Will Smith accidentally crashes mar mitzvah

Will Smith accidentallycrashes mar mitzvah
JERUSALEM -- He never got an invitation and he certainly didn't R.S.V.P., but that didn't stop Will Smith from crashing Atir Cohen's bar mitzvah at Jerusalem's Western Wall. Cohen, 13, was deep into his Torah reading Thursday when he heard shouting and saw girls pushing against the barrier separating men from women at the holy site to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood superstar. "At first I didn't know who it was," Cohen said. Smith compensated for the interruption by shaking the bar mitzvah boy's hand and posing for a picture with him. Surrounded by a security detail, Smith approached the wall and put a note in the cracks in keeping with tradition. Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, then took a tour of an excavated tunnel alongside the wall. The tour leader was Shmuel Rabinovitch, chief rabbi of the holy site, who said the couple took notes and spent several minutes praying. "He is a very nice man, he was very excited and showed his emotions," he said. Smith, star of the "Men in Black" movies, and his actress-wife later visited the nearby Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built on the site where many Christians believe that Jesus was crucified.
Rocker Pete Dohertyordered into drug rehab
LONDON -- A judge ordered rocker Pete Doherty to attend an 18-month drug rehabilitation program Thursday and placed him on two years' probation. Judge Jane McIvor also banned the 27-year-old Babyshambles frontman from driving for six months because of drug possession. Doherty had pleaded guilty last month to seven charges of possessing drugs including heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana, which police said they found when he was stopped once in December and once in January. Prosecutors noted the rocker's flippant -- yet open -- demeanor when he was arrested Dec. 18, one of a long line of run-ins with police. Court documents said that when police found plastic bags of crack cocaine in his right sock, Doherty told officers: "I didn't think I had it in there."
Notable death
LOS ANGELES -- Scott Brazil, an Emmy-winning producer-director, whose television shows included "The Shield" and "Hill Street Blues," has died. He was 50. Brazil died Monday of respiratory failure due to Lou Gehrig's disease and Lyme disease complications, FX Networks spokesman John Solberg said Wednesday.
Today's birthdays
Ice skater Werner Groebli ("Mr. Frick") is 91. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is 80. Actress-comedian-writer Elaine May is 74. Actor Charles Grodin is 71. Singer-musician Iggy Pop is 59. Singer-songwriter Paul Davis is 58. Actress Patti LuPone is 57. Actor Tony Danza is 55. Actress Andie MacDowell is 48. Rock singer Robert Smith (The Cure) is 47. Rock musician Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 47. Actor John Cameron Mitchell is 43. Rapper Michael Franti (Spearhead) is 38. Comedian Nicole Sullivan is 36.
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