By Mark Druker--KYW News Radio 1060
June 1, 2004
Bono of U2 is reportedly planning "Live Aid 2," a repeat of the 1985 megaconcert to aid world hunger. No word if it would be held once again here in Philadelphia.
There were lots of stars at the Indy 500. Actor Morgan Freeman drove the pace car. Pop star Jessica Simpson sang the national anthem. TV host David Letterman co-owns the team that had the winning driver, Buddy Rice.
Less than two months after getting fired by Donald Trump, "The Apprentice" runner-up Kwame Jackson got the boot again as a judge for Trump's "Miss Universe" pageant.
Movie theater ushers in Britain being issued military-style night vision goggles to thwart film pirates at screenings of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." They scan the audience trying to spot illegal videotapers.
Rare concert recordings by the late "Greatful Dead" star Jerry Garcia are being released online after his family discovered the lost material in his archives.
Mel Gibson's production company is developing a film called "Warrior," about a clash between the British and Romans in AD 60.
A stalking through the mail? Craig Kilborn, host of "The Late, Late Show," is receiving nonstop invitations to a wedding in Anchorage, Alaska.
On this day in 1967, an album that is still considered to be one of the most ground-breaking in rock history, the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," was released.
On this day in 1964, the Rolling Stones arrived at JFK airport in New York for the start of their first American tour. They came in on British Airways flight 505. The Stones later named a song on the "Aftermath" album "505" after that flight number.
Celebrating birthdays on this June 1st:
Actor Andy Griffith is 78.
Actor Edward Woodward ("The Equalizer") is 74.
Actor Morgan Freeman is 67.
Actor Jonathan Pryce ("Evita") is 57.
Actor Powers Boothe is 55.
Singer Pat Boone is 70.
Guitarist Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones is 57.
Singer Alanis Morissette is 30.
Marilyn Monroe was born on this date in 1926, and today CNN is 20 years old.
