Ricky Martin, Sheryl Crow to Perform at Blockbuster Awards

By Joe D'Angelo
04/04/2001

Ricky Martin, Stevie Nicks, and Sheryl Crow have been tapped to perform at next week's seventh annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards.

Nicks and Crow will play together, according to the show's organizers, while Martin will shake his bon-bon all by his lonesome.

The ceremony will be held at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on April 10 and will be televised on Fox the following day.

Artists scheduled to attend the ceremony include Christina Aguilera and Macy Gray, along with film and TV stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Drew Barrymore, Rob Lowe, and Michelle Pfeiffer, among others.

Last year's winners in the music categories included Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Christina Aguilera, and the Backstreet Boys.

The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards is one of the largest publicly voted awards shows, honoring film, music, and video games. This year, more than 22 million votes were cast in 60 categories.

For more news, pictures, and songs, visit the Ricky Martin, Sheryl Crow, and Fleetwood Mac Fan Clubs.

The April 30, 2001 issue of 'Us Weekly' has a picture of Stevie and Sheryl Crow on page ten in the "Faces & Places" section.

But it wasn't all play and no work -- a few stars earnestly plugged upcoming projects. Stevie Nicks, who performed a song from her new album ''Trouble in Shangri-La'' with Sheryl Crow and received an award for songwriting, confirmed that she would be hitting the road with Fleetwood Mac later this year, but without founding member Christine McVie. ''Christine didn't want to do it, so we had to let her go,'' said Nicks. ''But she's delighted that we want to do this. If she were dead, we wouldn't do this, but she's having a fabulous life in London in her fabulous place overlooking the Thames and in her fabulous castle 40 miles outside London, so she's fine. Don't worry about her.''

Stevie Nicks, Ricky Martin Selected by Fans as Favorite-Dressed Stars at 2001 Blockbuster(R) Awards

Blockbuster to Donate $100,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of America

LOS ANGELES and DALLAS, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Leather and lace' prevailed at this year's Blockbuster Awards, with fans selecting singers Stevie Nicks and Ricky Martin as their Favorite Dressed celebrities at the 2001 Blockbuster Awards, which were taped in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 10 and aired on FOX on Wednesday, April 11.

For the first time ever, fans had the opportunity to cast their votes online at blockbusterawards.aol.com for their favorite dressed male and female celebrities attending this year's awards ceremony. Voting at blockbusterawards.aol.com began during the airing of the show at 8 p.m. (ET), April 11 and continued through 11:59 p.m. (ET), April 12. A slide show detailed an array of looks, ranging from the stylish (Sandra Bullock, Warren Beatty, Kate Hudson, Michael Clarke Duncan and Michelle Pfeiffer), to the trendy (Cameron Diaz, Dylan McDermott, Juliette Lewis, Lucy Liu), to the eccentric (George Clinton and Christina Aguilera).

On behalf of all the fans that voted online for their favorite dressed celebrities, Blockbuster will make a $100,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

The 2001 Blockbuster Awards presented by Blockbuster and Entertainment Weekly magazine honored the lead and supporting actors and actresses in the top performing movies of 2000, as well as music artists based on the top- selling albums for 2000, based on information provided by Baseline.Hollywood.com and Soundscan.

The Blockbuster Awards is one of the world's largest publicly voted awards shows. Millions of customers cast their votes for their favorite actors, musicians and video games in more than 5,000 participating U.S. Blockbuster stores, as well as in more than 1,400 stores in 14 other countries, as well as online at blockbusterawards.com.

Coke, MCI WorldCom, Colgate Total Plus Whitening, America Online and Sony are this year's sponsors.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America comprises a national network of more than 2,800 neighborhood-based facilities annually serving some 3.3 million young people, primarily from disadvantaged circumstances. Known as 'The Positive Place For Kids,' Clubs provide guidance-oriented programs on a daily basis for children 6-18 years old, conducted by a full-time professional staff. Key programs emphasize character and leadership development, educational enhancement, career preparation, health and life skills, the arts, sports, fitness and recreation. National headquarters are located in Atlanta.

Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) is a publicly traded subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) and is the world's leading renter of videos, DVDs, and video games with approximately 7,500 stores throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company may be accessed internationally at blockbuster.com. Viacom is the No. 1 platform in the world for advertisers, with preeminent positions in broadcast and cable television, radio, outdoor advertising and online. With programming that appeals to audiences in every demographic category across virtually all media, Viacom is a leader in the creation, promotion and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and music. Viacom's well-known brands include CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Paramount Pictures, Infinity Broadcasting, UPN, TNN, CMT, Showtime and Simon & Schuster. More information about Viacom and its businesses is available at www.viacom.com.

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