NEWSMAKERS |Carell’s farewell on ‘Office’ is April 28

NEWSMAKERS

Carell’s farewell on ‘Office’ is April 28

NEW YORK

NBC is confirming April 28 as the date for Steve Carell’s final appearance on “The Office.” The network said Monday that Carell’s farewell episode on the popular comedy will be supersized.

NBC says that night’s long goodbye will air from 9 to 9:50 p.m., followed by an extended version of “Parks and Recreation” that concludes at 10:30 p.m.

Carell, who plays inept branch manager David Scott, announced last year that this would be his last season on the series, which premiered in 2005. NBC has made no announcement about who might fill the gap in the cast.

Prime minister says yes to wedding parties

LONDON

Britons: Your country needs you to party. Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday urged local authorities not to use bureaucratic rules to prevent street parties celebrating the April 29 royal wedding.

“It’s very important to understand if anyone wants to have a street party, you don’t need a food license, you don’t need an entertainment license, you don’t need to have written documents about closing your street,” said Cameron. “If you do want to celebrate with Catherine and with William, you should go ahead and do so.”

The prime minister was responding to persistent reports that councils are putting up roadblocks to parties planned to mark the union of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Rare comic taken from actor resurfaces

LOS ANGELES

A rare and valuable comic featuring the debut of Superman that resurfaced in a storage locker last week appears to be the same one stolen from Nicolas Cage more than a decade ago, police said.

The mint copy of Action Comics No. 1 is now in police custody, and an investigation into its theft and recovery is under way. Detective Don Hrycyk with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Art Theft Detail said Monday the comic has been authenticated and appears to be the one stolen from Cage in 2000.

It is unclear whether the 1938 comic will be returned to the Oscar-winning actor. Hrycyk said Cage accepted an insurance payout after its theft and will have to work out the details with the company.

Cage is an avid comic collector, and the Action Comics issue is one of the highest-coveted books in superhero history. A copy of the issue was sold in March 2010 for $1.5 million. It was originally sold for 10 cents.

Rutgers students want Springsteen

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.

Some students at New Jersey’s largest university believe Bruce Springsteen is their salvation. They have started a Facebook campaign called “Let’s Bring the Boss to Rutgers!” to counteract fallout from a recent appearance by Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.

The Rutgers University Programming Association paid the “Jersey Shore” reality-TV star $32,000 to answer questions. That’s $2,000 more than Rutgers will pay Nobel-winning novelist Toni Morrison to deliver the commencement address.

Freshman Daniel Oliveto and junior Paul Tranquilli are spearheading the effort. Oliveto tells the Asbury Park Press that Polizzi’s message to “study hard, but party harder” was offensive.

Associated Press