Crow, David on global warming 'mission'
Their college tour ended, Sheryl Crow and Laurie David describe their efforts to stop global warming as part of the most important mission of the times.
That's the hope of Grammy-winning rocker Crow and David, who produced "An Inconvenient Truth," the global warming movie that won the Oscar for best documentary.
"It's great to go out and play music, and I love that, too. And it's also nice to make money. But this is not that," Crow said Sunday in an interview. "This is a whole bunch of people dedicating their time, their lives, working for free, for a mission. And it is the most important mission."
The pair rode a biodiesel bus on a 12-campus tour to raise awareness about global warming by engaging students on the topic. It started earlier this month at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and was timed to end on Earth Day.
David said "federal inaction is no longer acceptable" and is pressing for Congress to enact a bill to impose mandatory curbs on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases within two years. She predicted the 2008 election would revolve around three main issues: jobs, terrorism and temperature.
"I just feel like if this isn't addressed by this administration, if this administration isn't hearing this message loud and clear, then I feel like there's an irresponsibility," Crow said.
The two women planned to meet with House Energy Chairman John Dingell (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., on Monday.
Crow and David were interviewed before appearing at the tour's last show at George Washington University with Grammy-winning musicians Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Carole King.
Also speaking at the concert was David's husband, Larry, a comedian and producer best known as co-creator of the TV show "Seinfeld," and environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"Hurricane Katrina is just a taste of what's to come if we don't stop global warming," Kennedy told some 2,000 people who turned out for the songs and speeches.
Crow opened with "A Change Would Do You Good" and did a spirited duet with King on "I Feel The Earth Move." McGraw and Hill also performed.
Crow and David unsuccessfully tried to change the thinking of Karl Rove, President Bush's top adviser, at a correspondents' dinner Saturday night. "I honestly thought that I was going to change his mind, like, right there and then," David said the interview.
Crow dedicated the closing number of the concert, sang by all the performers, to Rove, wryly calling him her "new friend." The title: "We Can Work It Out," written and made famous by The Beatles. |
Tabloid Hell: Britney shuns Justin
In sad, sad new development Britney Spears has pulled out of the very thing that may have saved her very troubled career, or so the US tabs claim.
She has allegedly withdrawn at the last minute from recording a duet with one-time paramour Justin Timberlake, which was to be produced by Timbaland.
Clearly not a fan of would-be pop culture 'moments', Spears has made her record label very unhappy.
Allegedly Timberlake wrote the duet specifically for Spears. Although they wouldn't be together in the studio, his voice would have been mixed with hers.
A 'source' said: "Timbaland set aside a week out of his crazy scheduled to do this - and then, just before she was supposed to fly out Britney abruptly cancelled the session and refused to do the song.
"It's crazy. She's looking for a comeback and this would have not only been a huge hit, but something she could have opened the MTV Video Music Awards with and really blown everyone away." |
Tori Amos maps North American tour
Tori Amos has unveiled a slew of dates which will see her spend the last quarter of this year in the US and Canada.
The singer will support the release of her ninth studio album 'American Doll Posse', which was released two weeks ago.
Kicking off in Albany, NY on October 7, she will play almost 50-dates on the tour which culminates in Los Angeles on December 17.
Only the October venue details have been announced, with more venues to be confirmed shortly. |