Review/Music; Taking the Country Out of the Country Singer
Lasers flashed. Smoke machines smoked. Scenery and scrims unfurled across the stage. A singer emoted for cameras that were sending her image to a big video screen, while gleaming keyboard tones and booming drums enfolded her voice. Reba McEntire, who has been named entertainer of the year and female vocalist of the year by the Country Music Association, was a long way from country-music tradition when she performed Friday at Radio City Music Hall, opening a two-night stand. Theres still an Oklahoma twang and a country quaver in her voice, but Ms. McEntire is clearly headed for the realm of pop divas like Cher and Diana Ross, costume changes and all. The set was a series of tableaux, with the band (on moving platforms shaped like clouds or hills) redeployed for each song, elaborate laser lighting effects and a new costume every few songs, from jacket to dress to cowgirl black leather to sequined leotard. With all the technical coordination such a show needs, there was little chance for spontaneity; each song ended with Ms. McEntire holding a theatrical pose, looking tragic or tearful or cheerful.
Pacino and McEntire Deliver for CBS
Pacino and McEntire Deliver for CBS
Rodeo Girl to Broadways Wild West Show
REBA McENTIRE squints her eyes shut as her makeup man refluffs and sprays her titian hair. A gulp of bottled water, a quick trip to the ladies room so she can blow her nose in private and the country diva is back to work, promoting her Broadway debut in Annie Get Your Gun with a daylong series of five-minute interviews. Reba -- she is one of those one-name-only stars -- is unrelentingly cheerful as she says the same thing over and over to a diverse cast of questioners. How often are Playbill, CNN Radio, The Ladies Home Journal, Music.com and The Daily News at the same press luncheon, this one at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, a theme park of a restaurant in Greenwich Village, gorging on ribs and begging for autographs?. Public Lives column profiles career of Reba McEntire, who wil make her debut in Annie Get Your Gun; photo (M)
Reba McEntire and Husband Narvel Blackstock Attend ACM.
Reba McEntire and Husband Narvel Blackstock Attend ACM Awards 2015 Reba McEntire sits next to her husband, music manager Narvel Blackstock, while attending the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards held at ATandT��.
Corrections
An article on Monday about the country music Fan Fair at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville and an accompanying picture caption misspelled the surname of a star who did not attend. She is Reba McEntire, not McIntyre.. Correction of June 21 article about country music Fan Fair in Nashville; country star who did not attend is Reba McEntire
SUNDAY, May 1, 1994; Bet You Cant Read Just One
At last, good news from the world of book publishing. For some time now, it seems that small publishers have been folding or have been swallowed up by bigger companies. Not to mention competition from one zillion channels or the doomsday threat of virtual reality. But weep no more, literati, Frito-Lay is here. Bantams new Reba: My Story, the long-awaited autobiography of the country singer Reba McEntire, will be promoted on 10 million bags of corn chips to be published -- uh, distributed -- in May and June.
Nashville Inches, Ever So Grudgingly, Into the Future
Organized, successful, lumbering, stubborn: Music Row is the last vestige of the record industry as it used to be.
Reba McEntire Talks Divine Song Inspiration; Reveals.
In this edition of Country Superstars: Theyre Just Like Us, Reba McEntires TV obsession makes us love her even more.
REBA MCENTIRE Tells Kelly Clarksons Body-Shamers to Get Over it
As Kelly Clarkson continues to face criticism from body-shamers, her mother-in-law, Reba McEntire, is coming to her defense. Get over it, McEntire told Clarksons critics on Watch What Happens Live on Thursday. Kellys happier than she has ever been.
Kelly Clarkson Presents REBA MCENTIRE Milestone Award at.
Kelly Clarkson Presents Reba McEntire Milestone Award at ACM Awards 2015 ��� Watch Her Performance! Kelly Clarkson takes the stage to present her step mother-in-law Reba McEntire with the Milestone award at the 2015��.
Watch REBA MCENTIRE make The Voice contestants laugh (and fangirl) -- exclusive
Not all of the contestants on season 8 of The Voice are country singers, but that doesnt matter when Reba McEntire stops by���everyone gets excited to get some advice from the country star. McEntire is no stranger to helping Voice contestants. She.
