Mariah ailing
Mariah Carey is recovering from food poisoning that she apparently got from eating raw oysters. The 30-year-old singer was in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was being treated for dehydration and other side effects of food poisoning, a hospital spokeswoman said. Carey was expected to be released soon.
Williams debuts as a cyber-comic
Robin Williams has a new line on his resume: content provider.
The Oscar-winning star of "Good Will Hunting" debuted Wednesday at his own Internet audio site, providing a mix of new and old comedy bits. Williams will release a half-hour of material each week at RobinWilliamsaudible.com.
The site will eventually include Williams responding to e-mails from around the world and his conversations with other artists. As befits Williams' style, his material appears complete and uncensored.
In one of the samples from Williams' first half-hour, Williams is chief proprietor of "Crazy Bob's House of Books" -- a provider of downloadable novels as read by celebrities. Williams does Marlon Brando reading a Thai cookbook, Jimmy Stewart perusing a Jackie Collins novel and Jack Nicholson reading a kiddie book.
Teen sues Crowes over ear damage
An Ohio teenager is suing The Black Crowes, claiming his hearing was damaged during a concert last year.
Joshua Harmon, 19, and his parents Paul and Sarah Harmon of Granville, Ohio, filed a $385,000 lawsuit Monday in Knox County (Tenn.) Circuit Court against the Atlanta-based band.
The suit claims Harmon, who was sitting in the second row, suffered "severe acoustic trauma" and permanent damage to his right ear because the sound system was set up negligently at the band's April 2, 1999, concert.
Also named as defendants are three Knoxville companies: promoter A.C. Entertainment Inc., the venue Historical Tennessee Theatre Foundation and the sound company M&L Sound Inc.
Tutu's tests show he's cancer-free
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has shown no signs of prostate cancer in blood tests taken since his surgery last fall, his doctor said Wednesday.
Dr. Harry Clarke, the urologist who performed the surgery in November at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, said the cancerous tissue in and around Tutu's prostate gland has not recurred.
Tutu, 68, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, was diagnosed with cancer in 1997. It returned last year.