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Winfrey invests in musical
By Times Staff
Published September 27, 2005
The Color Purple musical will have Oprah Winfrey as a producer and investor when it opens on Broadway in December. In her first Broadway venture, she will contribute more than $1-million of the musical's $10-million production cost, the New York Times reported Sunday on its Web site. The musical, which has been revised since receiving some bad reviews when it opened in Atlanta last year, will be called Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Color Purple.
Singer hurt in crash
R&B crooner D'Angelo says he's ready to record after a car crash left him hospitalized for several days. "I banged up my ribs but other than that I'm fine," he said Monday. D'Angelo, 31, born Michael Eugene Archer, was in a 2003 Hummer on Sept. 19 when it struck a fence and he was ejected, police reported. Authorities had said Archer was initially listed in critical condition.
Pastore to plead guilty
Vincent Pastore, 59, who played gangster Salvatore Bonpensiero on HBO's The Sopranos, has agreed to plead guilty to a charge that he attempted to assault a former girlfriend, Lisa Regina, 44, last spring. The plea bargain, which has yet to receive final approval from a judge, calls for him to perform 10 days of community service and attend a counseling program.
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