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Posted on: Sunday, May 10, 2009

After 14 years, Fallon finally has degree


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New graduate Jimmy Fallon.

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Chris Pine

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Amy Winehouse

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Mickey Carroll

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He's a comic, actor, "Saturday Night Live" veteran and "Late Night" talk-show host.

Add one more thing to Jimmy Fallon's resume: college graduate.

The 34-year-old has finally gotten his bachelor's degree, 14 years after he left an upstate New York college to pursue show business.

The TV and film star picked up his degree in communications and spoke at yesterday's College of Saint Rose commencement.

Fallon was just one semester short of graduating when he left there in 1995 to pursue a comedy career. The Albany college awarded him his final credits based on a pass/fail verbal exam of what he has since learned by experience about communicating.

'STAR TREK' SETS THE BOX OFFICE ON STUN

"Star Trek" has gone to warp speed at the box office, with $31 million in domestic ticket sales in just over a day in theaters.

Distributor Paramount said "Star Trek," starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, took in $24 million Friday, plus $7 million at previews Thursday night.

Paramount estimates that by the end of the weekend the movie will be near or over $70 million in ticket sales.

That puts it light years ahead of the previous 10 "Trek" movies. The best opening weekend ever for the franchise was $30.7 million for 1996's "Star Trek: First Contact" (that would be $51.2 million in today's dollars if adjusted for inflation, according to Hollywood.com).

WINEHOUSE COMEBACK GETS RAINED OUT

Amy Winehouse had to cut short a comeback gig Friday in St. Lucia because of heavy rain.

Rain pounding the stage at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival caused a lighting rig to fail and disrupted sound equipment, according to a statement yesterday by her spokesman.

The Caribbean island gig was the troubled British singer's first performance of 2009.

Spokesman Chris Goodman says Winehouse attempted to continue her performance despite the storm, but had to stop. He says she was disappointed not to have the chance to repay St. Lucia, where she has been staying for several months, for its hospitality.

FIGHT OVER MUNCHKIN ACTOR'S $1M ESTATE

The heirs of late "Wizard of Oz" actor Mickey Carroll have sued his caretaker for control of his assets.

Carroll, one of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film, died Thursday in suburban St. Louis at age 89.

Four months before he died, Carroll signed papers turning over control of his assets to caretaker Linda Dodge. Relatives estimate his estate at more than $1 million.

They claim Dodge and others took advantage of the actor in the throes of dementia and that he wasn't competent to sign the papers. Dodge denies that, calling the disagreement a "family squabble." The family has asked a probate judge to freeze the assets and appoint a caretaker for them.