CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Gwen Stefani (singer, No Doubt ) is 38 Chubby Checker (singer, "The Twist") is 66 Roy Horn (magician) is 63 Lindsey Buckingham (singer-songwriter, Fleetwood Mac ) is 58 Stevie Ray Vaughan (blues guitarist, died August 27th, 1990) would have been 53 Tommy Lee (drummer, Mцtley Crьe ) is 45 Kevin Richardson (singer, Backstreet Boys ) is 35 Neve Campbell (actress) is 34 India Arie (singer) is 32 Sean William Scott (actor, "Stifler" in American Pie ) is 31 Erik von Detten (actor, "Chris" on Complete Savages ) is 26 Ashlee Simpson (singer) is 23 THE EVENTS OF OCTOBER 3rd In 1967 ...
Woody Guthrie died at the age of 52. He was suffering from Huntington's Chorea and had spent almost ten years in the hospital. In 1970 .
.. Janis Joplin listened to a playback of her instrumental song "Buried Alive in the Blues," for which she intended to cut a vocal to for her album Pearl .
She died the next day. In 1970 ..
. Cream 's Jack Bruce teamed up with John McLaughlin , Larry Young and Tony Williams to form the fusion group Lifetime . In 1976 .
.. Victoria Spivey died in New York.
She was 69. The singer gave Bob Dylan one of his first jobs when she asked him to perform on the 1962 album, Victoria Spivey and Her Blues . In 1978 .
..The world's first sculpted album sleeve was for the release of Squeeze 's "Goodbye Girl" single.
In 1981 ...
The Kinks played Madison Square Garden in New York. In 1988 ..
.The documentary Imagine: John Lennon , compiled from over 240 hours of unreleased footage,premiered in Hollywood. Leonard Maltin said, "Not exactly a puff job, but a bit discomforting given the obvious calculation that went into the project.
" In 1989 ...
David Bowie released his GRAMMY -winning box set Sound + Vision . The box was packed with rarities. In 1990 .
..In Florida, a record store owner, who sold copies of 2 Live Crew 's As Nasty as They Wanna Be , was found guilty of distributing obscene material.
In 1994 ...
In Montreal, Eric Clapton began a tour which was dominated by his blues material. In 1996 ..
. David Lee Roth was given the sack from Van Halen after rejoining the band in June. Roth later claimed that he was only welcomed back by the band as a publicity stunt for that year's MTV Video Music Awards .
In 2000 ...
New York corrections officials denied John Lennon 's killer, Mark Chapman , parole after interviewing him and considering a letter from Yoko Ono . In 2000 ..
. Benjamin Orr , bassist and vocalist with The Cars , died of cancer in Atlanta. He was 53.
In 2003 ...
School of Rock , which starred actor-comedian and Tenacious D -member Jack Black , opened in theatres around the country. Black played a would-be rock god who used his position as a substitute teacher to teach his students how to rock. Among the memorable quotes: "In the words of AC/DC : We roll tonight, to the guitar bite.
And for those about to rock, I salute you." In 2003 ..
.Complaining about how sex was marketed to teens at a conference on domestic violence, the wife of Maryland's Governor Robert Ehrlich said, "If I had an opportunity to shoot Britney Spears , I think I would." In 2004 .
.. James Brown and Sean "Diddy" Combs sang Happy Birthday to Reverend Al Sharpton during his 50th birthday celebration at Harlem's Apollo Theater .
In 2006 ...
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit by Vinnie Vincent against his former bandmates in Kiss .
Vincent alleged he was owed royalties from the 1983 album Lick It Up . MOVIE MINUTE: THE HEARTBREAK KID The Heartbreak Kid is the new comedy from Bobby and Peter Farrelly , the guys behind Dumb and Dumber , Kingpin , There's Something About Mary and Me, Myself and Irene . It stars Ben Stiller as a newlywed, who thinks he's met the girl of his dreams in a character played by Malin Akerman .
But during his honeymoon, he finds himself falling in love with another woman. The Farrelly brothers worked with Stiller eight years ago on There's Something About Mary and Peter told us Stiller was much more collaborative this time around. "He didn't' come up and give us many notes, he was just sitting there and Bob and I were talking and figuring things out.
On this one, you know he came over and said, 'Let's try this, this and this' and now, the guy's been in so many movies and had so much success you listened to him. And we wondered just how much better ( There's Something About ) Mary would've been if we had listened to him." The Farrelly brothers have made a name for themselves by pushing the comedic envelope and Bobby explains how they know they haven't gone too far.
"You know, we only do what we think's funny. So, we use ourselves as the barometer to begin with and then when we write it we show it to actors and actresses and sometimes they're horrified by it, so we might pull it back a little bit. By the time we get to the set we generally feel like what we are about to do will work.
" The Heartbreak Kid also stars Michelle Monaghan , Carlos Mencia , Rob Coddry and Jerry Stiller . It opens in theaters on Friday. LOU PEARLMAN LIKED THE BOYS?
