newsmakers

August 19, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

newsmakers

Snooki charged with annoying people

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J.

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi will face a new charge over her behavior at a beach last month, one that might not surprise viewers of “Jersey Shore” or followers of pop culture: annoying people. Prosecutors said at a hearing Wednesday that they will add the charge. An attorney for the MTV reality show cast member entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf to the charge and two others, disorderly conduct and creating a public nuisance.

Polizzi did not attend the hearing in Seaside Heights, where she was arrested last month and where the show is based.

The arrest came after other beachgoers reported Polizzi was bothering them, Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd said.

Jerry Lee Lewis to perform with cast

NEW YORK

Jerry Lee Lewis will join his likeness onstage when he performs with the cast of the hit Broadway musical “Million Dollar Quartet” for a one-time jam session. Producers say the artist will perform an undisclosed song Sept. 10 during the show’s finale.

Levi Kreis won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Lewis, and they recently recorded the classic 1959 song “Money” for Lewis’ upcoming album “Mean Old Man.”

“Million Dollar Quartet” tells the story of an actual impromptu jam session in 1956 among Sun Recording artists Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. The 74-year old Lewis is the only one still living.

The musical was nominated for three Tony Awards.

Betty White book deal

NEW YORK

The next stage in Betty White’s ever-rising career: books. The 88-year-old actress has a two-book deal with G.P. Putnam’s Sons, starting in 2011 with “Listen Up!” The publisher said Wednesday that the book will include what White has learned over “her incredibly varied, decades-long career in Hollywood.”

White, known for such sitcoms as “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Golden Girls,” stars in the new TV Land original sitcom “Hot in Cleveland.”

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