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Charlie Sheen to reveal that he is HIV-positive

NEW YORK

Charlie Sheen will make a revealing personal announcement in a live interview with Matt Lauer this moring on NBC’s “Today.”

According to an exclusive report on people.com, Sheen will reveal that he is HIV-positive.

The exclusive interview will be available on today.com after it airs. “Today” airs live from 7 to 11 a.m. on 21 WFMJ-TV.

‘Jackass’ regular Vincent Margera dies

PHILADELPHIA

Vincent Margera, known to MTV viewers as “Don Vito” from the series “Viva La Bam” and “Jackass,” has died. He was 59.

His sister-in-law, April Margera, says he’d been in and out of a suburban Philadelphia hospital since spring, suffering from liver and kidney failure. She says he died Sunday at Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa. She says it’s good he’s no longer in pain, but it’s “so sad.”

His nephew, Bam Margera, included his mumbling, often intoxicated-seeming uncle on his show “Jackass” and its spin-off “Viva La Bam,” which ended in 2005. The show largely focused on Bam Margera playing practical jokes on his uncle.

In 2006, Vincent Margera was convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a child and sentenced to 10 years of probation.

Dixie Chicks to play local amphitheaters

NEW YORK

The Dixie Chicks are ready to party in the U.S.A.

The Grammy-winning group will kick off its “DCX MMXVI World Tour” on June 1 in Cincinnati. It will come to Blossom Music Center near Cleveland on June 3, and First Niagara Pavilion near Pittsburgh on June 10. Tickets for both shows go on sale Friday at Livenation.com.

The Dixie Chicks are Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire. Their last album, “Taking the Long Way,” was in 2006. It won the Grammy for album of the year. And its hit single, “Not Ready to Make Nice,” won song and record of the year Grammys.

Vindicator wire services