Singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow dies at 60

BIRTHS

Actor Kevin James, 45, and wife Steffiana de la Cruz, 35, welcomed a son on April 24 in Boston. Kannon Valentine James joins the couple’s two daughters…. United States of Tara‘s Toni Collette, 38, and husband David Galafassi greeted a baby boy, Arlo Robert, on April 22 in Australia…. 30 Rock star Jane Krakowski, 42, gave birth to a boy, Bennett, on April 13 in New York. It is her first child with fiancé Robert Godley.

ENGAGED

Actress Amy Smart, 35, and Trading Spaces star Carter Oosterhouse, 34, have announced their engagement.

MARRIED

Singer LeAnn Rimes, 28, and actor Eddie Cibrian, 37, were married April 22 in a private ceremony in California. The couple got engaged in December…. Actor Rob Schneider, 47, married Patricia Azarcoya Arce on April 23 in a private ceremony in Beverly Hills.

CLOSED

Following reports that the executive director was looking for a new position, it was revealed on April 19 that the Kanye West Foundation, a charity organization named for the rapper, shut down last month.

COURTS

Viral-video star Kevin Antoine Dodson, 24, was arrested April 23 in Huntsville, Ala., for speeding and marijuana possession, among other charges. Dodson protested the allegations on Twitter…. Lindsay Lohan, 24, was sentenced to 120 days in prison and 480 hours of community service (including time at the L.A. coroner’s office) on April 22 for violating her DUI probation by allegedly stealing a necklace worth $2,500 earlier this year — despite the jewelry-theft charges being reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor the same day. Lohan, who has denied wrongdoing, is out on bail while she appeals the jail sentence. The actress addressed her troubles on The Tonight Show on April 26, telling Jay Leno, ”I made a lot of poor decisions in the past, and I’m dealing with the consequences of those decisions.” She’s due in court on May 11…. Boardwalk Empire actress Paz de la Huerta, 26, was charged April 19 with multiple counts of misdemeanor assault for a March 20 incident involving The City cast member Samantha Swetra. De la Huerta’s lawyer said, ”We plan to tell our side of the story in the courtroom.”

DEATHS

Former president and chairman of Sony Corporation Norio Ohga, 81, who helped shape the development of the CD, died in Tokyo on April 23…. Singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow, 60, died April 26 in Edison, N.J., of complications from a brain hemorrhage suffered in January 2010. She was best known for her 1975 hit ”Poetry Man.”… Bluegrass pioneer Hazel Dickens, 75, died April 22 in Washington, D.C., of complications from pneumonia…. Bassist Gerard Smith, 36, of the band TV on the Radio, died April 20, only a month after announcing he would be taking a break from playing in order to undergo treatment for lung cancer…. Actor Michael Sarrazin, who starred opposite Jane Fonda in 1969’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, died April 17 of cancer in Montreal. He was 70…. X-Ray Spex punk singer-songwriter Poly Styrene (née Marianne Elliot), 53, died April 25 of cancer…. Sol Saks, creator of the long-running sitcom Bewitched, died April 16 at age 100.

BIRTHDAYS

Uma Thurman, 41
Daniel Day-Lewis, 54 Jerry Seinfeld, 57
April 29

Cloris Leachman, 85
April 30

Wes Anderson, 42
May 1

Christina Hendricks, 36
May 3