Broderick headlines July 4 show
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Magician Siegfried of Siegfried and Roy, 73; singer Bobby Freeman , 72; actor
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61; comedian Allen (“Home Improvement”), 59; actress Ally Sheedy, 50; TV anchor Hannah Storm, 50; singer David Gray , 44; singer-guitarist Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, 42; actor Steve-O (“Jackass”), 38; actresses
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country composer and a dozen U.S. Olympic athletes will be among the headliners for this year’s Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall in Washington.
Broderick and Kelli O’Hara will perform songs from the Tony-winning Broadway musical “Nice Work If You Can Get It” during the program, known as “A Capitol Fourth,” organizers said Tuesday.
The performers will take the stage on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol ahead of the annual Independence Day fireworks display in Washington.
Turner has had three No. 1 singles on the U.S. country charts, including “Why Don’t We Just Dance.” His new album, Punching Bag, will be released today. Gang, tenor singer-actress Megan Hilty, singer and the National Symphony Orchestra are also slated to perform.
Williams will conduct a performance of his “Olympic Fanfare” alongside Olympians competing in this year’s Summer Games, including archer fencer Daryl Homer and weightlifter
Wallenda’s latest stunt not cheap
Walking a high wire over Niagara Falls isn’t only a dicey proposition, but it turns out it’s pretty pricey too.
Nik Wallenda
Daredevil estimates his history-making U.S.-to -Canada walk by way of a cable strung over the brink will cost about $1.2 million to $1.3 million. That includes fabrication and installation of the custom-made steel wire, permits and security on both sides of the border, travel and marketing.
A deal with ABC to televise the event live during prime time Friday will offset some of his expenses, said Wallenda, 33: “But definitely not anywhere near all of it.” And the tab seems to grow by the day. “The hard part is prices have changed and gone up. There are things that can come up that are just completely unforeseen,” Wallenda said. He is a seventh-generation member of the Flying Wallendas.
There hasn’t been much time to line up sponsors — the date of the walk was settled only about six weeks ago — so Wallenda is asking the public for donations.
His had raised more than $15,300 toward a $50,000 goal by midday Tuesday on the fundraising website Indiegogo.
Jeff Goldblum
Goldblum wins no-contact order
A judge ordered a woman who has repeatedly tried to contact “Jurassic Park” actor Jeff Goldblum for the past decade to stay away from him for the next three years. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol
issued the order Tuesday against after a contentious hearing in which the woman repeatedly raised her voice to the judge. Ransom claims she is trying to pursue a case against one of Goldblum’s employees, but Goodson told her that didn’t give her the right to repeatedly go to the actor’s home and try to meet him at public performances.
— From Our Press Services