Jamie Chung dishes on new film, NBC pilot

Jamie Chung dishes on new film, NBC pilot

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Jamie Chung at the premiere of 'The Hangover Part II.'

Jamie Chung remembers vividly the dreaded call a few years ago when her strict Korean mother discovered her deepest secret:

That her little girl was actually a professional actress on “Days of Our Lives.”

“I got a call from my mom one day and she said, ‘Are you on a soap opera?’ So and so’s mom ‘told me you were on a soap opera,’ ” Chung told the Daily News, able to laugh at it now.

“I was like, ‘Yeah I’m on a soap opera. ... I said, It’s been a year, I didn’t want to tell you until I did something you would want to watch.’”

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The 29-year-old stunner’s latest movie, “Eden,” which opened in New York Wednesday, is definitely one of those roles. Chung plays a Korean-American teenager who is abducted by a prostitution ring.

The script is based on the real-life ordeal of human trafficking victim-turned-activist Chong Kim, who suffered a similar fate in the mid ’90s.

“It’s not like the movie ‘Taken,’ where your dad turns out to be a CIA agent and he kicks everyone’s ass to find you,” says Chung, who has previously appeared in more mainstream movies like “The Hangover 2” and “Sucker Punch.”

Though she’s in the make-believe business, there were days on set where the material really got to her â€" particularly a scene where it’s implied her character is gang-raped by a college fraternity.

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“The way it was shot, I never needed to be in that scene but I was hanging out in the next room and hearing them doing their countdown, chanting and cheering, and it was unbearable for me to be in the same vicinity.

“It was so hard to listen to, I had to be driven around the corner to wait for them to finish.”

These days, Chung can be found in Brooklyn, making a super-powered drama pilot for NBC called “Believe,” from JJ Abrams and director Alfonso Curon.

Living in New York during filming has been an adventure. “I’m such a Cali girl that at this point I’m just so excited to see snow,” she says.

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And slowly but surely, she’s convincing her family that this acting thing really isn’t so bad, even if it’s tougher to keep things from them now.

“My parents don’t know how to use the Internet yet, thank God,” she says. “But my uncle is really tech-savvy and he’s been printing things out.

“My dad would call me and he’d say, ‘Yeah I saw you were at a New York fashion show and you were making a little heart on the runway.’

“I was like, ‘What are you talking about and how did you get this news so fast?’”

esacks@nydailynews.com

Parkour gym Bklyn Beast opens in Bushwick

Parkour gym Bklyn Beast opens in Bushwick

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Henry Friedman (l.) is working the elevated parallel bars with Bklyn Beast instructor and co-director Luciano Acuna Jr.

Parkour, the sport that treats features of the urban landscape like an obstacle course to be run over and around, is normally practiced outside. But 12-year-old Henry Friedman runs up walls, does backflips, swings from bars, and swan-dives off a 15-foot platform into a pit of foam â€" all from the comforts of indoors.

At Bklyn Beast in Bushwick, New York’s first parkour gym, the skinny Brooklyn Heights native turns into Spider-Man.

The space is decked with structures nonexistent in other gyms. There’s the maze of bars 10 feet off the ground, a 20-foot warped wall with multiple bars for different skill levels, and multileveled vaults and window frames that students leap over and through.

But why mimic obstacles readily found on the city’s streets? After all, doesn’t the beauty of parkour lie in how it need not be done in a gym?

“I certainly never learned in a gym,” admits Bklyn Beast co-owner and parkour instructor Luciano Acuna Jr.

“But this is safer for the students,” he says of the hundreds of young parkour enthusiasts who train there. “I got banged up a lot and dislocated a lot of fingers. These kids can try bigger and better moves without risking their health.”

For Friedman, it’s all about the fun. “Parkour combines everything that I love to do,” he says. “I just love being active and pushing myself to the limit. It’s like walking, combined with gymnastics, but even cooler.”

Commonly known as freestyle walking, parkour is broadly defined as the art of flowing through obstacles with ease. The acrobatic art form developed out of military obstacle course training in France and arrived in America in the 2000s via YouTube videos. Parkour made its big-screen debut in movies like “Casino Royale,” “Hot Fuzz” and “Rush Hour.”

Bklyn Beast, which opened earlier this year, was started by four former gymnastics instructors. The 4,000-square-foot training facility â€" complete with a spring floor, dance floor, trampoline and foam pit â€" mirrors its gritty surroundings in Bushwick. The ventilation system consists of old paint cans joined together. The bar where students rest their fruit juices is a repurposed I-beam covered in polyurethane. And the walls are covered in murals created by a local graffiti artist.

“We wanted the gym to reflect the character of Bushwick while also providing a safe environment for students to practice parkour,” says co-owner Masi “Yahya” James. “Dance, acrobatics, capoeira and gymnastics all use the same free-spirited skills as parkour. Nothing is choreographed. So parkour becomes a natural extension of interests for dancers, gymnasts and acrobats.”

Friedman was a rock climber before he became a “traceur,” as practitioners of parkour are called. But now he swings by Bklyn Beast four times a week to work on climbing, jumping, running and balancing skills.

“Henry is one of our best students,” says Acuna as he watches Friedman on a set of bars 10 feet off the ground. “He’s not very big, but he can flow.”

On cue, a smiling Friedman leaps three feet, lands on a dime and seemlessly pulls himself up to another bar.

“This style of parkour is called flow,” Acuna says. “You try to flow through the bars with complete fluidity. The gaps range from 1.5 feet to nine feet. You have to be very precise because you are landing on a thin obstacle.”

Friedman does a front flip into the foam pit.

“I don’t know anyone my age,” says the preteen, “who wouldn’t have fun doing that.”

josterhout@nydailynews.com

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Bklyn Beast, 230 Bogart St., Bushwick; BklynBeast.com, (347) 457-6290. Parkour classes cost $ 18 for one, or $ 150 for 10.

Dennis Quaid reunites with wife, but can't derail divorce

Dennis Quaid reunites with wife, but can't derail divorce

Dennis Quaid and his sweetheart Kimberley Buffington-Quaid may be the ultimate on-again off-again couple.

The couple, who married in 2004, has reconciled again, TMZ reports.

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Unfortunately, their decision came too late in the legal proceedings to prevent a divorce. According to the gossip site, both parties had already signed paperwork that is on its way to being finalized by a judge.

Last March, Texas real estate agent Buffington-Quaid filed divorce papers against her husband, noting that her marriage had become "insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities."

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Just two months later, she withdrew the divorce papers, asking a judge to dismiss the previous petition.

But the legal wrangling wasn't done yet. In November 2012, Buffington-Quaid again filed for legal separation, angling to gain sole physical custody of the couple's 5-year-old twins, Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone.

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Buffington-Quaid is the third wife for the "Vegas" actor. He was previously married to actress P.J. Soles and "Innerspace" co-star Meg Ryan.

