European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 282007 stars and stripes Page 19 faces singers Rise and fair is Doest hinder Clay walkers ability to produce hits by Matt Curry the associated press Dallas Mrema Nade Ade after eing diag used with multiple sclerosis Clay walkers voice sounds stronger than Ever on Las first new studio album in four years the country singers fall filled with twangy Honky Tonk songs and ballads that test his Range was re leased recently the cd disturbingly funny fore she was mama in which a 10yearold discovers old photos of his mothers Bikini Clad partying Days is already a bit the album also includes a duet with the late Freddy fender on his classic before the next Teardrop Falls in which Walker croons in Spanish he began learn ing the language four years ago that will always be his song but there was total magic in the studio he said during a re cent phone interview he put his hand on my shoulder and said he had been asked to do it hundreds of time but had never done it but that he Felt that this was the right moment it was the last song he Ever recorded so in proud to be part of his legacy the duet walkers first was recorded last year fender who was diagnosed with lung cancer in Early 2006 died in october Walker whose Long string of hits include if i could make a living and Rumor has it acknowledged an uncomfortable lapse of time Between releases a few questions came out on Ria in 2003 his six earlier albums were All on giant records but fall Marks his curb debut yeah i think it was too Long there was a lot of red tape leaving one record Label and going to another one it was a process that was excruciating he said the Black hatted Singer who stays Active by Riding cutting horses and playing basketball said his Juness has not affected his work he boasts never missing a show due to is or any other it used to be a death sentence Walker 37 said tin 1 ving proof you can Man age the disease the divorced father of two Young daughters was diag nosed with is in 1996 and takes a daily injection to keep the disease in Check is occurs when patients immune systems go awry and attack the fatty layer of insulation called myelin that protects nerve fibres in the brain and spine thus Damag ing or even destroying nerves some patients including Walker have relapsing re mitting is periods of severe symptoms after which a Mark More than a decade after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis country Singer Clay Walker sounds stronger than Ever on fall his first new studio album in four years tents almost totally recover until the next attack i would say if anything else it has inspired me to want to do More said Walker who started the nonprofit band against is foundation in 2002 to raise Money for research Walker who grew up in Southeast Texas and lives in Houston got his Start on the Honky Tonk circuit before his first single what s it to you hit no 1 in 1993 since then Hes sold 8 million Al bums and has had 11 no 1 country hits he likes the sound of his latest release it seemingly includes something for everyone including the heart tugging it aint pretty but if s and walkers playful she likes it in the morning he said fore she was which the family matriarch wont admit to having smoked marijuana elicits a Strong response on the Road if s great when a song can be humorous without being Hokey and the writers made a Good country song without it being a Novelty he said anytime we do it it gets a huge reaction i think a lot of moms Are looking in the rear View Mirror saying i Hope the ads Arent looking at my face right now because in blushing hit used to be a death sentence in can the disease Clay Walker Philbin Reynolds Regis returns from heart surgery Regis Philbin is Back on live with Regis and Kelly but still not 100 percent he says six weeks after his triple heart bypass surgery Philbin 75 returned to his syndicated daytime talk show thursday the audience cheered As he walked onto the set with cohost Kelly Ripa finally Back after six weeks yes it was six weeks and one Day said Philbin Spry and energetic As Ever but in a press conference Philbin said he continues to feel Post sur Gery pain my Chest hurts he told report ers people keep telling me hey you look great i dont feel that great but in Happy to be Here Why is he Back at work Well because it was time he said it really was and sometimes you delude yourself into thinking you know you get sort of a wave of hypochondria saying maybe i  go Back this hurts that hurts yeah it hurts but if s not enough to keep me away from the show going ahead Reynolds avoids rear Rosie Odonnell announced her departure from the View nearly one year after Star Jones Reynolds was fired As cohost of the Abc show Reynolds was an original cohost starting in 1997 she left the show on bad terms last june told her con tract want going to be renewed she beat the View creator Barbara Walters to the punch in announcing her departure that angered Walters and Reynolds want Al Lowed on the air again in an interview the Day before Odonnell announcement Rey nolds told a radio she haunt watched the View since leaving the show i Haven seen the show not once Reynolds said if s a different part of my life and a different chapter that s not the show that i did the show that i was a participant on was a very different show Odonnell said wednesday Shell leave the show in june after less than a year of feuds headlines and higher ratings for Abc Odonnell said she and Abc  agree on a new contract she wanted one More year Abc wanted to lock her up for three Gere apologizes for kissing controversy Richard Gere apologized Friday for Public mss he gave a Bollywood Star at an aids awareness event in India geres embrace and mss of actress Shilpa Shetty sparked several noisy demonstrations by Hartline hindu groups and a flurry of Legal complaints which ended with an arrest warrant for the two stars for Violat ing obscenity Laws what is most important to me is that my intentions As an advocate be made Clear and that my friends in India understand that it has never been nor could it Ever be my intention to offend you Gere said in statement issued by the heroes project an organization the 57yearold actor confounded to combat aids in India if that has happened of course it is easy for me to offer a sincere apology he said rapper actress arrested after crash rapper actress eve was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after she crashed a Maserati in Hollywood Early thursday the crash occurred about am on Hollywood Boulevard police officer Martha Garcia said eve whose full name is eve Jeffers submitted to testing to determine her blood alcohol level but the results we rent immediately available Gar Cia said eve was booked on Misdemeanour Drunken driving and posted bail she is scheduled to return to court May 17 a phone message left for her attorney Matthew Johnson want 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