Arquette stays in box to aid hungry in the U.S.

Arquette stays in box to aid hungry in the U.S.

NEW YORK — Actor David Arquette is raising awareness about hunger by spending some time inside a Plexiglas box atop New York City’s Madison Square Garden marquee.

The star of the “Scream” movie franchise hopes to raise $250,000 for Feeding America on Tuesday and today. The organization is the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief charity.

Donations are being accepted on site or through text messages and a Facebook page setup.

The “Bar Hunger” campaign is being sponsored by Mars Inc., the makers of Snickers candy bars.

Arquette, who’s 37, will eat during his stay in the enclosure. He will spend about eight hours each day in the box.

He is chairman of Feeding America’s Entertainment Council.

For more information, visit www.feedingamerica.org or www.facebook.com/snickers.

Actor LeVar Burton in car crash, not badly hurt

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say actor LeVar Burton was involved in a five-car accident but wasn’t seriously injured.

Detective Judy Acosta says Burton’s 2006 Mercedes was on Beverly Boulevard in West LA about 7:40 p.m. Monday when a 74-year-old woman in a 2006 Scion turned left in front of him.

Acosta says the cars collided. Burton’s vehicle then hit a parked car, leading to a chain reaction that damaged two other parked cars.

Acosta says both drivers complained of pain, then were examined at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and released. Nobody was ticketed.

Burton, 52, was in the TV miniseries “Roots,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and was the longtime host of “Reading Rainbow.”

‘Bonnie and Clyde’ director Penn in hospital

WATERVILLE, Maine — Arthur Penn, who directed the films “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The Miracle Worker,” is in a New York hospital with pneumonia and can’t attend a Maine film festival as planned.

Penn, who is 86, was to have received an award at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville today.

Festival director Shannon Haines says Penn, who lives in Stockbridge, Mass., will miss the festival, but a special guest will accept the award for him.

Penn’s son, Matthew, says the director remains in the hospital Tuesday but is expected to recover.

Penn’s movies also include “Alice’s Restaurant,” “The Left Handed Gun” and “Little Big Man.”

The festival in Waterville features about 100 films from around the world and ends Sunday.

Justin Timberlake’s Tenn. golf course set to open

MILLINGTON, Tenn. — Justin Timberlake’s Mirimichi golf course is set to open July 25 in suburban Memphis after a $16 million renovation aimed at making it environmentally friendly.

The Commercial Appeal reported that Timberlake invested in reconstruction of the former Big Creek Golf Course after buying it in 2007.

Mirimichi director of golf Greg King said Timberlake played the few holes that were ready in the early spring and King is eager for the celebrity owner to play the completed project.

Timberlake bought the golf course to save it from commercial development and the project was designed to be the first eco-friendly course to be certified by the Audubon Classic Sanctuary Program.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Alex Karras is 74. Actor Ken Kercheval is 74. Actor Jan-Michael Vincent is 65. R&B singer Millie Jackson is 65. Singer Linda Ronstadt is 63. Actor Terry O’Quinn is 57. Guitarist Joe Satriani is 53. Actor Willie Aames is 49. Model Kim Alexis is 49. Actress Lolita Davidovich is 48. Actor-director Forest Whitaker is 48. Actress Brigitte Nielsen is 46. Drummer Jason Bonham is 43. Actor-comedian Eddie Griffin is 41. Actor Scott Foley is 37. Actor Brian Austin Green is 36. Guitarist Ray Toro of My Chemical Romance is 32. Singer Kia Thornton of Divine is 28.