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national anthem at Super Bowl Wednesday 3 February

Mos Def’s family in court to stop
deportation from S. Africa

In this Nov. 23, 2015 file photo, Lady Gaga poses for photogra- In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, musician Mos Def speaks on a panel discussing
phers upon arrival at the British Fashion Awards 2015 in London. Google’s new music search in Los Angeles.

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MESFIN FEKADU LYNSEY CHUTEL white,” said Tshwete. “We try illegally, Home Affairs
AP Music Writer Associated Press are as interested as every- Director General Mkuseli
EW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga is set to sing the national JOHANNESBURG (AP) — one to hear why they think Apleni said during a press
anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday. American rapper Mos Def’s our laws should be over- briefing last month. Mos
The NFL told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Gaga family appeared in court turned.” Def, born Dante Smith and
will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Levi’s Stadium in on Tuesday to stop their Separately, actor and rap- now known as Yasiin Bey,
Santa Clara, California, where the Carolina Panthers will deportation from South Af- per Mos Def faces criminal has lived in South Africa
take on the Denver Broncos. rica, a South African official charges for breaking South since 2013 and entered
Academy Award winning actress Marlee Matlin will per- said. Africa’s immigration laws. the country 10 times using
form in American Sign Language during the national an- A judge ruled that lawyers He was released on bail a U.S. passport, Apleni said.
them. representing the rapper’s and will appear in court on Mos Def’s world passport
Super Bowl 50 will air on CBS, and halftime show perform- wife and child could ar- March 8. He was arrested was issued by the World
ers include Coldplay and Beyonce. gue why they should be in January after he tried to Service Authority, the ad-
Gaga’s upcoming performance during the Super Bowl allowed to stay, said Mayi- leave Cape Town Interna- ministrative branch of the
is another notch in her belt: She won a Golden Globe hlome Tshwete, spokes- tional Airport using a docu- World Government of
for her role in “American Horror Story: Hotel” last month man for the Department of ment he described as a World Citizens, a Washing-
and she’s nominated for best original song at the Acad- Home Affairs. They will re- “world passport,” which is ton D.C.-based organiza-
emy Awards on Feb. 28 with “Til It Happens to You,” the turn to court on Feb. 17, he not recognized as a valid tion founded in 1953. The
song she wrote with Diane Warren for the sexual assault said. Officials had ordered document in South Africa. authority promotes the
documentary, “The Hunting Ground.” The song is also their deportation because Mos Def was charged with concept world citizenship
nominated for a Grammy at the Feb. 15 awards show, their visitors’ visas expired in using a false identity, us- and says the world passport
where Gaga will pay tribute to David Bowie with a per- April 2014. ing an unrecognized travel represents the “inalienable
formance. “South Africa’s immigra- document and helping human right of freedom of
Last year, Gaga wowed audiences at the Oscars when tion laws are black and his family stay in the coun- travel on planet Earth.”q
she paid tribute to “The Sound of Music” with a show-
stopping performance. She won her sixth Grammy for her
collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, and she was
named woman of the year by Billboard.
Tony-winning actress and “Let It Go” singer Idina Menzel
sang the national anthem at last year’s Super Bowl.q

A workaholic dad learns to adapt in ‘This Was Not the Plan’

CHRISTINA LEDBETTER law firm and waking up the nounces some (planned) ters and a 70-pound mutt
Associated Press next morning to find that life changes of her own, named Norman who smells
Charlie Goldwyn’s life plan the whole incident is now a Charlie is forced to not like cabbage and suf-
has gone awry. He didn’t YouTube sensation. only jump into his new fu- fers from irritable bowel
plan on being raised by a And that’s how Charlie ture, but also take a better syndrome providing solid
single mother. He didn’t finds himself jobless and look at the past in order to laughs, “This Was Not the
plan on his wife dying. facing fatherhood, a role move on. Plan” proves a delightful
He didn’t plan on relying he has, until now, hand- While at times the dialogue read about parenting, love
on his twin sister to help ily avoided by working detours into neatly pack- and plans gone awry.q
him parent his eccentric around the clock in order aged lines only vaguely
5-year-old son, Caleb, who to make partner at his firm. This book cover image re- resembling real life, on the
has only imaginary friends In between scheming to leased by Touchstone shows next page the characters
and an obsession with fe- get his career back, Char- “This Was Not the Plan,” a slip into relatable banter.
male accessories. Finally, lie must reacquaint himself novel by Cristina Alger. And though more than
he didn’t plan on drinking with Caleb, which means Associated Press once the foreshadowing
three glasses of vodka at a everything from locating feels spoon-fed, there are
company meeting, climb- his son’s pre-school class- enough surprises to keep
ing onto the stage with a room to helping him make readers engaged, laugh-
microphone, announcing friends who exist in real life. ing and even misty-eyed.
his disdain for the entire But when Charlie’s twin an- With endearing charac-