BUZZ.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services DENYING RUMORS: Bruce Springsteen has turned to cyberspace to deny rumors that he and wife Patti Scialfa are splitting up. In a posting on his official Web site, www.brucespringsteen.net, the New Jersey-born rocker writes that he and Scialfa are still committed to each other. ``Due to the unfounded and ugly rumors that have appeared in the papers over the last few days, I felt they shouldn't pass without comment,'' he wrote. ``Patti and I have been together for 18 years -- the best 18 years of my life. We have built a beautiful family we love and want to protect, and our commitment to one another remains as strong as the day we were married.'' Quoting unnamed sources, the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 reported Thursday that Springsteen's and Scialfa's marriage was on the rocks due to his relationship with a Sept. 11 widow he met while organizing a charity event. Springsteen, 56, and Scialfa, a backup singer in his band, married in 1991 and have three children. He had previously been married to actress Julianne Phillips Julianne Phillips (born May 6, 1960[1]) is an American model and actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois,[2] she was raised in the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, Oregon,[1] the daughter of insurance broker William Phillips and wife Ann Phillips. . BEST PARTY EVER: ``If you can't have fun at a Dave Matthews
David John Matthews (born January 9 1967) is a South African, now naturalized American, Grammy-winning lead vocalist and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band. concert, where can you have fun?'' asked pretty, dark-haired Rachel Musquiz rhetorically. It was her 23rd birthday, and she was ready to party along with some 17,000 others Monday night at the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the . Matthews and his band delivered the party favors to the crowd, mixing old favorites with a few new numbers. For a review and photo gallery of the concert, visit dailynews.com. DON'T SING, JESS: Talk about bad timing. At the start of a media blitz to support her new album, ``A Public Affair,'' Jessica Simpson is on vocal rest Vocal rest is the process of resting the vocal folds by not speaking or singing, which typically follows vocal disorders or viral infections which cause hoarseness in the voice, such as the common cold or influenza. The purpose of vocal rest is to hasten recovery time. . ``It is true that she has lost her voice,'' Simpson's publicist, Rob Shuter, told the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. on Tuesday. ``She's been ordered to rest. ... She can talk, she can croak out a few sentences. She sounds a little off, but you know, she can't sing.'' Simpson, 26, fell ill Friday and has ``a strain, a bruise on her vocal cord vocal cord Either of two folds of mucous membrane that extend across the interior cavity of the larynx and are primarily responsible for voice production. Sound is produced by the vibration of the folds in response to the passage between them of air exhaled from the lungs. ,'' Shuter said. She canceled a planned appearance on CBS' ``Late Show With David Letterman'' this week but was to appear on MTV's ``Total Request Live'' on Tuesday afternoon to promote the album -- but not sing, Shuter said. Simpson hopes her condition improves by Friday, when she is scheduled to perform on NBC's ``Today'' show, he said. ``She's trying,'' Shuter said. ``Everybody is hoping and keeping their fingers crossed.'' FROM WIZARDRY wiz·ard·ry n. pl. wiz·ard·ries 1. The art, skill, or practice of a wizard; sorcery. 2. a. A power or effect that appears magical by its capacity to transform: TO WARTIME: ``Harry Potter'' star Daniel Radcliffe will play the son of Rudyard Kipling in a television movie about the author. John Kipling died in World War I. Kipling helped his son get into the military so he could fight in the trenches, despite his poor eyesight. Nick Elliott, head of drama at the ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). network, said Monday the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. would be part of the subtext sub·text n. 1. The implicit meaning or theme of a literary text. 2. The underlying personality of a dramatic character as implied or indicated by a script or text and interpreted by an actor in performance. of ``My Boy Jack,'' which will begin filming next year. ``For many people my age, the first world war is just a topic in a history book,'' said Radcliffe, 17, who played boy wizard Harry Potter in the blockbuster film series based on J.K. Rowling's books. ``But I've always been fascinated by the subject and think it's as relevant today as it ever was, with young men still sacrificing their lives in the name of war. ``I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like in the trenches, living amongst the stench of death and knowing that any moment may be your last,'' he said. ``But I think it's important we try to imagine the horrors these young men experienced and to never forget them.'' After John Kipling died at the Battle of Loos The Battle of Loos was one of the major British offensives mounted on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I. It marked the first time the British used poison gas during the war, and is also famous for the fact that it witnessed the first large-scale use of new army or in 1915, Rudyard Kipling wrote: ``If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied.'' DON'T SING, JESS: Talk about bad timing. At the start of a media blitz to support her new album, ``A Public Affair,'' Jessica ``It is true that she has lost her voice,'' Simpson's publicist, Rob Shuter, told the Associated Press on Tuesday. ``She's been o ntences. She sounds a little off, but you know, she can't sing.'' Simpson, 26, fell ill Friday and has ``a strain, a bruise on her vocal cord,'' Shuter said. She canceled a planned appearance on CBS' ``Late Show With David Letterman'' this week but was to appear on MTV's ``Total Request sing, Shuter said. Simpson hopes her condition improves by Friday, when she is scheduled to perform on NBC's ``Today'' show, he said. ``She's trying,'' Shuter said. ``Everybody is hoping and keeping their fingers crossed.'' HORSING AROUND: Matthew Broderick's vacation in Ireland was marred this weekend when he suffered a broken collarbone col·lar·bone n. See clavicle. after falling off a horse. The 44-year-old actor, accompanied by actress-wife Sarah Jessica Parker, was treated at a hospital and released on Sunday, Broder ``He's fine. He's just been in a little bit of pain,'' Halls said. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) JESSICA SIMPSON Chris Pizzello/Associated Press (2) no caption (Dave Matthews) Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (3) RADCLIFFLE Dave Hogan/Getty Images (4) SPRINGSTEEN |
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