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NEW YORK — Al Pacino, 83, and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby, the actor's representative confirmed Wednesday.
Pacino’s publicist, Stan Rosenfield, verified the news first published by TMZ, but said there would be no statement at this time. The baby would be Pacino's fourth child. He has a 33-year-old daughter, Julie Marie, with acting coach Jan Tarrant and 22-year-old twins Anton and Olivia with actor Beverly D’Angelo.
Pacino and Alfallah reportedly began dating last year. She describes herself as a "raconteur" on her Instagram page and her IMDB page notes that she's a producer on two movies currently in post-production, including the Pacino-starrer “Billy Knight.”
Pacino’s baby news follows close on the heels of longtime friend and fellow actor Robert De Niro’s own. A representative for the 79-year-old actor confirmed earlier this month that De Niro had become a father for the seventh time, but few other details — including the identity of the mother — were released.
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Fall Out Boy's founding guitarist, Joe Trohman, has returned from a mental health break begun earlier this year.
The 38-year-old guitarist announced his return Monday via Instagram after hitting pause four months ago to tend to his mental health.
"Hey everyone, I'm officially back!," Trohman wrote . "I want to thank everyone for the love and support while I took some time away to focus on my brain and get healthy for my family, my friends and myself."
Trohman then thanked guitarist Ben Young, formerly of Linkin Park and the Deftones, for filling in during his absence, calling Young "a true gentleman and a scholar."
"I'm stoked to be back in action," he continued, "... and I can't wait to see everyone on tour this summer!"
Trohman dropped the news he was temporarily leaving the band in mid-January, shortly after Fall Out Boy released a new single, "Love From the Other Side," and revealed that its eighth studio album, "So Much (for) Stardust," was scheduled to arrive March 24.
"Neil Young once howled that it's better to burn out than to fade away," Trohman wrote in the missive he shared to the band's Instagram account. "But I can tell you unequivocally that burning out is dreadful. Without divulging all the details, I must disclose that my mental health has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years. So, to avoid fading away and never returning, I will be taking a break from work which regrettably includes stepping away from Fall Out Boy for a spell."
The guitarist said the decision didn't come lightly, especially considering the band — bassist Pete Wentz, drummer Andy Hurley and frontman Patrick Stump — planned to drop a new album that Trohman wrote filled him "with great pride." But he assured fans he would "absolutely, one-hundred percent" return to the pop-punk group he helped found in Wilmette, Ill., in 2001.
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NEW YORK — A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years.
Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday, charging Jay Bryant, 49, in the death of Jason “Jay” Mizell, known professionally as Jam Master Jay.
Two other men, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr., had previously been indicted in August 2020 for the death of Jay. The hip-hop trailblazer was shot in the head in his studio on Oct. 30, 2002.
Bryant's attorney, César de Castro, said in an email that they had just learned of the charges.
“Securing an indictment in a secret grand jury, applying an extremely low burden of proof, is one thing. Proving it at trial is another matter,” he said.
Bryant, from Queens, was in custody already on unrelated federal drug charges.
At the time the other two men were indicted, authorities said Jay's death involved a drug deal gone bad. In a letter filed with the court on Tuesday, prosecutors said Bryant and the two other men entered the building that evening, and then fled after the shooting. They said Bryant was seen going into the building, and his DNA was recovered at the scene.
Jay was in Run-DMC with Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniel in the early 1980s. The group helped bring hip-hop music into the mainstream. Run DMC's hits include “King of Rock,” "It’s Tricky” and a remake of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way.”
For years, Jay's death lingered as a cold case, with witnesses reluctant to speak up despite reward money being offered.
From combined wire services
