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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 • Section C • Page 6
LOS ANGELES – There’s another departure in store for “The Daily Show.” Jason Jones will leave the Comedy Central series after nearly a decade to star in and produce a new TBS sitcom that was announced Tuesday. Earlier this month, “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart said he will leave sometime this year. Samantha Bee, Jones’ wife and fellow “Daily Show” correspondent, will remain with the satirical news show, Comedy Central said in confirming Jones’ exit. But Bee will join her husband as an executive producer on the TBS sitcom about a family on the road.
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Ben Woolf arrives at the premiere screening Oct. 5 of “American Horror Story: Freak Show” at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. Woolf, an actor on “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” died after being injured Thursday in a street accident in Hollywood.
‘American Horror Story’ actor Woolf dies after accident LOS ANGELES – Ben Woolf, an actor on “American Horror Story,” has died after being injured in a street accident, a spokesman said. He was 34. Woolf died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, publicist Zack Teperman said. Woolf’s family was at his side. The 4-foot-4 actor was hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit by the side mirror of a passing vehicle on an LA-area street. The motorist, who stopped at the scene Thursday night, wasn’t cited or arrested. Woolf was a cast member on the FX show in its first season, in 2011, when he played a character called the Infantata. In the latest installment, “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” he appeared as Meep. “He was a tremendous professional and an incredibly kind person, beloved by the ‘American Horror Story’ family,” FX and the show’s producers said in a statement. Members of Woolf’s family said in a statement that they were overwhelmed by the love and support they’ve received for him. Teperman, his publicist, called Woolf “one-of-a-kind,” a caring and hardworking man.
Arrest made in stabbing of 2 Nicki Minaj tour members
Bon Jovi sponsors eatery in Sandy-ravaged Jersey shore town
PHILADELPHIA– A Philadelphia man has been arrested in the stabbings of two members of rapper Nicki Minaj’s tour, one of whom died. Authorities said 31-year-old Pierce Boykin was arrested Monday on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and related offenses. It wasn’t immediately clear if investigators were looking for other suspects. The double stabbing on Wednesday left 29-year-old Devon Pickett dead and a second member of Minaj’s tour severely wounded. The 27-year-old man remains in critical condition. Police said the stabbing occurred outside a bar after the victims argued with a man inside.
UNION BEACH, N.J. – Rocker and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi is sponsoring a community restaurant in a Jersey shore community still struggling mightily to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Through his Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, he’s providing financial backing to Spoon Full of Hope. The church project began serving meals in January in a firehouse in Union Beach, New Jersey, near his childhood home of Sayreville. It lost its funding last summer. Patrons can either pay a minimum donation or give an hour of time to earn a dining certificate for the volunteer and four family members. Bon Jovi said the project gives hope to people still rebuilding their lives.
Taylor Swift gives $50,000 in song proceeds to NYC schools NEW YORK – New York City’s official booster Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to the city’s public schools. The city tourism bureau tapped Swift as “global welcome ambassador” last year even though critics noted she was a recent transplant to New York. Some also complained her song “Welcome to New York” from the album “1989” was bland and lifeless. Swift responded by announcing last October she would donate proceeds from the single to the city’s schools. A spokeswoman for the city Department of Education said Tuesday that Swift has now given $50,000. Spokeswoman Devora Kaye said the department is “deeply appreciative of this kind gesture.” A publicist for Swift said the singer will continue to donate additional proceeds she receives from the single “Welcome to New York” to the city’s schools.
ESPN’s Olbermann out for week after Penn State comments BRISTOL, Conn.– Keith Olbermann was taken off his ESPN show for the rest of the week after making insulting comments about Penn State students on Twitter. On Monday, a Penn State alum tweeted to Olbermann the phrase “We Are!” and a link to an article about students raising more than $13 million to fight pediatric cancer. Olbermann replied “... Pitiful.” Olbermann, who often spars with commenters on Twitter, then refused to back down in several more tweets, saying he was referring to Penn State students in general and not the fundraising. “It was completely inappropriate and does not reflect the views of ESPN,” the network said in a statement Tuesday.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Country singer Ralph Stanley is 88. CBS newsman Bob Schieffer is 78. Actress Diane Baker is 77. Actress Karen Grassle (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 73. Singer-guitarist Mike Peters of The Alarm and Big Country is 56. Actress Veronica Webb is 50. Actor Alexis Denisof (“Angel,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 49. Actress Tea Leoni is 49. Comedian Carrot Top is 48. Actress Lesley Boone (“Ed”) is 47. Actor
Sean Astin is 44. Singer Daniel Powter is 44. Singer Justin Jeffre of 98 Degrees is 42. Comedian Chelsea Handler is 40. Actress Rashida Jones (“The Office,” “Parks and Recreation”) is 39. Singer Shawna Thompson of Thompson Square is 37. Actor Justin Berfield (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 29. Actors James and Oliver Phelps (“Harry Potter”) are 29. Bassist Erik Haager of Carolina Liar is 28.