D12 rapper Proof shot to death in Detroit
DETROIT, April 11 (UPI) -- Eminem's right hand man and D12 rapper Proof was shot to death Tuesday morning at a club along Detroit's 8 Mile. He was 32.
The freestyle MC born Deshaun Holton was dead on arrival at a Detroit hospital, the Detroit Free Press said.
Proof and Eminem were longtime friends and toured together with Proof acting as Eminem's on-stage "hype man," the Free Press said. He was best man at Eminem's January wedding and had a bit part in the film "8 Mile."
Another man shot around 5 a.m. at the club, 3C, was reported in critical condition at St. John Hospital in Detroit.
The club was legal, but open illegally after hours, the Free Press said.
Rapper Obie Trice, another close friend of Eminem, was shot and wounded on New Year's Eve.
Madonna concert tickets sell out
NEW YORK, April 11 (UPI) -- The first two Madonna concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden sold out in a New York minute -- well, 10 minutes, but still impressive.
Even the expensive $400 seats were gone minutes after the June 28 and June 29 tickets went on sale Monday, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
Shortly after the sell-out, two more July dates were added to accommodate New York fans and those tickets were gone by early afternoon as well, the News said.
Promoters then added a fifth Madonna concert, July 18, in the Big Apple and those tickets go on sale Friday.
Other quickly sold out concerts included seven at London's Wembley Arena, four in Paris, plus all the dates in Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal and Chicago.
Madonna's world tour in support of her album "Confessions on a Dance Floor" kicks off May 21 at the Forum in Los Angeles.
Emmys enter the digital age
LOS ANGELES, April 11 (UPI) -- The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees in a new category for programs created for non-traditional platforms.
A "phenomenal" 74 entries were received in the new category that covers platforms such as the Internet, cell phones and podcasts, NATAS said in a news release Monday.
The nominees are "24: Conspiracy," based on Fox TV's hit "24"; AOL's "Live 8" concert coverage; MTVu's "Stand In" series; CB Film's Internet series, "Sophie Chase;" the online Riddle Productions show, "Stranger Adventures: Helen Beaumont" and the animated weblog, "It's Jerrytime" from Ozone Inc., the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
The winner will be announced during the creative portion of the Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony April 22.
'Tarzan's' Cheeta turns 74
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 11 (UPI) -- It was all monkey business at the 74th birthday bash at a Palm Springs, Calif., animal sanctuary for Cheeta, the co-star of 12 "Tarzan" flicks.
Cheeta was not only the primary primate in the "Tarzan" film franchise of the 1930s and 1940s, but is also cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest chimp, the Palm Springs Desert Sun reported.
As for the fare at Sunday's celebration, Cheeta's keeper Dan Westfall said his famous charge goes ape over every kind of cuisine.
"Oh, he likes anything, as long as there's a lot of it," Westfall told the newspaper.
Cheeta is living out his golden years at the CHEETA, Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes, Primate Sanctuary.
