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Vikki Carr, Max Kellerman, The High and the Mighty, Lindy Newton
—Roy P., Pennsylvania
The three-time Grammy winner is negotiating a new contract with Klasico Records, while preparing a one-woman show about her life and performing occasional concerts. She’ll soon begin filming a movie in Austin, Texas, with Martin Landau called Travis and Henry. "I took a short sabbatical, but I never wanted to say I retired, because I never left," she says. "After 47 years on the road, I just said, ‘It’s time for Vikki Carr.’" Carr, 64, believes her greatest accomplishment was fighting for the single release of It Must Be Him, which reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1967. "That and performing for the Queen of England in the late ‘60s," she recalls. "Here was this little Mexican-American representing the United States of America and it was incredible." Carr moved to San Antonio 12 years ago when she married for the third time. "The third one is the charm. I now have three step-children and two grandkids," she says. "I took dance lessons during that time off and even won 12 first places in Latin dance contests. It shows you that it’s never too late. It’s been a good life."
What ever happened to ESPN’s Max Kellerman?
—Bob F., New York
The native New Yorker hosts I, Max on the Fox Sports Network. Kellerman, 31, has been fascinated with sports since he was a kid. "My first memory of becoming obsessed with sports is watching Muhammad Ali fight Ernie Shavers with my dad," he says. "What I remember best, was thinking at the time that the champ’s name was one word ("Muhammadali") and having the sense at 4 years old that Ali was overrated. I was wrong about both things, but I was a ‘sports guy’ from that moment forward." Kellerman and his wife live in New York City, and when he’s not talking sports, he’s a big chess fan. "I love to play; I love to watch," he says. "Essentially, chess is a non-contact combat sport, which probably explains its unending appeal to me."
Fifty years ago, on our first date, my husband and I went to the John Wayne movie The High and the Mighty. I have been trying the find it in video but have had no luck. Any suggestions as to where I could find it?
—Carol D., Wisconsin
Right now the 1954 film is not available on video. However, fans’ requests for the movie are in the process of being met. The William Wellman-directed disaster film was sent in for restoration work in preparation for an eventual home video/DVD release. No date has been announced.
Georgian Lindy Newton’s Dreams Become a Reality
Only a few months after moving from Waycross, Ga. (pop. 15,333), to Los Angeles, newcomer Lindy Newton, 23, is seeing her childhood dream of becoming a successful actress come true. She stars in Thicker Than Water on the Hallmark Channel at 9 p.m. ET March 12. "It’s about family," she says, "but not necessarily about blood family. It’s more about adopted family—what you think family is and how it is important in your life." The movie also stars Lindsay Wagner and Melissa Gilbert. "I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie, so I was very intimidated the first day I went in because the first scene they had me shoot was with Melissa," she says. "But she was super down-to-earth. It was one of those out-of-body experiences where I had to pinch myself." Newton performed in her first school play at age 10 and began auditioning for films at age 14. The 2004 College of Charleston (S.C.) graduate landed roles in the movies Radio and The Notebook and moved to Los Angeles in July. She’s supporting herself as a restaurant hostess between acting jobs. "I’m just auditioning in the hopes of being busy," she says. "(Television) pilot season is coming up."
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