Boy shoots brother, 12, thinking him intruder

Boy shoots brother, 12, thinking him intruder

A 12-year-old mistaken for a home invader in Florida was shot and killed by his older brother in a heartbreaking tragedy.

The midday incident in Orlando was an accident, police said. The 16-year-old and younger brother were home alone when the older boy heard noises, feared an intruder and shot and killed his brother. Realizing the mistake, the boy called 911.

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“He heard some noises and he called out for his brother and he didn’t answer and so then his brother startled him,” Orlando Police Department Detective Mike Moreschi told WFTV-TV.

“He’s devastated, obviously,” Moreschi added. “His parents are devastated by what happened and it’s just a really bad situation for the family.”

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Police don’t yet know how the boy got his hands on the legally owned gun. The unnamed 16-year-old hasn’t been identified and has not been charged in the killing. The states attorney’s office will review the case.

“All I can say is it’s so scary. It’s heartbreaking. I can’t imagine what his parents are going through,” neighbor Julia Bracey said.

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Free & Cheap in New York: Saturday, March 23

Free & Cheap in New York: Saturday, March 23

EGG ’EM ON. Children, ages 2-12, are welcome to the Easter Egg Hunt at the Bartow-Pell Mansion. Kids are encouraged to bring their baskets. They also can enjoy the arts and crafts tables, and have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny. Light refreshments will be offered. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $ 12. 895 Shore Road, Bronx. Register: (718) 885-1461.

‘ARGO’ AHEAD. “Argo,” this year’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture, will be shown at the Webster Library. Directed by Ben Affleck, who also starred in it, the movie is about a CIA agent’s secret mission to rescue American diplomats from Iran in 1979. Its screenplay also won an Oscar for Staten Island native Chris Terrio. 2 p.m. Free. 1465 York Ave. at E. 78th St.(212) 288-5049.

STAR SEARCH. Summer Ash, Columbia University’s astronomy public outreach director, will give a guided tour of the stars at the BAM Fisher’s Rooftop Terrace. Telescopes will be set up, and a team of experts will be on hand to answer any questions. 10:30 p.m. $ 10. 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn. (718)-636-4100.

CUP, CUP AND AWAY! Don’t throw out those takeout coffee cups. Give them to artist Gwyneth Leech, and she’ll draw on them and turn them into art. It’s part of a new exhibit by No Longer Empty called “Gathering Place.” 1-4 p.m. Free. 24 W. Eighth St. RSVP: lab@nolongerempty.org.

OH, CANADA! “Morgan’s Journey,” the longest touring theatrical production from Canada, will play Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. It follows the adventures of Morgan the Clown and how he learns about life and love. 11 a.m. Adults, $ 25; kids, $ 15. 2537 Broadway at 95th St. (212) 864-5400.

FORWARD, MARCH. Celebrate the vernal equinox by joining the March for the Earth to the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Unisphere. Visitors also can help weed and plant in the Queens Botanical Garden. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 43-50 Main St. (718) 886-3800. RSVP: rforlenza@queensbotanical.org.

PLAYING HOOK-EY. Families can enjoy Free Saturdays at the Red Hook Recreation Center. It’s a day of fun and fitness featuring board games, billiards, weights and more. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 155 Bay St., Brooklyn. (718) 722-3211.

THEY’RE ALL GOOD SKATES. Students of Figure Skating in Harlem will perform to music greats such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Lena Horne. The ice show will honor Karen A. Phillips from Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 7 p.m. Suggested donation: $ 15. Riverbank State Park, 679 Riverside Drive. (212) 694-3600.

TURN OUT AND TUNE IN. Staten Island Songwriters Circle will meet at the Everything Goes Book Cafe. This community of tunesmiths gather to support each other and promote the art of songwriting. Those interested in creating original music are welcome to join. 7:30 p.m. Free. 208 Bay St., between Victory Blvd. and Hannah St. (718) 447-8256.

Free & Cheap in New York: Saturday, March 23

Free & Cheap in New York: Saturday, March 23

EGG ’EM ON. Children, ages 2-12, are welcome to the Easter Egg Hunt at the Bartow-Pell Mansion. Kids are encouraged to bring their baskets. They also can enjoy the arts and crafts tables, and have their photo taken with the Easter Bunny. Light refreshments will be offered. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $ 12. 895 Shore Road, Bronx. Register: (718) 885-1461.

‘ARGO’ AHEAD. “Argo,” this year’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture, will be shown at the Webster Library. Directed by Ben Affleck, who also starred in it, the movie is about a CIA agent’s secret mission to rescue American diplomats from Iran in 1979. Its screenplay also won an Oscar for Staten Island native Chris Terrio. 2 p.m. Free. 1465 York Ave. at E. 78th St.(212) 288-5049.

STAR SEARCH. Summer Ash, Columbia University’s astronomy public outreach director, will give a guided tour of the stars at the BAM Fisher’s Rooftop Terrace. Telescopes will be set up, and a team of experts will be on hand to answer any questions. 10:30 p.m. $ 10. 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn. (718)-636-4100.

CUP, CUP AND AWAY! Don’t throw out those takeout coffee cups. Give them to artist Gwyneth Leech, and she’ll draw on them and turn them into art. It’s part of a new exhibit by No Longer Empty called “Gathering Place.” 1-4 p.m. Free. 24 W. Eighth St. RSVP: lab@nolongerempty.org.

OH, CANADA! “Morgan’s Journey,” the longest touring theatrical production from Canada, will play Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. It follows the adventures of Morgan the Clown and how he learns about life and love. 11 a.m. Adults, $ 25; kids, $ 15. 2537 Broadway at 95th St. (212) 864-5400.

FORWARD, MARCH. Celebrate the vernal equinox by joining the March for the Earth to the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Unisphere. Visitors also can help weed and plant in the Queens Botanical Garden. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 43-50 Main St. (718) 886-3800. RSVP: rforlenza@queensbotanical.org.

PLAYING HOOK-EY. Families can enjoy Free Saturdays at the Red Hook Recreation Center. It’s a day of fun and fitness featuring board games, billiards, weights and more. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. 155 Bay St., Brooklyn. (718) 722-3211.

THEY’RE ALL GOOD SKATES. Students of Figure Skating in Harlem will perform to music greats such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Lena Horne. The ice show will honor Karen A. Phillips from Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 7 p.m. Suggested donation: $ 15. Riverbank State Park, 679 Riverside Drive. (212) 694-3600.

TURN OUT AND TUNE IN. Staten Island Songwriters Circle will meet at the Everything Goes Book Cafe. This community of tunesmiths gather to support each other and promote the art of songwriting. Those interested in creating original music are welcome to join. 7:30 p.m. Free. 208 Bay St., between Victory Blvd. and Hannah St. (718) 447-8256.

Pink puts talent, character on display at Garden show

Pink puts talent, character on display at Garden show

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A toned, fit Pink showcased her dance prowess while keeping the lyrics tight and powerful.

Pink spends a good amount of time on her new tour high.

Literally.

