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All 5 Spices Align, Begin New Journey

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 4, 2007

The Spice Girls debuted their reunion tour Sunday in Vancouver, Canada, the first time all five members of the group have toured together in almost 10 years.

They opened with their signature song, "Spice Up Your Life," followed by "Stop" and "Say You'll Be There."

The show was the first with all five of the original group since Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell quit to pursue a solo career in 1998. Their last album, "Forever," released in 2000 and without Halliwell, fared poorly. They broke up in 2001.

"You know what, so much time has passed, so much water has gone under the bridge, it's just great to all be back together," said Melanie Chisholm, also known as "Sporty Spice."

Pitt Discusses 'Make It Right'

Brad Pitt expects the foundations to be built for at least 150 eco-friendly homes in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward by the end of next summer.

"I'm hoping we can expand here and expand over into the rest of New Orleans," he said Monday morning in an interview on NBC's "Today" show as he walked through the devastated neighborhood.

The initiative, called Make It Right, is Pitt's latest effort to help the area recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Pitt has pledged $5 million of his own money toward the project.

"I mean, this is really an adopt-a-house campaign," he said. "I'm asking for foundations, for high net-worth individuals, for church groups, for corporations to come in and adopt a house - basically, $150,000 will get a family back in their home."

Imus Debuts On WABC-AM

Don Imus returned to the airwaves Monday with his debut on WABC-AM, eight months after he was fired for a racially charged remark about the Rutgers women's basketball team, and introduced a new cast that included two black comedians.

Imus' guests included two presidential hopefuls, Democrat Chris Dodd and Republican John McCain.

"I didn't see any point in going on some sort of 'Larry King' tour to offer a bunch of lame excuses for making an essentially reprehensible remark about innocent people who did not deserve to be made fun of," he said.

Again, Imus apologized to the basketball players and called the ensuing furor a "life-changing experience."

Tisdale Explains Nose Job

"High School Musical" star Ashley Tisdale had a rhinoplasty procedure on Friday in Los Angeles, the actress confirmed to People magazine.

"Growing up I always knew I had a deviated septum on the right side of my nose, which caused trouble breathing," a bandaged Tisdale told the magazine on Monday from her Los Angeles home.

Today's Birthdays

Singer Southside Johnny Lyon of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes is 59. Actor Jeff Bridges is 58. Guitarist Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington Collins Band) is 56. Actress Marisa Tomei is 43. Rapper Jay-Z is 38. Actor Kevin Sussman ("Ugly Betty") is 37. Model Tyra Banks is 34.

Sources: The Associated Press, People.com

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