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Just one more reason to love the great Morgan Freeman: the actor donated $17,000 to his local high school in Charleston, Mississippi, so that the high school students could finally hold their first integrated prom.

The documentary, "Prom Night In Mississippi," is premiering this week at Sundance. Freeman, who was outraged ("It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard") that children in his town were still dealing with segregated dances, hopes that the prom, and the film, will break down the separate dance system and the mentality that fuels it. "The kids are not going to want to go backwards," Freeman says, "They've got their toe in the water, and the water's warm."

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Sources confirm that ubiquitous real-life couple Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz just closed a deal to guest star on CSI: NY.

A show spokesperson declined to comment, but I'm told the Wentz' will not be playing themselves in the episode, which is slated to air on March 18.

Oy.

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"I am happy to announce that Patrick Swayze is home after a brief hospitalization for pneumonia," his rep Annett Wolf tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Swayze, 56, checked himself into the hospital for observation on Jan. 9 after revealing he had pneumonia, canceling his appearance at the Television Critics Association press event to promote his new A&E series, The Beast, which premiered Jan. 15.

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The producers of Lost say the new season will emphasize time shifting along with Sawyer, the repentant con man played by Josh Holloway.

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A sea of people serenaded the incoming first lady during a stop in Wilmington, Delaware, along the Obamas' train tour to Washington, D.C.

"It's Michelle's birthday today," Barack announced as he and his wife took the stage. The crowd responded with an impromptu chorus of the b-day tune. "Thank you so much, Wilmington," Barack smiled.

Michelle is 45 today.

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'Notorious,' 'Bloody Valentine' finish 2nd, 3rd -- Sony's Kevin James comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" opened to No. 1 at the Friday box office, grossing an estimated $9.9 million from 3,144 runs as the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend got underway.

Labels: ashlee simpson, josh holloway, Lost, michele obama, morgan freeman, Patrick Swayze, pete wentz

Written by: Christy

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