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Sideshow: In Farsi, Bon Jovi stands by

Musicians Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are using videos carried on YouTube to support Iranian protesters, performing songs that call for peace and use a few lines in Farsi. New Jersey's Bon Jovi sings "Stand By Me" with Armenian-Iranian pop star A

Musicians Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are using videos carried on YouTube to support Iranian protesters, performing songs that call for peace and use a few lines in Farsi. New Jersey's Bon Jovi sings "Stand By Me" with Armenian-Iranian pop star Andy Madadian. He adds in Farsi: "Hand in hand, with one voice, you and me, countryman, your pain, my pain, be with me." The June 24-dated video opens with an image of Bon Jovi holding a sign that reads "We are all one" in Farsi. Activist Baez's version of "We Shall Overcome" includes a portion in Farsi. Strumming an acoustic guitar, the 68-year-old singer offered the anthem of the American civil-rights movement. The late Michael Jackson's "Beat It" showcases images including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Playboy is consummate host

Hugh Hefner, the ex-boyfriend of Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson, hosted her wedding Saturday at his famed mansion. Wilkinson, the former Girls Next Door star, married Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett, People magazine reported. The bride wore more than $100,000 worth of platinum and diamond jewelry by designer Michael Barin. Her bridesmaids dressed in lavender. Wilkinson and Baskett recently announced they expect their first child at Christmas.

Doing it right still divides

Director Spike Lee says the pivotal battle between love and hate depicted in his Do the Right Thing still resonates 20 years later. A trash can lobbed into a store window after the death of a character still symbolizes confusion, betrayal, and regret. The police choke-hold that killed character Radio Raheem - a fictionalization of the real death of Michael Stewart in New York City - has long been outlawed. But Lee said a divide in racial understanding remains. "White people still ask me why Mookie threw the can through the window," Lee said in an interview. "No black person ever, in 20 years, no person of color has ever asked me why."

Not so short

Short people who compensate by grabbing power are said to have a "Napoleonic" complex, but a new show at the National Constitution Center says Napoleon Bonaparte was not short for his era. The life of the Corsica-born military genius who rose from obscurity to command the armies of France and to conquer much of Europe before ending his life in lonely exile is offered through an exhibition open through Sept. 7. It features more than 300 objects from the life of the military leader, drawn from the extensive collection of Pierre-Jean Chalencon.

Weekend box office

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took in an estimated $201.2 million in domestic sales during its five-day opening weekend, offering competition to last summer's The Dark Knight, which drew $203.8 million. Transformers also took in an estimated $185.8 million overseas for a worldwide total of about $387 million. The sequel could hit the $400 million mark domestically, said an official from Paramount, which is distributing the DreamWorks film. Rounding out the top five were: The Proposal, drawing $18.5 million; The Hangover at $17.2 million; Up at $13 million; and My Sister's Keeper, $12 million.