Just call him an oldie but lucky
It was a rough weekend for Fabian,
The former pop idol twice escaped serious injury – first in a car crash, then in a concert accident.
The 64-year-old singer was riding with his manager and daughter near Palm Desert on Friday night when a car sideswiped their vehicle and it rolled several times, his spokesman said.
Fabian and his daughter were examined and released. The manager was taken to a hospital for scalp lacerations and blood loss and was expected to make a full recovery.
Then, on Saturday, Fabian was performing at a Palm Springs casino along with former teen idols Frankie Avalon and Lou Christie when he fell off the stage and scraped his chin.
“It’s a miracle that we survived that (car) accident,” Fabian said in a statement. “Except for being sore, I thought I could do the show. I didn’t want to disappoint the audience.”
Fabian, born Fabian Anthony Forte, gained fame in the 1950s and 1960s with songs such as “Turn Me Loose” and “Tiger.”
He made guest appearances on TV shows such as “Laverne & Shirley,” “The Facts of Life” and “Murphy Brown,” and starred in the 1964 movie “Ride the Wild Surf.”
Fabian will rejoin Avalon and Bobby Rydell for several shows on the East Coast.
Hot-blooded prince
Daniel Radcliffe has signed on to star in the final two “Harry Potter” films, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
Warner Bros. will release the fifth film in the series – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” – on July 13, a week before the book “The Deathly Hallows” is released.
Radcliffe, 17, is starring in the London stage production of “Equus,” a role which requires him to swear, smoke and appear nude.
Bobby bails again
Declining to go on the air to discuss his troubled life, Bobby Brown has agreed to repay $19,150 to a Washington, D.C., radio station that sprung him from jail last week.
Hot 99.5 FM paid the bill Brown owed for back child support and court fees with the understanding that he would appear on one of its shows for a week. But he backed out, saying on-air: “That wasn’t our deal.”
Dowry? No, dairy
Elizabeth Hurley and her new husband, Arun Nayar, arrived in Mumbai, India, on Monday to kick off six days of traditional festivities that will culminate in a ceremony at a lavish palace.
The couple were married Friday in a private civil ceremony at a castle west of London.
Activities in Nayar’s native India are expected to include a “haldi” ceremony where the bride and groom are covered in a paste of turmeric, milk and cream to cleanse them.
Curry – hurry!
Rapper Kanye West is paying $3,900 to have a meal delivered to New York City from his favorite Indian restaurant near Cardiff, Wales.
The British Raj feast of onion bhajees, chapati breads, biryanis, pappadums and a special fish dish will be taken by helicopter to London and then flown to Manhattan, with the restaurant’s head chef in tow.
The birthday bunch
TV personality Ed McMahon is 84. Singer Mary Wilson (The Supremes) is 63. Singer-guitarist David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is 61. Director Rob Reiner is 60. Singer Kiki Dee is 60. Actor Tom Arnold is 48. Actor-comedian D.L. Hughley is 43. Actress Moira Kelly is 39. Actress Amy Pietz is 38. Rapper Beanie Sigel is 33. Rapper Bubba Sparxxx is 30.