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Lahti shows ‘failure is impossible’
Christine Lahti received the Susan B. Anthony “ Failure Is Impossible” Award at the opening of the High Falls Film Festival Wednesday in Rochester, N. Y. Lahti, 55, won an Oscar in 1995 for the short 8 lm Lieberman In Love.
Rapper Sigel jailed over child support
Rapper Beanie Sigel ( Dwight Grant) was ordered jailed Thursday until he pays $26,000 in child support and $ 2,000 in 8 nes. A Philadelphia Family Court judge sentenced Sigel, 31, to six months in prison, but said the rapper can get out if he pays the money to children with two different mothers.
West, Berry involved in music suits
Chicago disc jockey Eric “ E- Smoove” Miller, who was sued earlier this year by Kanye West to keep him from distributing some of West’s unreleased songs, has 8 led a countersuit against the rapper. Miller disputes West’s contention that the two didn’t have a contract. . . . Also, Chuck Berry, 79, has sued three leading karaoke music distributors, claiming they sold sing- along versions of his most popular hits without paying royalties or obtaining licenses. If he wins, Berry stands to gain several hundred thousand dollars for each of his songs, including Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene and My Ding- A- Ling, his lawyersa id.
Paris Hilton has been subpoenaed as a witness in a criminal case involving burglary,
robbery, kidnapping and carjacking charges against Darnell
Riley, 28, who was arrested Jan.
22, 2004, for allegedly breaking
into the home of Girls Gone
Wild
cr eator J oe F rancis and
trying to kidnap him, said Los
Angeles district attorney’s
spokeswoman Jane Robison.
“ She’s not charged with anything,” Robison said. “ She just
happens to be a witness.” Riley
has pleaded innocent. A preliminary hearing is Nov. 21. Also, the heiress was unhurt in a minor car accident as she left a Hollywood nightclub early Wednesday, said her publicist. Hilton was a passenger in a silver Bentley that a companion drove into the back of a large commercial truck, scratching the hood of the car. No one was cited.
Nickelodeon has ordered 20 more episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants to make a total of 100 adventures for the animated sea creature when the new episodes 8 nish airing in 2007. The special Where’s Gary? airs tonight ( 8 ET/ PT).
Out magazine will honor its 100 most in J uential people in gay culture in the December issue and at a gala tonight. The 11th annual list names Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as its Humanitarian of the Year, Sharon Stone as straight ally and Melissa Etheridge as entertainer.
Hilton has had a bumpy week SpongeBob squeezes out another season ‘ Out’ list honors 100 in , uential people ‘ Desperate’ role recast
Producers have moved quickly to recast the role of Caleb in ABC’s Desperate Housewives. Actor Nashawn Kearse ( Entourage) will replace Page Kennedy as the fugitive who is living in a basement on Wisteria Lane. Kennedy, who was 8 red Friday for improper conduct, appears on Sunday’s episode ( 9 p. m. ET/ PT). Staff and wire reports E- mail lifeline@ usatoday. com