The show, which came to The Garden on Friday, kicks off with the agile singer dangling upside-down from the arms of her male dancers, way above the arena floor. Later, she gyrates on an array of precariously placed ropes, and spins on a gyroscope, wildly orbiting far over the stage.

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It’s a spectacle that suggests both recklessness and precision â€" a balance that perfectly reflects Pink’s essential character.

Despite the wild, and often drunken, persona she presents in her lyrics, in concert she’s a woman in complete control. In both the pitch of her vocals, and the discipline of her dance moves, Pink proved herself a consummate performer Friday.

Given the more acrobatic elements of the show, it’s a minor miracle that Pink sang so surely and so emotively â€" without the aid of apparent lipsynching, no less.

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The force of her music pushes her physical abilities to the limit. Pink's songs straddle rock, pop and dance music in a way that’s full of brio, not to mention hooks.

The show’s opening song, “Raise Your Glass,” epitomizes the style. It’s a rousing rock anthem married to a sassy lyric. Here, Pink offers up a toast to those who “are wrong in all the right ways.”

From there, she slammed through “Walk of Shame,” a song about slinking home after a one night stand, “Just Like A Pill,” which has her ODing on bad love, and “U + Ur Hand,” a kiss-off song laced with a likeably rude instruction to a cad.

However much sleaze and abandon these songs chronicle, there’s a self-aware humor that leavens them. They finely balance anger and vulnerability, power with need.

Pink mined the softer emotions in that equation more directly in an acoustic section during the show, with songs like “Who Knew” and “Family Portrait.” In the same vein, she offered a balletic take on Chris Issac’s “Wicked Game.” It provided a nice break from the busy theatrics of the rest. Yet it’s to Pink's considerable credit that no matter how many bright lights, fast-moving sets or fancy dancers surrounded her, she kept her talent and character front and center.

In the end, that’s what gave the audience its ultimate high.

jfarber@nydailynews.com

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Weiss: La Salle wins one for Big Five

Weiss: La Salle wins one for Big Five

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The La Salle Explorers, who were wondering just a week ago if they would even receive an at-large bid after a loss to Butler, celebrate their win over the Kansas State Wildcats.

LA SALLE 63, KANSAS STATE 61

Duke may have controlled the national stage with its 73-61 Round of 64 win over feisty Albany at the Wells Fargo Arena Friday, but this college basketball town, which was built on the folklore of the Big Five, became reacquainted with one of the city’s proudest traditions.

La Salle, which had not been to an NCAA Tournament in 21 years and has struggled to become relevant in Philadelphia, let alone all of college basketball, pulled off a huge shocker when it upset Big 12 regular season co-champion and fourth-seeded Kansas State, 63-61, in Kansas City, just two hours away from the Wildcats’ Manhattan, Kan., campus.

The 13th-seeded Explorers (23-9), who were wondering just a week ago if they would even receive an at-large bid after a loss to Butler in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament at the Barclays Center, are suddenly one of the darlings of the tournament.

“We want to make a run,” guard Ramon Galloway said. “We want to show we can absolutely play with anybody in the country.”

The last time the Explorers went to the tournament in 1990, they were coached by Speedy Morris, who maxed out the talents of Lionel Simmons, a 6-7 forward from South Philadelphia. Simmons scored more than 3,000 points in his career and was the third player in school history to be selected national Player of the Year. The other two were three time All-American Tom Gola, a 6-8 precursor to Magic Johnson who led the Explorers to the 1954 NCAA championship, and Olympic forward Michael Brooks in 1980.

This team may not have a marquee player, but it has the ability to put out a four-guard lineup of Tyreek Duren, Ty Garland, Sam Mills and Ramon Galloway, all of whom can all make threes or beat their man off the dribble.

“The guards clearly are the strength of this team,” said La Salle coach John Giannini. “I think we have a group of guards I would not trade for anyone.”

The Explorers are enjoying a renaissance worthy of a Philadelphia art museum.

The unexpected hero of the biggest postseason win La Salle has had in 23 years (when it beat Southern Miss in a first-round game) was lightly recruited 6-8 sophomore forward Jerrell Wright from Dobbins Tech in North Philadelphia.

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Wright came out of the background to score 21 points, grab eight rebounds, block two shots and make all six of his field-goal tries and nine of 10 free throws. He carried the Explorers, who are playing without injured center Steve Zack, to the Round of 32 Sunday against Marshal Henderson and Ole Miss.

Wright made three of those free throws in the final 30 seconds, including one with 9.6 seconds to play that put the Explorers ahead, 63-61. K-State raced down the floor, but point guard Angel Rodriguez got hung up in the corner and his off-balance shot over the corner of the backboard missed everything at the final buzzer as the Explorers leaped off their bench to celebrate.

27th annual MAC awards winners announced

27th annual MAC awards winners announced

At a gala event, studded with the stars â€" and fans â€" of cabaret on Thursday night at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill, The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs presented its 27th annual MAC awards.

The show, hosted by KT Sullivan, honored winners including Stacy Sullivan, T. Oliver Reid, Lennie Watts â€" who also directed the event â€" and Marilyn Maye, among others.

This year’s show, entitled, “Where Broadway Meets Cabaret,” took note of the growing appeal of the cabaret performance venues to Broadway stars, and the close relationship between the two art forms.

Special honorees included Penny Fuller and Tom Wopat, garnering awards for Lifetime Achievement â€" and a special Board of Directors Award to the family of the late Ruth Kurtzman, a longtime supporter of cabaret and MAC board member.

Other winners, their shows and venues included:

FEMALE VOCALIST: Stacy Sullivan, “It's a Good Day â€" A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee” at Iridium, Don't Tell Mama, the Metropolitan Room

MALE VOCALIST: T. Oliver Reid, “Drop Me Off in Harlem,” at Feinstein's

MAJOR ARTIST: Lennie Watts, “Bloody, Bloody Lennie Watts, at the Metropolitan Room, Duplex

NEW YORK DEBUT â€" FEMALE: Alison Nusbaum, “Ladies! A Raucous Homage to Mel Brooks' Broads,” at Don't Tell Mama

NEW YORK DEBUT â€" MALE: Ben Rimalower, “Patti Issues,” at the Duplex

CELEBRITY ARTIST: Marilyn Maye, “The Happiest Sound in Town,” at Feinstein's

MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER: Adam Shapiro, “Guide to the Perfect Breakup; Adam Shapiro Twists the Classics,” at the Duplex; North Hill Auditorium (Needham, MA)

DUO/GROUP: Lorinda Lisitza & Ted Stafford, “The Ted & Lo Show,” at Metropolitan Room, Path Café, Don't Tell Mama

MAJOR DUO/GROUP: Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, “Three for the Road; I Hear Music: A Burton Lane Centennial Songbook; Summer in the City; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes; and others, at the Triad, Café Sabarsky, Kitano, 54 Below, Metropolitan Room

