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Dr. Dre back home from hospital
Dr. Dre was back at home Saturday after being treated at a Los Angeles hospital for a reported brain aneurysm.
Peter Paterno, an attorney for the music mogul, said Dre was home but offered no other details in an email exchange Saturday. The rapper and producer reportedly was released Friday from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
In a Jan. 5 social media post, Dre, 55, said he was “doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team.” TMZ had reported that he suffered a brain aneurysm the day before and was recovering at the medical center.
On Friday, actor and rapper Ice T posted that he had connected with Dre on FaceTime and that he had “just made it home. Safe and looking good.”
Dre broke out on the music scene as a co-founding member of N.W.A., producing the group’s groundbreaking 1988 debut album, “Straight Outta Compton.”
He produced his own hits and multiplatinum albums, along with crafting music for many others, including Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Nas. He also found success outside the rap genre, producing pop hits for Gwen Stefani and Mary J. Blige.
Dre founded Beats Electronics in 2008 with Jimmy Iovine, and six years later they launched a streaming subscription service, Beats Music. Apple acquired both in a $3 billion deal in 2014.
Happy birthday, Betty:
True to form, Betty White had something impish to say about her birthday Sunday.
“Since I am turning 99, I can stay up as late as I want without asking permission!” she said in an email.
White’s low-key plans included feeding a pair of ducks that regularly visit her Los Angeles-area home. Her birthday meal was a hot dog and French fries brought in — along with a bouquet of roses — by her longtime friend and agent, Jeff Witjas.
The actor’s TV credits stretch from 1949’s “Hollywood on Television” to a 2019 voice role in “Forky Asks a Question,” with “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” among the enduring highlights.
Her work, always marked by top-drawer comedic timing, has earned her five Emmy Awards, including a 2010 trophy for a guest-host appearance on “Saturday Night Live.”
Neeson bests Wonder Woman:
Months after his action thriller “Honest Thief ” led domestic charts, another Liam Neeson action thriller, “The Marksman,” debuted at
No. 1 with $3.2 million in ticket sales.
Robert Lorenz directed “The Marksman,” about a rancher and retired Marine living in Arizona who helps a young boy escape a Mexican drug cartel. The film, which premiered in 1,975 locations, should rake in $3.7 million through the holiday weekend.
Meanwhile, “Wonder Woman 1984” slid to second place after besting the competition for three straight weekends.
Warner Bros. did not provide a three-day total, but the studio projects the superhero sequel will generate $2.6 million through the extended holiday weekend.
However, “Wonder Woman 1984” could drop to third place behind
“The Croods: A New Age” when sales are finalized on Monday.
Since it touched down on Christmas Day, Gal Gadot’s latest outing as Diana Prince has earned $35 million in the U.S.
Jan. 18 birthdays:
Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 80. Actor-director Kevin Costner is 66. Actor Mark Rylance is 61. Actor Jane Horrocks is 57. Actor Jesse L. Martin is 52. Actor-screenwriter Jason Segel is 41. Singer-actor Samantha Mumba is 38. Actor Mateus Ward is 22.