MUSICAL TRIBUTE PLANNED FOR LINDA MCCARTNEY
Eight British composers have organized a music tribute to honor Linda McCartney, the late wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney.The concert, which will include five McCartney songs, will launch a new charity called the Garland Appeal, which aims to raise money for cancer research that doesn't involve animal testing.
The composers include McCartney, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and John Tavener, whose piece "Song for Athene" was used at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.
The concert will debut at the Charterhouse public school in Surrey on July 18 before going to the Riverside Church in New York on Dec. 4.
'CAT IN THE HAT' MEMORIAL IN THE WORKS FOR DR. SEUSS
A memorial honoring Dr. Seuss in his hometown of Springfield, Mass., may get a $2 million boost.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Rep. Richard Neal said this week they will ask Congress for that amount to help pay for the bronze memorial honoring author Theodor Geisel, who died in 1991.
The memorial will cost $6 million and organizers have already raised about $2 million. It will feature the Cat in the Hat, Horton the elephant, the Grinch and other characters, along with a likeness of Geisel.
The fund drive is headed by former first lady Barbara Bush.
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR GETS 'ALLY MCBEAL' CAMEO
He didn't get to use the unisex bathroom and he didn't dance to Barry White, but Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci did get a cameo on "Ally McBeal."
Cellucci made his showbiz debut Monday, offering one of the show's attorneys a stick of gum while watching actress Calista Flockhart make closing arguments in a courtroom.
While on a trade mission to Hollywood last month, the governor squeezed in time to tape his bit part on the weekly Fox program. His stint included a makeup session and two takes of shooting.
"It was actually fun to be out there. I enjoyed it. My daughters enjoyed it," Cellucci said.
AUTHOR OF 'GREAT SANTINI' NOW PENS TRIBUTE TO DAD
Pat Conroy has written a tribute to the father he vilified in "The Great Santini," the novel that launched his career.
Conroy wrote in the June issue of Atlanta magazine that his military pilot father, Don Conroy, changed for the better after the book came out in 1976. The elder Conroy died of colon cancer a year ago.
"My father answered my novel by setting out to prove I was a liar of the first magnitude," the author said. "He worked night and day in turning himself into a father even his own children would love."