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Melissa Etheridge sang "Wedding Bell Blues" and Mary J. Blige covered a moving rendition of U2's "One" at Ron Burkle's Greenacres estate at a lavish fund-raiser for the No on 8 campaign, which is a fighting a ban on same-sex marriage. On a stage set up on a portion of Burkle's sprawling back lawn, Etheridge told the crowd that "I believe we are at the very end of this cycle of fear that has been going on and on." About $3.9 million was raised at the Tuesday evening event, and campaign officials say they are closing the fund-raising gap with...

Please, bear with me. I posted this before but didn't do a very good job of it. Forgive me. When I was a child actress at Universal, everyone knew that Sid Sheinberg was Steven Spielberg's uncle. Somehow that family connection never made the news. I would like to know if it's true. A Hollywood Story -- Sid Sheinberg, former MCA Universal President and credited for "discovering Steven Spielberg, may have been his maternal uncle. Do you wanna graduate college or do you wanna be a film director?" – Spielberg makes his choice More from this book. Following on from the...

Someone out there must know the truth. I was told that MCA Universal President Sid Sheinberg, credited with "discovering" Steven Spielberg, was really his uncle on his mother's side. Please respond with citations or URL. Thank you -- Migjagger