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Q I understand that the
Grand Ole Opry has a post
office backstage where each
of the members receives
mail in his or her personal
box. What’s the address?
—Harold Dickson. Louisville. Ky.
You can write to any Opry
member in care of the Grand
0/e Opry, 2804 Opryland Drive,
Nashville, TN 37214.
Q I’ve been pleased to hear one of my favorites,
Ed Bruce, on XM radio. Can you please tell me
something about him and what he’s doing now?
—-JoAnn Alexander. Spring Hill. Fla.
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Songwriter Ed Bruce
The new Rocky Balboa movie makes how
many times Sylvester Stallone has played
the boxing champ?
— K.C. Gelfuso. Saugus, Calif.
The new movie marks the sixth—and
final—time that Stallone, 60,
puts on the gloves as the box
ing champ. Stallone says he m
wanted the string of Rocky Jm
movies to end with dig- A
nity—and a spiritual AmtA l
high note. “This one mpAQw
deserves to succeed,” i
he says, “because it I
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can bring your child to — |
that as long as you have Christ J
in your heart, there is no such A
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Chef Bobby
Flay is one
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The writer of the hit songs "Mamas,
Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to
be Cowboys,” “Texas When I Die”
and “The Man Who Turned My
Mama On” is now semi-retired
and living in Monterey, Tenn.,
with his wife of 16 years, Judith.
Bruce, 67, has a new gospel CD,
Changed, available on his website
www.edhrucemusic.com, and still
plays selective dates acoustically
with “just my guitar and a stool,
like when I started out.”
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Q What can you tell me about Hayden Panet
tiere on Heroes'! Is it her first acting role?
—Annette 8.. Wichita. Kan.
Not by a long shot! Panettiere, 17, who plays the genetically
mutated, virtually indestructible cheerleader Claire on the hit
TV series Heroes, made her debut in a Playskool commercial
when she was 11 months old.
She went on to recurring roles
in The Guiding Light, One dp.
Life to Live, Malcolm in the nr Jo
Middle, Ally Mcßeal and jjtjjm
Commander in Chief, the
movies Ice Princess, Joe /jjv?
Somebody and Remember Hk.
the Titans', and doz-
ens of commercials.
including TV spots
for MacDonald’s, MfJjßLi
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shampoo for W
head lice, and
acne scrub.
Hayden
Panettiere
stars on
Heroes.
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Q What can you tell me
about TV cook Bobby Flay?
He seems so knowledgeable
about food.
—lllena AL. Danville. Calif.
Flay certainly knows food. The host
of the Food Network shows Food N
ation, Boy Meets Grill and Throu down
With Bohhy Flay also operates his
own ever-expanding line of restau
rants —the Mesa Grill and 8010 in
New York, where his fresh twists on
Southwestern and Spanish cuisine
made him an award-winning culi
nary superstar, plus the Mesa Grill
Las Vegas, New York's brasserie Bar
Americain and Bobby Flay Steak in
Atlantic City, N.J. The latest of his
six cookbooks, Bobby Floy’s Grilling
for Life , was released in 2005.
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