The artist, who changed his name after becoming a Muslim in the late 1970s, will donate the "substantial" payout to Small Kindness, a UN-linked charity which he chairs.
Ha! Doc Sarvis provides Spud his first good larf o' the day with that.
Cat "On the Terror watch list" Stevens aka Joe Islam aka The guy who wrote "Peace Train" wins some coin off the libelous scurvy dawgs over at World Entertainment News Network and gives it over to charity?
Nice.
Spud wonders if Wiki has any info on these guys...
en.wikipedia.org
Hmmm, not too much, apparently, "(WENN)is a global network, headquartered in London with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas and other key entertainment cities around the world.
It provides the very latest entertainment news, photos and features to newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television networks, websites and telecoms companies worldwide.
More than 1,000 media outlets based in over 25 countries rely on WENN's unique global coverage of the very latest music, movie and entertainment news stories, photos & features."
A Global "News" organisation that specialises in celebrity gossip?
So Blech.
Want another reason to dislike them?
Wiki: WENN has been a launch-pad for a host of household names, including Amy Winehouse and DJ Yoda.
Spud has no idear who DJ Yoda is but finds Amy Winehouse to be over-hyped fluff.
LeeAtwater gets a FF via Dennis Leary fer the "Asshole Song" lyrics.
Be Well.
/Entering as he do but seriously contemplating going to go see the new Batman movie if the crowd aint too stupid, is Spud,
stage left.