‘Top Chef’ contestant beaten by attackers

‘Top Chef’ contestant
beaten by attackers

SEA CLIFF, N.Y. — A former contestant on Bravo’s “Top Chef” was beaten by attackers yelling anti-gay slurs, her lawyer said.

Josie Smith-Malave, who was featured on the second season of the reality show, was among a small group of women who were asked to leave a Sea Cliff bar over Labor Day weekend, lawyer Yetta Kurland said Tuesday.

About 10 young people followed the women and began screaming anti-gay epithets, spitting on them and then beating them, Kurland said. Smith-Malave, who is in her early 30s, is openly gay, Kurland said.

Stripes cancel shows

DETROIT — The White Stripes have canceled upcoming tour dates “due to health issues.” “Meg White is suffering from acute anxiety and is unable to travel at this time,” the duo said in a posting on their Web site. Shows set for this month in Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Texas; San Diego; Inglewood, Calif.; and Berkeley, Calif., have been canceled.

Today’s birthdays

TV producer Fred Silverman is 70. Actress Jacqueline Bisset is 63. Singer Peter Cetera is 63. Singer Randy Jones (The Village People) is 55. Rock singer-musician Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) is 46. Radio-TV personality Tavis Smiley is 43. Actor Louis Mandylor is 41. Olympic gold medal runner Michael Johnson is 40. Actor-writer-director-producer Tyler Perry is 38. Tennis player Goran Ivanisevic is 36. Singer Fiona Apple is 30.