REVUE: “Tonight, New York City…The Rick Jensen Songbook,” Written, musical directed, and hosted by Rick Jensen, directed by Lina Koutrakos at the Metropolitan Room

SPECIAL PRODUCTION / VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING SERIES: NY Sheet Music Society Programs, produced and hosted by Linda Amiel Burns at the Local 802 Musicians Hall

OPEN MIC: Salon, Founder/Artistic Director/Host: Mark Janas; Executive Producer: Tanya Moberly at Etcetera Etcetera

HOST â€" VARIETY SHOW/SERIES OR OPEN MIC: Mark Janas, Salon at Etcetera Etcetera

BENEFIT SERIES: Cabaret Cares, Produced by Joseph Macchia; to benefit Help Is On The Way Today at the Laurie Beechman

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER: Maria Gentile at the Duplex

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT INSTRUMENTALIST: Bill Zeffiro at La Mediterranée

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Barry Levitt, for Robert Cuccioli (Birdland), Charlotte Patton (Duplex), Lauren Robert (Iridium), Adam Shapiro (Duplex), Anthony Santelmo Jr. (Don't Tell Mama), Smile on My Face (Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages), Tonya Pinkins (54 Below), Broadway Swings: Terese Genecco, Natalie Douglas, Scott Coulter (54 Below)

DIRECTOR: (a tie) Eric Michael Gillett for Sheera Ben-David (Feinstein's), Showstoppers! benefit series (Laurie Beechman), Marieann Meringolo (Feinstein's), Raissa Katona Bennett (Feinstein's)

AND

Gretchen Reinhagen for Bob Diamond (Don't Tell Mama), Marcia Roney (Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama), Donna Hayes (Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Irenka Jakubiak (Don't Tell Mama)

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Jean-Pierre Perreaux for Marilyn Maye, Amanda McBroom, Yvonne Constant, Annie Ross (Metropolitan Room)

SONG: “It’s About Time,” Music and lyrics by Shelly Markham & Paul Rolnick

SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL: “My Kind Of Guy,” Music and lyrics by Bill Zeffiro

RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award): Stacy Sullivan, “It's a Good Day â€" A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee”

SHOW OF THE YEAR: Ann Hampton Callaway â€" The Streisand Songbook, Directed by Dan Foster at 54 Below, Boston Pops, Seneca Hotel (Niagara Falls)

Vintage K-Mart leads Knicks over Raptors

Vintage K-Mart leads Knicks over Raptors

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Kenyon Martin throws down a dunk as he finishes the game with 19 points and 11 rebounds.

KNICKS 99, RAPTORS 94

TORONTO â€" Kenyon Martin was unemployed last month and just waiting for a phone call from a playoff bound team needing a veteran rebounder and defender. That call finally came from the Knicks and it may have been the smartest decision the club has made all season.

With a Knicks front line decimated by injury, Martin has emerged as more than just a temp worker. He’s become an indispensable part of the team. The Knicks clinched a playoff berth for the third straight season as Martin was nearly perfect and Carmelo Anthony unstoppable at times as the Knicks defeated the Toronto Raptors 99-94.

Martin finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds and made his first nine shots before missing his last. Anthony played 43 minutes and scored 37 points on 31 shots including 10 in the final period as the Knicks held off the Raptors, who will visit the Garden Saturday.

Toronto could be without Rudy Gay, who suffered a back injury in the first half and played just 14 minutes. The Raptors, though, made it a game with Alan Anderson scoring 28 of his 35 points in the second half. The back-up guard made 11 of 18 shots. DeMar DeRozan added 18 as the Raptors fell to 26-43, including two wins over the Knicks.

Mike Woodson’s club improved to 41-26 and has won three straight following a four-game losing streak. J.R. Smith added 14 points while Marcus Camby, who turned 39 on Friday, had five rebounds and Jason Kidd, who turns 40 on Saturday, scored eight points with five rebounds.

Anderson scored 20 third quarter points as the Raptors, who trailed by 15, closed to within four. But Anthony’s jumper at the buzzer and Smith’s lay-up to open the fourth pushed the lead back to eight.

For the third straight game, Woodson used a lineup featuring Pablo Prigioni at point guard which allowed him to use Smith and Kidd off the bench. Martin was the revelation, taking and making high percentage shots. His play afforded Woodson the chance to limit Camby’s minutes, especially with Tyson Chandler, Kurt Thomas, Amar’e Stoudemire and Rasheed Wallace all injured and remaining back in the States.

Woodson’s plan was to limit Anthony’s minutes as well but with the Knicks unable to pull away, Anthony played the entire second half. Toronto closed to within 84-82 with 6:17 remaining when Anthony scored in the post and drew a foul on Anderson. Felton then set up Martin for a dunk and lay-up on consecutive possessions and when Felton hit a long three with 3:58 remaining the Knicks lead was 94-84.

Obama forges deal to strengthen Israeli, Turkish

Obama forges deal to strengthen Israeli, Turkish

JERUSALEM â€" President Obama brokered a surprise peace deal here Friday but it was between Israel and Turkey, not the Palestinians.

Obama helped secure an Israeli apology for a 2010 commando raid on a Turkish ship that resulted in nine deaths while Israel was enforcing a naval embargo on Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally extended Israel’s regrets and offered compensation in a phone call to his long-furious Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At one point, Obama even got on the line.

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In return, Turkey restored full diplomatic relations between the two nations â€" once close allies in the fractious Middle East.

Before departing for Jordan and the final leg of his Middle East trip, Obama made a series of visits in Israel filled with symbolism.

He paid his respects at the graves of murdered Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Zionist founding father Theodor Herzl.

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Following the Jewish tradition of laying a simple stone on a tomb when visiting, Obama brought to Rabin’s grave a pebble from the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington.

He also toured the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem â€" the biblical birthplace of Jesus â€" and paid his respects at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.

Wearing a Jewish skull cap, Obama re-kindled the memorial flame in the stark hall containing the names of the death camps and ashes from the Nazi crematoria, and then toured the Children's Exhibition where he heard recited the names of some of the 1.5 million Jewish children killed by the Nazis among a mirrored darkness illuminated by hundreds of flickering lights.

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Obama’s stop at Herzl’s grave, whose vision for a Jewish state predated the Holocaust, seemed intended to undo the message of Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech where he suggested that the main reason for Israel's existence was the suffering of Jews in the Holocaust. That Cairo speech drew harsh criticism in Israel.

At Yad Vashem, Obama said, “Here on your ancient land, let it be said for all the world to hear ... the state of Israel does not exist because of the holocaust, but with the survival of a strong Jewish state of Israel, such a holocaust will never happen again.”

Hours earlier, speaking to Israeli students, he reminded his audience of Dr. King's respect for Jewish tradition and the lessons of next week's Passover Seder that celebrates the liberation from slavery to the promised land.

"To African Americans, the story of the Exodus was perhaps the central story, the most powerful image about emerging from the grip of bondage to reach for liberty and human dignity," Obama said.