Earning Their Sea Legs
Some might consider it an actors nightmare: being asked to sing a role that includes one of musical theaters best-known songs, from the countrys most famous stage, with almost no rehearsal. But Brian Stokes Mitchell, who drew exactly that assignment when he sang the role of Emile de Becque in a concert staging of South Pacific last year at Carnegie Hall, wasnt overawed. His rendition of Some Enchanted Evening, the shows famous ballad, was a crowd pleaser. I guess I was too steeped in ignorance to be intimidated, Mr. Mitchell said. For some reason, one of the most famous musicals of all time was one that I had never had the opportunity to see.. Concert stage performance of South Pacific will be shown on PBS Great Performances series; Brian Stokes Mitchell and Reba McEntire star; photos (M)
Holiday Albums; Musical Merry-Making, From Raunchy to Reverent
REBA McENTIRE: Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection (MCA Nashville). Leave it to the queen of post-sexual-revolution heartache to find a song about a divorced mom torn apart by her exs annual return to play Santa Claus. That and the one about the weary soccer mom renewed by her childs obnoxious school play, complete with a chirping childrens choir, are the highlights on this typically intense foray into holiday cheer. The one in which Ms. McEntire interrogates the Virgin Mary is quite excellent, too. The rest is reassuringly perky, especially the swinging version of I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, which, perhaps to Ms. McEntires regret, isnt about adultery. ANN POWERS. Ann Powers reviews Reba McEntire album Secret of Giving: A Christmas Collection (S)
Reba McEntire Loves Whiskey and 7Up: 25 Things You Don.
25 Things You Dont Know About Reba McEntire Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images. 1. I hardly ever go barefoot. 2. My favorite colors are jewel tones. 3. I hate liver, and I love whiskey and 7Up. 4. I need at least eight hours of��.
McEntire Reba - Rolling Stone
Reba McEntire talks about her new album, Love Somebody, which came after she thought her recording career might be over.
When Summer Movies Understood the Season
I GOT to interview Elia Kazan once. This was more than 20 years ago, in Boston, on a very warm day in June. Kazan said, Come on, lets get out in the air. So we stretched out on the grass of the Common together, watching the girls go by. His rough, walnut hands kept playing in the grass with twigs and leaves, or feeling the ground. It made me think of a couple of his own films: East of Eden (1955), where the story centers on the summer of 1917, and you feel the warmth the way you do the beans growing and the chill of the icehouse. And theres Splendor in the Grass (1961) and the summer in which Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty go crazy from their desire for each other.. Stephen Holden article on unusual alliance of Nashville and Broadway with country singer Reba McEntires success in title role of Annie Get Your Gun; says the two musical worlds have seldom successfully joined forces because each is clannish and locked into its own traditions and cultural roots; notes several attempts over years to bring country to Broadway; photos of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, short-lived musical which brought Nashville songwriter Don Schlitz to New York this year, and Big River, 1985 hit with score composed by Roger Miller (M)
Watch REBA MCENTIRE make Voice contestants laugh | EW.
Not all of the contestants on season 8 of The Voice are country singers, but that doesnt matter when Reba McEntire stops by���everyone gets excited to get some advice from the country star.
What Musician Had Reba Starstruck?
Country singer Reba just released her new album Love Somebody but the 60-year-old icon admits that her husband Narvel Blackstock still gives her butterflies. Reba reveals that as a red head sunburns arent an option but indulging in some dessert now.
Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn New Vegas Headliners
Country icons Reba McEntire and Brooks and Dunn are joining forces to become the newest headliners on the Las Vegas Strip.
With Mother-in-Law REBA MCENTIRE - UsMagazine.com
Kelly Clarkson and husband Brandon Blackstock enjoyed a night out at Celebrity Fight Night, joined by her mother-in-law Reba McEntire; see the pics.
CD reviews: REBA MCENTIRE, Love Somebody, and Dwight Yoakam, Second.
Stylistically, Reba McEntire and Dwight Yoakam could not be further apart, which isnt exactly news. McEntires bold, brassy, practically pop presentation clashes with Yoakams gritty, Bakersfield-blasted rock, but the two musicians do have something.
Oddities Found in Charter Of Flight for Singers Band
Usually, Reba McEntire flew from one performance to another, while her band took a bus. But when the I.B.M. Corporation asked the popular group to perform at a private company affair in San Diego on March 15, the groups heavily booked schedule meant that the whole entourage would have to fly. I.B.M. agreed to pick up the additional air fare, said John Mason, the lawyer for Rebas Business Inc. So the country singers company telephoned Prestige Touring Inc., a Dallas company that had a contract to provide her air transportation, and arranged a specially chartered flight.
