– Steven Spielberg’s voluminous archive documenting the lives of Holocaust survivors has merged with the University of Southern California. The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation officially became part of USC’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences on Thursday after years of negotiations. USC promises to preserve and propagate the archive, which includes 52,000 videotaped life histories, all of them digitized. The university will fund the $5 million annual budget. Spielberg started the Shoah foundation on the set of his 1993 movie “Schindler’s List.”
– “Saturday Night Live” star Tina Fey is reportedly returning to work as “Weekend Update” co-host Saturday following a maternity leave for the birth of her daughter. “I had to get back to work,” Fey, 35, said. “NBC has me under contract; the baby and I have only a verbal agreement.” Fey and husband Jeff Richmond, who is a composer for the show, became first-time parents to baby Alice on Sept. 10.
– Melissa Peterman, who plays the wacky dental hygienist Barbra Jean on the WB show “Reba,” and her husband, actor John Brady, became first-time parents this past week, People.com reports. The two welcomed their new son on Oct. 13 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The child’s name was not released.
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The Personals page was compiled by Cheryl Bowles from Tribune news services and staff reports.