"As Dr. Martin Luther King said on the day before he was killed, "I may not get there with you. But I want you to know that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.'"

Larry David’s Hobbit-like home for sale: $15M

Larry David’s Hobbit-like home for sale: $15M

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David's Pacific Palisades compound has ocean views, a pool house, seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and multiple fireplaces.

Funnyman Larry David lives like a Hobbit, and now you can too. It’ll cost $ 15 million, though. That’s how much David’s Pacific Palisades gated estate will cost, or $ 14.999 million to be exact.

Just put on the market, the compound has ocean views, a pool house, seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and multiple fireplaces, some shaped in half-moon arches.

The “Seinfeld” co-creator and who became a star in his own hit series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” likes the country motif. The houses on the property are stone, wood beams support most of the interior ceilings and a pool house looks like it could house Bilbo Baggins.

The listing, held by Santiago Arana of Partner’s Trust, describes the property as a “Fairytale home.” We agree. The master suite has a large deck with views stretching across the Pacific Ocean, the pier at Santa Monica, and the planes coming in to Los Angeles International Airport.

The home has a gym, pool, playroom, and office. With oak trees, a charming guest house with fireplace, and stone floor in a pool house with a ship-shaped barn roof, the manicured grounds and smaller structures are as pretty as the Shire. There are even cast-iron statues scattered about.

David, who divorced his wife Laurie in 2007, also has a 17-acre estate in Martha’s Vineyard and an apartment in New York. According to realestalker.com, it is unclear who owns the Palisades estate. Trulia.com dates the main house’s original construction to 1950.

Neither David nor listing broker Arana were available for comment. The home is located in the Huntington Palisades section of the Los Angeles area, about a 30 minute drive to the famous Sunset Drive and closer to the surfing waves of Malibu.

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MLB files suit against Bosch for 'interference'

MLB files suit against Bosch for 'interference'

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Alex Rodriguez is among the players who allegedly received banned drugs from Anthony Bosch.

Major League Baseball filed a lawsuit Friday morning in state court in Florida accusing the owner of the Miami clinic whose links to performance-enhancing drugs have ensnared dozens of players in a drug probe, of "intentional and unjustified tortious interference" with contracts between MLB and its players by providing them with banned substances.

The lawsuit filed in the 11th judicial circuit in Miami-Dade County says Biogenesis owner Anthony Bosch and the other defendants "participated in a scheme to solicit Major League Players to purchase or obtain, and/or to sell, supply or otherwise make available to Major League Players, substances that the Defendants knew were prohibited under MLB's Joint Prevention and Treatment Program."

Also named as defendants in the suit are Juan Carlos Nunez, an associate of two prominent New York sports agents, as well as Bosch's business partners Carlos Acevedo, Ricardo Martinez, Marcelo Albir and Paulo da Silveira. A company called Biokem LLC, described in the complaint as the predecessor to Biogenesis, is also named as a defendant.

The suit says that Bosch, as director of Biokem, BioGenesis, and related entities ... "provided Major League Players with PES (performance-enhancing substances), including Testosterone, Human Growth Hormone, and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, which he claimed would increase their strength and/or help them recover from injury if used by the players in the dosages and at the frequencies prescribed by him."

The suit also says Bosch, who is not a doctor, "visited players at their places of residence and/or hotel rooms to personally administer PES to them."

According to the suit, Bosch interfered by sending "agents" such as Nunez to solicit business from players.

"Through these 'runners,' we maintain that he actively solicited these players," a baseball official told the Daily News.

MLB and federal authorities have been investigating Bosch and Biogenesis for allegedly providing drugs to dozens of players, including the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun and the Blue Jays' Melky Cabrera. Nunez, as associate of the prominent Aces sports agency owned by Seth and Sam Levinson, was banned from MLB clubhouses and facilities following his admission to having created a fake website designed to help explain Cabrera's positive drug test last summer.

A spokesman for Rodriguez declined comment on Friday. Bosch's attorney, Susy Ribero-Ayala, did not return calls for comment.

The Daily News first reported the Nunez/Cabrera scheme last summer and reported on Jan. 26 that MLB was investigating Bosch. The Miami New Times then published documents linking numerous players to Bosch and his clinic. Several of the Levinson's clients have been named as Bosch's customers.

SEE IT: Nicki Minaj suffers major wardrobe malfunction

SEE IT: Nicki Minaj suffers major wardrobe malfunction

Nicki Minaj let her starships fly.

The 30-year-old curvaceous singer unintentionally bared her breasts while filming her music video for "High School."

In a behind-the-scenes vlog video posted by production company Grizz Lee Arts, Minaj's neon-green swimsuit slipped down just a little too far in a hot tub scene without her even realizing it.

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Once she became aware she was flashing the crew, she seemed unphased and just redjusted herself and went straight back to work.

This is not the first time the "American Idol" judge has fallen victim to a wardrobe malfunction.

In 2011 she was overexposed on live TV during a performance on "Good Morning America."

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Also, last November she accidently showed off too much skin to the audience at BET's 106 & Park.

Minaj's "High School" track features Lil Wayne, who is seen briefly among the behind-the-scenes takes.

The footage was shot before the rapper suffered multiple seizures and was hospitalized for six days last week.

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Frenchman impersonates US Airways pilot and sneaks into cockpit

Frenchman impersonates US Airways pilot and sneaks into cockpit

It seems no-one can compare to Frank Abagnale.

Frenchman Philippe Jernnard LaRocelle was busted impersonating a pilot when he sneaked into a US Airways cockpit on Wednesday.

The 61-year-old had donned an Air France pilot's uniform to gain access to the flight deck for the trip from Philadelphia to Palm Beach, Florida.

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WPVI reports he boarded with a ticket, and managed to sweet-talk his way to the front of the plane - sitting down in a jump-seat behind the captain.

But, unlike master conman Abagnale who pretended to be a Pan Am pilot to fly across the globe, LaRocelle failed to produce the proper verification showing he worked for Air France.

And so he was asked to leave the zone and take his allocated seat.

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Cops were called and found he'd taken off his uniform.

But they found a fake crew badge in his bag.

Escorted from the aircraft, he was charged with criminal trespassing, breaking into a structure, forgery-alter writing, tampering with records or ID and false impression.

He was also accused of showing false identification to law enforcement, and is being held on $ 1million bail.

Abagnale's story was immortalised in Hollywood movie "Catch Me If You Can", where he was played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Actress Chimo stars for friends as wedding minister

Actress Chimo stars for friends as wedding minister

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Tracee Chimo, star of Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black,' moonlights as a wedding minister.

The ever-versatile actress Tracee Chimo is juggling a few fictional characters â€" an architect in the film “Gods Behaving Badly,” a welder in the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” and a holier-than-thou cousin in “Bad Jews.”

But it’s a new real-life role that strikes closest to her heart. It reminds us how bona fide bonds form during the creation of make-believe.

