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I always liked Reba McEntire , but get this: on Saturday night in Phoenix, at the Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night concert and dinner, three bidders spent a total of $900,000 to have dinner with her. The winners were Bill Austin , of the Starkey Hearing Foundation; Bob Parsons , of GoDaddy; and self made philanthropist Walter Scott , one of Warren Buffet’s childhood buddies. Each spent $300,000 to have a meal with Reba, and presumably, her husband and manager Narvell Blackstock.
I’m happy to announce that the Songwriters Hall of' Fame has announced its honorees for this June. (Full disclosure: I’m on the nominating committee.)
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Last night, the 20th annual MusiCares Person of the Year dinner produced several memorable comments, not the least of which came from 83-year-old Tony...