Clay Aiken becomes a dad

Clay Aiken becomes a dad

RALEIGH, N.C. — Former “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken is a father.

The 29-year-old crooner from Raleigh announced the birth of Parker Foster Aiken on his Web site’s blog Friday.

Aiken’s mother, Faye, told Raleigh TV station WRAL the child was born in North Carolina.

Aiken was a favorite of fans on the second season of “American Idol,” where he finished second to Ruben Studdard. His album “Measure of a Man” went double platinum in 2003, and he made his Broadway debut this spring in “Monty Python’s Spamalot.”

The baby’s mother is Jaymes Foster, a record producer Aiken met on “American Idol.” Their son was born at 8:08 a.m. Friday, and weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches long, according to the statement on the Web site.

Lawsuit: Blige stole tunes, including iPod ad

NEW YORK — Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including one used on an iPod commercial.

The Drama Family Entertainment company filed the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan last week.

The lawsuit claims the company suffered copyright infringement because the singer’s “Growing Pains” album contains the song “Work That.” The suit says the song was created by a producer who worked for the company at the time.

The song was featured with a silhouetted Blige in an iPod commercial. Apple Inc. isn’t named in the lawsuit.

Today’s birthdays

Singer-turned-sausage-king Jimmy Dean is 80. Singer Eddie Fisher is 80. Actress Kate O’Mara (“Dynasty”) is 69. Singer-flutist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 61. Actress Rosanna Arquette is 49. Actor Antonio Banderas is 48. Drummer Jon Farriss of INXS is 47. Actress Angie Harmon (“Law and Order”) is 36. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 35. Singer Nikki Bratcher of Divine is 28.