of Country Music Awards producers: Keep a finger on the “bleep” button.

She’s worried her fianc may let fly with one of the seven dirty words outlawed on television as he joins Reba McEntire as co-host of the show tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“He’s so quick and good at ad-libbing — probably too good at ad-libbing,” said Lambert, the lead awards nominee with seven. “My advice to CBS was a three-second delay, ’cause you never know what’s going to come out of his mouth.”

Shelton, known for his quick wit and saucy jokes, says he’s going to try to keep from disappointing Reba, a longtime friend who doesn’t always find his antics funny. They’ve been friends for years, and he says he’s learned to tell how she feels about his jokes based on her facial expressions.

Associated Press