Monday News Roundup
- Four Alan Jackson highway signs near Newnan, Georgia, were reported missing last week. The signs were a tribute to Alan Jackson, who grew up in Newnan. Two signs on Interstate 85 were reported missing on Tuesday, November 21, while the other two signs on Georgia Highway 154 were reported missing on Thursday, November 23. The Georgia Department of Transportation says the missing signs will be replaced as soon as possible.
- Buddy Jewell won’t be playing this year’s GAC sponsored “Country Christmas Tour,” due to falling off a ladder last week while hanging Christmas lights. According to his website, he broke his wrist in several places and had to have surgery.
- Tim McGraw is slated to co-star in an upcoming film, In the Valley of Elah. It will be directed by Paul Haggis and Jason Patric, Tommy Lee Jones, and Charlize Theron will star in the movie. The film will center around a career officer who investigates the disappearance of his son, a soldier who went missing on his way home from Baghdad.
- Tim McGraw also has a small role in The Kingdom, directed by Peter Berg, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner. The movie is set to open April 20. According to Country Weekly, the $80 million film is a political thriller, about a team of government agents investigating the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East. Tim recently told the Calgary Sun that he plays a husband whose wife is killed in a sucide bomber attack.
- Tonight, Danielle Peck will be singing the National Anthem at the Monday Night Football game featuring the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Green Bay Packers, which will air live on ESPN.
- Troy Gentry pleaded guilty in a case involving his killing of a captive bear in 2004. Troy killed the bear and then falsely reported it as wild. He’ll have to pay a $15,000 fine, give up the hide and bow he shot the bear with, and will not be allowed to hunt, fish, or trap in Minnesota for five years. That sucks for him, but the bear never stood a chance, at least go after the wild bears, Troy.
- Grand Ole Opry’s guitarist, Jimmy “Spider” Wilson, quit on Friday, November 24. He worked on the Grand Ole Opry for fifty-three years, but quit after repeatedly being excluded from the televised portion of the show.
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[...] As I wrote yesterday in the Monday News Roundup, Buddy Jewell won’t be playing this year’s GAC sponsored “Country Christmas Tour,” due to falling off a ladder while hanging Christmas lights. Replacing Buddy, will be American Idol alumnus, Bucky Covington. Other stars to play on this tour are, Deana Carter, Julie Roberts, Blue County, and Steve Azar. Buddy’s injury gives Bucky a chance to show he has what it takes to be a country performer. [...]
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