Smoking charges against Shia LaBeouf dismissed

Smoking charges against Shia LaBeouf dismissed

BURBANK, Calif. — Can someone get Shia LaBeouf a light? A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Thursday dismissed an unlawful smoking charge against the “Transformers” star. He pleaded not guilty to the charge last month after a judge issued a $1,000 warrant for his arrest when he failed to appear at a hearing. The bench warrant was later dismissed. He was cited in February, but court documents did not contain details on the circumstances or location of the offense.

LaBeouf, 21, starred on the Disney Channel show “Even Stevens” and will be seen opposite Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

Today’s birthdays

Actress-comedian Carol Burnett is 75. Guitarist-songwriter Duane Eddy is 70. Singer Bobby Rydell is 66. Singer Gary Wright is 65. Drummer Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is 48. Actress Joan Chen is 47. Actor-singer Michael Damian is 46. Actor Jet Li is 45. Actor-comedian Kevin James (“The King of Queens”) is 43. Fiddler Joe Caverlee of Yankee Grey is 40. Singer T-Boz of TLC is 38. Country bassist Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts is 37. Country bassist Michael Jeffers of Pinmonkey is 36. Actor Tom Welling (“Smallville”) is 31. Actress Jordana Brewster (“The Fast and The Furious”) is 28.