HAMPHITHEATER NAMED TO HONOR JERRY GARCIA
hAmphitheater named to honor Jerry Garcia SAN FRANCISCO -- Call it a "deadication." Jerry Garcia's hometown has named a 600-seat amphitheater in his memory. On the bill for the grand opening Saturday were Jefferson Starship, David Gans and master of ceremonies Wavy Gravy, who like Garcia, has been honored with his own flavor of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. The amphitheater is located in a park in the same neighborhood where Garcia grew up and started his strumming. Last week, some of The Grateful Dead guitarist's artwork was installed at San Francisco City Hall as part of an inaugural exhibit for a new gallery. The exhibit includes drawings from Garcia's childhood and days as a student at The California School of the Arts. Garcia died on Aug. 9, 1995, from heart trouble brought on by sleep apnea. Daniel Radcliffe grows up in Harry Potter's shoes NEW YORK -- What's it like growing up as the magical Harry Potter? For teen actor Daniel Radcliffe, it's not that weird. Radcliffe, the 16-year-old star of the upcoming "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," has spent almost a third of his life making movies. His latest film, based on J.K. Rowling's novel, opens in two weeks. "I've got quite a surreal mind anyway, so I don't think it's made much difference to how I see everything," he told Time magazine. "That's what's weird: I don't think of it as being that bizarre." Radcliffe was first cast as Potter when he was 11. Since then, a lot has changed: He's taller, and his face has become more defined; his voice has changed; he's got complexion issues and is growing starter stubble. For director Mike Newell, that causes problems. "I've just been working on a scene which we shot in our first week, and Dan still looks like the little kid that he was in "Sorcerer's Stone," he told Time. "Now, 11 months later, he doesn't look like that at all." Radcliffe is still waiting for one teenage milestone -- a girlfriend. Have sparks flown between him and Emma Watson, who plays the nerdy Hermione Granger? "No. But I had a big crush on her when I first met her, definitely," he said. "But she's more like a sister now, so it would be a bit incestuous. It's too weird." John Lennon's suit, car win $268,000 in auction LAS VEGAS -- A white suit belonging to John Lennon that he wore on the album cover of "Abbey Road" sold for $118,000 at an auction, while the Austin Princess he drove in the movie "Imagine" went for $150,000. Anthony Pugliese of World Films in Del Ray, Fla., bought the suit, and the automobile was bought by a private Japanese investor, said Darren Julien, president of Julien's Auctions, the firm holding Saturday's auction in Las Vegas. Pugliese also bought the jacket Lennon wore in "Imagine" for $32,000, Julien said. Marilyn Monroe's 1961 appointment book was bought for $16,000 by goldenpalace.com, and Elizabeth Taylor's headdress worn in the movie "Cleopatra" sold for $13,500, Julien said. Today's birthdays Former Attorney General Griffin Bell is 87. Author Dick Francis is 85. Former astronaut Michael Collins is 75. Actress Lee Grant is 74. Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 74. Actor David Ogden Stiers is 63. Actress Sally Kirkland is 61. Singer Kinky Friedman is 61. Actress Deidre Hall is 57. Talk-show host Jane Pauley is 55. Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell is 47. Rock musician Larry Mullen Jr. is 44. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 42. Rock musician Mikkey Dee (Motorhead) is 42. Rock singer-musician Johnny Marr is 42. Actor Rob Schneider is 41. Country singer Darryl Worley is 41. Rap musician Adrock is 39. Songwriter Adam Schlesinger is 38. Rap performer Rob Van Winkle (formerly known as Vanilla Ice) is 37. Rock singer Linn Berggren (Ace of Base) is 35. TV host Troy Hartman is 31. Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas is 25.
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