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NPR hosting New Year special from Big Easy
By wire services
Published December 29, 2005
National Public Radio's New Year's Eve special will originate from New Orleans' famous Tipitina's nightclub and feature a number of local musicians who have not performed in their home town since Hurricane Katrina.
The 12-hour broadcast, "Toast of the Nation," will offer jazz and blues from coast to coast.
The special will begin at Tipitina's Uptown beginning at 6 p.m. and, throughout the night, will feature performances from Washington, Boston, New York, Portland, Ore., and elsewhere.
"We want to send the message that New Orleans is up and running and it's OK to come back," said Bill Taylor, director of Tipitina's Foundation, established to help New Orleans artists recover and preserve the city's cultural traditions.
Scheduled to perform at the club are local musicians such as the Hot 8 Brass Band and funk band Galactic.
Gary Glitter paid money to families of accusers
Former rock star Gary Glitter paid $4,000 to the families of Vietnamese girls he is accused of sexually abusing in exchange for their cooperation, his lawyer, Le Thanh Kinh, said Wednesday.
Glitter, who won fame as a flamboyant glam rocker in the 1970s, gave $2,000 each to the families of two girls, ages 11 and 12, after they agreed to write letters to the court asking that the case be dropped, Kinh said. "If we pay the money for the two families, when this case goes to court, maybe Mr. Gary will receive a lighter penalty," Kinh said.
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, has been held in prison since Nov. 19 on suspicion of engaging in obscene acts with a child, an offense punishable with up to 12 years in prison. He was seized while trying to board a flight to Bangkok, Thailand, from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
Police completed their investigation this week and handed over their conclusions to Glitter, 61, and Kinh on Wednesday, said Lt. Col. Nguyen Duc Trinh in a telephone interview. Prosecutors will get the documents within three days.
The families, who were paid two weeks ago, had asked for $10,000 and $5,000 respectively, Kinh said. "After receiving the money, they informed the investigation bureau that they don't want to go to court and they want to drop the case," he said.
Prosecutors said the money paid would have no bearing on whether the case goes to trial.
Bree to hit bottle in "Desperate Housewives'
Pour another glass of wine for Bree on Desperate Housewives. Better yet, just hand over the bottle.
The ABC show's creator, Marc Cherry, says Marcia Cross' character - who became a widow following her husband's poisoning and then watched her flipped-out fiance die of an overdose - isn't reacting well to changes.
"We're starting her descent into alcoholism," Cherry tells TV Guide in its Jan. 2 issue, on newsstands today. He says there are some alcohol-fueled moments with her fellow housewives where "it gets pretty ugly."
It shouldn't entirely be a surprise for fans of the show, since Cherry says he's been hinting about Bree's future ever since Desperate Housewives began a year ago.
"When Bree has tension, she grabs a glass," he says. "Chart it back and you'll see so many moments where she just goes for the wine."
Desperate Housewives airs Sundays at 9 p.m.
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