Spears raffles clothes for La. flood victims


Spears raffles clothes for La. flood victims

Pop star Britney Spears is giving the clothes off her back to raise money for the Red Cross to benefit victims of widespread flooding in her home state of Louisiana.

Spears, who’s from Kentwood, tweeted out links Tuesday to a fundraising site that offers $10 raffle tickets to win an outfit from her upcoming performance on Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards or a trip to New York to see her at the show in person.

More than 115,000 people across south Louisiana have signed up for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic flooding that began Aug. 12.

At least 13 deaths have been attributed to the flooding, and more than 60,000 homes were damaged by the storm.

Steven Hill of ‘Law & Order’ dies at 94

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Steven Hill, a versatile character actor in theater, films and television who achieved his greatest success late in life as grumpy District Attorney Adam Schiff on TV’s long-running “Law & Order,” died Tuesday. He was 94.

He died Tuesday morning at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, his wife, Rachel, said.

The cause of death was not immediately available, but his wife said he suffered from several ailments.

Hill also starred for a season in the 1960s series “Mission Impossible.”

Olympics scores big in Nielsen ratings

Here are prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Aug. 15-21. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership: 1. Summer Olympic Games (Monday), NBC, 24.2 million; 2. Summer Olympic Games (Tuesday), NBC, 24.1 million; 3. Summer Olympic Games (Thursday), NBC, 21.70 million; 4. Summer Olympic Games (Wednesday), NBC, 20.68 million; 5. Summer Olympic Games (Friday), NBC, 20.1 million; 6. Summer Olympic Games (Sunday Closing Ceremony), NBC, 17.0 million; 7. Summer Olympic Games (Saturday), NBC, 15.4 million; 8. “Rio Gold,” NBC, 11.5 million; 9. “The Voice” (Sunday), NBC, 10.3 million; and 10. “Superstore” (Friday), NBC, 9.7 million.

Associated Press