LLCool J on responsibility

LLCool J on responsibility
NEW YORK -- LL Cool J is urging fans to be financially responsible. The platinum-selling rap star spoke over the weekend at the Hip Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment. The event was organized by multimillionaire entrepreneur Russell Simmons to provide advice on homeownership, budgets, credit cards and other financial issues. "The biggest misconception probably comes from the hip-hop community itself ... that the money lasts forever," LL Cool J said on Saturday.
Pitt, Jolie issue a plea
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Namibian authorities are clamping down on journalists trying to follow Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and her two children, after the couple asked for some privacy, according to a newspaper report. South Africa's Sunday Times said the couple's security chief gave a local journalist a statement asking that they be left alone. "To the local people who have been so kind and gracious, thank you for making us feel at home," the statement, signed by Pitt and Jolie, said. "As for the press, we kindly ask for privacy so that we can enjoy this beautiful country with our children."
Today's birthdays
Critic Stanley Kauffmann is 90. Actress Shirley MacLaine is 72. Author Sue Grafton is 66. Actor-singer Michael Parks is 66. Actress-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 64. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is 64. Country singer Richard Sterban (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 63. Rock musician Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 61. Actor-playwright Eric Bogosian is 53. Actor Michael O'Keefe is 51. Rock musician David J (Bauhaus) is 49. Rock musician Billy Gould is 43. Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 42. Actor Djimon Hounsou is 42. Rock musician Patty Schemel is 39. Rock musician Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) is 38. Actress Melinda Clarke is 37. Latin pop singer Alejandro Fernandez is 35. Actor Derek Luke is 32. Actor Eric Balfour is 29. Country singer Rebecca Lynn Howard is 27. Singer Kelly Clarkson is 24.