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h McConaughey, wife expecting a baby

NEW YORK

Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila, aren’t just newlyweds, they’re also expecting.

McConaughey’s representative confirmed that his wife is pregnant with the couple’s third child. Both the actor and his bride tweeted the news on Wednesday.

“Happy birthday America, more good news, Camila and I are expecting our 3rd child,” the actor wrote, “God bless, just keep livin.”

The baby will join a son named Levi, who turns 4 this week, and 2-year-old daughter Vida.

McConaughey, 42, wed 29-year-old Brazilian-born Camila Alves last month in a ceremony at their Austin, Texas, home.

Camila McConaughey, as she is now known, is a handbag designer and model who will begin appearing in Macy’s ads next month. Matthew McConaughey has been busy promoting his new film “Magic Mike.”

Works are Caravaggio, claim art historians

ROME

Two Italian art historians are claiming to have identified dozens of drawings as those of a very young Caravaggio in a collection of works of a master painter under whom he studied in the late 1500s.

There was no immediate way to verify the claim.

One noted expert of 16th century art familiar with the drawings said it was likely that at most only a few were done by Caravaggio, but that in any case none show the artist’s mature hand.

The hypothesis of Maurizio Bernardelli Curuz and Adriana Conconi Fedrigolli is explained on a website. They described their research Thursday to the Italian news agency ANSA.

The drawings are in the collection of works attributed to Simone Peterzano and kept in Milan’s Sforzesco Castle, a tourist site.

Seinfeld to debut Web series set in cars

NEW YORK

Jerry Seinfeld is going back on the road.

The comedian announced Thursday that he’ll debut the Web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” on July 19. The interview show will feature Seinfeld’s comedian friends as guests.

In a teaser video, Seinfeld is shown driving various vintage cars with Larry David, Ricky Gervais, Michael Richards, Alec Baldwin and others.

The show is presented by Crackle, the digital network owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Recent projects by the 58-year-old Seinfeld include producing the NBC panel-style reality TV series “The Marriage Ref” and directing Colin Quinn’s Broadway show “Long Story Short.”

Rihanna sues over millions in losses

NEW YORK

Rihanna has sued her former accountants in New York, blaming them for tens of millions of dollars in losses from the singer’s tours.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan.

It seeks unspecified damages against New York-based Berdon LLP and two accountants. A Berdon spokeswoman says the company has no immediate comment.

The singer sued under her real name, Robyn Fenty.

She says she hired the accountants in 2005 when she was a 16-year-old from Barbados launching her career.

The lawsuit says the company was supposed to provide accounting and financial management services. Rihanna alleges the company engaged in misconduct and malfeasance, culminating in overall losses in her 2009 “Last Girl on Earth” tour despite large revenues.

Boxer Bivins dies

CLEVELAND

Jimmy Bivins, a heavyweight boxer in the 1940s and 1950s who defeated some of the greatest fighters of his time, has died. He was 92. Bivins died of complications from pneumonia early Wednesday at an East Cleveland nursing home, according to his family.

The Georgia-born Bivins retired from boxing in 1955 after more than 100 professional fights. He never was able to compete for a world title, but he was once ranked as the No. 1 contender in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions.

Associated Press

Bivins had winning bouts with world champions Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Gus Lesnevich, Melio Bettina, Anton Christoforidis and Teddy Yarosz. He also went the distance with Joe Louis and fought Jersey Joe Walcott to a split-decision.