More news is coming out about former boy band mogul Lou Pearlman . Steve Mooney , an assistant to the Backstreet Boys and 'NSYNC creator, told Vanity Fair , "I would absolutely say the guy was a sexual predator. All the talent knew what Lou's game was.
" Mooney, an aspiring singer, once asked Pearlman what it would take for him to get into a band. He described Pearlman's response to his inquiry claiming, "I'll never forget this as long as I live. He leaned back in his chair, in his white terry cloth robe and white underwear, and spread his legs.
.. And then he said, and these were his exact words, 'You're a smart boy.
Figure it out.'" Mooney also said Pearlman liked to go by the nickname Big Poppa. SPICE GIRLS CONCERT SELLS OUT IN 38 SECONDS.
Looks like the Spice Girls haven't lost their girl power. BBC News reports that the reunited group's London concert, set for December 15th at the O2 Arena , sold out in a mere 38 seconds. Three more dates, for December 16th, 18th and January 2nd, have been added to the reunion run and will be sold exclusively to fans via e-mail.
ANTHONY KIEDIS A DAD. Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis is a daddy for the first time. According to PerezHilton .
com ,the singer's girlfriend, Heather Christie , gave birth to a boy yesterday. Reports have the baby's name as Everly B. He is also the first child for Christie as well.
The Peppers are currently on break from touring their double album Stadium Arcadium . LIL WAYNE AND FABOLOUS RAISE AWARENESS ON DRUNK DRIVING. Lil Wayne and Fabolous rocked the University of Florida campus in Gainesville on Monday night to help spread drinking and driving awareness.
Proceeds from the concert will go to the Corey Dahlem Benevolent Fund , which was set in honor of a police officer who was killed by a drunk driver this past spring. GEORGE MICHAEL TALKS POT AND AMY WINEHOUSE. In an interview with BBC Radio 4 , George Michael dishes on a slew of subjects, including drugs, homosexuality and Amy Winehouse .
The Wham! man talks about pot, saying, "I'm constantly trying to smoke less marijuana. I'd like to take less and less.
.. Is it a problem in my life?
Is it getting in the way of my life? I really don't think. The singer was, of course, famously found slumped over in his car twice as a result of his drug usage.
He's since performed about half of his community service as a result of the charges brought up on him. Concerning the troubled Winehouse, Michael said, "All I can say is, please, please understand how brilliant you are. I wish her every success in the future.
.. I know she can get past the media.
I don't know if she can get past other things, but she's a fantastic talent and we should support her." Fans can find a recap of the interview with a quick search of the news section at EOnline.com .
ELTON JOHN CLOSES CONTROVERSIAL EXHIBITION. In the wake of a child pornography investigation over a photo he owns, Elton John has closed the exhibition that had displayed the artwork. John asked The BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art in England to take down the 149 works of Nan Goldin , the photographer behind the piece in question.
In a statement, the gallery said, "After the removal of one image from the series it was no longer possible for BALTIC to exhibit the collection of works as the artist intended. Therefore, BALTIC is sympathetic to Sir Elton John's request and supportive of the decision." British paper The Telegraph reports that authorities seized a photo called Klara and Edda Belly-Dancing after the gallery alerted police to the young naked girls in it, fearing it might violate child pornography laws.
JAGGER SAYS THE STONES AREN'T DONE YET. It's been widely speculated that the recent Rolling Stones Bigger Bang tour was the group's last. However, frontman Mick Jagger is now putting those rumors to rest.
Answering fan submitted questions for BBC News , the singer said, "I'm sure the Rolling Stones will do more things and more records and more tours. We've got no plans to stop any of that really." Meanwhile, Mick's greatest hits album, The Very Best of Mick Jagger , hit shelves yesterday.
CHINESE DEMOCRACY IN 2008? Many people are beginning to wonder if we'll ever hear the infamous Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy album, but according to Amazon U-K ,it may be next year. In what is most likely a hoax, the site has the album listed as coming out on February 12th, 2008.
It was originally set for release on March 6th of this year, but was once again pushed back. NELSON MANDELA PLANNING FIFTH AIDS AWARENESS CONCERT. Nelson Mandela is planning a fifth AIDS awareness concert.
The Associated Press reports that Mandela made a statement saying, I am very delighted that we are engaging the youth in schools, communities and through the media breaking the silence and stigmas around HIV and AIDS and making them realize that the power to beat the pandemic lies in their own hands." More than 30 to-be-announced international and local acts ? and 50-thousand concert attendees ?
are expected for the event, which is being held in conjunction with World AIDS Day. The concert will take place December 1st in Johannesburg, South Africa. THE VERVE ANNOUNCE REUNION SHOWS.
The Verve split up back in 1999, but they'll soon be singing their "Bittersweet Symphony" on stage again. According to NME. com, the reunited Verve will be playing a few homeland gigs in the U-K, kicking off on December 13th at London's O2 Arena .
They'll also make stops in Glasgow, Belfast and Manchester. No word as to when or if The Verve will play any shows in the U-S. RADIOHEAD ON HAVING NO RECORD DEAL.
