THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
BREAK-UPS
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'Soul mates' no longer
Former Spice Girl says Eddie Murphy left relationship, kid
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Melanie Brown says Eddie Murphy left her with a baby, a tattoo of his name and no explanation for their sudden split.
Brown, 31, known as Scary Spice when she performed with the '90s hit pop group, gave birth to Angel Iris Murphy Brown on April 3 in Santa Monica. She listed Murphy's name on the birth certificate. Murphy, 46, has said he's not sure he's the father.
The former Spice Girl, in an interview with OK! magazine, said she and Murphy were "soul mates" who got tattoos to proclaim their love and were mutually delighted with her pregnancy — until Murphy said on TV they were through and asked for a paternity test.
"A friend of mine called me to tell me. I was shocked, then I felt disgusted. We were madly in love with each other, and then this happens," Brown told the magazine.
introduced by a mutual friend.
Brown said she and Murphy were
"There was this electricity between us. Within half an hour, we were holding hands. We were soul mates. We were like each other in so many ways. It was electrifying," the said.
"After three days, we both got tattoos. I had his name in his handwriting on me, and he had my name in my handwriting on him. Everybody around us was quite sick of us lovebirds.
"It felt like we
months after their relationship started, she said.
"We were madly in love with each other and then this happens."
"I tried to call Eddie and I couldn't get through. Then I got through, and he said he would call me back and that was it. He never called back." Brown said. That was
"It felt like we had known each other for years," Brown said.
Murphy was "over the moon" about the pregnancy and discussed getting married after the baby was born. Then came his bombshell during a TV interview, about five
MELANIE BROWN
Former Spice Girl about her
relationship with Eddie Murphy
Eddie will tell me why this happened"
four months ago and the two haven't spoken since, she said.
"I don't feel humiliated. I think the only person who has humiliated themselves is Eddie. His behavior was unacceptable," Brown said. "Maybe one day
Murphy, whose screen credits include "Dreamgirls," has five children from his marriage to Nicole Mitchell Murphy. Brown has an 8-year-old daughter.
Dave Navarro on the'net
》'NO CENSORSHIP'
Web-savvy guitarist adds online TV show to Internet repertoire
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — Dave Navarro has signed with Denver-based ManiaTV to do a show on the Internet.
The weekly hour-long "Spread Entertainment" will debut May 17 from the Dragonfly nightclub in Hollywood, Calif.
"It's like a looser version of 'Donahue' in a nightclub," where the studio audience can get up for a drink or smoke during his show, Navarro said Tuesday. "I wanted to create a party atmosphere."
Navarro already has an FM radio show plus an Internet radio show broadcast from his home through a Web site with his blog and podcasts.
The 39-year-old former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane's Addiction guitarist said he was attracted to a show on the Internet, where there's no censorship and more freedom.
"It's time for people to take back what it is they want to see," he said.
"I want to use the Internet to support artists and see things that are out there that other corporate structures aren't allowing us to see. It seems with satellite TV, the Internet, magazines — there's almost so many options, and we're only seeing the same five things."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rocker Dave Navarro will do a weekly hour-long Internet radio show starting in May. The show will debut from a nightclub in Hollywood, Calif.
Audience members will be able to ask questions of guests.
"I'm more interested in getting into interesting conversations
with interesting people rather than having a band on because they have a CD to promote," Navarro said
》 ACTIVISM
Rachael Ray joins fight against childhood obesity
BY J.M. HIRSCH ASSOCIATED PRESS
Having mastered the 30-minute meal and daytime television, Rachael Ray is on to her next challenge childhood obesity.
With help from former President Bill Clinton, the celebrity chef known for cuties phrases and a fast, free-feeling cooking style this week is.
launching a charitable group that aims to help children eat healthier at home and in school.
Ray says
The Yum-ol!
