Twins for Elvis Costello & Diana Krall
NEW YORK - Elvis Costello and wife Diana Krall are the parents of twin boys.
The new arrivals — named Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James — were born on Wednesday, according to a statement from the couple. "We are ecstatic!" the statement continued, going on to add that "mother and sons are doing splendidly."
The births came on the couple's third wedding anniversary. The statement provided no other details on the twins.
Costello, 52, is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer known for songs like "Veronica," "Pump It Up" and "Alison." He most recently collaborated with Allen Toussaint on the album "The River in Reverse." The 42-year-old Krall, a jazz singer, released her latest album, "From This Moment On," in September.
The couple live in New York. This is Costello's third marriage, and Krall's first.
Ono remembers John's death
As hard as it is to believe, today is the 26th anniversary of John Lennon's death.
And George Harrison's widow, Olivia, for one, likes Yoko Ono's idea to have the anniversary officially become a worldwide day of healing and peace.
"I think it's a beautiful and appropriate sentiment, especially the way things are at the moment," Harrison told The Toronto Sun last week. "Any chance for peace, that's what John would have wanted to be remembered for."
SON OF A BEATLE
Meanwhile, Lennon's son with Ono, Sean, will play a concert in Toronto next Wednesday at the Opera House.
Olivia Harrison says it's not easy being a Beatle offspring trying to make music.
"It's almost a curse, really," said Harrison, whose son with George, Dhani, has recently been in the studio.
"But you know, if that's what they have to do then they should do it, and they don't have to do it in the same way. I tell that to Dhani. 'If music is in you and you have to make music, just make it.' The only warning I would have is ... just make it for the joy of doing it, and not look for the outcome or the response. Because I think these (Beatle sons) seem to have always had to work harder to get the response that somebody else might get a little easier."
Judge to review 'Borat' fraternity suit
LOS ANGELES - A judge weighing whether to halt the DVD release of "Borat" viewed a scene from the hit film in which a group of South Carolina fraternity brothers converse with the raucous Kazakh journalist played by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Biderman, after reviewing the scene Thursday, said he would review the case but did not indicate when he might issue a ruling.
Two fraternity members filed a lawsuit Nov. 9, alleging they were tricked into making racist and sexist remarks in the spoof documentary "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
The men, who were not named in the lawsuit, alleged the film's producers took them to a bar and, after a bout of heavy drinking, they signed release forms agreeing to appear in what they were told would be a documentary shown outside the United States.
The lawsuit claimed the film brought them "ridicule, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community."
Attorney Olivier Taillieu, who represents the fraternity brothers, said the DVD should not be released because "further dissemination of the film is going to cause some injury to my clients."
He said one of the plaintiffs was forced to resign from his prominent position at the University of South Carolina chapter of Chi Psi. Along with barring the DVD release, the plaintiffs were seeking unspecified monetary damages.
An attorney representing 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp., questioned the plaintiffs' claim they were too drunk to understand the release forms.
"We're confident that we're going to prevail," attorney Louis Petrich said following court. "We don't think the lawsuit has any merit. We don't even agree with them on the facts."