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Layoffs, Guest Hosts Options For NBC Talk Shows

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 13, 2007

Layoffs at NBC's late-night staples could begin this week - or the network could keep at least "The Tonight Show" on the air with guest hosts later this month.

Those are two of the possibilities the network is considering for its top-rated late-night lineup, which was in repeats last week as a result of the Writers Guild strike and will be again this week. "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno and "Late Night's" Conan O'Brien, both of whom also write material for their shows, have refused to cross picket lines.

The same is true of CBS' "Late Show" and "Late Late Show" and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

Complications May Have Caused Death

The mother of Kanye West may have died of complications related to a surgical procedure at a hospital, a coroner's official said Monday.

Preliminary information indicated she died from "complications of surgery," Lt. Fred Corral said. An autopsy was expected to be conducted by Wednesday, Corral said.

West had approached a plastic surgeon months ago about a procedure, but he declined to perform it because of a pre-existing medical condition and he never heard back from her, the surgeon's publicist said Monday.

West died Saturday night at age 58 at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina Del Rey, Calif., after she stopped breathing at her home, according to Deborah Ettinger, a hospital vice president. She was taken to the hospital by paramedics.

"We tried to resuscitate her, but were unsuccessful," Ettinger said.

Jean Anounces Charitable Programs For Native Haiti
Wyclef Jean has announced the creation of several youth-based programs funded by his Yele Haiti charity.

"If you want to change a country, unfortunately, you're not going to be able to help 8 million people at one time," the 35-year-old singer told reporters. "But if you can get one or two or three and start to make that change, that will make the difference."

Jean, who was born in Haiti, arrived Saturday in Port-au-Prince. It was his first visit since being named a roving ambassador for the Caribbean nation in January.
Yele Haiti will provide computer labs, classrooms and counseling for jailed child gang members, help local women's groups sell food in the seaside slum of Cite Soleil, and establish a youth scholarship and soccer program, Jean said.

Jean, who wore a white linen jacket with Haiti's shield embroidered in sparkling stones, spoke to reporters mostly in Creole.

Actor Dennis Quaid, Wife Welcome Twins

The Quaid twins have arrived.

Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, welcomed Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace on Thursday in Santa Monica, Calif., the actor's publicist, Cara Tripicchio, said Monday.

The couple are the biological parents of the twins, who were born to a surrogate mother. Thomas weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces; his sister weighed 5 pounds 9 ounces, Tripicchio said.

"God has definitely blessed us," the couple said in a statement.

Quaid, 53, has a 15-year-old son, Jack Henry Quaid, from his marriage to Meg Ryan.

Today's Birthdays

Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 52. Actor Chris Noth is 51. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is 40. Actor Steve Zahn is 39.

Source: The Associated Press

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