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Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Prince is on 'Today' today He's doing TV commercials, one might surmise, to keep the fatuous "Emancipation" from being freed anytime soon from the musical sales charts. Having done "Oprah," Prince is now doing a Bryant Gumbel interview on "Today" today to promote his overly ambitious three-record CD set. But will he honor the life of his baby boy by acknowledging to Gumbel the child's birth? And will Gumbel, who can ask the tough questions, inquire as to why Prince's name was withheld from the birth certificate filed by Mayte? Gumbel told USA Today on Wednesday that he probably won't bring up the sensitive issue of the baby. "Certainly my kids are off limits," said Gumbel. Right - until Bryant wants to show off footage of his kids with the Holy Father. Prince's baby is none of our business, but when it looks as though Prince's agents are playing fast and loose with official life-and-death court documents while some officials look the other way, well, that certainly makes it more our business. Time to clear the air, Prince. . . . The Entertainment Weekly with Tom Cruise on the cover pumping "Jerry Maguire" reports that "A source at EMI, Prince's new label, says execs have urged the singer to make a statement, but nothing has materialized." The mag calls the rumored baby tragedy "Prince's Saddest Song." That it is. . . . The L.A. Times deliciously reports that Prince didn't make many freebie copies of "Emancipation" available to the press. "Included in the press kit accompanying the set was a note asking that those who got the album free make a donation to the artist's Love 4 One Another Charities supporting children and those in need of medical care," states the LAT. Prince is showing himself as a promotional guy on a budget and a great humanitarian. Contributions haven't exactly been pouring in, said Prince's attorney Londell McMillan. |