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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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The Columbia City Ballet will team up with the South Carolina Philharmonic to perform “The Nutcracker” at the Koger Center in December.
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.
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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
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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.