Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, March 16, 1992 TAG: 9203160003
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"If ever there was a group of people you can't [fool], this is it," Demme said, accepting the award at the group's 44th annual awards dinner at the United Nations. Demme was the only nominee at the New York ceremony.
"This will show them out in La-La land," Demme said, referring to Los Angeles. A separate ceremony was held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., where the winner was to be announced three hours later.
The other nominees were Ridley Scott, for "Thelma and Louise," Barry Levinson for "Bugsy," Barbra Streisand for "The Prince of Tides" and Oliver Stone for "JFK."
Willie Nelson and nearly 50 other country and rock stars jammed Saturday in the fifth Farm Aid benefit for organizations that help rural America.
More than 50,000 people enjoyed sunny, 80-degree weather for the party at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.
Among the 47 acts joining Nelson were Paul Simon, John Cougar Mellencamp, Richard Marx, Michelle Shocked, the Kentucky Headhunters and Petra. Comedians Roseanne and Tom Arnold and Steve Allen introduced some of the acts.
The concert was expected to raise more than $1 million. The first Farm Aid concert in September 1985, the height of the farm crisis, raised $7 million. The three since, including the last one two years ago, and other fund raising have brought in $5 million more.
Singer Gloria Estefan says she picked Puerto Rico as the last stop on her yearlong tour because it's one of the first places she performed with the Miami Sound Machine. "We really don't want this show to end," Estefan she as arrived at the airport in San Juan on Thursday for the final stop of the tour. "But we have to rest - it's been over a year now."
by CNB