Entertainment Briefs October 9, 2011

Washington donates $2.25M to Fordham

NEW YORK - Denzel Washington has donated $2.25 million to Fordham University, his alma mater.

The university said Monday that Washington has given $2 million to endow the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, and another $250,000 to establish a scholarship for a minority undergraduate student studying theater at Fordham.

Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," has joined the school's faculty as the first Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre.

Washington cited the late Bob Stone, who was a theater professor at Fordham, for inspiring him.

Minogue honored for cancer work

LONDON - Pop princess Kylie Minogue has received an honorary doctorate for her work raising awareness of breast cancer.

The singer, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2005, was made an honorary Doctor of Health Sciences by Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, southern England.

Wearing a doctoral cap and gown, Minogue told students at Wednesday's graduation ceremony that being diagnosed with cancer made her "appreciate at first hand the hard work that goes on to support patients through it."

Minogue underwent chemotherapy and surgery before resuming a career that has made her a superstar in Britain and her native Australia.

Her well-publicized diagnosis has been credited with encouraging young women to undergo screening - the so-called "Kylie effect."

Adele cancels shows again

NEW YORK - Adele is again canceling concerts because of throat troubles.

Her 10-city U.S. concert run was to kick off in Atlantic City, N.J., on Oct. 7 and take her to cities including Nashville, Tenn., and Miami. But in a statement released Tuesday, those performances were canceled, blamed on a hemorrhage in her vocal chord.

- The Associated Press

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