“Tie a Yellow Ribbon” was not meant as a political statement, but Tony Orlando is running with it.
This Memorial Day, the singer released a book called “Tie a Yellow Ribbon: While We Are Apart” and will donate proceeds to U.S. Vets, which finds homes for veterans.
“It was truly a love song,” he said Sunday of the 1970s classic on ABC’s “This Week.” “I had no idea that it would have a significance to the American people or become part of the tapestry of American folklore.”
It looks like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got what every parent wants: a healthy baby.
While Namibian officials declined Sunday to give any details on the birth Saturday of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, a doctor at the hospital said there were no complications and that mother and daughter were doing well.
Police ringed the hospital with security Sunday, refusing to admit journalists and photographers.
Pitt’s publicist announced the birth Saturday night but said no other information or photos would be released.
Country music superstar George Strait has roped an honorary degree.
Strait was given an honorary doctorate of humane letters by his alma mater, Texas State University in San Marcos, in a private ceremony Friday.
He graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s in agriculture.
Michael Jackson visited a Tokyo orphanage Sunday during his first round of public appearances since being acquitted of child-molestation charges last year.
Jackson was in the capital to accept MTV Japan’s “Legend Award” during an earlier ceremony at Yoyogi Olympic Stadium.
Jackson, 47, has been living in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Bahrain. He has said he plans to return to recording and hopes to release an album next year.
