Archive for October, 2009

Ray Stevens, the country music cultural satirist of the 1970s (remember “The Streak”?) is back big time.

More than 1.2 million viewers have hit his “We the People” YouTube music video in just over two weeks. The song skewers Congress for rushing through an unpopular health care bill.

The catch line chorus: “You vote ObamaCare, we’ll vote you outta there” ought to be turned into a bumper sticker, if it hasn’t been already.

It’s a fair warning to congressional Democrats who are stubbornly oblivious to the public’s distaste for a federal government takeover of the health care system.

The popularity of the posting by a singer who dropped off the radar 20 years ago reflects the growing frustration of Americans who are tired of being ignored as Congress marches ahead with its own agenda.

That’s bad news for politicians who have forgotten that being a representative means they should at least pretend to represent the will of the people who elected them.

Audra McDonald has been nominated for NAACP Image Awards. Audra nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance on ABC series Private Practice and his co-star Taye Diggs was nominated as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series.

On Friday, February 26 the winners of the 41st NAACP Image Awards will be announced. The NAACP Image Awards ceremony will be live telecast on Fox at 8 PM ET. Not only this there are more honors to come for her as tonight-on ABC Audra will singing “God Bless America” during the pre game shows at the National Championship football game at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. In the show Josh Groban will also perform.

Audra McDonald is a singer and actress. She won Tony Award four times. On Monday, February 1 Audra McDonald will perform in a concert at 8:30pm at the UCLA Freud Playhouse for Los Angeles’ Reprise Theatre Company. She won Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for the musicals Carousel and Ragtime and the plays Master Class and A Raisin in the Sun.

Audra Ann McDonald was born on July 3, 1970 in Berlin, Germany. At a young age she began study acting and she got her start with Dan Pessano and Good Company Players. She says that the two people who have had the most impact on her life are her mother and Good Company director Dan Pessano. In 2000 she married bassist Peter Donovan and they separated in 2009.