“I am now a minister, thanks to the Universal Life Church,” says Chimo. She took the plunge to officiate at the wedding of friends David Flores and Donald Codden.

The ceremony is on Monday at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway home. Last year Chimo met Flores, one of the house managers, while appearing there in “Bad Jews,” which is being remounted in September. “We got close during the run. After the play closed, David and Donny asked if I would marry them.”

“We asked Tracee because we felt like she was the best fit for us as a couple,” Flores says. He added that her “great energy” would unite them on just the right note.

Chimo, who’s “spiritual, not religious,” was initially gobsmacked. Then she got busy â€" applying online, filling out forms and, finally, sealing the deal at City Hall. She wrote her name there, she says, “in an Gandalf-like book. I was surrounded by brides and grooms as I signed.”

More nuptials are on her to-do list. Her Astoria, Queens, roommates, Bekah Coulter and Harry LaCoste, both teachers, will wed in July.

“I’m the maid of honor,” says Chimo. “Not the minister.”

Florida man swallowed by sinkhole

Florida man swallowed by sinkhole

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A Tampa, Fla., home where a 20-foot-deep sinkhole consumed a man who was sleeping above it before it opened up has been closed off and the family is not allowed to return to the home. The man, Jeff Bush, is presumed dead.

A Tampa man is presumed dead after a gaping, 20-foot sinkhole opened up under his bed and swallowed him whole in a matter of seconds. 

The only thing visible by the time police arrived around 11 p.m. Thursday was a TV cable disappearing into the dirt-filled sinkhole. 

There was no sign of Jeff Bush, 37, who’d been in his bedroom in the one-story house he shared with five family members outside Tampa. 

Police lowered equipment into the 20-foot-wide and 20-foot-deep crater Friday to search for Bush’s body, with no luck. 

His brother Jeremy, who also lived in the house, had tried frantically to rescue Bush from the sinkhole, even as it threatened another cave in. 

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“I heard a loud crash, like a car coming through the house,” Jeremy Bush told local station WFTS. “I heard my brother screaming and I ran back there and tried going inside his room, but my old lady turned the light on and all I seen was this big hole, a real big hole, and all I saw was his mattress.” 

He rushed to the hole with a shovel and tried desperately to move the rubble until police arrived and hauled him out. 

The floor was still collapsing around him, Jeremy Bush said. 

“I didn’t care. I wanted to save my brother,” he said through tears Friday in a neighbor’s yard. “But I just couldn’t do nothing.” He added: “I could swear I heard him hollering my name to help him.” Jeremy Bush and four other people, including a 2-year-old child, escaped. 

Rescuers started searching moments after Bush disappeared but found no signs of life, officials said. 

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A dresser and the TV set also vanished down the hole, along with most of the bed. 

A lone corner of Bush’s mattress was still visible, sticking up above the swampy mess. 

“All I could see was the cable wire running from the TV going down into the hole. I saw a corner of the bed and a corner of the box spring and the frame of the bed,” Jeremy Bush said. 

Officials deemed the house “seriously unstable” Friday night. They said the hole was continuing to grow, in part because of the soft soil around the home. 

The family is not allowed to return home because another collapse could occur, said county administrator Mike Merrill. 

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Sinkholes are so common in Florida that state law requires home insurers to provide coverage against the danger. 

Jeremy Bush said someone came out to the home a couple of months ago to check for sinkholes and other things, apparently for insurance purposes. 

“He said there was nothing wrong with the house. Nothing. And a couple of months later, my brother dies. In a sinkhole,” he said. 

The brothers worked maintenance jobs, including picking up trash along highways. 

The small, sky-blue house, built in 1974, might have to be destroyed, he said. 

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Rihanna: I want my Chris Brown relationship to 'last forever'

Rihanna: I want my Chris Brown relationship to 'last forever'

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'I'll never be a victim,' the Bajan beauty asserts, explaining her gun tattoo.

Bad news for Chris Brown haters: Rihanna isn't letting go of him anytime soon.

The Barbadian beauty, 25, opened up in the April issue of Elle UK about how Brown inspired her new single "Stay," and why she intends to keep him in her life, no matter what anyone else thinks.

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"'Stay' is a story about having love that close and wanting it to last forever," the "Diamonds" singer explained to the magazine, on newsstand March 6.

"You don't have that feeling with everybody so when you have it you don't want to let go of it. I would definitely say that he is the one I have that kind of relationship with," she said of Brown.

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Though Brown, 23, and Rihanna have had a rocky past, the two rekindled their romance last year. Even with Brown's recent outbursts, including a spat over a parking lot space with Frank Ocean, Rihanna feels that the two have wiped the slate clean from their violent past.

"What we want [is] a great friendship that's unbreakable," the star noted.

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"Now that we're adults we can do this right. We got a fresh start and I'm thankful for that."

Still, the star isn't completely insulated from the pressures of fame and the criticism Brown has attracted in the media. She spoke to the magazine about the tattoo of a gun she had inked on her ankle just days after Brown and ex-boyfriend Drake got into a scuffle at a New York City nightclub.

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"Everybody wanted to know what was happening in my life. Is she a drug addict? No. Is she an alcoholic? No. Is she a victim? No," the songstress said. "That's when I got the gun. It was a symbol of strength. I'll never be a victim."

Being caught up in another controversy isn’t on Rihanna’s long-term agenda. In the not-so-distant future, the singer even hopes to start a family. When asked where she sees herself in five years, Rihanna said she imagines a more maternal role.

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"I will probably have a kid," Rihanna said. "And I'll have to set some things up so I don't have to tour for the rest of my life, even though I love touring."

Before she starts painting the nursery, Rihanna might want to curtail her habit of putting up sexy photos on social media sites. But it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon.

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"I Instagram everything about my life, whether it's smoking pot, in a strip club, reading a Bible verse-how crazy, I know-or hanging with my best friend, who happens to be Chris," Rihanna said.

Recent examples of her Instagram habit include what appeared to be a Valentine’s Day bouquet of what looked like marijuana plants and a shot of her in a skimpy bikini on her 25th birthday.

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Rihanna isn't apologetic about the evidence of her enjoying funny-looking cigarettes getting splashed all over the internet.

"I'm posting pictures of myself smoking pot to tell the truth about myself. I've got so much to think about, why bring all this extra s--- by being dishonest?" she asked.

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But there's still someone in Rihanna's life that can get her to tone down her racy Instagram snaps: her mother.

"I'm not afraid of any person in this world but her. I'm terrified of her!" Rihanna confessed.

"She called me two days ago and reeled me in about two naked pictures [my friend] Melissa put up on Instagram … My mom, she went crazy on me."

"I was, like, embarrassed. I felt like I got my a-- whupped in front of my class in school!" Rihanna continued. "She said, 'This was like a private moment and you're just parading this around.' She humbled the f--- out of me."

$1M Magic number for LeBron to enter dunk contest?

$1M Magic number for LeBron to enter dunk contest?

