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Report: Suspicious package sent to Palin

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A suspicious package sent to Bristol Palin at the Los Angeles studio where "Dancing with the Stars" is taped turned out to be harmless, TMZ said.

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Bristol is the 21-year-old daughter of Republican 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, as well as a single mother, author and reality TV personality. She is competing on the all-stars edition of the ballroom dance show.

Police, fire and health officials were dispatched to the studio this week to investigate a package with powder on it, but the substance proved innocuous, TMZ said.

A similar incident occurred in 2010 when Palin previously appeared on the series. The package at the focus of that incident was also declared harmless.

Palin's publicist declined to comment on the most recent matter to E! News, citing the show's policy to not discuss security issues publicly.

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Streep donates $1M to the Public Theater

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to New York's Public Theater, The Hollywood Reporter said.

"I give this gift in honor of the founder of The Public Theater, my friend and mentor Joseph Papp, and in remembrance of one of the theater's board members and greatest supporters, my friend Nora Ephron," Streep said Thursday.

"Meryl is as great a citizen as she is an actor," said the theater's artistic director, Oskar Eustis. "Joe Papp founded The Public in the belief that great theater belonged to all the people. It means an enormous amount to us that the greatest actor of our time supports that mission."

Streep has appeared in the theater's productions of "Trelawny of the Wells," "Henry V," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Mother Courage and Her Children."

She and writer-director Ephron collaborated on the films "Julie and Julia," "Heartburn" and "Silkwood." Ephron died in June from complications of cancer.


AFI to honor Mel Brooks

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The American Film Institute says it will present comedian-writer-director Mel Brooks with its Life Achievement Award at a Hollywood gala next year.

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The June 6 tribute will air at a later date on TNT and Turner Classic Movies.

"Brooks is America's long-reigning king of comedy -- and as he taught us long ago it's good to be the king," Howard Stringer, AFI's board of trustees chairman, said in a statement Friday.

"He's a master of an art form that rarely gets the respect it deserves, and it is AFI's honor to shine a bright light on laughter by presenting Mel Brooks the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award."

Brooks' films include the comedy classics "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," "History of the World Part 1," "Spaceballs" and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights."


Jack Osbourne to wed this weekend

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- British reality TV personality Jack Osbourne is to wed his longtime girlfriend Lisa Stelly in Hawaii this weekend, the New York Post reported Friday.

"They just sent the invites out and are asking guests to sign non-disclosure agreements," an insider told the newspaper, explaining the family is planning a low-key affair.

No other details about the wedding were immediately available.

The couple have a 5-month-old daughter together.

Jack Osbourne is the son of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and "The Talk" co-host Sharon Osbourne.

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