*Eva Longoria Parker officially launched Beso, her new restaurant with celebrity chef Todd English, on Thursday night with a huge bash. Noticeably absent were her “Desperate Housewives” co-stars Marcia Cross and Teri Hatcher, the latter rumored to not be buddy-buddy with Longoria-Parker.
*A 41-year-old leukemia patient in dire need of a bone marrow transplant reportedly has found a donor after singer Rihanna publicized her case. Rihanna’s campaign sparked more than 5,000 calls and e-mails to DKMS, a donor network based in Tubingen, Germany, and about 2,000 new donors have registered.
*Grammy-winning Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman, 62, has canceled a concert scheduled for Sunday at the University of Missouri-Columbia because of shoulder inflammation.
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Personals was compiled by Kim Profant from Tribune news services and staff reports.
