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Rod Stewart fined for canceling tour By LINDA DEUTSCH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Singer Rod Stewart must repay the $780,000 he accepted as a deposit for a Latin American concert tour that was canceled, a jury ruled Friday. The jury also assessed damages of $1.6 million against Stewart’s lawyers and agents at the ICM talent agency for their roles in negotiating a contract for the tour. “The message that is sent I hope is that big players in the media cannot treat little players with arrogance and greed and get away with it," said Dennis Holahan, a lawyer who represented music tour operators from Peru, Argentina and Oklahoma. The contract called for Stewart, 59, to be paid $2.1 million in advance for nine concerts in Central and South America that would start in February 2002. Promoter Howard Pollack did not sign the document, although he e mailed he would do so. About $780,000 of the advance was paid before Stewart’s associates canceled the tour in mid-January 2002; the money was not returned. Pollack and two other promoters sued. “These men and their companies were ruined by this,” Holahan said. “This is going to restore their credibility and personal reputations.” Skip Miller, the lawyer who represented Stewart and his co defendants, argued the singer was entitled to keep the advance fee and be compensated for money he lost by not touring. Outside court, he predicted the verdicts would be overturned. “It’s ridiculous to find liability against a lawyer and an agent for doing their jobs,” Miller said. “It’s crazy. I will get this overturned if it’s the last thing I do.” He said that under California law, a business adviser has a privilege against liability. 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Ballet to deliver Christmas spirit By MEG MOORE THE GAMECOCK For those already anticipating holiday festivities, the Columbia City Ballet has announced the dates for this year’s production of “Nutcracker.” Teaming up with the South Carolina Philharmonic for the second year in a row, the company will stage eight performances December 10-12 and 17-19 at the Koger Center. “‘Nutcracker’ is the greatest ballet score of them all. And it’s the orchestration which makes it so great,” said Nicholas Smith, South Carolina Philharmonic music director. The production is structured around the full, original score. “There is a magic about a full symphony orchestra down in the pit playing for a large ballet company.” Smith said. “After a hundred performances I still look forward to every note, every jete, every snowflake.” Telling the story of Clara who receives a magical nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve, the ballet features a Snow Queen, Rat King and the ever-popular Sugar Plum Fairy. Columbia Conservatory of Dance students Nicole Carrion and Douglas Houlong, ages 11 and 12 respectively, will play the principle roles of Clara and the Nutcracker. In fact, more than 100 area children were selected to appear in the production. Community members Rick Henry of WIS-TV and Wendi Nance, executive director of Columbia YMCA, will also make an appearance as Clara’s parents. Columbia City Ballet Prima Ballerina Mariclare Miranda and Principal Dancer Jose Serrano will switch off the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier and Snow Queen and King with Ballerina Victoria Cholkas and Principal Dancer John Cronin. William Starrett of Columbia City Ballet has also expressed his enthusiasm for this year’s production. “It is a dream come true having live accompaniment again this' year, particularly because it’s such an annual tradition,” he said, emphasizing the participants’ goal of “delivering the Christmas spirit to each and every audience member.” The spreading of Christmas cheer will be furthered by the holiday treats available to young attendees at each matinee performance. After each matinee, audience members will also be invited to tour the backstage area and meet the dancers. Reprising a holiday tradition, the Columbia City Ballet and South Carolina Philharmonic promise a ballet brimming with holiday spirit. The curtain time will be 7:30 p.m. for evening performances (Dec. 10,11,17,18) and 3 p.m. for matinees (Dec. 11,12,18,19). Tickets are available at the Capitol Ticket’s box office and all Capitol Ticket outlets. They can also be ordered by phone at 251-2222 or via the Web at www.capitoltickets.com. Make plans now to attend this seasonal classic. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockfeatures@gutm.sc. edu O.D.B. found dead in studio By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The rap artist O.D.B., whose demented rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday. He was 35. O.D.B. had complained of chest pains before collapsing at the Manhattan studio, said Gabe Tesoriero, a spokesman for Roc-a Fella records. He was dead by the time paramedics reached him, Tesoriero said. