Barrymore follows car after hit-and-run

Barrymore follows car after hit-and-run

LOS ANGELES — Drew Barrymore was involved in a hit-and-run accident, but instead of staying put, she followed the other driver and took down the license plate number. The 33-year-old actress wasn’t injured when her car was rear-ended Monday in West Hollywood, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Kristin Aloma. Aloma said Barrymore followed the other vehicle and got its license plate number, which she then handed over to deputy sheriffs. She said she didn’t know the extent of damage to Barrymore’s car.

No arrests had been reported Tuesday morning. “It could be dangerous,” Aloma said of following someone after an accident. Still, she emphasized that getting a license plate number is instrumental to tracking down a hit-and-run motorist. Barrymore’s screen credits include the “Charlie’s Angels” movies, “Fever Pitch” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

Rapper sentenced in shooting of woman

NEW YORK — Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub. The state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.

Remy Ma, who could have faced up to 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence.

She says last summer’s shooting was an accident; an appeal is planned.

Today’s birthdays

Singer-bassist Jack Bruce of Cream is 65. Movie producer George Lucas is 64. Musician David Byrne (Talking Heads) is 56. Director Robert Zemeckis is 56. Guitarist C.C. DeVille of Poison is 46. Singer Ian Astbury of The Cult is 46. Bassist Mike Inez of Alice In Chains is 42. Singer Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Tone!) is 42. Actress Cate Blanchett is 39. Singer Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block is 39. Director Sofia Coppola (“Lost In Translation”) is 37. Actress Amber Tamblyn (“Joan of Arcadia”) is 25. Actress Miranda Cosgrove (“iCarly”) is 15.