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Chappelle Determined To Have Last, Long Laugh

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 5, 2007

Dave Chappelle has broken his own Laugh Factory endurance record.

The 34-year-old comedian topped his record of six hours and seven minutes, set in mid-April, by taking to the stage Sunday and telling jokes for six hours and 12 minutes.

"Dave was determined to keep his record, because he recently heard that Dane Cook was planning on trying to break his record," club owner Jamie Masada said Monday.

Masada said Cook held a record of three hours and 50 minutes in early April. The mark had stood at two hours and 41 minutes, set by Richard Pryor in 1980.

Chappelle, who walked away from a $50 million deal to continue his hit Comedy Central show in 2005, told audience members he has been traveling, most recently to Ecuador, Masada said.

Dennis Quaid, Wife Sue Drugmaker

Dennis Quaid and his wife sued the maker of heparin Tuesday after their newborn twins were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital.

The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, seeks at least $50,000 in damages. It claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp., based in Deerfield, Ill., was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds and failing to recall them after three Indianapolis infants died from overdoses last year.

Weiland Denies Driving Under Influence

Scott Weiland was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of a drug after he crashed his car, but his publicist says it was a minor accident and denies the allegations.

The Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer, who has a history of drug problems, was driving on a California state highway Nov. 21 when he had the accident.

The singer was arrested after an officer noticed he showed "signs of impairment" and failed field sobriety tests, according to a police report obtained by the celebrity site TMZ.com.

Weiland, 40, was taken to the Van Nuys Jail, where he refused to take a blood or urine test, according to the police report. He was booked and released on $40,000 bail. His next court appearance was set for Dec. 13.

Weiland's publicist said in a statement Weiland was involved in a "minor accident," but denies he was driving under the influence.

Crowe Taking Over Pitt's Movie Role

Russell Crowe is pinch-hitting for Brad Pitt.

Crowe has taken over the lead role Pitt backed out of in "State of Play," the political thriller co-starring Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Robin Wright Penn and Jason Bateman.

Pitt, 43, who dropped out of the film last month, had wanted to make the movie but wasn't pleased with the script, according to Hollywood trade paper Variety.

Crowe, 43, will play a former political consultant who is now a journalist investigating a murder linked to a congressman whose campaign he once ran.

Today's Birthdays

Singer Little Richard is 75. Author Joan Didion is 73. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 61. Rock singer-musician John Rzeznik is 42. Country singer Gary Allan is 40. Comedian-actress Margaret Cho is 39. Actress Amy Acker is 31. Actor Frankie Muniz is 22.

Source: The Associated Press

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