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Thursday, August 23, 2001
Outside the box

COUNTING CROWS HITS A FASHION SNAG
   Backed by a five-member band that soared through songs from all three of the Counting Crows' albums, plus one that has yet to be released, lead singer Adam Duritz seemed in high spirits at Tuesday's Concrete Street Amphitheater show. Duritz said it was his first time visiting Corpus Christi, though he recalled hearing about a hurricane that hit our fair city when he was a boy growing up in Houston. Tuesday's show was also, according to Duritz, the first one of the tour at which a bra was thrown onstage.
   Though never known as a fashion maven, Duritz was especially misdressed at Concrete Street. Sporting a blue button-up shirt with baggy jeans shorts and yellow Chuck Taylors, Duritz's look was as uncool as you thought your dad was when you were in junior high.

   JACK FORD MAY LOOK FOR OTHER AVENUES

Ford

   RADNOR, Pa. - ABC anchorman Jack Ford, who was lured to the network from NBC in 1999, says he's going elsewhere if ABC doesn't make him a host of "Good Morning America" or give him another high-profile anchor slot on a show such as "20/20."
   "I talked with (ABC president) David Westin and he's agreed to let me take some time off to explore my options," Ford tells TV Guide in its Sept. 1 issue.

   BURROWS SUING WARNER BROS. TV FOR $5 MILLION

Burrows

   LOS ANGELES - Emmy-winning director James Burrows is suing Warner Bros. Television for more than $5 million, claiming the studio failed to pay him for profits made on the hit TV show "Friends."
   Burrows alleges Warner Bros., a division of AOL Time Warner Inc., promised him 5 percent of the net profit of revenues from "Friends" and other compensation, according to the lawsuit filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court.

   BOYZ II MEN SIGN DEAL WITH ARISTA RECORDS

Boyz II Men

   NEW YORK - After years with Motown Records, Boyz II Men have signed with Arista Records.
   The R&B foursome - Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman and Wayne Morris - agreed to a multi-album deal, the label announced Monday.
   "Signing Boyz II Men is a dream come true," Antonio "LA" Reid, Arista president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
   Boyz II Men became popular in the early '90s, and their biggest albums - 1991's "Cooleyhighharmony" and 1994's "II" and - were with Motown.
   - Associated Press

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