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Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: May 06, 2000 Source: Salt Lake Tribune Submitted By: BR Culture Vulture BY DAN NAILEN SALT LAKE TRIBUNE It had to happen eventually. A country-flavored "Boy Band" is being masterminded by Lou Pearlman, the man responsible for bringing the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync to the masses. According to the Woods Cross High School newspaper, Cross Currents, one of the group's members will be Woods Cross junior Dan Cahoon. Student Lori Gruendell reports that Cahoon went through a series of auditions with Pearlman and assorted other backers of the as-yet-unnamed act, including Kenny Rogers, before landing the gig and leaving school for Nashville in March. "If anyone can make this happen, these men will be the ones," Cahoon told Gruendell. Cahoon is probably right about that, but let's hope he and his parents read up on the series of lawsuits between Pearlman and his former bands ('N Sync compared working for Pearlman to being "slaves") before signing on the dotted line. SRO When Monty Python's Eric Idle was perusing the ticket-sales figures of his upcoming concert tour, he noticed the Salt Lake City show was not doing great business, especially compared with cities with multidate sell-outs. Luckily, Idle happened to be on "The Donny and Marie Show" shortly thereafter to promote his tour. He asked Donny, "Why aren't people in Salt Lake City coming to the show?" "I'll make one call and all my brothers will be there," Donny replied. Start the Letter-Writing Campaign The National Rifle Association caught a break when Kerry, Bill and Gina of X-96's "Radio From Hell" morning team announced Wednesday that new episodes of "Chuck Heston's Mini-Disaster Movie" would end at the close of the month. Apparently Heston has a full schedule of Al Gore-bashing and NRA infomercial shoots, too much work to continue his acting career. For 18 months, the gun-toting Moses has appeared weekly, three times every Wednesday, in episodes that usually started with the line, "It began as just another day at the office," and usually ended with Heston in some slapstick homoerotic situation, ranting about monkeys. Okay, it's not exactly highbrow humor. But it is often the funniest 30 seconds of the week. Supporters of the audio flicks, and Heston's continued dramatic stretching, can try to save the feature with a "Cagney and Lacey"-style letter-writing campaign. Write to X-96 Radio From Hell, 57 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 8411?. Touched by a Demon If reports in the May 2 issue of the National Examiner tabloid are to be believed, and there is no reason they should be, the set of Salt Lake City-filmed "Touched by an Angel" has become a "backstage holy war" thanks to Roma Downey's love life. "Angel" co-star Della Reese is apparently none too pleased Downey, 36, is dating "Flashdance" star Michael Nouri, whom the Irish actress partied with "into the wee hours" on Oscar night. No, Reese is not just protecting Downey from out-of-work actors looking for a meal ticket. She is irate because Nouri is married, to a wheelchair-bound woman suffering from multiple sclerosis no less, and she thinks the bad publicity could hurt the morality-laced show's ratings. Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: top seo guys iYUQuY Major thanks for the post.Thanks Again. Keep writing. Comment on this item. Next Item: Spurred on by Derby parties, celebrities race to Louisville Prev Item: Kentucky Derby 2000 - Party for the ages