Cook postpones Ohio show

Cook postpones Ohio show

TOLEDO — “American Idol” winner David Cook has postponed an Ohio concert due to the death of his older brother.

On his Web site, Cook promises fans he’ll do everything possible to reschedule the show at Owens Community College outside Toledo that had been planned for today.

The visitation is today for the singer’s 37-year-old brother, Indiana attorney Adam Cook, who died Saturday after a more than decade-long fight with brain cancer. The viewing will be followed on Thursday by a private service at a Terre Haute, Ind., cemetery.

David Cook says his other concerts will go on as scheduled because his brother never wanted his illness to affect anyone. The reigning “Idol” champ had a show Tuesday night in Louisville, Ky., and performs Friday in Akron.

Miss California complains about racy photo on Web

SAN DIEGO — Miss California says a Web site has posted racy photos of her in an attempt to belittle her Christianity.

Carrie Prejean says photos taken of her as a teenager had been released “surreptitiously to a tabloid Web site that openly mocks me for my Christian faith.”

A photo of Prejean wearing only pink panties with her back turned to the camera appeared Monday on a gossip blog.

Today’s birthdays

Singer Bob Seger is 64. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 64. Actor Alan Dale (“Lost,” “Ugly Betty”) is 62. Actor Ben Masters (“Passions”) is 62. Host Tom Bergeron (“Dancing with the Stars,” new “Hollywood Squares”) is 54. Singer John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants is 49. Actress Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”) is 49. Actor George Clooney is 48. Singer-bassist Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 45. Guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 42. Guitarist Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 38.