Source magazine names Macklemore man of the year
Macklemore is The Source’s man of the year.
The Seattle rapper was among the most-played artists of 2013, partnering with producer and former Spokane resident Ryan Lewis on hits such as “Thrift Shop,” “Can’t Hold Us” and “Same Love” and earning seven Grammy nominations.
Macklemore discusses his hip-hop credentials, the Grammys, the role of race in his pop success and worrying over Kanye West’s opinion in an interview with the magazine out Tuesday.
Even though he’s also nominated for best rap album at the Grammy Awards, Macklemore says Kendrick Lamar should win: “I think it should go to Kendrick. He’s family.”
Macklemore and Lewis also are up for top honors album and song of the year.
Seinfeld, David working together
Jerry Seinfeld apparently has teamed up with his “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David for a new project. But any more information than that will have to wait.
Seinfeld participated in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” Q&A on Monday to promote his new Web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” During the online discussion, he was asked about his friendship with “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star David. Together, they once created one of the most iconic sitcoms of the 1990s: “Seinfeld.”
In response to a question about the most mundane thing David and Seinfeld ever obsessed over, he wrote, “We never obsess over anything that isn’t mundane. Most recent was intentional mumbling. We wrote this script for this thing that you will eventually see but I can’t reveal what it is at this time. All I can do is tell you is that it’s big, huge, gigantic. Even bigger than that Amazon package.”
Prince William begins college course
Prince William has started a special 10-week course in agricultural management, commuting by train to the University of Cambridge.
The future king, whose formal title is Duke of Cambridge, traveled Tuesday on the train from London’s King Cross station.
He is embarking on a tailored course designed to help him manage the lucrative Duchy of Cornwall estate, which he stands to inherit from his father, Prince Charles, who has been an outspoken advocate for organic farming.
The course will include one-on-one teaching and some regular classwork with other students.
The birthday bunch
Broadcast journalist Sander Vanocur is 86. CBS newsman Charles Osgood is 81. Game show host Bob Eubanks is 76. Physicist Stephen Hawking is 72. Rock musician Robby Krieger (The Doors) is 68. Rock singer David Bowie is 67. Singer R. Kelly is 47. Reggae singer Sean Paul is 41. Actress Gaby Hoffman is 32.