Celebrities licensed to carry a gun
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A bevy of New York City's biggest stars can carry loaded guns, according to a police list of gun-license holders.
Among the more than 3,600 New Yorkers allowed to hit the street with a loaded weapon are: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Howard Stern, Don Imus, Donald Trump and Tommy Mottola, the New York Post reported.
Ex-police chief Howard Safir and publisher and author Michael Korda also have gun licenses, but they're not allowed to strap on their weapons.
Their "premise" permit allows them to keep a gun in their homes and demands that when they travel with their weapons, the guns must be unloaded and locked in a safety box, with the ammunition kept separate.
William F. Buckley, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Sorvino, Joan Rivers and Steven Seagal were turned down when they applied to have their permits renewed by the New York Police Department since 2002, the Post said.
Martha Stewart celebrates turning 62
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Martha Stewart turned 62 Sunday and in her magazine Living she said she planned to "Pack a lunch and go out on a picnic boat."
Her spokeswoman, Anna Cordasco, declined to say exactly where the indicted entrepreneur will be marking her birthday.
"I'm not at liberty to say," Cordasco told the New York Daily News. "But she will be having a nice quiet birthday with her family and friends."
John Small, creator of the savemartha.com Web site, launched a project called Cakes Across America in honor of the domestic goddess, the News reported.
"We want everyone to bake a cake using Martha's recipes and share it with a friend, relative or neighbor -- to share all the good things Martha gives to her fans," he said.
Stewart was charged in June with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, making false statements and securities fraud in the ImClone insider-trading case.
Lopez, Affleck film panned at box office
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- They may be Hollywood's hottest couple, but their movie "Gigli" was box office poison during its premier weekend.
Ben Affleck was paid $12.4 million for his role as Larry Gigli, a Los Angeles mob enforcer who kidnaps the mentally impaired brother of a district attorney who falls in love with Ricki, a lesbian martial artist assigned to help him. Jennifer Lopez, who played Ricki, made $12 million for the movie.
"Gigli" cost $131 million to produce and had what was described as "sparse" attendance at the 2,200 theaters in which it debuted, the New York Post reported.
Friday's debut only brought in $1.47 million, according to Box Office Mojo, a Los Angeles-based Web site that tracks movie ticket sales.
Affleck and Lopez are engaged.
Tupac's Hummer to be auctioned
ATLANTA, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A 1996 Hummer, once owned by the late rapper Tupac Shakur, will be auctioned on the Internet with bidding beginning at $500,000, CNN reported.
The vehicle's current owner, who recently won it in television sweepstakes, said she will use the money for her children's education.
The auction on eBay.com will begin on Aug. 13 and end on Aug. 23.
A news release said the black sport utility vehicle is in mint condition and is loaded with Shakur's personal items including an invitation addressed to him dated Sept. 1, 1996.
Shakur was killed following a drive by shooting on Sept. 7, 1996.