Kelly Clarkson Presents REBA MCENTIRE Milestone Award at ACM Awards 2015.
Kelly Clarkson takes the stage to present her step mother-in-law Reba McEntire with the Milestone award at the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards held at ATandT Stadium on Sunday (April 19) in Arlington, Tex. Reba, 60, sang her 1992 hit ���Is There Life .
Reba Mcentire Grabs top Billboard Spot
Reba McEntire bumped Kanye West and 50 Cent from the top of the Billboard album chart this week.
Kelly Clarkson Introduces Mother-in-Law Reba McEntire at the 2015 ACMs by.
If only all in-laws got along as well as these two do! Kelly Clarkson had the great honor of introducing her mother-in-law, Reba McEntire, at the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 19 -- and she couldnt have been happier to do it.
THE POP LIFE
LEAD: An Article on Faith
Father of Country Star REBA MCENTIRE Dies
The father of country music star Reba McEntire has died in Oklahoma.
Album review: Love Somebody - Reba McEntire
Love Somebody is Reba McEntires best album of the 21st century because it draws on her strengths ��� subtly and powerfully interpreting substantial story songs about adult relationships set to contemporary country music. At 60, she remains a remarkable .
At C.M.A. Awards, Nashville Shake-Up Goes On
There were signs at the Country Music Awards that Nashville is coming to terms with its new establishment.
Reba McEntire On Stepdaughter-In-Law Kelly Clarksons Body
Reba McEntire, stepmom to Kellys husband, Brandon Blackstock, says critics of Kellys weight havent succeeded in bringing her down. I want everybody to know whos watching today that Kelly Clarkson is the happiest Ive��.
REBA MCENTIRE: 25 things you dont know about me
10. I never dated anyone for more than 10 months until I got married (to ex Charlie Battles in 1976). 11. I used to walk on the railroad tracks near our house in Oklahoma when I was a kid. 12. I dislike people being on their cellphone at a meal. 13. I.
Annies Got Her Gun Again, And Hits the Clay Pigeons
And boy, does it come naturally. Making her Broadway debut, Reba McEntire glides into the title role of Annie Get Your Gun like a seabird landing on water. Only a year ago this chart-topping country singer admitted to never having seen Irving Berlins classic show of love and marksmanship. And while her fat résumé includes plenty of concert tours and some parts in movies, it doesnt embrace a star turn in a big old-fashioned musical, much less in a town that eats overreaching achievers for breakfast.. Ben Brantley reviews Reba McEntire making her Broadway debut in Annie Get Your Gun; photo (M)
Reba McEntire Announces Concert to Help Outnumber Hunger Campaign
Reba McEntire recently joined the fight against widespread hunger in American by being the new face for the Outnumber Hunger campaign. And whats her ultimate goal for being a part of this cause? ���To get people fed, and to get food on their tables.
REBA MCENTIRE shows shes not done yet
Reba McEntire was finished. At 59 years old, the Country Music Hall of Famer believed country radio was through playing her songs. She understood. She had her time in the spotlight and now it was everybody elses turn. Big Machine Label Group .
PLANE CRASH KILLS COUNTRY MUSICIANS
Seven members of the country-western singer Reba McEntires band, along with her road manager and two pilots, were killed early today when their private plane crashed in a mountain area near the Mexican border. The crash, which left no survivors, occurred shortly after the Hawker Sidley aircraft had taken off from Brown Field, a private airport about 15 miles southeast of San Diego. Miss McEntire had performed with her band in San Diego on Friday night.
The Voice: Reba McEntire Advises Top 12 - The Hollywood.
Reba McEntire joined the top 12 on The Voice tonight to offer her wisdom as an advisor to the artists. With no more steals or saves left in the competition, the results are completely in the hands of viewers. But Blake Shelton��.
Love Somebody Shows REBA MCENTIREs Vulnerabilities
Six weeks before Reba McEntire released Love Somebody, the singer and her management team invited two dozen media members to hear some of the songs from her first studio album in nearly five years. McEntire and Big��.
