Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, February 12, 1991 TAG: 9102120237
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Entertainment Weekly magazine named the finale of the film classic "Casablanca" the most romantic movie scene and Dooley Wilson's "As Time Goes By" most romantic song.
Sinatra led a list of romantic singers that included Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley, Anita Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat "King" Cole and Billie Holiday.
\ Julio Iglesias is offering free tickets to his weekend concert to Arizonans with relatives serving in the Persian Gulf war.
Promoters said Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix will be wrapped with yellow ribbon for Saturday's concert, and families will be able to videotape messages to troops of Operation Desert Storm.
\ Tony Orlando, who made the story of a yellow ribbon a hit on pop music charts in 1973, has yellow ribbons tied on trees at his Los Angeles house in support of U.S. troops in the gulf.
He also has one on his car.
Orlando, who recorded "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" with the backup duo Dawn, said Sunday in the New York Daily News ribbon-tying is popular because it's politically neutral.
"It's pro the men and women who are over there. I've seen people who disagree on everything politically agree on the ribbons," he said.
\ Ken Burns doubts he will ever match the success of his 11-hour television documentary on the Civil War.
The public acclaim of "The Civil War" exceeded his expectations by such an extent "that it's almost sort of a fantasy," Burns said in accepting the first $50,000 Lincoln Prize for scholarship from the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College.
Burns, 37, said he was giving the money to the photographers, technicians and editors who made it possible to tell the war's story "from the bottom up."
The annual prize recognizes the best scholarly work about Abraham Lincoln or the war era. Burns said the award "reflects a recognition that fine history need not be confined to books or to the academy."
by CNB