D’Souza resigns post at evangelical college
A conservative scholar behind a high-grossing film that condemns President Barack Obama said he resigned as president of an evangelical college in New York so it can move forward. Dinesh D’Souza posted the statement on his website after the board of The King’s College announced his resignation Thursday.
The evangelical magazine WORLD reported he was engaged to one woman while still married to another. He said leaving the college will allow him to address “personal matters.”
D’Souza directed the political documentary “2016: Obama’s America.”
D’Souza said he and his wife have been separated since 2010. D’Souza took his fiancee to a Christian values conference last month in South Carolina. Organizers confronted him after concluding he shared a hotel room there with his fiancee. He insisted they stayed in separate rooms.
Aldean to play one-of-a-kind show
There has never been a concert at the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium, and after Jason Aldean stages one there next spring, there never will be again.
Aldean made the last of three surprise appearances Thursday at UGA’s Legion Field, where he announced the springtime show and played six songs for a crowd called together under the pretense of a pep rally for the football team.
Recounting his daylong journey across the country, Aldean told more than 1,000 fans in Georgia, “And then we flew to my favorite place on the planet to announce we are doing a show in the cathedral of Sanford Stadium.”
The performance wrapped up a whirlwind day in which Aldean also announced historic shows at Fenway Park in Boston and Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Georgia show wasn’t much of a secret, however, by the time Aldean arrived, as fans and even the university tweeted about the appearance beforehand.
The birthday bunch
Author John le Carre is 81. Artist Peter Max is 75. Actor Michael Gambon is 72. Actor John Lithgow is 67. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 67. Rock singer-musician Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) is 64. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 60. Rock singer-musician Karl Wallinger (World Party) is 55. TV host Ty Pennington (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”) is 48. Rock singer-musician Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 47. Actor Jon Favreau is 46. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 43. Comedian Chris Kattan is 42. Rock singer Pras Michel (The Fugees) is 40. Writer-director Jason Reitman is 35.