ANISTON, JOLIE WILL BE OLYMPIC FLAME CARRIERS

Aniston, Jolie will beOlympic flame carriers
"Friends" star Jennifer Aniston and actress Angelina Jolie will be among a group of celebrity torchbearers carry the Olympic flame across America this year, imdb.com reports. Jolie and Aniston -- who is of Greek decent -- will join basketball star Magic Johnson and athletes Carl Lewis and Gail Devers in transporting the legendary flame across North America before the main sporting event in Greece this August. The American trek is part of the flame's 75,316-mile trip across six continents, 27 countries and 33 cities, beginning with former Olympic champion Cathy Freeman, who will be the first June 4 to carry the torch from Sydney, Australia.
Rapper 50 Cent jumpsfrom stage into scuffle
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Police had to break up a shoving match at a Boston club after the rapper 50 Cent and his entourage jumped from the stage during a surprise appearance and scuffled in the audience.
Two people were arrested for disturbing the peace during the scuffle in the Hippodrome club early Saturday, said Springfield Police Capt. Charles Arpin.
Police also were investigating whether a nearby shooting was related. The crowd of 1,400 people did not know 50 Cent was there until he took the stage after the other acts. About 10 minutes after he took the stage, someone in the crowd threw water at him from a cup or water bottle, Hippodrome co-owner Michael J. Barrasso said. "He removed his gold chain, handed it to someone on the stage next to him and jumped off the stage into the crowd," Barrasso said. The rapper's entourage, including bodyguards, also jumped off the stage.
The crowd was so dense Barrasso could not tell if there was any fighting beyond pushing. Security guards and police officers pushed the rapper -- whose real name is Curtis Jackson -- and his entourage back onstage, Barrasso said.
"He finished the song, believe it or not," Barrasso said. "Then the whole entourage and him just rushed for the exit, got in their cars and left." Two men were charged with disturbing the peace.
After the episode, a man walked into the Mercy Medical Center emergency room with a gunshot wound to the leg, saying he'd been shot about a block from the theater. Arpin said police are not certain if the shooting was related to the disturbance to the Hippodrome.
Today's birthdays
Sportscaster Pat Summerall is 74. T.V. and radio personality Gary Owens is 68. Rhythm and blues singer Henry Fambrough (The Spinners) is 66. Writer-producer-director Jim Abrahams is 60. Singer Donovan is 58. Singer Dave Mason is 58. Rhythm and blues singer Ron Banks (The Dramatics) is 53. Rock singer Bono (U2) is 44. Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is 41. Model Linda Evangelista is 39. Rock musician Krist Novoselic (Nirvana, Eyes Adrift) is 39. Rapper Young MC is 37. Actor Erik Palladino is 36. Rock musician Jesse Vest (Tantric) is 27. Actor Kenan Thompson is 26. Rhythm and blues singer Jason Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 24. Singer Ashley Poole (Dream) is 19.