Jonas Brothers to play at Thanksgiving game

Jonas Brothers to play at Thanksgiving game

IRVING, Texas — The Jonas Brothers will perform during halftime of the Dallas Cowboys’ nationally televised Thanksgiving Day game against the Seattle Seahawks.

The band will officially kick off the 2008 Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas campaign at the November 27 contest. The fundraising drive continues through Christmas Eve.

Since its partnership with the Cowboys, which began in 1997, the annual Red Kettle campaign has raised more than $1 billion, helping the Salvation Army serve 30 million people each year nationwide. Last year, the campaign raised a record $118 million.

Subway sculpture pulled after protests

LONDON — The sculpture shows a man about to fall under a subway car driven by a Grim Reaper figure.

Its creator says it was meant as a tribute to train drivers and the risks they face. But the work’s planned home, a London railway station, said Monday it had canceled plans to put it on display after complaints by railway unions and the families of suicide victims.

Officials at St. Pancras Station, the hub for Eurostar high-speed shuttle services to France and Belgium, said the carving by sculptor Paul Day was inappropriate.

The image was intended as part of a bronze frieze encircling the base of Day’s work “The Meeting Place,” a 30-foot statue of an embracing couple that stands on the station concourse.

Spielberg’s DreamWorks hooks up with Universal

LOS ANGELES — A person close to the deal says Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks studio has signed on with Universal Pictures to distribute its films.

Universal will distribute up to six DreamWorks movies a year domestically and overseas, except for India, said the person, who was not authorized to speak on the record and requested anonymity.

The deal has been anticipated as DreamWorks prepares to break off from Paramount, which has owned the studio since 2006. There has been ongoing friction over the costs of keeping Spielberg and his outfit there.

DreamWorks has lined up $1.5 billion through Reliance Entertainment of India to finance its future film slate.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Roger Moore is 81. Country singer Melba Montgomery is 70. Singer Cliff Richard is 68. Singer Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues is 62. Actor Harry Anderson is 56. Actor Greg Evigan (“My Two Dads,” “B.J. and the Bear”) is 55. Singer Thomas Dolby is 50. Singer Karyn White is 43. Actor Jon Seda (“Homicide: Life On The Street”) is 38. Country bassist Doug Virden (Sons of the Desert) is 38. Country singer Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks is 34. Singer Shaznay Lewis of All Saints is 33. Singer Usher is 30.