Ask American Profile 2/4/2007

Ask American Profile 2/4/2007

Q I understand that the Grand Ole Opry has a post office backstage where each of the members receives mail in his or her personal box. What’s the address?
—Harold Dickson, Louisville, Ky.

You can write to any Opry member in care of the Grand Ole Opry, 2804 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214.

Q I’ve been pleased to hear one of my favorites, Ed Bruce, on XM radio. Can you please tell me something about him and what he’s doing now?
—JoAnn Alexander, Spring Hill, Fla.

The writer of the hit songs “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to be Cowboys,” “Texas When I Die” and “The Man Who Turned My Mama On” is now semi-retired and living in Monterey, Tenn., with his wife of 16 years, Judith. Bruce, 67, has a new gospel CD, Changed, available on his website www.edbrucemusic.com, and still plays selective dates acoustically with “just my guitar and a stool, like when I started out.”

Q The new Rocky Balboa movie makes how many times Sylvester Stallone has played the boxing champ?
—K.C. Gelfuso, Saugus, Calif.

The new movie marks the sixth—and final—time that Stallone, 60, puts on the gloves as the boxing champ. Stallone says he wanted the string of Rocky movies to end with dignity—and a spiritual high note. “This one deserves to succeed,” he says, “because it has a message that you can bring your child to—that as long as you have Christ in your heart, there is no such thing as losing.”

Q What can you tell me about Hayden Panettiere on Heroes? Is it her first acting role?
—Annette B., Wichita, Kan.

Not by a long shot! Panettiere, 17, who plays the genetically mutated, virtually indestructible cheerleader Claire on the hit TV series Heroes, made her debut in a Playskool commercial when she was 11 months old. She went on to recurring roles in The Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Malcolm in the Middle, Ally McBeal and Commander in Chief; the movies Ice Princess, Joe Somebody and Remember the Titans; and dozens of commercials, including TV spots for MacDonald’s, Wendy’s, Aunt Jemima syrup, Band-Aid, Hershey’s candy, shampoo for head lice, and acne scrub.

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