Banner Graphic, Volume 19, Number 184, Greencastle, Putnam County, 11 April 1989 — Page 5

People in the news Rodney asking for respect in suit vs. hotels LOS ANGELES (AP) Comedian Rodney Dangerfield went to court to stop a hotel chain from using his voice in its commercials because he “can’t get no respect” elsewhere. U.S. District Judge Dickran Tevrizian scheduled a pretrial hearing Sept 11 and trial Oct. 17 unless Dangerfield and Park Inns Inc. of Dallas can settle their differences. Dangerfield alleges an impersonator illegally mimicked his voice on a radio commercial. “The case poses the question of whether someone can do a satire of a famous person and get the benefit of something someone has spent their whole life developing,” said John Lavely, the entertainer’s lawyer. Attorneys for Park Inns argue they have the right to satirize famous people. They also said the commercial, which has been discontinued, contained a disclaimer that celebrity voices were impersonated. Dangerfield was not in court Monday, but his complaint said the disclaimer was insufficient. • RADNOR, Pa. (AP) Joan Collins says her early seasons on “Dynasty” were her favorites because her character, Alexis, was in her evil, scheming best. “The dialogue was withering and delicious,” Ms. Collins in an interview in this week’s TV Guide. “I once said to Pamela Sue Martin, T see your father got your teeth fixed. It should have been your mouth.’” Ms. Collins now is considering her future after the series but says she has some problems getting roles. “Feature film producers tend to say, ‘She’s just Alexis, it’s just television,’ and they forget me. • CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) Jessica McClure doesn’t remember much of her 59-hour ordeal stuck in a well shaft, but she does recall that Winnie the Pooh saved her, her mother said. “I don’t know how she got that idea,” Cissy McClure said Monday. “Maybe she remembers me singing it to her.” She and her husband, Chip, and Jessica were flown from their Midland, Texas, home to the set of a television movie to watch a recreation of the October 1987 rescue. At a news conference, a smiling Jessica, now 3, played with a camera and microphone, then told journalists, “No more pictures.” “The only scars left are only physical and they are fading away,” said her father. Jessica has scars on her forehead and knees. • LOS ANGELES (AP) A parking lot attendant claims boxing champion Mike Tyson struck him outside a Hollywood night club. Parking attendant Michael Devine alleged in a police report that Tyson struck him three times in the stomach with the back of his hand, police spokesman Marge Reid. Devine said the incident occurred at midnight outside The Palace night club. Hollywood detectives will determine after an investigation whether to submit the complaint to the city attorney’s office.

Alabama ’Bos

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) Southern rockers Alabama got the artist of the decade award from the Academy of Country Music, but it was 1989’s top entertainer Hank Williams Jr. who provided the show’s wallop. Williams was one of three double winners, taking his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy and second video award during Monday night’s 24thannual presentations. K.T. Oslin won album of the year and best female vocalist and Kathy Mattea’s “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” won for record and song. RANDY TRAVIS WAS SHUT out despite three nominations. It appeared to be Alabama’s night as the band joined Marty Robbins and Loretta Lynn in the artist of the decade ranks. But Williams, the wild-eyed Tennessean whose rowdiness has been embraced by country music in recent years, brought a tear to many of the 1,600 people present when he accepted his trophy. Williams referred to his current hit record and video, the father-son duet “Tear in My Beer,” which uses a tape his late father made decades ago. “The video with Daddy was the most special thing I ever did in my life,” Williams said, choking back tears and biting his lip. The big surprise was Travis’ leaving empty handed. He’s won eight ACM trophies since 1986 and this year has won American Music Awards and a Grammy Award.

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) Singer-actress Grace Jones faces cocaine possession charges. Ms. Jones, 37, was arrested Saturday at the home of a friend, entertainer Chris Stanley, police said Monday. The arrest was made in the Kingston suburb of Stony Hill, where Ms. Jones was vacationing. She was scheduled to appear at a hearing today in Magistrates Court. Ms. Jones, who starred opposite Roger Moore in the James Bond film “A View to a Kill,” was bom in Jamaica but lives in Los Angeles and New York. HONOLULU (AP) Charo, the Latin entertainer who still has trouble speaking English, has left Las Vegas for Waikiki and is learning Japanese so she can entertain tourists from across the Pacific. “They love Latin music in Japan,” she said. “Maybe the Japanese will love me, too.” Charo, who owns a restaurant on the island of Kauai, opened her act Monday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. CHICAGO (AP) Former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton was negligent when he accidentally shot the manager of his restaurant last year with a semi-automatic gun, a lawsuit alleges. The 28-year-old plaintiff, Elmer Ray Huston, was shot in the knee and has undergone two knee operations because of the April 13,1988, shooting, according to his lawsuit filed Monday. The Cook County Circuit Court lawsuit seeks in excess of $15,000. “He was sitting there twirling a gun talking to the man and the gun went off,” said Philip Corboy, Hutson’s attorney. “He certainly didn’t intend to do it.” Corboy said the shooting was “negligent and it’s careless... like a doctor leaving a sponge in your belly.” No criminal charges were filed in connection with the shooting at Studebaker’s restaurant in suburban Schaumburg. STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) Sammy Davis Jr. signed copies of his newly published autobiography and declared he’s in his prime. “I sing better now than I have ever done before,” Davis told reporters Monday. The 63-year-old entertainer said time has made him “more content within myself.” A Swedish language version of Davis’ book was released to coincide with the stop of “The Ultimate Event” tour by Davis, Frank Sinatra and Liza Minnelli. The book, “Why Me?,” will be published in the United States in May.

country king

THE CROWD INSIDE Walt Disney Studios gave a standing ovation to Alabama members Randy Owen, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry and Mark Herndon. “I’d like to accept this award for all those artists that have deserved awards but never won awards,” said Owen. Alabama has won 13 Country Music Awards since 1982. It has had 21 consecutive No. 1 singles, including “Feels So Right,” “The Closer You Get,” “Roll On” and “You’ve Got the Touch.” Miss Oslin, the robust queen of down-home music known for her irreverence, thanked “the fans, the radio that played me and me.” STRAIT WON HIS THIRD male vocalist trophy, the last time in 1986 when he also won album of the year. “This means a lot to me. My little boy been asking me, ‘Dad, when are you going to win another award?’ Well, we got one tonight Bubba,” Strait said, referring to seven-year-old George Jr. Los Angeles-based Hignway 101 beat out Alabama, the Desert Rose Band, the Oak Ridge Boys and Restless Heart to take its second consecutive vocal group trophy. The Judds, Naomi and her daughter Wynona, took their fifth consecutive duet award. SUZY BOGGUSS WAS named top new female vocalist and Rodney Crowell, whose wife is country singer Rosanne Cash, was named the top new male vocalist.

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