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Ask American 1 Profile J 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. aßMsp ' WSM P l|| fpr Actress Ryan Simpkins CMT ' It’s a Keith Urban weekend Get set for wall-to-wall Keith Urban as CMT airs four shows themed around the hot, guitar-slinging superstar Nov. 11-12. The all-new Keith Urban: Special Edition , hosted by CMT’s Katie Cook, and the fan-voted videos in Keith Urban's Top 10 Countdown will join repeats dt Keith Urban: laving Right Now and Crossroads John Fogerty & Keith Urban to keep toes tapping ail weekend! AVAILABLE NOW AT I *, I KELLIE k « PICKLER WAL-MART Western star Hank Worden —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! KELLIE PICKLER HER DEBUT ALBUM the hit single "RED HIGH HEELS" Pick np Pickier! f ir • pnWB|K / J$W i * * v •w/ mm mi -1 wfa' v- x ' -mk j - ; P 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 ■ Want to know more about a celebrity or public figure? Send your questions to: Ask American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, TN 37067 or e-mail us at askus@americonprofile.com. The volume of mail received prohibits us from giving personal replies—through e-mail or other means. Celebrating Unmet nun Life President & CEO Richarc G. 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