Radiohead really mixed things up this week when they announced that their new album, In Rainbows , would be released without the aid of a record label, via their Web site. Frontman Thom Yorke recently spoke to NME.com about how it feels to release music independently, " It's really liberating not to feel part of the record company structures.
It should be an extremely positive place to be in but I think at the moment it's like the cartoon bit when 'Roadrunner' comes of the cliff and keeps running - then looks down...
You have to wake up and think of the new bands who are trying hard while we spend a year mucking about not doing anything in particular. We have to get out of that frame of mind." Yorke explained further, "I always wanted us to be in a situation like Tom Waits was when he stopped for a long time and came out and did Swordfishtrombones and Raindogs .
He started again and was doing a lot of that from his own studio in his own time at his own pace and it seemed to be a world apart from anything else that was going on." MORRISSEY TO RECORD NEW ALBUM. Morrissey will record a new album later this year that he hopes to put out in 2008.
The former Smiths man told BBC News that when his current U-S tour wraps up next month, he'll get back in the studio. The tunes are already written and Morrissey spoke about the sound, "You are bound to pick up influences whose lyrics are famed for incorporating social and political commentary. But when you create and write it's very important to be yourself and that's what I've always tried to do.
I'm outside the mainstream, and the mainstream never let me in." The singer just began an extended run of shows in Los Angeles. PEOPLE ARE STILL DIGGIN' BRITNEY'S MUSIC.
Things aren't entirely dismal on the Britney Spears front right now. True, she is losing custody of her kids, and that VMA performance isn't likely to be forgotten anytime soon. Still, though, her new single, "Gimme More," is the top download item on iTunes right now, and its number eight on the iPhone Ringtone chart, too.
Unfortunately, on the Billboard singles chart, after three weeks, the record's only managed to make it up to number 68. MARIAH MARY J. WILL NOT BE THE NEXT KANYE 50.
Women in R B-Pop have never exhibited much interest in chart feuds like the one that 50 Cent just lost to Kanye West . So it's not entirely surprising that the one rumored to be coming up between Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige will in fact not be coming up - and for a simple reason - Carey's new album will be released on November 20th, while Blige's next one won't be arriving till a week later.
INDIA INSPIRES STARS OF DARJEELING LIMITED . Most films that Wes Anderson directs have a certain "off the cuff" quality, which makes fans wonder if the lines are improvised. According to actor Jason Schwartzman , who stars in Wes' latest picture The Darjeeling Limited , the guys stuck to the script this time out.
"We never improvised any of the lines, we just tried to do them the best we could. But I do think when you shoot in an environment like India, which is so unpredictable, each take would feel very different and very alive because there so much happening. India is a very energetic and charged place, so the shooting environments were very, very kinetic.
" The Darjeeling Limited is now out in limited release. A short film titled Hotel Chevalier , which focuses on the back story of Schwartzman's Darjeeling character, can be downloaded for free on iTunes now. Hotel Chevalier also stars Natalie Portman .
EVA LONGORIA DOES HAVE A SEXY TAPE. Comedian Perry Hilton and actress Eva Longoria star in the latest celebrity sex tape being broadcast on the Internet. This time though, there's a lot less, nay, no sex is involved.
The farcical night-vision clip that takes place in a hotel room shows Eva and Hilton eating turkey sandwiches, having a pillow fight and more. Check out the hot, hot clip at FunnyorDie.com .
BEN AFFLECK TALKS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH J.LO. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are doubling their fun with a joint tour, which launched Friday with a two-night stand in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but while the two are hoping their relationship helps their careers, Lopez's former flame, Ben Affleck , says their romance hurt his acting reputation.
He talked to Details magazine about their relationship, which lasted from 2002 to 2004, and said, It was probably bad for my career. What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and the media mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines.
And I paid a certain price for that. BOB SAGET TAKES ON BROADWAY. Comedian and television show host Bob Saget is making his way to Broadway.
The Full House star will play "Man in Chair," the narrator of the The Drowsy Chaperone . He said, "It's going to be a huge amount of fun..
. It takes you away for two hours, transports you and has you feeling better for the journey. I was belly laughing and incredibly moved by it.
I hope I can do it justice." Saget will begin his run on the 19th. ARE SIENNA AND RHYS SEEING EACH OTHER?
Are Sienna Miller and actor Rhys Ifans an item? Who knows, but the two were spotted in Dublin, Ireland doing something pretty romantic. According to RTE.
ie , the two stars were spotted in a tattoo parlor where Ifans got a swallow inked into his wrist to match Sienna's already existing tat. Ifans stars in the upcoming film, Elizabeth: The Golden Age , which comes out on October 12th. THE BACHELOR ENGAGED AGAIN.
Andrew Firestone , formerly of ABC 's The Bachelor ,has gotten engaged again, this time to model-actress Ivana Bozilovic . Firestone was previously engaged to Jen Scheft , the winner of 2003's The Bachelor reality TV show. Andrew is 32 years old and manages the Firestone family's Paso Robles winery.
Bozilovic has been in films like Wedding Crashers and Van Wilder .
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