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N.Y. Philharmonic? It's like a family

By TIMES WIRES
Published July 19, 2007

Alan Gilbert, the 40-year-old son of two New York Philharmonic musicians, has been appointed to become music director of the orchestra, the Associated Press reports. He becomes the first native New Yorker in the position, ending years of speculation over the successor to current music director Lorin Maazel, who said in 2004 that he would leave after the 2008-09 season. "Every time he's come here, it's been better than the prior time," Zarin Mehta, the orchestra's president, told the New York Times. Gilbert's parents have both performed as violinists in the Philharmonic: Yoko Takebe, who is currently with the orchestra, and Michael Gilbert, who retired in 2001.

Dave Chappelle in, out of hospital

Comedian Dave Chappelle, 33, was hospitalized over the weekend for exhaustion, the Associated Press reports. He checked into an emergency room on Saturday and was released a few hours later, his publicist said.

Danny Glover joins 'Brothers & Sisters'

TVGuide.com says that Danny Glover has been tapped to play Sally Field's new love interest in numerous episodes of ABC's Brothers & Sisters.

Campbell Brown: MSNBC or CNN?

NBC is trying to keep Weekend Today co-anchor Campbell Brown in the family. When Brown's contract expires at the end of the month, she'll have an offer from CNN waiting for her, says TVGuide.com. The cable news channel is trying to lure Brown with a substantial raise and a nightly program. But NBC News has the right to match CNN's salary package.

Note to TV Times readers

In some editions of the TV section of the St. Petersburg Times last week, some of the networks' titles did not line up with their programming, making it difficult to read the broadcast grids. They will be correct in Sunday's section.

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