*Isaac Slade, frontman for The Fray, says he hasn’t decided whether he wants to inherit a $15 million English mansion from Sir Benjamin Slade, 60, an aristocrat who may be a distant relative. Sir Slade is looking for an heir for his 150-acre estate west of London. The Denver-based rocker said he and his wife, Anna, had visited Sir Slade and his wife: “For now, we’re all just getting to know each other.”
*Justin Timberlake’s record label has anointed its first new find: 18-year-old Web phenom Esmee Denters, People.com reports. She has signed to Tennman Records and will join him on tour, Timberlake said. The Dutch singer hit it big online with YouTube videos of her cover performances of Beyonce, Alanis Morissette and Alicia Keys songs.
*Singer Billy Joel, 58, is movin’ in to “Jaws” star Roy Scheider’s oceanfront home in the Hamptons, Newsday reports. Scheider, 74, said he was selling the five-bedroom for close to $18.75 million. It is on an acre in Sagaponack, N.Y. Joel grew up on Long Island.
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Personals was compiled by Valentina Djeljosevic from Tribune news services and staff reports.
