Museum to honor Shakira
Shakira’s two outfits worn during a Super Bowl halftime performance, her handwritten lyrics and her heavily crystalized electric guitar are among the items that will be on display for a museum exhibit in Los Angeles.
The Grammy Museum announced Thursday that the multi-grammy winner will have her first exhibit opening on March 4. The exhibit called “Shakira, Shakira: The Grammy Museum Experience” will feature 40 artifacts from her personal archive in the museum’s permanent Latin music gallery.
The museum exhibit will explore Shakira’s musical evolution, from her origin as a Latin performer in Colombia to reaching global superstardom as a multi-genre performer, who spans several genres including bachata, rock, Bhangra and reggaetón.
“It’s an honor to have the journey of my career displayed at the Grammy museum,” Shakira said in a statement. “These pieces are a testament to so many indelible moments that I cherish, and I’m so happy to be able to relive these memories with those who have and continue to support me as an artist.”
Shakira’s electric guitar that’s covered in 70,000 black crystals and acoustic guitar used for songwriting will be displayed. Other items include her outfits from her El Dorado tour in 2018 and the leaf-covered bikini she wore on the “Oral Fixation, Vol. 2” album in 2005.
“Shakira is the rare superstar who has discovered a way to keep evolving as an artist while growing her expansive audience along with her,” said Jasen Emmons, the chief curator and vice president of curatorial affairs at the Grammy Museum. “She’s a serious student of music, and the Grammy Museum is excited to offer a dynamic exhibit that reflects her intelligence and artistry.” — Associated Press
“Salem’s Lot” star Kerwin, dead at 62
Lance Kerwin, a 1970s staple who starred as a teenager on “James at 15” and “Salem’s Lot,” has died at age 62, his family said. An autopsy is under way following the actor’s death Tuesday in Clemente, Calif., his daughter Savanah told Variety.
The Southern California-born Kerwin appeared in more than 50 roles during his career. He got his start as a child actor in the mid-’70s, appearing on episodes of “Little House on the Prairie,” “Gunsmoke,” “Wonder Woman,” “The Bionic Woman” and “Shazam!”
Kerwin landed the lead role of James Hunter on “James at 15,” which premiered in 1977. The show centered on Kerwin’s photography-loving character’s experiences after moving from Oregon to Boston with his family. The series was renamed “James at 16” when the title character celebrated a birthday.
Two years later, Kerwin starred as the vampire hunter Mark Petrie on the “Salem’s Lot” miniseries, adapted from Stephen King’s popular 1975 horror novel.
Kerwin also appeared with Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman in 1995’s “Outbreak,” a disaster film centering on the spread of a deadly virus. The movie marked Kerwin’s final role for more than two decades. He returned last year in the historical drama film “The Wind and the Reckoning.”
The actor also worked in California and Hawaii as a youth pastor, according to Variety.
“I never met Lance Kerwin, but I did have a TV in the ’70s, and saw a lot of kid actors,” tweeted Michael Mckean ,an actor known for “Laverne & Shirley.” “This one had a terrific humanity you didn’t see just everywhere. RIP Lance Kerwin.” — New York Daily News
Wounded reporter to publish memoir
A Fox News Channel correspondent who was badly injured while covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine has a memoir coming out next month.
Harpercollins Publishers announced Thursday that Benjamin Hall’s “Saved: A War Reporter’s Mission to Come Home” will be released March 14, the one-year anniversary of the Russian bombing in Kyiv, which left Hall hospitalized and killed two of his colleagues, cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova.
Hall was evacuated to Poland, and spent months in recovery at Brooke Army Medical Center outside of San Antonio, Texas. He has tweeted that he lost half a leg and his foot on the other leg, and that his hearing was “pretty blown.”
According to Harpercollins, Hall will write about his prior experiences in Syria and Afghanistan among other countries, his decision for “one last” return to a war zone when he agreed to report from Ukraine and the extraordinary efforts to save his life.
Hall, 40, has also reported for The New York Times, the BBC and Esquire. — Associated Press