People talk 08/29/02

Seinfeld and wife expecting second child

NEW YORK -- You've gotta see the baby -- for the second time.

Jerry Seinfeld and his wife, Jessica, are expecting another child, Seinfeld spokesman Steve Rubenstein told AP Radio on Wednesday.

The baby is due in spring, said Rubenstein, who added that the couple is "thrilled."

The comedian and his wife already have a daughter, Sascha, who will be 2 in November.

Charges dismissed against Stuart

GALLATIN, Tenn. -- Drunken driving charges against country singer Marty Stuart have been dismissed, but he'll lose his driver's license for a year for refusing to take a blood-alcohol test.

Stuart, 43, was arrested April 2 in Hendersonville, near Nashville, after police got a tip he was intoxicated at a store. The drunken driving charge was dismissed because there wasn't enough probable cause to stop his car, General Sessions Court Judge John Jones ruled Tuesday.

Stuart will be eligible for a restricted license for work purposes.

"He's relieved it's over," Stuart's attorney, Roger May, told WSMV-TV. "He's embarrassed by what happened. ... He wants to get it behind him, and I think he will do that."

Stuart's hits include "Tempted" and "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'," a duet with Travis Tritt.

Bon Jovi warms up for next week's concert

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jon Bon Jovi tuned up for next week's "NFL Kickoff Live From Times Square" concert by visiting the New York Giants.

The lead singer of Bon Jovi arrived by helicopter at Giants Stadium Tuesday, just as the team was finishing practice for Thursday's preseason finale against the Baltimore Ravens. The New Jersey native spoke with coach Jim Fassel and lined up behind quarterback Kerry Collins to take a couple of handoffs.

After taking the first one, Fassel told him he was holding his hands the wrong way. Bon Jovi then fumbled the second.

Bon Jovi will be the featured act at the kickoff concert on Sept. 5, just hours before the Giants meet the San Francisco 49ers here in the opening game of the NFL season. He also will sing at halftime.

'Star Trek' star's uniform brings campaign funds

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Actress Kate Mulgrew's "Star Trek: Voyager" uniform brought $50,000 at a weekend auction to benefit husband Tim Hagan's Democratic campaign for governor.

However, all but $2,500 of that might as well be caught in a time warp. That's the limit for candidate contributions in Ohio.

The auction was part of a fund-raiser Saturday that netted $150,000 for Hagan's campaign against Republican incumbent Bob Taft. Most of the "Voyager" cast and William Shatner, who portrayed Capt. James Kirk on the original "Star Trek," came out to help Hagan's cause.

Hagan said Tuesday he realizes he can expect only $2,500 of his wife's windfall, supplied by an anonymous bidder.

"She is up $47,500 now, as far as I know," Hagan said. "Maybe I'll have Kate keep that and have a vacation."

Sutton supporters rally to protest theater team

NEW YORK -- Supporters of former Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton rallied to protest the decision by the Apollo Theater Foundation to choose a new production team for "Showtime at the Apollo."

"There wouldn't be an Apollo if it were not for Percy," said the Rev. Herbert Daughtry of Brooklyn's House of the Lord Church, who organized the rally Monday in front of the Apollo. "What were these people doing when the Apollo was in ruin?"

The foundation, which runs the landmark Harlem theater, said recently it was awarding the rights to "Showtime at the Apollo" to Heritage Networks, an independent distribution company. The show will be produced by Emmy winner Suzanne de Passe.

Sutton's company, Inner City Broadcasting, had produced the television show for 15 years.

In 1998 the state attorney general's office filed a lawsuit accusing Rep. Charles Rangel and other Apollo board members of mismanaging the theater by not collecting $4.4 million from Inner City Broadcasting. The suit was settled when Sutton and his financial partners agreed to give the Apollo $500,000 that was matched by Time Warner, which gained control of the theater.

Both Rangel and Sutton deny any wrongdoing.

-- From wire reports