Bacon, Sedgwick will be among Emmy presenters

Bacon, Sedgwick will be among Emmy presenters

LOS ANGELES — The Emmy Awards are about to open a whole new set of degrees for the Kevin Bacon game.

Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, are slated to present together at Sunday’s ceremony. The “Footloose” actor is nominated for lead actor in a miniseries or movie for HBO’s “Taking Chance,” while Sedgwick is up for lead actress in a drama series for her role on “The Closer.”

Other Emmy presenters announced Tuesday include Alec Baldwin, Ricky Gervais, Cat Deeley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Walsh.

The live telecast is scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences named its first round of presenters Monday, including Tina Fey, Kiefer Sutherland and Simon Baker.

Reeves scouts jails of Buffalo for film locations

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Actor Keanu Reeves had no problem getting inside Buffalo-area jails. The feds haven’t been so lucky.

The star of “The Matrix” film trilogy spent last weekend scouting locations for a new film. His visit included tours of two jail facilities that are the target of a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit accusing the Erie County Sheriff’s Department of civil rights violations.

County officials have barred federal investigators from the jails, but Reeves was given tours of the facilities on Sunday.

Afterward county officials said Reeves shouldn’t have been allowed inside the jails.

Reeves was checking out possible film locations for “Henry’s Crime,” which casts him as a toll-booth worker wrongly accused of robbing a Buffalo bank.

Toys R Us giraffe dies

BOSTON — A giraffe that starred in a series of TV commercials for Toys R Us and appeared in Jim Carrey’s movie “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” has died at a Boston zoo.

American Humane, an animal welfare group that oversees animal treatment on movie sets, said Tweet the giraffe died Friday at the Franklin Park Zoo where producers are filming the Kevin James movie “The Zookeeper.”

The 18-year-old giraffe didn’t belong to the zoo and had no known health problems.

Tweet collapsed in its enclosure while feeding and in the care of his trainer. Results of a necropsy are pending.

The animal welfare group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, alleges Tweet was mistreated and has asked for an investigation. American Humane denies mistreatment.

Kanye West gives personal apology to Taylor Swift

NEW YORK — It looks like Kanye West has finally given a personal apology to Taylor Swift.

Representatives from “The View” say West called Swift after her appearance on Tuesday’s show. During the broadcast, the 19-year-old singing sensation said West had yet to contact her to apologize for hijacking her MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech on Sunday.

The incident caused an uproar and led West to give an emotional apology on Monday’s premiere of “The Jay Leno Show.”

“The View” says Swift has accepted the apology.

Today’s birthdays

Actress Lauren Bacall is 85. Blues singer B.B. King is 84. Actor Peter Falk is 82. Actress Susan Ruttan (“L.A. Law”) is 61. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 60. Singer David Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers is 59. Illusionist David Copperfield is 53. Actor Mickey Rourke is 53. Comedian Molly Shannon (“Saturday Night Live”) is 45. Comedian Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation,” “Saturday Night Live”) is 38. Singer Musiq is 32. Actress Sabrina Bryan (“The Cheetah Girls”) is 25. Musician Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brothers is 17.