Dixie Chicks to split!

[cecilia]

dec 21, 2006

Maines is the star through it all, an unrepentant loose cannon who can't imagine not stricking to her guns, and can't resist cracking jokes even when she's shown a picture of the guy who is suspected to have threatened to kill her. And they come off as tough-minded and talented members of a sisterhood that's sticking together for better or worse.

dec 22, 2006

But the final chapter of the Dixie Chicks, written after the film was completed, has an almost fairy-tale ending. The band has been vindicated by Bush's plummeting approval ratings, and even more so by the Democratic victories in the last month's election, which Kopple says has made the story "less blue state, and more America." And two weeks ago, "The Long Way Around" earned six Grammy Award nominations.