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4-1-1 ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 12, 2003

Singer Barry White is also in critical condition. Barry suffered a stroke last September and he needs a kidney transplant. Barry has been waiting for months to receive a transplant and he is on Dialysis. According to published reports Barry developed on infection in his lungs and his colon and before doctors could treat it he suffered a heart attack. Barry White is not doing well and his family is worried about how much more his body can take.

60 Minutes Correspondent Ed Bradley is doing well after undergoing heart bypass surgery. Bradley 61 is planning to tie the knot later this year. The former WDAS Newsman has been a bachelor for the past 20 years and now he is going to marry a woman who is half his age.

Former Washington D.C. Mayor, Marion Berry has had to be hospitalized for Pneumonia. Berry is also having problems with high blood pressure and diabetes.

Singer Eric Benet opens up in the new issue of US Magazine. Eric admits he almost destroyed his marriage to Halle Berry with his cheating. Eric says the worst is behind them. Eric enrolled in a well-publicized stint at a sex rehab clinic in order to save his marriage to the Oscar Winner. Eric says can’t wait to have children with his wife. Eric claims his past demons led him to cheat on his wife and he says he no longer wants to live like that. Now speaking of Halle Berry she will be teaming up with Today Show weather guy, Al Roker in a new ad campaign to raise money for a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Al Roker is having problems with his teenage daughter, scrolldown for the scoop). A lot of people are wondering if Halle will return for another X-Men movie. There will be an X-Men three but Halle says she will only return if her role as Storm is beefed up.

Boxer Mike Tyson likes giving his money away. Mike was in Miami standing on a street corner passing out over 15 hundred dollars. Later that night Mike got into an altercation with a guy who tried to take his vodka bottle.

Actor Lawrence Hilton Jacobs was recently arrested for beating up his girlfriend. Jacobs 49 is best known for his role as Freddie Boom-Boom in ‘Welcome Back Kotter’, Cochise in the classic film ‘Cooley High’ and as Joe Jackson in the ‘Jackson Family Movie’.

Oprah is continuing with her talk show. Oprah was planning on quitting in 2006 and now she has decided to go until 2008.

Oracene Williams is ready to let loose and get her groove back. Oracene is the mother of tennis sensations Venus and Serena Williams and she recently divorced their father Richard Williams. Oracene opened up to More Magazine and she says her ex-husband was selfish and self-centered. Oracene who is now going by her maiden name Price says she stayed in the marriage because she felt it was better to have a piece of a man than no man. Oracene says she is looking for a man who is considerate, loving and kind. She says he doesn’t have to be black but he should be a Jehovah’s Witness and he has to have money. Oracene says her children must also approve of her new mate.

Michael Jordan is still in shock over his recent firing as President of Basketball Operations of the Washington Wizards. Michael was fired by the Owners of the Wizards who say they want the franchise to move in another direction. Sources say the players on the team didn’t like Michael because he yelled all the time and made them practice too much.

Basketball Star Jayson Williams is starting a new career. Jayson is awaiting trial on charges he fatally shot a limo driver. Jayson is going to open a car wash in North Jersey. Jayson says he’s always wanted to open his own car wash business.

The Today’s Show, weather guy Al Roker is having problems with his 15 year old daughter Courtney. Courtney is dating an older guy and she got caught smoking weed at school. Courtney was suspended from the school where her father pays $24,000 in tuition. Al met with school officials about what is going on at the school and after an investigation several other students were suspended for drug use. Last year Al made headlines when he lost over 100 pounds after undergoing gastric bypass surgery.