Reynolds recovering from bypass surgery
MIAMI, March 4 (UPI) -- Burt Reynolds' manager says the 74-year-old screen icon is recovering after undergoing planned heart surgery at a Florida hospital.
Reynolds has starred in the movies "Boogie Nights," "Smokey and the Bandit," "Deliverance," "The Longest Yard" and "The Cannonball Run."
"Mr. Reynolds has been released from a hospital in Florida in which he had a planned bypass operation," his manager, Erik Kritzer, told TVGuide.com Wednesday. "He wants to thank everyone for their good wishes and states that he has a great motor with brand new pipes and he is feeling great. Doctors plan on a speedy recovery."
The television news Web site did not say when Reynolds had the operation or where he is recuperating.
'SNL' presidents appear in Web comic clip
LOS ANGELES, March 4 (UPI) -- Actors who played U.S. presidents on TV's "Saturday Night Live" appear together in a new online comedy clip intended to spotlight the need for financial reform.
The video was posted on the Funny or Die Web site Wednesday.
The site's proprietors said it was created in association with Americans for Financial Reform -- a coalition of more than 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, investor, civil rights, community, small business and senior citizen organizations -- to urge Congress "to act now on financial reform and to make sure the cornerstone or real reform, a strong and independent consumer agency, is included in any final bill."
Directed by Ron Howard and written by Adam McKay and Al Jean, the video was shot in Van Nuys, Calif. Sunday. The comic clip brings together the actors who portrayed presidents on "Saturday Night Live," including Will Ferrell as George W. Bush, Fred Armisen as Barack Obama, Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton, Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford, Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter and Dana Carvey as George H. W. Bush. Jim Carrey rounds out the cast with his portrayal of Ronald Regan and "SNL" alum Maya Rudolph is featured as current first lady Michelle Obama.
Donny and Marie to resume performing
LAS VEGAS, March 4 (UPI) -- Sibling entertainers Donny and Marie Osmond are scheduled to resume performing their stage show Tuesday, the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas said.
The Osmonds canceled their performances after Marie's 18-year-old son Michael committed suicide last Friday.
The younger Osmond reportedly suffered from depression and leaped from the eighth floor of his Los Angeles apartment building. He is to be buried Monday in the Osmond family's native Utah.
People.com said Donny and Marie added several dates to their April schedule to make up for the performances they canceled this week.
"These were previously unscheduled show dates, added to accommodate guests who had tickets to recently canceled shows due to the personal tragedy in the Osmond family," show representatives said in a statement.
'Imma Be' tops U.S record chart
LOS ANGELES, March 4 (UPI) -- The Black Eyed Peas's "Imma Be" is No. 1 on the U.S. record chart for a second week, Billboard.com reported Thursday.
Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 is Young Money's "BedRock," followed by Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" at No. 3, Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" at No. 4 and Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" at No. 5.
Rounding out the top tier are Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" at No. 6, Ludacris' "How Low" at No. 7, Rihanna's "Rude Boy" at No. 8, Trey Songz's "Say Aah" at No. 9 and Jason Derulo's "In My Head" at No. 10.