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but O.D.B. had recendy finished a prison sentence for drug possession. O.D.B., also known as OF Dirty Bastard, Dirt McGirt, Big Baby Jesus or his legal name of Russell Jones, was a founding member of the seminal rap group the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 1990s. The Wu-Tang blueprint was for each member to pursue solo projects. He released hit singles such as “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” and appeared on remixes with artists like Mariah Carey. But as his fame increased, so did his erratic behavior, and fans came to expect the unexpected from O.D.B. In 1998, he crashed the stage at the Grammy Awards and hijacked a microphone from singer Shawn Colvin, apparently upset over losing the best rap album Grammy to P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy). The rapper later apologized. Over the years, he was wounded in shootings and arrested on a veritable laundry list of charges. In 2001 he was sentenced to two to four years in prison for drug possession, plus two concurrent years for escaping from a rehab clinic.- He was released in 2003 and immediately sighed with Roc-a-Fella. “Russell inspired all of us with his spirit, wit, and tremendous heart,” Roc-A-Fella founder Damon Dash said in a statement. “The world has lost a great talent, but we mourn the loss of our friend.” ■ FILM Continued from page 8 meetings after seeing the anime booth at last year’s student organization fair. Students don’t have to be members to watch the films, but the $5 membership does have its benefits. Members get to vote on which shows the club will watch, rent items from the video library, participate in weekend video game tournaments and win raffles. In addition, Agrawal added that “membership dues go towards I buying more anime.” According to Agrawal, Nashi’s main appeal is “getting to see anime that you’d either have to buy or download yourself.” The Creative Music Film Society also sponsors on campus music and film events. Most screenings are held in the Gambrell Auditorium. The purpose of the society is to bring exploratory film and music to USC and Columbia’s art community, adding yet another outlet for USC’s film frenzied. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc. edu PHOTO COURTESY OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Archive Building, right, at the Clinton Presidential Center and Library is shown at the site near downtown Little Rock, Ark. Dedication ceremonies for the library are scheduled for Thursday. Celebs to shine at Clinton library By CARYN ROUSSEAU THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — From the queen of soul to a king of comedy, celebrity entertainers slated for the opening of the Clinton Library promise to make Litde Rock the hub of cool. The excitement will come to a peak Thursday when former President Clinton’s library is dedicated. Rock singer Bono and guitarist The Edge from the groilp U2 are to perform at this event. Aretha Franklin will sing with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday night. The symphony will play a warm-up act before Franklin takes the stage for a performance of her greatest songs. “This is a tremendous opportunity for celebration for the community and for us to work with the queen of soul,” said William Vickery, executive director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. “It just is enhancing and adding to the reputation and the growing perception -1 of the world that Little Rock is a tremendous place. It is not hidden away under a bushel basket. It’s a real city.” Today through Thursday, political satirist and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member A1 Franken and radio co-host Katherine Lanpher will broadcast “The Al Franken Show,” a liberal talk radio program, live from Little Rock. Franken and Lanpher will host the show from the Repertory Theater in downtown Little Rock today. Later today, he will perform a benefit show for the Rep. They will broadcast from a studio Tuesday and Wednesday and from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Thursday. “The point of his political satire is relevant for the Clinton opening,” said Laura Hupp, co-chair of the benefit committee that invited Franken. President Bush will join former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, and numerous other dignitaries will lend their presence, or at least their Cut X Color X . Foil 3214 Millwood Ave. 803.256.6419 Africa President Nelson Mandela is to send a video message. John Glenn, the former astronaut and former U.S. senator, will help open the exhibit “Space and the Presidency” at the Museum of Discovery in downtown Little Rock on Wednesday. The concert will be followed by a fireworks display billed as the largest Arkansas has ever had. The Historic Arkansas Museum will host book readings, the Arkansas Arts Center will unveil an exhibit called “Art and the White House,” and throughout the week the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute will put on documentaries from around the world.