Updated 9/29: Arrest made in robbery of rap producer (Oak Park Leaves)
A Chicago man is in custody for allegedly sticking up a rap producer and stealing $35,000 in jewelry from him in Oak Park last month.
Rap heavyweights back scratching game News (EuroGamer)
Developer 7 Studios is working on a rhythm action game backed by legendary rap producer Quincy Delight Jones III (QD3). On top of his input, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ will have a special deck peripheral built by music hardware specialist Numark.
DJ Z-Trip mixes for Obama (Seattle Times)
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Celebrity birthdays (Pioneer Press)
Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 79. Actor Eddie Applegate ("The Patty Duke Show") is 73. Author Anne Rice is 67. Actress Lori Saunders ("Petticoat Junction") is 67. Actor Clifton Davis ("Amen") is 63. Actress Susan Sarandon is 62. Actor Armand Assante is 59. Actor Alan Rosenberg is 58. Actor Bill Fagerbakke ("Coach," "Spongebob Squarepants") is 51. Rap producer Russell Simmons is 51. ...
Celebrity birthdays (Belleville News-Democrat)
Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 79.
People in the News (The Capital)
NEW YORK - A representative for Natalie Cole says the Grammy-winning singer, who suffers from hepatitis C, is resting at her Los Angeles home after being released from the hospital earlier this week.
Exclusive: Larry Charles on Kanye and The Crue (Coming Soon)
A couple nights ago, ComingSoon.net had a chance to sit down with writer/director Larry Charles ("Borat," "Seinfeld," "Curb Your Enthusiasm") to talk about his new movie Religulous , for which he spent a couple of years roaming the globe with comedian and political commentator Bill Maher. We'll have that full interview tomorrow, but in the meantime, we talked with Charles about a couple of the ...
Celebrity Birthdays (The Springfield News-Leader)
Today: Blues singer Koko Taylor is 80. Actress Brigitte Bardot is 74. Singer Ben E. King is 70. Writer-director-actor John Sayles is 58. Actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo is 44. Rapper Young Jeezy is 31. Actress Hilary Duff is 21.
Celebrity birthdays, Sept. 28-Oct. 4 (The Globe Gazette)
Sept. 28: Actor William Windom (``Murder, She Wrote'') is 85. Actor Arnold Stang is 83. Blues singer Koko Taylor is 80. Actress Brigitte Bardot is 74. Singer Ben E. King is 70. Actor Joel Higgins (``Silver Spoons'') is 65. Actor Jeffrey Jones is 62. Writer-director-actor John Sayles is 58. Actress Sylvia Kristel (``Emmanuelle,'' ``Private Lessons'') is 56. Actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo is ...
