During dance rehearsal, Beyonc & eacute; injures muscle

During dance rehearsal,Beyonc & eacute; injures muscle
LOS ANGELES -- Beyonc & eacute; tore a leg muscle rehearsing dance moves with Destiny's Child and her injury could delay some of the group's plan, a record company spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The singer tore her right hamstring, one of the muscles at the back of the knee, while practicing Tuesday in Los Angeles for an upcoming TV special.
"She overdid it," said Columbia Records spokeswoman Yvette Noel-Schure.
"We're all keeping our fingers crossed that, because she's young and healthy, it heals fast. There are a lot of things in place that we may have to shift. Not the album, which is finished, but side [appearances]. We'll know more after a week," Noel-Schure said.
Judge throws out suitagainst DiCaprio, others
NEW YORK -- A lawsuit targeting "Titanic" star Leonardo DiCaprio and two other men for their suspected roles in a street fight over "Showgirls" actress Elizabeth Berkley was thrown out by a judge Wednesday.
DiCaprio, 29, and others were sued for $45 million by Roger Wilson, 44, who claimed DiCaprio encouraged his friends to attack him outside a restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side in the early hours of May 4, 1998.
Wilson, an actor who appeared in two of the "Porky's" movies, said one of DiCaprio's "posse" punched him when he confronted them about repeated telephone calls to Berkley, his girlfriend.
Judge Paula Omansky said the lawsuit could proceed against a fourth man, Todd Healy, who admitted he hit Wilson. Healy said he punched Wilson in self-defense when he thought he saw him reaching for something, possibly a weapon.
Wilson had gone to the restaurant just before midnight to confront Jay Ferguson, an actor and DiCaprio friend who had met Berkley for the first time the night before at the premiere of DiCaprio's film "The Man in the Iron Mask."
Wilson's claim against DiCaprio -- that he aided and abetted the assault by encouraging the others to attack him -- turned on the star's reported statement to the others in the restaurant to "go out there and kick his [expletive]."
Today's birthdays
Actress Deborah Kerr is 83. Actress Angie Dickinson is 73. Singer Cissy Houston is 71. Singer Johnny Mathis is 69. Actor Len Cariou is 65. Rock singer-musician Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield) is 62. Singer Marilyn McCoo is 61. Pop singer Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons) is 58. Rock musician John Lombardo is 52. Singer Deborah Allen is 51. Actor Calvin Levels is 50. Actor Barry Williams is 50. Singer Patrice Rushen is 50. Actor Vondie Curtis-Hall is 48. Actress Fran Drescher is 47. Country singer Marty Stuart is 46. Actress Debrah Farentino is 45. Rock musician Bill Rieflin (R.E.M.) is 44. Actor Eric Stoltz is 43. Rapper-producer Marley Marl is 42. Rock musician Robby Takac (Goo Goo Dolls) is 40. Actress Lisa Thornhill is 38. Actress Monica Bellucci is 36. Actress Jenna Elfman is 33. Actor Ashley Hamilton is 30. Actor Mike Damus is 25. Tennis player Martina Hingis is 24. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu is 23. Actress Lacey Chabert is 22. Actor Kieran Culkin is 22.