Aretha to headline 2008 jazz festival

Aretha to headline 2008 jazz festival

NEWPORT, R.I. — Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will headline the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival.

Festival organizers say the Grammy winner, whose hits include “Respect,” “Chain of Fools” and “I Say a Little Prayer,” will perform her gospel-charged soul Aug. 9 at Fort Adams State Park.

Other performers include jazz saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter, best-selling trumpeter Chris Botti, and pianist and composer Herbie Hancock.

Jolie will be up against Aniston at box office

LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are sharing a play date.

Brad Pitt’s current romantic partner Jolie and ex-wife Aniston will go head-to-head at theaters Oct. 24, when both have a movie coming out.

Jolie stars in Clint Eastwood’s missing-child drama “Changeling” while Aniston is part of the ensemble cast in the romantic comedy “He’s Just Not That Into You.”

Aniston probably will win the dollar battle because her film debuts in nationwide release, while “Changeling” starts in just a few cities to build critical buzz before going wide Oct. 31.

Today’s birthdays

Bassist Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly is 66. Singer Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply is 59. Singer Steve Walsh of Kansas is 57. Country singer Terri Gibbs is 54. Actor Jim Belushi is 54. Actress Julie Hagerty (“Airplane”) is 53. Drummer Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche is 45. Actress Helen Hunt is 45. Actress Courteney Cox (“Friends”) is 44. Guitarist Tony Ardoin of River Road is 44. Guitarist Michael Britt of Lonestar is 42. Drummer Rob Mitchell (Sixpence None The Richer) is 42. Rapper-actor Ice Cube is 39. Actress Leah Remini (“King of Queens”) is 38. Trombone player T-Bone Willy of Save Ferris is 36. Actor Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.”) is 35. Singer Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm is 32. Guitarist Billy Martin of Good Charlotte is 27.