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LeBron James dunks in the NBA All-Star game in Houston, but will he be dunking in the contest at All-Star weekend next year?

NEW YORK â€" Magic Johnson is giving LeBron James a million reasons to consider the slam dunk contest.

The Hall of Famer says Friday during ESPN’s pregame show that he will put up $ 1 million if James finally enters the marquee event of All-Star Saturday night.

James has always refused to enter the contest, but he’s recently been putting on a dunking show before Miami’s games, reigniting interest in seeing him take part.

Johnson says: “Please LeBron, get in the dunk contest. I’m going to put up a million dollars. A million dollars to LeBron. Please get in the dunk contest. I go every year. I want to see you out there. A million to the winner.”

The NBA currently pays $ 100,000 to the winner and $ 50,000 to the runner-up.

Ashley Judd hands GOP ammo in quirky speech

Ashley Judd hands GOP ammo in quirky speech

Ashley Judd fueled chatter about a possible Senate bid â€" and gave Republicans fodder to use against her â€" with a quirky, informal speech on women’s health in Washington on Friday.

Speaking in a stream of consciousness style, the actress talked about her personal development as an activist and living as a “three time survivor of rape.”

Judd, 44, has been publicly flirting with a bid for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s seat representing her native state of Kentucky.

Her speech was peppered with a series of eccentric asides that raised some political pundits’ eyebrows.

“I have a dog that’s on hunger strike,” she said at one point. “He only wants cheese.”

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At one point, she apologized for missing part of an audience member’s question because, “I was giving my mother eye kisses.”

Republicans immediately seized on one comment she made during an anecdote about a bus trip that became the start of Bono's ONE campaign.

“We winter in Scotland,” she recalled initially telling the U2 singer when he invited her along. “We’re smart like that.”

“A true women of the people!” snarked Republican campaign strategist Brad Dayspring on Twitter.

Judd’s appearance at the George Washington University School of Public Health was part of a trip to Washington that appeared to signal her growing seriousness about launching a Senate campaign.

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Politico reported that she met with officials of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee this week. On Saturday, she is scheduled to receive a humanitarian award, also in Washington.

Wearing a short-sleeved flowered dress, Judd rattled off global poverty and mortality rates, praised Congress for expanding the Violence Against Women Act and described visiting slums and brothels around the world.

She admitted to dropping out of college to join the Peace Corps and then changing her mind and heading to “the other jungle, Hollywood.”

Judd talked in emotional terms, but without specifics, about her experience as a rape survivor, saying, “I cry so hard in hotel rooms that people next door are like, oh dearie me.”

She also touched on religion and the challenge of maintaining her faith, saying that working with suffering people can be “like a spiritual death.”

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“What I had to do was find a faith that would work for me under all causes and conditions,” she said.

Her mother Naomi Judd sat in the front row during her speech.

Karl Rove’s super PAC American Crossroads has already launched a pre-emptive strike on the “Missing” actress, slamming her as “an Obama-following, radical Hollywood liberal” in an ad.

Republicans have also been quick to note that Judd has made her primary home in Tennessee.

During her speech, Judd was sure to tout her Kentucky roots, noting that she has visited her ancestors’ hometowns throughout the eastern part of the state.

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LeAnn Rimes headed to TV?

LeAnn Rimes headed to TV?

Watch out, Brandi Glanville â€" all's fair in love and ratings wars.

LeAnn Rimes, 30, is reportedly considering a move from singing to television, and has been eyeing roles on several shows.

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According to Us Weekly, Rimes has been talking to producers about her possible involvement in either a reality show or a scripted series.

"LeAnn has been approached about doing both scripted and non-scripted shows," a source told the magazine.

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Though nothing's been nailed down yet, Rimes is "hearing people out," the insider says.

If only she would reconsider joining the cast of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills." Then those catfights would get serious.

Montana QB cleared of rape charges

Montana QB cleared of rape charges

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Former University of Montana quarterback, Jordan Johnson, facing camera, is hugged by a supporter after being acquitted of rape charges during his trial Friday March 1, 2013 in Missoula, Mont.

MISSOULA, Mont. â€" A former University of Montana quarterback was acquitted Friday in a rape trial that has played out amid NCAA and federal investigations into how the city and school respond to rape allegations on campus.

The accusations against Jordan Johnson, 20, have drawn much attention in Montana, where UM football is the top sports attraction. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours.

Johnson led the University of Montana to a successful 2011 season as starting quarterback before being accused of assaulting a woman as they watched a movie together at her home last February.

His case has played out against a backdrop of NCAA and federal investigations of the university's athletic department and the manner in which rape allegations are handled on campus, investigated by police and prosecuted by the Missoula County attorney's office.

The situation left some worried that the highly successful football team was out of control off the field.

Early in Johnson's trial, the woman testified that she and Johnson were kissing when his demeanor changed and he held her down and raped her, despite her protests. Johnson told jurors the sex was consensual and that the woman never said "no," or he would have stopped.

He was briefly suspended from the football team when the allegations surfaced, then kicked off after charges were filed in July.

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His trial began with jury selection Feb. 8. District Judge Karen Townsend initially called 400 potential jurors for the high-profile case, eventually seating 12 with five alternates.

Both the woman and Johnson testified that they had agreed to watch a movie at her house on Feb. 4, 2012, and that they were kissing and had taken off some of their clothes.

The woman told jurors that despite her protests, Johnson held her down and forced her to have sex with him.

She texted her roommate: "Omg ... I think I might have just gotten raped ... he kept pushing and pushing and I said no but he wouldn't listen ... I just wanna cry ... Omg what do I do!"

Johnson testified the sex was consensual and that the woman was enjoying. He said she asked if he had a condom and said it was OK that he didn't.

Concerns about the handling of sexual assault cases peaked in December 2011, when UM President Royce Engstrom ordered an outside investigation after two students reported being drugged and raped.

Former Supreme Court Justice Diane Barz later said her investigation found nine alleged rapes or sexual assaults involving students had occurred between September 2010 and December 2011, including at least two that hadn't been reported. One led to former Montana football player Beau Donaldson pleading guilty to rape and being sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Engstrom said in January the investigation "indicated an association with patterns of behavior from a small number of student-athletes."

"We will not tolerate the tarnishing of the proud tradition of Grizzly athletics," he said at the time.

Barz suggested training faculty and staff on how to handle and report sexual assault allegations and rewriting student and student-athlete conduct codes.

Just weeks later, the university came under more criticism after the dean of students notified a Saudi national about sexual assault and rape allegations made against him. The student fled the country before the alleged victims could file a police report.

Johnson's case surfaced March 9, when the female student obtained a temporary restraining order against him. He was briefly suspended from the football team then reinstated when a civil no-contact order replaced the restraining order.

Three days after coach Robin Pflugrad welcomed Johnson back, and touted his "character and tremendous moral fiber," Engstrom announced he was not renewing the contracts of the coach and athletic director Jim O'Day. Both were immediately relieved of their duties, without an explanation from Engstrom.

