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Thursday, August 16, 2001
Outside the box

AEROSMITH TO PROVIDE MUSIC FOR DODGE ADS

Tyler

   DETROIT - Dodge wants to rev up its image.
   DaimlerChrysler AG's new Dodge advertising slogan, "Grab Life by the Horns," will replace "Dodge Different," its tag line since 1999.
   Aerosmith will provide music for the new ads, the company said. The new campaign will begin with the 2002 redesign of the Dodge Ram pickup truck.

   SCHULTZ FUND DONATES $1 MILLION TO CENTER
   SANTA ROSA, Calif. - The Schulz Fund, endowed by "Peanuts" cartoonist Charles "Sparky" Schulz, has donated $1 million toward a $75 million music center at Sonoma State University.
   The money will go to the Santa Rosa Symphony, which has set a goal of raising $10 million for the planned Green Music Center.
   The Schulz donation is set up as a matching gift. Each dollar donated by individuals and businesses will be matched by $2 from the Schulz Fund.

   WOODSTOCK REUNION HAS BEEN CANCELED
   BETHEL, N.Y. - A planned celebration of Woodstock's 32nd anniversary near the original concert site has been scrapped.
   The organizer of a Woodstock reunion-political rally said roadblocks he faced for this weekend's planned three-day show were too hard to overcome. Jim Cutler made the decision after Bethel was granted a temporary restraining order on the permit-less reunion.

   'WEAKEST LINK' TO BROADCAST IN RUSSIA

Robinson

   LONDON - "Weakest Link," the game show known for the acerbic tongue of British host Anne Robinson, will be exported to Russia.
   The show, due to begin airing next spring, will have a Russian version of the feisty host, the British Broadcasting Corp. said.
   " Weakest Link" developed an immediate following in the United States after its debut on NBC earlier this year. It was No. 3 in the primetime Nielsen ratings for the week of July 30-Aug. 5.
   The show appears in 70 countries worldwide.


   DANISH GROUP AGUA BREAKS UP INDEFINITELY
   COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Danish pop group Aqua, which gained international fame with the 1997 hit "Barbie Girl," is taking an indefinite break, the band said.
   The four members cited lack of motivation but said they remained friends. They didn't say when or if the band would reunite.

   HERB ALPERT OPENS HIS FIRST MUSEUM SHOW
   NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Trumpeter Herb Alpert, best known for '60s and '70s instrumental hits such as "The Lonely Bull" and "Rise," has opened his first museum show.
   Galleries in New York, Berlin, Chicago and Zurich, Switzerland, have staged Alpert shows over the years, but his first museum exhibit opened Aug. 3 at the Tennessee State Museum.
   "It kind of validates you as an artist," Alpert told The Associated Press. "When people see your work in a museum, they have a way of looking at it differently than if you're just in a regular gallery."
   - Associated Press

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