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I saw a group called
Celtic Woman on PBS and
was captivated. Please tell
me about them.
—Maria Mac Kay, Richmond , Ky.
The five young Irish women in
the spellbinding group Celtic
Woman mix traditional Irish
tunes with timeless classics and
contemporary numbers. Their
new Christmas CD, A Christmas
Celebration , features "O Holy
Night,” “Little Drummer Boy”
and “Silent Night” alongside
the St. Thomas Aquinas hymn "Panis Angelicus,"
the 12th-century Irish song “The Wexford Carol"
and the traditional Celtic ballad "Don Oiche Ud I
mßeithil.” The group's self-titled 2005 debut CD
spent 68 weeks at No. I on the sales-based Billboard
World Music Chart, setting a new record.
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several dozen Tylenol commercials, and hosted
Worst Case Scenario for TBS, The Most for the His
tory Channel, No Relation for Fox, New York Expe
ditions for PBS and Evening Magazine in San Fran
cisco, where he resides. Rowe also has performed
in dozens of theatrical productions and narrated
more than 1,000 hours of other TV programs.
CMT
Toby Keith Stars in Broken Bridges
Singer-songwriter Toby Keith made his acting debut in
the first CMT Him, Broken Bruges, which opened this fall
in theaters nationwide. New CMT hosts tlie exclusive TV
broadcast premiere of the movie, which also stars Kelly
Preston, newcomer Lindsey Haun, Willie Nelson and Burt
Reynolds, on Friday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. Central. Watch lor
the DVD release of Broken Brides on Jan. 9, 2(X)7!
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Q I like Dirty Jobs,
hosted by Mike Rowe.
Could you tell me a little
about him?
—Dee Arthur. West Baden
Springs, bid.
The multi-talented host
ot the Discovery Channel
series Dirty Jobs —which
takes him every week
inside an occupation too
icky for most people to
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Q We have always been
fans of Don Stroud, but have
not seen him in any movies or
TV shows lately. The last time
we saw him it looked as if he
had an eye injury.
—Kathy Wright. Brooklyn. N.Y.
Actually, die prolific TV and movie
actor, row 64, lost an eye one night in
1992 when lie intervened in a mugging in New York City.
“I stepped in to help and was stabbed six times,” lie recalls.
"Tlie eye I have now is fiilse.” List year, Stroud retired and
returned to 1 lawaii, wliere he grew up and started in sixiw
business as Troy Donahues surf double in tile 1960 s TV
series Haumum Eye. "I did over 1(X) movies and 250 televi
sion shows,” says the ac tor, wlxi often played villains or other
unsavory characters. "People ask me what my favorite was,
and all I can say is I'm proud that I did that much work.”
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Idol. She co-wrote five of the songs on her new CD, Smull
Town Girl. “My Angel" is about her grandmother, who
taught Pickier to be a dreamer. "You can’t give up on your
dreams, 'cause sometimes, that's all you have," she says.
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