Organization (the name is drawn from one of her signature phrases)
Working with Ray is part of the Alliance's overall strategy of enlisting celebrities (others include NBA players and musicians) to help make
"Great food changes the entire quality of your life," says Ray, who taped Thursday's episode of "Rachael Ray" earlier in April. "It's just this great building block for families."
Association to clean up school food.
The school food overhaul — which Ray and Clinton were to announce today on her syndicated talk show — involves teaming with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an effort by Clinton and the American Heart
will work with schools to improve cafeteria food, create scholarships, educate parents about healthy eating and help fund charitable groups that feed needy children.
"Great food changes the entire quality of your life. It's just this great building block for families."
healthy eating hip for children, says Bob Harrison, the group's executive director.
RACHAEL RAY Celebrity chef
Celebrity involvement can prompt action, says A. Mark Fendrink, a University of Michigan Health professor former "Today" Couric's televised used appointments 20 percent.
School of Public Health professor who found that former "Today" show host Katie Couric's televised colonoscopy increased appointments for the procedure 20 percent.
There is, however, a difference between making an appointment for a procedure and making lasting lifestyle changes. And though Fendrink thinks it certainly will help, he says it has yet to be seen whether the
celebrity factor can overcome that sort of inertia.
Ray says her plan was inspired by the efforts of other food celebrities, including Jamie Oliver (who led a televised crusade to revamp England's school lunches) and Alice Waters (whose Edible Schoolyard program in Berkeley, Calif., helps schools serve healthy food).
And she is borrowing from Paul Newman's philanthropic model, which donates the profits of his food products to charity. Ray is developing various products, including children's cookware and books, the profits from which will go to The Yum-o! Organization.
Much of The Yum-ofOrganization's work will be pursued via existing programs. She plans to encourage children to join Nickelodeon's Go Healthy Challenge and will funnel money to hunger relief programs throughout the country.
She also wants to use her contacts in the food industry to pressure food service companies to offer schools healthier options. And schools that make changes will receive financial incentives, such as money for scholarships.
》 CELEBRITY WEDDINGS
Hindu activist files complaint, says Hurley mocked customs
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The wedding of actress Elizabeth Hurley has drawn the ie of a Hindu religious activist who said Hurley's wedding mocked Hindu customs.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Elizabeth Hurley is putting on a happy face amid the drama surrounding her wedding in India to businessman Arun Nayar.
The British actress-model and Nayar, 42, were married last month in a lavish and traditional Hindu ceremony in Jodhpur. The event drew the ire of a Hindu religious activist, who filed a complaint saying it had mocked Hindu customs.
Meanwhile, tabloids in England and India carried reports that Nayar's father, Vinod Nayar, severed ties with his son after he was thrown out of the wedding on Hurley's urging.
When asked how this has affected the couple, Hurley told AP Television News that it has made her "incredibly grateful for the nice people" in her life.
"We're so lucky for the good things that we kind of turn a blind eye to the bad things," said Hurley, who called her family "fantastic."
The 41-year-old actress, who attended an event for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in New York on Tuesday night, said she hasn't "settled down into real life yet."
Hurley and Nayar first wed in a private civil ceremony in a castle outside London.
"The whole wedding took forever. The wedding itself took eight days; planning it took considerably longer; recovering from it; I'm still not sure I have," she said.
The complaint about their Hindu wedding says Hurley wore revealing clothes and didn't remove her footwear while walking around the sacred fire at the ceremony.
The petition was filed under a section of the Indian Penal Code that makes it an offense to upset any religious feelings with "deliberate and malicious
intention."
India's legal system is notoriously slow, and it could take months or years before complaints come up for hearing.
Hurley has a 4-year-old son, Damian.
WALTER S. SUTTON LECTURE SERIES
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND THE KU INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ETHICS IN BUSINESS PRESENT AN EVENING WITH
Peter Eigen
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
"Corruption in a Global Economy-The Role of Civil Society Organizations to Improve Governance"
Friday, April 27th, 2007 5:00 P.M. SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART