Bristol, Conn. ? Big & Rich have a date for the Rose Bowl.

The country duo, known for a “hick-hop” style that blends rock, rap and country music, will play at ESPN’s National Championship Tailgate, a fan fest in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 4.

The party ends just before the start of the Southern California-Texas game to decide the national college football title.

Big & Rich sold more than 2 million copies of their major label debut, “Horse of a Different Color.”

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ actress Argentina Brunetti dies at 98

Los Angeles – Argentina Brunetti, a character actress who played the worried wife of Mr. Martini in the classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” has died. She was 98.

Brunetti died in her sleep Tuesday in Rome, said Ben Ohmart, whose Boalsburg, Pa.,-based publishing house, BearManor Media, released Brunetti’s autobiography.

Brunetti starred in dozens of films and television shows over a career spanning more than 50 years.

She portrayed Dean Martin’s mother in the 1953 comedy “The Caddy,” in which Martin sings “That’s Amore” to her, and performed with Desi Arnaz in the 1949 film “Holiday in Havana.”

She earned her first credited role as an Italian immigrant in Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” in which James Stewart’s character helps her large family buy a house.