Murray rumored to be more than queen's escort

Murray rumored to bemore than queen's escort
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Actor Chad Michael Murray appeared here this week at the 59th Azalea Festival with a high-school senior, who was wearing a diamond ring on her left ring finger, on his arm.
Murray, who plays basketball player Lucas Scott on "One Tree Hill," filmed in Wilmington, was at Wilmington International Airport on Wednesday for the Azalea Festival queen's welcoming ceremony. He was with Kenzie Dalton, a local high school senior, who was a member of the princess' court and who has appeared on "One Tree Hill" in a minor role.
People.com reported several days earlier that the two were engaged. A message left for Murray's publicist Thursday was not immediately returned. Dalton declined to answer questions.
Murray did not accompany Dalton for the rest of the day's ceremonies, including the crowning of "All My Children" actress Tanisha Lynn as queen. Lynn plays Danielle Frye on the ABC soap opera.
Murray was married last year to "One Tree Hill" co-star Sophia Bush. They split up in September, and she filed to annul the marriage at the end of February.
Adler receives staron Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES -- Grammy-winning music producer Lou Adler, who launched the careers of Carole King and the Mamas and the Papas, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Adler, 72, was honored at a ceremony Thursday for the 2,307th star.
Guests included Jack Nicholson, Herb Alpert, Adler's sister-in-law Daryl Hannah and his son Cisco. Adler is married to Hannah's sister Page.
Among the 33 top 10 singles and 18 gold and platinum albums Adler has produced are "California Dreamin"' by the Mamas and the Papas, and "(What a) Wonderful World." In 1967, he co-produced the Monterey International Pop Festival, which brought together Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Otis Redding and Janis Joplin.
Adler, father to seven sons, grew up in East Los Angeles and went on to produce some of California's most iconic '60s pop and rock acts, including Jan & amp; Dean and Carole King. His screen producer credits include 1975's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Adler also opened two Sunset Strip landmarks: the Roxy Theatre and the Rainbow Bar & amp; Grill.
Ex-teen idol jailedfor failing drug test
LOS ANGELES -- Leif Garrett has been sent to jail for 45 days after failing several drug tests while staying in a strict drug rehabilitation program, authorities said. The 44-year-old former teen idol began the sentence March 30 after a Superior Court commissioner determined he had violated terms of his rehab program, Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, said Thursday. Garrett agreed to enter the program for violating probation in a cocaine case stemming from a 2004 arrest.
After his last progress hearing March 9, Garrett told reporters he had made improvement in fighting his addiction. Commissioner Melissa Widdifield scheduled his next progress hearing for May 11.
Garrett also faces felony heroin possession charges after officers who stopped him Jan. 14 for allegedly trying to ride a Los Angeles subway train without a ticket said they found suspected narcotics. He has pleaded innocent in that case.
Today's birthdays
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 80. Naturalist Jim Fowler is 74. Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo is 73. Actress Michael Learned is 67. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 53. Actor Dennis Quaid is 52. Humorist Jimmy Tingle is 51. Golfer Severiano Ballesteros is 49. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 41. Actress Cynthia Nixon is 40. Rock singer Kevin Martin (Candlebox) is 37. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam is 27. Rock musician Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes) is 26. Actor Ryan Northcott is 26. Actor-singer Jesse McCartney is 19. Actress Kristen Stewart is 16. Actress Elle Fanning is 8.