The move came after a season when Montana advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision semifinal game. The Grizzlies have advanced to the national title game seven times since 1995, winning twice. The team's success came even as players and former players were arrested for drunken driving, assault and other charges.

Last April, the federal Department of Education announced it was investigating a complaint alleging the university discriminated against female students, faculty and staff by failing to address a sexually hostile environmental caused by its failure to appropriately respond to reports of sexual assault.

Soon after, the U.S. Justice Department announced its investigation into the handling of rape investigations and prosecutions, and the school announced in May the NCAA had been investigating its athletic programs since January 2012 for undisclosed reasons. That investigation continues.

St. John's suspends top scorer for rest of season

St. John's suspends top scorer for rest of season

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D'Angelo Harrison will sit the rest of the season as St. John's coach Steve Lavin punishes top scorer.

St. John's sophomore guard D'Angelo Harrison has been suspended from the team for the remainder of the season. The team's leading scorer at 18.3 points per game will miss the last three regular season games, the Big East conference tournament and any postseason play that St. John's makes. His scoring average ranks third in the conference.

For the Red Storm, currently 16-11 and 8-7 in the Big East, it is a major blow to their chance of reaching the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years under coach Steve Lavin.

Harrison's suspension resulted from behaviors that Lavin felt were detrimental to the team's progress. Such matters have come up a number of times this season. He was benched for an entire exhibition game, wasn't in the starting lineup for the season opener against Detroit and also was held out of the starting lineup for the Nov. 18 game against Baylor at the Charleston Classic.

Lavin has said that Harrison's on-court displays of emotion were problematic. Also he has been late on occasion for meetings or for busses.

"I had a productive meeting with D'Angelo yesterday," Lavin said. "He has a bright future in basketball and I'm optimistic his time away from our team will be of value."

Harrison has not only led the Red Storm in scoring, but also minutes played.

He will discuss with his family whether to remain at St. John's after this season. His finishing the semester at school could be an important factor when St. John's academic APR rates are assessed.

Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence forgets to thank two important people in acceptance speech

Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence forgets to thank two important people in acceptance speech

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Jennifer Lawrence accepts the award for best actress in a leading role for "Silver Linings Playbook" during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles.

Oops! Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence forgot to mention two key people in her acceptance speech at the 2013 Oscars.

It wasn’t her handsome “Silver Linings Playbook” costar Bradley Cooper or her parents but the film's director David O. Russell and producer Harvey Weinstein.

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"In the whirlwind of last night, I was remiss to thank two incredibly important people to this film and in my life," the ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ actress said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly.

"Thank you for the most incredible experience of my life," she directed toward Russell. "Thank you for your genius, for your guidance, for teaching me things about myself and nurturing me to be a better actor. You have so much passion and such a bleeding heart, you believe not only in your films but what your films can do for people and that is the most important thing that I have learned from you."

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And to Weinstein the 22-year-old beauty said, "You championed this movie and its story from early days. Your passion and unyielding support gave this film the opportunity to thrive and touch so many people."

Lawrence, who may have been a bit flustered after tripping on her Dior gown on her way up to the stage, stressed her appreciation to both men. "Thank you to both," she continued.

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"I will never be able to forgive myself for such a brain fart but I hope that you both can. Obviously it was not on purpose, I couldn't remember what I had already said and my mind went completely blank-your brain does funny things during the most overwhelming moment of your life!"

On the hunt for Italian soccer's match-fixing mastermind

On the hunt for Italian soccer's match-fixing mastermind

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Juventus head coach Antonio Conte receives a four-month ban for his role in Italian soccer's match-fixing scandal.

ROME â€" At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan’s Malpensa Airport after a 13-hour trip from Asia aboard a Singapore Airlines flight.

Italian court documents show he stayed in the country just 6 hours and 30 minutes, never left the airport, and then boarded a return flight to Singapore.

Why such a quick hop across the globe?

Italian authorities believe it was to deliver bribe money. They allege the suspected courier, who was under surveillance, delivered information and cash on behalf of a crime syndicate that fixes soccer matches.

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Italy, a four-time World Cup-winning football power, has become so blighted by match-fixing that Premier Mario Monti has even suggested halting the professional game for two to three years to clean it up.

Italian prosecutors investigating dozens of league and cup games they say were fixed have followed a trail back to a figure who is thought to be in Singapore. In documents laying out their findings, prosecutors alleged that 48-year-old Tan Seet Eng is the boss of a crime syndicate that allegedly made millions betting on rigged Italian games between 2008 and late 2011, through bribing players, referees and club officials.

Italian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Tan and list him as their No. 1 suspect, but they have been unable to take him into custody.

“Tan Seet Eng, nicknamed Dan, surfaces in all the European investigations examined, including the Italian one, so therefore he constitutes a common thread that links each criminal gang together,” prosecutors stated in a 340-page court document detailing their investigation, which has been leaked to Italian news media. “He directs the aforementioned criminal gang.”

Italian authorities have about 150 people under investigation, including Tan, but have yet to indict any of them, prosecutor Roberto Di Martino told The Associated Press last month. Italian arrest warrants cannot be served on Tan while he is in Asia.

Di Martino, who is leading the investigation from Cremona in northern Italy, said Tan will “almost certainly” go on trial in Italy, but likely in absentia. Italy has no extradition treaty with Singapore, but the Italian Justice Ministry said the Asian city-state could still send over a wanted suspect under “friendly terms” if it chooses. Di Martino said relations with Singapore authorities “have not been great. We had hoped for more.”

“At first we actually thought they could be brought to Italy, but that calculation was wrong,” Di Martino said. “If Tan Seet Eng goes somewhere else, he could be extradited, as long as there’s an extradition treaty with that country.”

In Singapore, police spokeswoman Chu Guat Chiew said authorities there are reviewing the information submitted by the Italians before deciding what to do, adding: “So far, Dan Tan Seet Eng has not been charged with any offence in Singapore.”

Alec Baldwin's wife sued for emotionally upsetting yoga class

Alec Baldwin's wife sued for emotionally upsetting yoga class

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Hilaria Thomas Baldwin, who has been instructing yoga since 2005, is being sued by a man who claims one of her classes left him with physical and emotional injuries.

A lower Manhattan man says he was injured while taking a yoga class from Alec Baldwin’s wife.

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Spencer Wolff says he suffered “serious” and “severe” injuries and “emotional upset” during Hilaria Thomas’ Jan. 15 class at Yoga Vida.

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The suit doesn’t specify how Wolff was injured, but it blames the “overcrowded” class and Thomas’ “negligence” as two causes of his alleged accident.

Thomas, who married the actor in June, is pregnant with the couple’s first child. She has been teaching yoga since 2005, according to the University Place studio’s website.

A rep for Yoga Vida did not immediately return an email for comment Friday night.

cboyle@nydailynews.com and dgregorian@nydailynews.com

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