Sunday, January 20, 2008
Radio host Steve Harvey
is still fly at age 50
NEW YORK — Steve Harvey wants men to know: “At 50, you are still fly.” And to prove it, he shaved his head and began exercising. In an interview in Jet magazine, the actor-comedian says he began his transformation after talking to a listener on his radio program, “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.” “The girl said to me, ‘Steve, you’re 50 and you are over the hill,”’ Harvey recalls. “I started thinking, ‘Wow, I am over the hill?’ I said ‘OK, I got to do something to stop this line of thinking. Because at 50, I should not be thought of as over the hill. At 50, a man ought to feel that he is on top of the hill.”’ He hired a personal trainer and now works out five days a week at his Atlanta home. “I had a potbelly and love handles,” says Harvey, who’s lost 13 pounds. “I’ve been telling people you can be 50 and fly, but when I took my clothes off, I wasn’t looking fly.” Harvey, who celebrated his 51st birthday Thursday, defines “fly” as looking great, but also being healthy and spiritually strong. “Shaving my head was more of a spiritual thing for me. I wanted to be free,” he says. Harvey starred with Bernie Mac and Cedric the Entertainer in 2000’s “The Original Kings of Comedy.” He shows off his new look on the cover of Jet’s Jan. 28 issue, on newsstands Monday.
Return of masterpiece
caps looted art campaign
ROME — With the return of a long-sought masterpiece of antiquity, Italy on Friday trumpeted one of the successes of its campaign to recover what it says are looted treasures from museums and collectors around the world. The 2,500-year-old vase by Greek artist Euphronius, which Italy regained after signing a deal with the Metropolitan Museum in New York, was feted in Rome at an official presentation. The Euphronius Krater — a large vase painted with scenes related to Homer’s epic poems “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” — is regarded as one of the finest examples of its kind. The vase was used as a bowl for mixing wine and water. “It is universally considered the best work by the artist,” Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli said at the ceremony. Also attending was his predecessor, Rocco Buttiglione, who started the country’s high-profile campaign to recover art.
Today’s birthdays
Actress Audrey Totter is 90. Comedian Charlie Callas is 80. Actor John Hillerman is 75. Rock musician-music producer Bobby Colomby is 63. Rock musician Peter Criss is 62. Psychic/illusionist Uri Geller is 61. Producer Dick Wolf (“Law & Order”) is 61. Rock musician Alan Parsons is 58. Actress Jenny Agutter is 55. Actor Michael Badalucco is 53. Actress Blanche Baker is 51. Rock singer Billy Bragg is 50. Rock singer-musician Mike Watt (The Secondmen, Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 50. Country singer Kris Tyler is 43. Rock singer Chris Robinson is 41. Actress Nicole deBoer is 37. Actor Jonah Hill is 24. Singer JoJo is 17.