Entertainment History
On September 5, 1987, "American Bandstand" was canceled after 30 years
on TV. In 1990, guitar great B.B. King got a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame. In 1991, R.E.M. won six MTV video music awards, including
video of the year for "Losing My Religion. Also in 1991, actor John
Travolta and model Kelly Preston got married. In 1992, John Mellencamp
and model Elaine Irwin got married at a cabin near Seymour, Indiana,
where Mellencamp grew up. They had met during the filming of the video
for the song "Get A Leg Up. She also appeared on the cover of his album
"Whenever We Wanted. They divorced in 2011. In 1993, former Jane's
Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In
2006, Katie Couric debuted as anchor of the CBS Evening News. Her first
newscast ended with photos of the baby of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes,
who had eluded paparazzi for months. T oday's Birthdays: Comedian-actor
Bob Newhart is 87. Actor George Lazenby is 77. Actress Raquel Welch is
76. Singer Al Stewart is 71. Singer Loudon Wainwright the Third is 70.
Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite ("Cathy") is 66. Actor Michael Keaton is 65.
Drummer Jamie Oldaker of The Tractors is 65. Actress Debbie
Turner-Larson ("The Sound of Music") is 60. Singer Terry Ellis of En
Vogue is 53. Drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine (and of
Audioslave) is 48. TV personality-musician Dweezil Zappa is 47. Actress
Rose McGowan is 43. Actress Carice Van Houten ("Game of Thrones") is
40. Actor Andrew Ducote ("Dave's World") is 30. Actress Kat Graham
("The Vampire Diaries") is 30. Actor Skandar Keynes ("The Chronicles of
Narnia") is 25.
