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Q Can you provide infor
mation about an actor who
appeared in several John
Wayne movies? He portrayed
Mose Harper in The Searchers.
—Jim Wilson. Yucca Valley. Cali}.
You’re thinking of Hank Wor-
den, a wonderful second-string actor who appeared in 14
John Wayne films, including The Searchers , The Alamo and
True Grit. Born in lowa and raised on a ranch in Montana,
he was a rodeo rider, a New York cab driver and a ranch
wrangler before becoming an actor. He died in 1992 from
natural causes at the age of 90.
What can you tell me about Ryan Simpkins?
She was great in the movie Sherrybaby.
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Nov. 11-12. The all-new Keith Urban: Special Edition , hosted by
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Top 10 Countdown will join repeats dt Keith Urban: laving Right
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—Audry Hernandez.
Bullhead City. Ariz.
Ryan, an 8-year-old Girl Scout
who received raves for her por
trayal of the daughter of a trou
bled ex-con (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
in Sherrybaby , has acted in com
mercials and music videos since
she was 4 and had a guest roie
in a 2004 episode of the TV
series Law and Order: SVU. She'll
appear alongside her brother Ty
in the movie Pride and Glory ,
scheduled for release next year,
and currently has a small part in
the Broadway play Festen.
Ton watched AMERICAN IDOL and fell in love with her!
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Q Whatever happened to Sha Na Na, specifically
singer Johnny?
—Delores Glass. Fuquay Varina. N.C.
Now in its 37th year, the 1950 s revival band Sha Na Na still
has three of its original members, Screamin’ Scott, Donny and
Jocko, and performs about 60 times a year. "I still love it,”
Jocko says. “We have a rocking band and we leave our audience
standing in the aisles." The group released a new album. One
More Saturday Night, in June. Johnny Contardo sang with Sha
Na Na (which took its name from a line in the 1957 Silhouettes
hit “Get a Job”) for 13 years, then recorded two solo albums
and went into the advertising business. Last year he recorded a
Christmas album and started to perform again as a solo act.
JUST RELEASED...
Vince Gill goes all-out
for new four-CD set
Vince Gill has poured out his ]
creative soul for These Days, a
four-CD, 43-song collection of !
new original music. He wrote
or co-wrote every song and has
grouped them together by musi
cal mood, organized accordingly on each disc: “Rockin’,"
“Groovy,” “Country & Western,” “Acoustic." Sheryl Crow, Bonnie
Raitt, Phil Everly and Diana Krall, plus Gill’s wife, Amy Grant,
and his daughter, Jenny, provide guest vocals. “I am as passionate
today as I have ever been about playing music,” he says.
* Cover photo by Joe Doane
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