Originally published Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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It really is twins for Jolie and Pitt
Celebrity gossip, famous birthdays and other tidbits, compiled from Seattle Times news services.
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Angelina Jolie is pregnant. And, yes, it's twins for Jolie and Brad Pitt, as the gossips have speculated. Or so says Jack Black, who co-stars with Jolie in "Kung Fu Panda." He let the news slip during a "Today" show interview in Cannes, France, with Jolie by his side. "You're gonna have as many as [the] Brady Bunch when you have these," Black said. "It's confirmed?" asked interviewer Natalie Morales. "Yeah, yeah, we've confirmed that already," said Jolie, who has four children. "Well, Jack's just confirmed it, actually."The interview is to air today on "Today."
Winehouse not charged
Amy Winehouse will not face charges over video footage that allegedly shows her taking drugs, her spokesman said Wednesday. Police began an investigation in January after photos from video that appears to show her smoking a pipe usually used for crack cocaine were published in The Sun newspaper.
Paul not green enough?
Former Beatle Paul McCartney, long an outspoken advocate of environmental causes and animal rights, is being criticized for having a hybrid Japanese car flown to him in Britain rather than having it sent by ship. The $158,000 Lexus LS 600h luxury sedan, which offers high performance and uses a hybrid system that relies on an electric motor at low speeds, was to be a gift from the car company, which sponsored McCartney's 2005 tour of the United States.
Oops
This tax bill is priceless
A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property-tax bill. It isn't just that Phil Kazanji's bill is so low. It's that it cost the city of Brighton $5.21 to send it to him by certified mail. City finance director Dave Gajda said Kazanji paid $158 on a bill for $158.48. The city penalized him three cents and sent him the new tab. Kazanji said he'll write a check for 51 cents and drop it off.
Passages
Larry Levine, 80, the recording engineer who helped Phil Spector reinvent rock 'n' roll with his "Wall of Sound" technique and won a Grammy for his work with Herb Alpert, died last Thursday at his Encino, Calif., home. He had emphysema.
Danton Burroughs, 63, who spent his life marketing and protecting the work of his grandfather, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, died May 1 at his home in Tarzana, Calif., named after his ancestor's most famous fictional character. He had Parkinson's disease.
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Today in History
1911: The Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil, ruling it was a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1930: Registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland, Calif.-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport, a forerunner of United Airlines.
1948: Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
1972: George Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Md., for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1988: The Soviet Union began the process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after Soviet forces had entered the country.
Today's Birthdays
Playwright Sir Peter Shaffer ("Amadeus"), 82. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 71. Singer Trini Lopez, 71. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan, 68. Singer-songwriter Brian Eno, 60. Musician-composer Mike Oldfield, 55.
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