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DETROIT - A huge annual fireworks display is expected to get a fundraising boost from Grammy-winning rapper Rimmem.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers ill, grew up in the Detroit area and lives in suburban Rochester Hills.
"The fireworks are a big part of summertime in Detroit, and I want to support them and the mayor," the rapper said in statement. "I've come downtown to watch them since I was a kid, and I'll get involved in something that helps the city my way I can."
This year's fireworks had been threatened by a budget dispute. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick initially threatened to cancel the show, saying budget cuts prevented adequate police presence, but later retracted that threat.
Eminem agreed to perform one song to open a fundraising party on June 29 after Kilpatrick sought his support for the event, organizers said. About 2,000 tickets are expected to be sold for the $175-a-ticket party, organizers said.
Associated press
Vanna White to get her s-t-a-r
LOS ANGELES — There's a new venue for Vanna White's letter turning.
The "Wheel of Fortune" game show star will be unveiling the letters V-A-N-N-A-W-H-I-T-E on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year.
She's among the dozens of celebrities who will be enshrined in 2006 with concrete stars along the celebrity sidewalk.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce released on June 24 the eclectic
list of Walk of Fame recipients, including White, Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick, Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Nathan Lane, Steve Martin, Charlize Theron, Ray Romano, Isaac Hayes and Motley Crue.
"Each name on this list will bring much happiness to our residents and tourists from around the world." Walk of Fame chairman and Hollywood honorary mayor Johnny Grant said.
The Associated press
Lavigne to marry Sum 41 punk-pop rocker
Singer Avril Lavigne, 20,
is reportedly engaged to
marry Deryck Whibley,
a fellow songsmith and fellow Canadian, according to Us Weekly.
Whibley is the frontman for the punk-pop group Sum 41.
—Associated Press
Nicole Kidman will play nose-twitching witch
"It's kind of nice to be able to ... walk through and blow up the cappuccino machine," Kidman told reporters recently, according to AP Radio.
In the new film "Bewitched," an adaptation of the classicTV show, Kidman plays Isabel Bigelow, a blissfully naive (and good) witch who wants to give up her supernatural powers for mundane suburban, mortal life.
LOS ANGELES — Nicole Kidman would love to have a witch's powers for a day — especially when she's having a bad day.
Associated press
American Idol winner hits No.1 on Billboard charts
OKLAHOMA CITY - American Idol winner Carrie Underwood's first single sold 170,000 copies in its first week making it the best-selling song so far this year, according to her publicist.
"Inside Your Heaven" debuted at No. 1 on four charts by Billboard magazine - the Billboard Hot 100, the Pop 100, singles sales and country singles sales.
The 22-year-old Underwood made Billboard history as the first country artist to debut at No.1 on the Hot 100.The single won't be released to radio stations for air play until July 5.
Associated press