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Cee Lo Green will stick with ‘The Voice’

LOS ANGELES

Cee Lo Green says he’ll stick with “The Voice” singing competition show “as long as it’s fresh.”

The rapper turned singer joined the show last year as coach and judge alongside Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine.

“I would like to think that we were irreplaceable, you know what I’m saying?” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “But the truth of the matter is, we’re still working-class artists, and artists can be very fickle. ... I would like to be here as long as it’s fresh and new and exciting and fun for me.”

Green, 37, said he considers the gig a “day job” and expects that NBC has plans in place should any of the judges decide to leave. But for now he’s happy to continue “building the brand of Cee Lo Green” on the popular TV series, which ends its second season next week.

Actor Gary Sinise supports veterans

LISLE, Ill.

Hollywood actor Gary Sinise is helping promote a summer concert in suburban Chicago that will benefit veterans.

The “Forrest Gump” star helped kick off ticket sales for “Rockin’ for the Troops” on Thursday at the Navistar headquarters in Lisle.

The concert is planned for July 21 in nearby Wheaton. Sinise is slated to perform with his Lt. Dan Band, which is named for his character in the Oscar-winning movie.

The Daily Herald reports that proceeds will benefit Operation Support Our Troops America. The Naperville-based charity has raised $2 million for projects benefiting veterans, including research on post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

Sinise says “we all enjoy what the military provides for us.”

Kardashian wants divorce to proceed

LOS ANGELES

Kim Kardashian’s attorney says the television personality wants her divorce to move forward, but lawyers for her estranged husband still are pursuing an annulment.

Kardashian’s attorney Laura Wasser told a judge Friday that she thinks Kris Humphries’ hurt feelings and media attention on the divorce are slowing the case. She noted the case has lasted longer than the couple’s 72-day marriage.

Wasser says the case is simple but could get expensive for the NBA player if he continues to pursue his claims that the marriage was a fraud.

She says if the case goes to trial, she’ll ask Humphries to pay legal fees.

Humphries’ attorney Marshall Waller says he needs to take depositions of several people before deciding how the case will proceed.

Hulk Hogan’s son gets early release

LARGO, Fla.

Hulk Hogan’s son, Nicholas Bollea, has been granted early release from a five-year probation sentence he received for a 2007 car accident that severely injured his friend John Graziano.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that a Pinellas County judge granted the early release Friday.

Bollea, 21, did not attend the court hearing. He pleaded no contest in 2008 to reckless driving with serious bodily injury. Judgment was withheld, meaning he would not be a felon if he successfully completed all of the terms of his sentence.

The sentence included eight months in the Pinellas County Jail plus five years’ probation, 500 hours of community service and court costs. The judge ruled that Bollea’s driver’s license should be revoked for three years.

Vindicator wire reports