Buzz Briefs: Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift Get A World Series Welcome
Country music star Tim McGraw, the son of late Phillies star Tug McGraw, will deliver the game ball to the mound with a local member of the Boys & Girls Club of America for Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park.
McGraw was invited by the Phillies and Major League Baseball as a gesture to honor his late father, who was a key member of Philadelphia's only World Series championship team in 1980.
Multi-platinum country artist Taylor Swift will perform the national anthem before Game 3. Two-time Grammy award winner Patti LaBelle will sing the anthem before Game 4.
Kid Rock Designer Duds To Aid Music Scholarships
Kid Rock and his Made in Detroit apparel line are working with Wayne State University to help start a college scholarship fund for area music students.
The Detroit company will create 2,500 limited edition T-shirts bearing the school's name and the Made in Detroit logo, which features a factory worker, carrying a large wrench, in silhouette.
Wayne State hopes to initially raise $25,000 from the sale, said university spokeswoman Francine Wunder. The "Kid Rock Scholarship" will be available to students studying the business and performance sides of music.
Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, is from the Detroit area. The 37-year-old rock-rapper bought the clothing company about two years ago.
The T-shirt will be available at the school's campus bookstore.
Underwood Gets Waxed
Country music star Carrie Underwood now has a double.
Underwood visited Madame Tussauds in New York on Thursday to help unveil a wax figure of herself. The 25-year-old Checotah, Okla., native posed for pictures beside the likeness, which will be added to the museum's "VIP Room."
The wax figure depicts Underwood standing with her hands on her hips and wearing a short, sparkly pink dress, which she wore to the 2006 Country Music Association Awards show. Underwood received her first CMA female vocalist of the year award that year, and picked it up again in 2007.
Underwood donated a replica of the dress to Madame Tussauds. A team of wax artists worked on the Underwood likeness earlier this year after she modeled for it.
"It was mainly just a couple of people met us out on the road and like did a lot of measurements, a lot of picture taking," she told The Oklahoman. "I had to stand still for a long time while they did their thing."
Country Singer Lorrie Morgan Files For Bankruptcy
Country singer Lorrie Morgan has filed for bankruptcy for primarily business related debts.
Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, listing her estimated liabilities ranging between $1 million to $10 million. The bankruptcy filing showed her with assets of $500,000 to $1 million.
The 49-year-old singer released a statement calling the bankruptcy "an unfortunate yet necessary part of the restructuring of my business."
In 1992, Morgan said she repaid her creditors in full and withdrew a bankruptcy petition after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing more than $846,000 in debts.
Her hits include "What Part of No" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength."
Bruce Lee's Daughter Applauds Chinese TV Series
Bruce Lee's daughter said Friday she's happy that China has embraced her father with a 50-part prime-time TV series on his life - even though the late action star was no fan of communism.
The series currently airing on state broadcaster China Central Television, which portrays the late action star as a nationalist hero, is China's first movie or TV drama on the late actor. When Lee made his name playing characters who defended the Chinese against oppressors in the early 1970s, China was still a closed country.
"Obviously, my father doesn't have a lot of love for communist ideology and believed in a different outlook on life," Shannon Lee told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.
"But what I do think is great is that China is embracing him as a role model. It may not be exactly in the way he would necessarily have viewed it, but at the same time, I think they recognize him as an influence in the world, which I think is great," said Lee, who authorized the TV series.
Lee, who died in 1973, was born in San Francisco but grew up in Hong Kong.
The younger Lee also said she is working with Hong Kong officials to convert her father's former home into an museum.
The two-story house is owned by developer Yu Pang-lin, who has said he is willing to donate the property but wants the Hong Kong government to lead efforts to raise funds for the museum.