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EXPECTING
Jennifer Lopez, 38, capped off her tour with husband Marc Anthony, 39,
on Nov. 7 by confirming her pregnancy at a Miami show.
BIRTHS
The View cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 30, and her spouse, NFL
quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, 29, are the parents of a second child, son
Taylor Thomas, born Nov. 9 in Arizona.
COURTS
Mickey Rourke, 55, was arrested for DUI on Nov. 8 in Miami Beach. Police
claim the actor failed a field sobriety test after being pulled over for
making an illegal U-turn on his scooter. No court date has been set....
On Nov. 8, London authorities arrested singer Amy Winehouse's husband,
Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, for ''conspiracy to pervert the course of
justice.'' The BBC reports that Fielder-Civil — set to face charges for a
June incident in which he allegedly assaulted a bartender — attempted to
bribe his victim to withdraw his police statement. Fielder-Civil could
not be reached for comment. Meanwhile, a rep for Winehouse says the
singer ''has not been arrested or charged with anything.''... A Boston
priest accused of stalking Conan O'Brien, 44, was arrested Nov. 2 while
trying to attend a taping of Late Night With Conan O'Brien in NYC. Rev.
David Ajemian, 46, allegedly harassed the talk-show host for over a year
with e-mails and letters, in which he's said to have referred to himself
as a ''priest-stalker.'' Ajemian — who's been placed on leave by the
Archdiocese of Boston — could face three months in jail if convicted. Reps
for O'Brien and Ajemian declined to comment.... The mother of a Hannah
Montana fan filed a class action suit on Nov. 13 in Nashville against
Smiley Miley Inc., the company that runs one of 14-year-old singer Miley
Cyrus' official sites. The woman claims MileyWorld.com misrepresented
the availability of concert tickets for fan-club members, who paid
$29.95 to join. The suit
could reap damages of over $5 million. A rep for Cyrus denies the claims
and adds that ''more than 70,000 MileyWorld members obtained concert
tickets as a result of their membership.''
DEATHS
Donda West, 58, mother of rapper Kanye West, died Nov. 10 in Marina del
Rey, Calif., of undetermined causes following cosmetic surgery,
according to reports.... Director Delbert Mann, 87, who won an Oscar for
the 1955 hit Marty, of pneumonia, Nov. 11, in L.A.... Emmy-winning
director-producer Jack Kuney (Play of the Week), 88, of heart failure,
Nov. 7, in Bradenton, Fla.... Actress Laraine Day (Foreign
Correspondent), 87, of natural causes, Nov. 10, in Ivins, Utah. — Additional reporting by Jennifer Boeth
LEGACY: IRA LEVIN (1929-2007)
Best-selling author Levin — whose books inspired Hollywood
films like Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, and The Boys From Brazil — died after suffering a heart attack on Nov. 12 in NYC. The
Bronx-born writer, 78, also left his mark on stage: His 1978
Tony-nominated play Deathtrap went on to become Broadway's
longest-running thriller. — Adam Markovitz
