NEWSMAKERS | Tomlin, TobyMac lead Dove nominations
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Tomlin, TobyMac lead Dove nominations
ATLANTA
Chris Tomlin and TobyMac each got six nominations for the Dove Awards, the gospel and Christian music show that will take place in Atlanta for the first time. Jason Crabb drew the second-most with five nominations and Francesca Battistelli received four for the 42nd annual show, which previously was held only in Nashville, Tenn.
It will air April 24 on the Gospel Music Channel.
Tomlin, who is up for best male vocalist, also will compete for artist of the year against TobyMac, Crabb, Marvin Sapp, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound and Natalie Grant.
Battistelli was nominated again for best female vocalist after winning last year.
Obamas celebrate Motown music
WASHINGTON
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will mark Black History Month at the White House with a celebration of Motown music. The White House says performers will include Smokey Robinson, Sheryl Crow and John Legend. The Feb. 24 event will be taped and broadcast on PBS March 1.
Police remove gun from Muniz’s home
PHOENIX
Phoenix police say they removed a gun from the home of actor Frankie Muniz after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. A police report says Elycia Turnbow claims Muniz pulled out a gun and held it against his head last Friday night after the two were arguing about prior relationships.
Turnbow told police that she was worried that the 25-year-old Muniz might be suicidal, so she called one of his band mates to take him to a hospital.
Bruno Mars gets probation in drug case
LAS VEGAS
Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has pleaded guilty to cocaine possession as part of a deal with Las Vegas prosecutors that could allow the felony conviction to be erased next year. A Clark County district judge sentenced the 25-year-old singer-songwriter Wednesday to probation, a $2,000 fine, 200 hours of community service and drug counseling.
His conviction could be erased if he stays out of trouble for a year. The judge set a Jan. 18 date next year for Mars to return at the end of his probation. Police say Mars had 2.6 grams of cocaine when he was arrested in September in a casino bathroom after a nightclub performance.
‘Glee’ surpasses Elvis for most Hot 100 hits
NEW YORK
The act with the most songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart isn’t the Beatles, Elvis or Michael Jackson. It’s the cast of “Glee.” In just 18 months of appearing on the charts, the Fox TV series has set the record for the most songs on the Billboard chart in the chart’s 52-year history.
This week, “Glee” debuts six songs on the chart, giving them 113 songs in total — five more than the now second-place Elvis Presley, who had 108.
Warhol self-portrait fetches $17 million
LONDON
A self-portrait by Andy Warhol has sold for 10.8 million pounds ($17 million) — double its pre-sale estimate — at a London auction.
Christie’s says the work had been in a private collection since 1974. It is one of a series of 11 self- portraits Warhol created.
The image of red and white silkscreen ink on canvas shows the artist with his hand to his mouth. It was executed in 1967, at the height of his career as the most important figure in American Pop Art. Christie’s says the portrait was bought by an anonymous bidder in its London auction room Wednesday.
Lindsay Lohan on ‘Letterman’ show
NEW YORK
CBS says Lindsay Lohan will present the Top Ten List on tonight’s “Late Show with David Letterman.” The troubled actress will present the Top Ten List live via satellite from Los Angeles, CBS announced.
Lohan’s problems have regularly put her in the news, most recently thanks to felony charges for the alleged theft of a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store.
‘Teen Mom 2’ star crashes car in Pa.
NAZARETH, Pa.
A star of the reality show “Teen Mom 2” says she wrecked her car after rear-ending an SUV in eastern Pennsylvania. Authorities say no one was hurt. Kailyn Lowry was taking her 1-year-old son, Isaac, home from day care when the crash occurred Tuesday evening in Lower Nazareth Township.
Lowry tells The Morning Call of Allentown that the driver in front of her stopped short. Lowry says there is no damage to the other motorist’s SUV but “my car is totaled.”