REBA MCENTIRE Loves Whiskey and 7Up: 25 Things You Dont Know About Me
25 Things You Dont Know About Reba McEntire Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images. 1. I hardly ever go barefoot. 2. My favorite colors are jewel tones. 3. I hate liver, and I love whiskey and 7Up. 4. I need at least eight hours of sleep each night.
Reba McEntire Defends Kelly Clarkson From Critics
Reba McEntire is coming to the defense of her daughter-in-law, Kelly Clarkson ��� not that she needs to. Clarkson has endured intense scrutiny and harsh criticism from some quarters over her weight recently, and she also��.
REBA MCENTIRE Outnumber Hunger Concert ��� Country.
Country superstar Reba McEntire knows the power of celebrity and in an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com she spoke about her participation in Outnumber Hunger, saying that she believes that the shocking statistics��.
Pilots Blamed in Crashes of Musicians Planes
Federal investigators blame the pilot and a Federal aviation employee for a crash that killed seven members of Reba McEntires band in 1991 and cite pilot error in the crash that killed the blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1990. In a report Monday on the crash that killed Mr. Vaughan, the National Transportation Safety Board said improper planning-decision by the aircrafts pilot was the main probable cause of the crash outside East Troy, Wis., near a ski resort 75 miles northwest of Chicago. The four other people aboard also died in the crash.
Reba McEntire Opens Up About Her Music, Life and Love.
Reba McEntire is filled with energy that can only be described as infectious. Close to 40 years after releasing her debut album and 35 chart-topping singles later, she is still conquering new heights. Her latest single Going Out��.
ACM Awards 2015: REBA MCENTIRE Performs Going Out.
Reba McEntire performed Going Out Like That at the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) on Sunday night at the ATandT Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
ACM Awards 2015: Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton welcome Reba McEntire back
Not only are many of the genres top stars helping the organization mark a half-century of its honors, the event is adding 30 minutes to its usual three hours. and is being moved from an auditorium to an even larger venue. For the third consecutive.
Inside Kelly Clarkson and Husband Brandon Blackstocks Grown-up Date Night.
The duo were not only there to support one of the nations most elite charity events, but also to celebrate a very special someones birthday ��� country legend Reba McEntire, who turns 60 on Saturday. Though it was her birthday celebration, the mother.
New Campaign Markets Activia to Wider Audience
A new campaign for the yogurt brand aims to reach younger consumers and men, without the actress Jamie Lee Curtis.. Advertising column; new campaign for Danones Activia probiotic yogurt brand aims to reach younger consumers and men, without the actress Jamie Lee Curtis; new endorsers are Laila Ali, Reba McEntire and Dr Travis Stork.
Reba McEntire Aiming for a Villainous Role on Nashville, Talks Reba Reunions
That is, if Reba McEntire has her way (and honestly, who is going to say no to Reba McEntire?!). The country legend recently sang her new single Going Out Like That on the hit ABC drama as part of its On the Record music series, which features.
Reba McEntire: Faith guides me on everything I do
NEW YORK ��� Country music super star Reba McEntire has sold more than 56 million albums, starred in her own television show and has just released her first studio album in the past five years to rave reviews. The secret to her success? The singers faith.
New Star Fills the Balcony, Doin What Comes Naturlly; A Familiar Face Can Rejuvenate a Musical
Last fall, when Cheryl Ladd was performing in the title role, Annie Get Your Gun appeared to be on death row. Then came Reba.. Musical Annie Get Your Gun, which appeared on death row last fall when Cheryl Ladd performed title role, is rejuvenated by arrival of Reba McEntire to play Annie Oakley; critics raved, giving show new lease on life; photo of McEntire, and Bernadette Peters, who played Annie in 1988 (M)
REBA MCENTIRE Says What You See Is What You Get With Brooks and Dunn
���What you see is what you get,��� McEntire maintains. ���Ronnie [Dunns] the quiet one. Kix [Brooks] is the loud one. They are both so witty, so funny, and they both tell great stories. Ronnies really deep and Kix is balls to the wall. Hes just right.
REBA MCENTIRE Admits To Trying Pot In The Most.
Reba McEntire admits to smoking pot on Watch What Happens Live!
REBA MCENTIRE: Behind the Scenes of Jennifer Nettles Duet
Reba McEntire is taking over Taste of Country for a week in anticipation of her new album Love Somebody, and shes offering our readers behind the scenes of her new duet with Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles, ���Enough.���.