Springsteen lends support to food bank

Springsteen lends support to food bank

HILLSIDE, N.J. — Bruce Springsteen wants to make sure one bank remains solvent: the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.

The singer will appear in a newspaper ad for the state’s largest food bank that says: “We Can’t Let This Bank Fail.”

Springsteen has been a supporter of the food bank for 23 years, often donating proceeds from concerts or encouraging fans to bring food donations to his shows. This is the first time he’s lent his image to the anti-hunger campaign.

The Community Food Bank says the economy has resulted in a 30 percent increase in those needing food and could lead it to ration supplies for the first time in its 26-year history. The food bank assists charities serving a half-million people each year.

Britney’s youngest son released from hospital

NEW YORK — Britney Spears’ youngest son has been released from the hospital after being treated for some kind of reaction.

According to an update on Spears’ Web site, 2-year-old Jayden James has left the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center and is doing fine.

A representative for the Spears’ family says Jayden was admitted Sunday after having “a reaction to something he ingested.”

Today’s birthdays

Singer Brian Hyland is 65. Organist Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MG’s is 64. Singer Neil Young is 63. Guitarist Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult is 61. Country singer Barbara Fairchild is 58. Actress Megan Mullally (“Will and Grace”) is 50. Bassist David Ellefson (Megadeth) is 44. Actor Sam Lloyd (“Scrubs”) is 41. Actress Tamala Jones (“The Brothers”) is 34. Actress Angela Watson (“Step By Step”) is 34. Singer Tevin Campbell is 32. Actress Ashley Williams (“Good Morning, Miami”) is 30. Bassist Chris Huffman of Casting Crowns is 28. Actress Anne Hathaway (“The Princess Diaries”) is 26. Singer Omarion (B2K) is 24.