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Jo Dee helps kick off a new show starring that loveable alien nitwit Brak emerges from the hulking comedic shadow of Space Ghost to host his second half-hour musical variety show on Cartoon Network. Premiering on Thursday, March 16, at 8:30 p.m. (e/p), the show features original songs and comedy sketches, including appearances by World Championship Wrestling’s Diamond Dallas Page and country singer Jo Dee Messina.

With three No. 1 songs behind her, Jo Dee Messina looks to the ACMs and beyond

RollingStone.com (05/11/99) - After a couple of flirtatious false starts, success has caught up with Jo Dee Messina with a vengeance. In the past year, the New England-raised country singer's platinum-certified, modestly titled sophomore album, I'm Alright, has spawned three country No. 1s, a slot on the blockbuster George Strait Country Music Festival and six nominations at the recent Boston Music Awards. She walked away from that affair with three wins, including the Act of the Year award against a field that included such heavyweights as Aerosmith, Rob Zombie, Paula Cole and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

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After a year of utter desperation, Jo Dee Messina's career has started to soar.

TV Guide (May 1-7, 1999) - Jo Dee Messina wants to be an actress, but on her own terms. The country music sensation - whose platinum album, I'm Alright, has earned her three ACM nominations - is in a San Francisco bar filming a scene for the CBS cop drama Nash Bridges. Making her acting debut in the episode (scheduled to air Friday, April 30) as a sweet, struggling country singer isn't much of a stretch. But that's the way Messina wanted it. CBS initially offered her a juicier part - the sexy getaway driver for an all-girl robbery ring - but Messina politely declined.

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