– Rapper and television star Ice-T is in Australia for a series of gigs — but he had an ulterior motive. “This particular tour was set up for us to travel — point blank,” the “Law and Order: SVU” star said. “So it was like, let’s set up some gigs, we will hit some clubs and you know, get like a paid vacation.”
– For the fifth straight year, it was a victory Takeru Kobayashi could truly relish. Kobayashi, 27, captured the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest Monday in New York, gobbling a nauseating 49 dogs in 12 minutes — but missing his own world record of 53 1/2, set last year. The win means the coveted Mustard Yellow Belt will return to Japan for the ninth year out of the past 10.
– It’s Obi Wan to the rescue as actor Ewan McGregor called Sunday in Scotland for the G-8 to help children afflicted by poverty. “These eight leaders are going to have at their fingertips the power to make extraordinary changes in the world, truly to make poverty history for these people,” McGregor said while launching a three-day workshop run by the UN’s children organization, UNICEF.
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The Personals page is compiled by Cheryl Bowles from Tribune staff and wire reports.
