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SPRINGSTEEN CANCELS SHOW AFTER ROADIE”S DEATH

KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) _ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CANCELED A PERFORMANCE IN KANSAS CITY AFTER HIS COUSIN AND ROAD CREW MEMBER DIED.

 THE DEATH OF 36-YEAR-OLD LENNY SULLIVAN WAS ANNOUNCED IN A STATEMENT ON SPRINGSTEEN”S WEB SITE.

SULLIVAN WAS FOUND DEAD AT KANSAS CITY”S INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL HOURS BEFORE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND WERE TO TAKE THE STAGE MONDAY NIGHT.

KANSAS CITY POLICE SPOKESMAN CAPT. RICH LOCKHART SAID OFFICERS WERE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH, ALTHOUGH HE SAID IT WAS NOT SUSPICIOUS.

A CALL TO SPRINGSTEEN”S PUBLICIST WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED.

 THE SPRINT CENTER ARENA SAID TICKETS WOULD BE REFUNDED.

 

 ELIZABETH TAYLOR CALLS JACKSON FILM `BRILLIANT”

 LOS ANGELES (AP) _ ELIZABETH TAYLOR SAYS THE NEW MICHAEL JACKSON DOCUMENTARY IS “THE SINGLE MOST BRILLIANT PIECE OF FILMMAKING”” SHE HAS EVER SEEN.

 THE 77-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS AND LONGTIME JACKSON FRIEND SAYS SHE SAW “MICHAEL JACKSON”S THIS IS IT”” LAST WEEK, BUT WAS SWORN TO SECRECY UNTIL MONDAY, WHEN SHE POSTED HER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FILM ON TWITTER.

 BASED ON REHEARSAL FOOTAGE SHOT WHILE JACKSON WAS PREPARING FOR HIS SERIES OF COMEBACK CONCERTS, THE MOVIE “CEMENTS FOREVER MICHAEL”S GENIUS IN EVERY ASPECT OF CREATIVITY,”” TAYLOR SAYS. SHE URGED HER FANS TO SEE IT “AGAIN AND AGAIN.””

  JACKSON DIED IN JUNE AT AGE 50, JUST BEFORE HE WAS TO BEGIN A 50-CONCERT RUN IN LONDON.

 “MICHAEL JACKSON”S THIS IS IT”” OPENS WORLDWIDE TUESDAY NIGHT.

 

TONIGHT”S TV    

TAYLOR SWIFT SINGS ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

 MISS FEARLESS, TAYLOR SWIFT, PERFORMS HER NEW SINGLE, “JUMP, THEN FALL”” ON TONIGHT”S “DANCING WITH THE STARS”” RESULTS SHOW ON ABC. SHE ALSO SINGS HER HIT, “LOVE STORY,”” AS SIX OF THE PROFESSIONALS DANCE. THIS IS A DIFFICULT NIGHT FOR THE STARS AND THEIR PARTNERS BECAUSE TWO COUPLES WILL BE SENT HOME. “IT”S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN”” COMES FIRST. “THE FORGOTTEN”” COMES AFTER “DANCING.””

 THE TOP-20 DANCERS PERFORM ON “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE”” ON FOX. AND, BY THE END OF THE TWO HOURS, TWO DANCERS WILL BE ELIMINATED.

 ON NBC, NEW YORK YANKEE DEREK JETER GIVES ENCOURAGEMENT TO “THE BIGGEST LOSER”” CONTESTANTS. THEN, THE CONTESTANTS TAKE PART IN A BASEBALL CHALLENGE. THEN, TIM MCGRAW AND GREGG ALLMAN PERFORM TOGETHER ON “THE JAY LENO SHOW.”” TINA FEY AND EWAN MCGREGOR ARE LENO”S GUESTS.

 CBS IS DOING RERUNS TONIGHT: “NCIS,”” “NCIS: LOS ANGELES”” AND “THE GOOD WIFE.””

 RERUNS, TOO, ON THE CW: “90210”” AND “MELROSE PLACE.””

 

 TODAY”S TALKS                  

 THE VIEW: SINGER ROD STEWART.

 OPRAH WINFREY: “THE DIANE SCHULER STORY: WAS SHE DRIVING DRUNK?””

 

TONIGHT”S TALKS

 CARSON DALY: ACTRESS YVONNE STRAHOVSKI.

 JIMMY FALLON: COMIC ARTIE LANGE.

 CRAIG FERGUSON: ACTRESS ALICIA SILVERSTONE AND AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE.

 JIMMY KIMMEL: TV PERSONALITY DR. MEHMET OZ.

 JAY LENO: ACTOR EWAN MCGREGOR, ACTRESS TINA FEY AND MUSICIAN TIM MCGRAW.

 DAVID LETTERMAN: ACTRESS COURTENEY COX.

 CONAN O”BRIEN: COMIC GARRY SHANDLING AND COOK PAULA DEEN.

 TAVIS SMILEY: AUTHOR NICHOLAS KRISTOF.

 JON STEWART: AUTHOR STEVEN D. LEVITT.

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