Paul Simon

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the singers James Taylor and Paul Simon were among those participating in the Sept. 11 anniversary commemoration at the World Trade Center site.

Ma performed a piece by Bach, while Taylor sang "You Can Close Your Eyes" and Simon performed "The Sound of Silence."

Other musical elements in the commemoration included the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and bagpipers from the Fire Department, Police Department and the Port Authority.

Smc

Borneo Talent Show to a timely boost for the Sibu

Sibu will be a town of glamour and glitter when the much-anticipated Borneo Talent Show drawn up by Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) is staged in the October and November.

In what is to be a counterpart of world popular shows like “Australia Got Talent” and the like, the talent show hopes to draw Malaysians together in a similar manner.

Redskins

Donte Stallworth sees plenty of the familiar faces on Redskins roster

Donte Stallworth won't be lining up with the Redskins until this weekend, but he's already plenty familiar with his new teammates.

John Beck? The 2 were together in Baltimore last summer.

Santana Moss? Friends.

Fellow receivers Leonard Hankerson and Anthony Armstrong? Worked out with them in Miami.

Jim Haslett? That's who drafted Stallworth into the league in 2002.

Shannon Tweed

Gene Simmons proposes to Shannon Tweed, partner split after 28 years

The marriage proposal seen in previews for Tuesday night's finale of the A&E's "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" may be moot, according to rocker Simmons' longtime partner, Shannon Tweed, who says their 28-year relationship is over. "You're seeing this happy family but in my heart, I am dying," Tweed recently told People magazine.

The proposal -- in which Kiss bassist Simmons, 61, told 1982 Playboy Playmate of the Year Tweed, 54, "I come with so much baggage, but you're the only friend I've got, you're the only one I've ever loved" -- was taped months ago. Tweed told People that since then, she has moved from their Los Angeles home and there was "slim chance" for a reconciliation. "I need some sort of commitment," she said.

Blush

The Blush expansion can proceed; appeal vowed

An Allegheny County judge's decision will allow expansion of a Downtown strip club to move forward over objections of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Pittsburgh Public Schools as they appeal a zoning decision.

Common Pleas Judge Joseph M. James on Thursday denied a request to stay the June decision of the city's Zoning Board of Adjustment that would allow Blush, 135 Ninth St., to expand into a vacant building at the corner of Ninth Street and Penn Avenue. The Pittsburgh School for the Creative and Performing Arts is near the club.