Following is a summary of current people news briefs.
Rihanna unveils Chris Brown duet “Nobodies Business”
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B; star Rihanna unveiled a duet
entitled “Nobodies Business” with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown on
Tuesday, three years after Brown was charged with assaulting
her. The song was part of an official track list that Barbadian
singer Rihanna tweeted to her followers for her upcoming album
“Unapologetic,” and comes after weeks of speculation in the
media that the couple have rekindled their romance being
spotted together at numerous events.
Sharon Osbourne has double mastectomy: magazine
LONDON (Reuters) – British celebrity Sharon Osbourne has
had a double mastectomy after discovering she was carrying a
gene that increased the risk of her developing breast cancer,
she told Hello! magazine in an interview published on Monday.
Osbourne, 60, told the publication that the decision was a
“no-brainer” in the end.
Court upholds Baumgartner fine for punching man
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner
failed to have a conviction for assault overturned on Tuesday
and has apologized through his lawyer for punching a Greek
truck driver in a 2010 incident, a court spokeswoman said.
Baumgartner, the skydiver who made headlines around the world
last month after jumping from a balloon near the edge of space,
lost his appeal against a 1,500 euro ($1,900) fine for hitting
the driver during a traffic jam near Salzburg.
Brad Pitt turns designer for high-end furniture collection
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Brad Pitt has turned his
talents to creating furniture for a luxury design house with a
high-end collection inspired by both Art Nouveau and Art Deco,
according to Architectural Digest. Pitt, who collaborated on
the collection with U.S. furniture designer Frank Pollaro,
discussed his inspirations for the capsule collection in the
December issue of the magazine.
Rare John Lennon letter to Eric Clapton up for auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – John Lennon held out the promise he
could bring out more musical greatness in legendary guitarist
Eric Clapton in a letter that could fetch as much as $30,000
when it is sold at auction next month, the organizers of the
sale said on Monday. The signed, hand-written letter by the
Beatle, who died in 1980 at the age of 40, is one of a
selection from some of the world’s great musicians that will go
under the hammer in Los Angeles at the Profiles in History
auction on December 18.
Aerosmith puts on Boston street concert on Memory Lane
BOSTON (Reuters) – Thousands of music fans clogged a Boston
street on Monday to hear Grammy award-winning rock band
Aerosmith perform a free concert in front of the apartment
building where the musicians began their career four decades
ago. The band blared out hits including “Walk This Way” and
“Sweet Emotion” from the back of a specially converted
tractor-trailer while area residents hung out windows, sat on
balconies and stood on rooftops to hear the noontime concert.
Actress Kristen Bell expecting first child with Dax Shepard
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Kristen Bell is expecting
her first child with actor Dax Shepard, her spokeswoman said on
Monday. “Veronica Mars” actress Bell, 32, is expecting the
child in late spring with her fianc (c), “Parenthood” actor
Shepard, 37, the actress’ representative Marcel Pariseau told
Reuters.
William Shatner – there’s an app for him
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Actor William Shatner
is having a moment. A couple of years after CBS canceled his
Twitter-inspired “$#*! My Dad Says” TV comedy, Shatner is at
the top of the tech world. The former “Star Trek” captain, now
81, is featured in Blindlight Apps “Shatoetry”, which
catapulted to the top of the entertainment app list on Apple
iTunes last week on its first day of release.
