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Q I know there are a
few male artists who are in
both the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame and the Country
Music Hall of Fame. But
are there any females?
—Rex Rather. Plano. Texas
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers,
Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins and producer Sam Phillips are
enshrined in both halls of fame. But only one female performer,
Brenda Lee, has been so honored. The 4-foot-9-inch powerhouse,
known most of her life as “Little Miss Dynamite,” remains
active at 62. Her latest CD, Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends.
is a collection of hymn collaborations with Dolly Parton,
Vince Gill, rocker Huey Lewis and nine other superstar
guests that returns her to her roots in spiritual music.
Q Could you please give me some informa
tion on Samantha Brown of the Travel Channel?
She’s a delight!
—Carolyn Mattz, Palos Park. 111.
Samantha Brown, 38, was born in Dallas, but her fam
ily soon after moved to New Castle, N.H., where she
was raised. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in
musical theater from Syracuse University. Her early
work included television commercials, as well as a few
off-Broadway plays, before auditioning for the Travel
Channel and becoming its wide-ranging maven. She and
husband Kevin live in New York City.
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What happened to Soledad O’Brien and
Miles O’Brien on CNN’s American Mornings ?
—Vivian S. Rose. Kinston, N.C.
In April, both reporters were reassigned to different positions
at CNN. Soledad now is the anchor and special correspondent
of special investigations, and Miles became chief technology
and environmental correspondent, as John Roberts and Kiran
Chetry took over the network’s American Morning. “Anchoring
American Morning with Miles for three years was such a plea
sure,” Soledad says, noting that people still ask if she and Miles
are husband and wife. (They’re not.) “I miss spending the first
three hours of my day with him, but were still very close. Like
he always says. ‘Yes, were married—to dif
ferent people!”’
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Reporters Miles
(left) and Soledad
O’Brien were re
assigned at CNN.
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What is my favorite
McHale’s Navy star, Ernest
Borgnine, doing these days?
—Nancy Cleveland. Joplin, Mo.
Borgnine, 90, lias appeared in
more than 180 movies and tele
vision shows during the last 50
years, but he’ll always be best
known for his role as Lt. Quin
ton McHale on McHalts Navy
from 1962 to 1966. The native
of Hamden, Conn., stars Nov. 24
in the Hallmark Channel’s TV
movie A Grandpa For Christmas ,
in which he plays a retired showman who unexpectedly enters
the life of the young granddaughter he’s never met. Borgnine lives
in Beverly Hills, Calif., with his wife of 34 years, Tova Traesnaes,
who heads her own cosmetics company.
* Cover photo by Amy Dickerson
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