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Soap opera actor charged with DUI after Ohio crash

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FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo, actor Freddie Smith arrives at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards nominee reception in Beverly Hills, Calif. Authorities say Smith's blood-alcohol level was over the legal limit when he crashed his vehicle in northeast Ohio last month. Smith sustained minor injuries in the Oct. 7 crash near Ashtabula, which is about 55 miles northeast of Cleveland. The State Highway Patrol says the 26-year-old Smith failed to negotiate a curve and drove into a culvert, flipping the car. The patrol confirms that Smith's blood-alcohol level was .093 at the time of the crash. The legal limit in Ohio is .08. (Photo by Scott Kirkland/Invision/AP, File)

JEFFERSON, Ohio (AP) — Soap opera actor Freddie Smith has been charged with felony vehicular assault and misdemeanor driving under the influence after a single-vehicle crash that injured his girlfriend in northeast Ohio.

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Celeb birthdays for the week of Nov. 23-29

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Nov. 23: Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (“Basic Instinct,” ”Showgirls”) is 70. Comedy writer Bruce Vilanch (“Hollywood Squares”) is 67. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 60. “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts is 54. Singer-guitarist Ken Block of Sister Hazel is 48. Drummer Charlie Grover of Sponge is 48. Actor Oded Fehr (“The Mummy”) is 44. Rapper Kurupt of Tha Dogg Pound is 42. Actor Lucas Grabeel (“High School Musical”) is 30. TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi (“Jersey Shore”) is 27. Singer-actress Miley Cyrus is 22. Actor Austin Majors (“NYPD Blue”) is 19.

Hugh Jackman makes triumphant return to Broadway in ‘The River’

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Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness arrives at St. Ignatius Loyola church for fashion designer de la Renta's memorial service in the Manhattan borough of New York

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hugh Jackman made a stunning return to Broadway with a mesmerizing performance in award-winning playwright Jez Butterworth’s new drama ‘The River.’ Set in a remote cabin, the three-person play that opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Sunday for a limited run won praise for the “Wolverine” actor’s portrayal of an outdoorsy man on a romantic night fishing trip. “Jackman is catch of the day in ‘The River,’ said the New York Daily News, adding that his performance is “manly, measured and speckled with melancholy. …

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Children are agents of change: Prasoon Joshi

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New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Writer-lyricist and ad guru Prasoon Joshi, who has recently penned the anthem for “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, says children are the future of the nation and if “we instill a value in a child, it will go a long way”.