Yoakam marries in small ceremony
Country star Dwight Yoakam married his longtime fiancee Emily Joyce in a small wedding in March that had fewer than 10 attendees seated at least 6 feet from each other.
A statement from Yoakam’s publicist said the couple waited to announce the wedding until May out of respect to people affected by the new coronavirus pandemic.
The couple married in Santa Monica, California, just prior to the state lockdown, and they adhered to recommendations on social distancing.
The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and actor has been engaged to Joyce for several years. This is Yoakam’s first marriage.
New book aims to portray ‘real’ Prince Harry and Meghan: Freed from the constraints of life as full-time royals, Prince Harry and wife Meghan plan to tell their story in a book penned by sympathetic journalists. Harper Collins U.K. announced Monday that it will publish “Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family” in Britain and the Commonwealth on Aug. 11. The book will be published in the U.S. the same day by Dey Street Books. The book is written by Harper’s Bazaar royal editor Omid Scobie and Elle magazine royal correspondent Carolyn Durand, who say they aim to capture “the real Harry and Meghan.” The publisher says the authors have been given “unique access” and the cooperation of those closest to the couple.
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent fought virus:
CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, 78, said Sunday that she’s finally feeling well after a battle with COVID-19 that left her hospitalized for a week. Stahl said she was “really scared” after fighting pneumonia caused by the coronavirus for two weeks at home before going to the hospital. “One of the rules of journalism is ‘don’t become part of the story,’ ” Stahl said. “But instead of covering the pandemic, I was one of the morethan-1-million Americans who did become part of it.” Stahl said there was a cluster of “60 Minutes” employees with the virus.
Prince guitar, Beatles
lyrics up for auction: A guitar from Prince’s prime and some legendary Beatles lyrics sketched out are among the items going up for auction at a major music artifacts sale. Julien’s Auctions announced that the June auction will include a 1984 blue “cloud” guitar custom-made for Prince. A page of Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics, featuring cross-outs, revisions and earlier drafts of lines for the Beatles’ song “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” will also be up. The auction also will have memorabilia from Madonna, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Johnny Cash, Jim Morrison, the Rolling Stones, Queen and David Bowie.
May 5 birthdays: Actress Pat Carroll is 93. Comedian-actor Michael Palin is 77. Actor John Rhys-Davies is 76. Newsman Brian Williams is 61. Actress Tina Yothers is 47. Actor Vincent Kartheiser is 41. Actress Danielle Fishel is 39. Actor Henry Cavill is 37. Singer Adele is 32. Singer Chris Brown is 31.