Ask American Profile 1/7/2007

Ask American Profile 1/7/2007

Q Did Linda Ronstadt ever marry?
—Hannah Messer, Houston

Ronstadt, 50, apparently took the words to one of her early hit singles, “I Never Will Marry,” to heart. Though linked romantically to several high-profile boyfriends over the years—including former California Gov. Jerry Brown and Hollywood director George Lucas—she has stayed single. A prolific recording artist who’s performed rock, pop, country, orchestral standards, mariachi songs and Latin music, her latest CD, Adieu False Heart, is an album of duets with Cajun artist Ann Savoy.

Q One of my co-workers remembers Dancing With The Stars’ Joey Lawrence from Blossom, and I said he also had a sitcom with his real-life brothers. For the life of me, I can’t think of the name of the show. Can you help?
—Burndean Tellison, Meridian, Miss.

That was Brotherly Love, which aired on NBC from 1995 to 1997, then switched to the WB network and finally was syndicated on the Family Channel. Joey played the character Joe alongside his real-life brothers Matthew and Andrew. His more recent TV work has been as Brett Mahoney on Half & Half.

Q I know I’ve seen the actor who plays Tony DiNozzo on NCIS on a soap opera. Can you tell me what show it was?
—Martin D., Wheaton, Wash.

Michael Weatherly played Cooper Alden on Loving from 1992 to 1995. It was the first major role for the New York-born actor, whose interest in performing began in college after following an attractive girl across campus and ending up in her acting class. Since his two-year marriage to Loving co-star Amelia Heinle ended in divorce in 1997, he’s been linked romantically to actress Jessica Alba and supermodel Rachel Hunter, ex-wife of rocker Rod Stewart.

Q Is the band Def Leppard still around? How did they get their name?
—Dan Reagen, Wilmington, Ohio

The British rock band still is going strong, celebrating 30 years of making music and touring with an arsenal of pop-metal hits, including “Photograph,” “Rock of Ages” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” “We still get along together. It’s all about the common goal,” says lead singer Joe Elliott. “We came from a very gray, industrial town and a working-class background. I think the fear of going back to that keeps you motivated.” Elliott conjured up the band name “Deaf Leopard” as a young art student in Sheffield, England. “Honestly, I don’t know where it came from. It could have been ‘Blind Tiger’ just as easily.” The band later changed the spelling because they all thought it looked cooler as “Def Leppard.”

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