Paul Simon has given students at his daughter's alma mater a few tips on songwriting.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs on Thursday to participate in a master class about songwriting, followed by an event titled "Paul Simon: A Conversation about a Musical Life."
During the event at the liberal arts school's music venue, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member performed two of his songs on acoustic guitar: "Questions for the Angels" from 2011 and 1973's "American Tune."
Simon also spoke about his music career and charitable work during an onstage conversation with Skidmore's president.
Simon and his wife, singer Edie Brickell, befriended the president when the couple's daughter, a 2017 graduate, attended the school.
— Associated Press
It's thumbs up for Cowell after fall
Entertainment mogul Simon Cowell was briefly hospitalized Friday after a fall at his London home.
The Sun newspaper reported that Cowell was taken from his house on a stretcher and wearing a neck brace on Friday morning. It said the 58-year-old TV presenter is thought to have fainted and fallen down the stairs.
Cowell was photographed giving a thumbs-up sign as he returned to his London home Friday afternoon wearing tracksuit bottoms and a dark sweater.
His representatives did not respond to a request for comment.
Cowell, creator of "America's Got Talent," is due to appear as a judge on the U.K. talent show "The X Factor" on Saturday.
He told the Daily Mirror he had "a bit of concussion" but was feeling better.
— Associated Press
Selena Gomez illness "was life or death"
Selena Gomez says her friend Francia Raisa saved her life by donating a kidney to the singer earlier this year.
Gomez and Raisa sat down for an interview with NBC News that is to air next week. In a preview, Gomez says she didn't want to ask anyone to be a donor, but Raisa "volunteered and did it." Gomez announced the procedure last month, saying she needed a new kidney due to her struggle with lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body mistakenly attacks its own tissues, sometimes including the kidneys.
She tells NBC her condition "was really kind of life or death."
The 29-year-old Raisa is an actress best known for her role on the ABC Family series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."
— Associated Press
Anthony unstable, her parents say
Cindy and George Anthony say they believe their daughter, Casey, is mentally unstable in an interview that airs nationally Monday on "Crime Watch Daily," and they use the chat to send a message.
"Casey, be true to yourself, start being honest with yourself, and own everything. Quit putting blame on everybody else," Cindy Anthony says.
"I think Casey is mentally ill," she tells interviewer Chris Hansen.
Cindy says Casey has seizures and doesn't remember what happens during them.
In 2011, Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, who disappeared in 2008. The 2-year-old's remains were found later in 2008.
In a release, "Crime Watch Daily" calls George and Cindy Anthony "the parents of America's most hated mother."
George Anthony tells Casey via the program: "Stay away. Stay away from me. If she wants a relationship again with her mom, she's got a lot of explaining to do, but I don't want to hear it no more. I don't want to see her."
George Anthony says he has seen Caylee in the family home and compares those experiences to the interview he's having with Hansen.
"I've seen Caylee on a couple of occasions. I've seen her. I've seen her in the flesh. One time, she woke me up in the morning just tapping on (my head) with her little finger like she used to," George Anthony tells the show.
George and Cindy Anthony say they will sue Casey if she sells her story or does a reality show. That comment comes in response to a question about the rumor that Casey might do a program with O.J. Simpson.
The Anthonys also discuss the defense theory of how Caylee died and elaborate on George's suicide attempt.
Source: timesunion
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