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Gary Chapman, Gary Oldman, Mister Six, Johnny and June Carter Cash

I would like to know what Gary Chapman is doing and did he remarry after the divorce from Amy Grant?
—Dorothy B., North Carolina

Gary Chapman, a songwriter and former talk show host on The Nashville Network, enjoys projects behind the camera these days. He produced the MuzikMafia TV series for CMT, which he said was "an absolute blast," and the recently aired CMT special for the duo Big & Rich called Big & Rich in Deadwood. "It’s actually more pressure than being in front of the camera," Chapman says. "Before, I was just responsible for what came out of my mouth and how stupid I might appear, but now a lot rides on what I do." He’s currently working on a documentary for a song Big & Rich wrote that deals with the Vietnam War. A short version should be ready by November and the full-length project will be ready by February 2006. Chapman and his wife Jennifer, an animal trainer he married in 2000, live on a 220-acre ranch outside of Nashville, Tenn. He and former wife, singer Amy Grant, have three children.

Please give me information on one of the best actors in the world, Gary Oldman.  What is his next project?
—Donna R., Indiana

In 2006, Gary Oldman will reprise his roles of Sirius Black in the next Harry Potter film, as well as Jim Gorgon in a sequel to Batman Begins. But according to Oldman’s manager, Douglas Urbanski, Oldman’s greatest and most important project is the raising of his two sons, Charlie, 6, and Gulliver, 7, whom he was awarded full custody of about five years ago. "He’s a full-time single dad," Urbanski says. "He does their homework with them, he makes their lunches for the next morning, he tucks them in and he takes them to school the next morning. He does not have any social life at all. Gary’s life completely rotates around his two boys." The London native now makes his home in Los Angeles, although he spends time in his homeland working on films. "He chooses his films very carefully," Urbanski says. "When he made Potter, when his kids were not in school, they were with him in London. When he did Batman Begins, his work in London was spread over about six or eight months, so he made something like 20 trips back and forth."

Who is the little old man who does the dancing on the Six Flags commercial?
—Rebecca H., New Mexico

Mister Six has become a national phenomenon since appearing in his first Six Flags commercial two years ago, dancing to We Like to Party by the Vengaboys. Many of our readers have asked us about him, but Six Flags officials won’t reveal his true identity. However, most in the advertising community believe that Mr. Six is a young man, or even a woman, in makeup. The Six Flags Park in Springfield, Mass., recently unveiled a new ride named in his honor—Mr. Six’s Pandemonium. The seats twirl and dance as they spin around the track at up to 31 mph.

Two New Projects Honor Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

A four-disc collection called The Legend is being released by Legacy Recordings to mark the 50th anniversary of Johnny Cash’s first single, Cry, Cry, Cry, in l955. It contains 104 songs, including seven previously unreleased tunes, and features performances by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, The Carter Family and Willie Nelson. The collection is being released in two configurations: standard, which is packaged in a display book layout containing a booklet and newly commissioned liner notes; and the deluxe, a coffee-table sized edition that includes a color lithograph, a book of photographs, a bonus DVD and a bonus CD. The release of The Legend is complemented by the simultaneous release of a 40-song collection by his wife, June Carter Cash.  Keep on the Sunny Side—Her Life in Music chronicles her amazing career, one that began the day she was born into the Carter Family dynasty.

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