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Comedian Chris Rock says he has no interest in moving to thepolitical arena, despite urgings from the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Rock happy to stay

in show businessNEW YORK - Comedian Chris Rock says he has no interest inpolitics, despite urgings from the Rev. Jesse Jackson that he becomemore involved."I'm in show business," Rock told TV Guide in its July 10 issue."I wanna hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson."Rock also reflected on the deaths of comedians Chris Farley andPhil Hartman, who he worked with on "Saturday Night Live," callingthem victims of "the comedian curse.""We're performers - a bunch of geeks no one liked," he said."Now, people finally like us, and we're willing to put up with atremendous amount. . . and make ourselves miserable, to maintainit."Cindy Crawfordgives birth to sonLOS ANGELES - Supermodel Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerberare "over the moon" at the birth of their first child, theirpublicist said.Presley Walker Gerber was born on Friday at an undisclosedhospital in the Los Angeles area, said Annett Wolf, the couple'spublicist.The boy weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20 inches long.Crawford, 33, and Gerber, 36, married in May 1998. He runs thechic clubs Skybar in Los Angeles and Whiskey Park in New York.Roberts to bringmom's story to lifeLOS ANGELES - Seven years ago, Erin Brockovich was an unemployed,struggling single mom. Now her life is about to be depicted by JuliaRoberts.In her next movie, the star will portray Brockovich, a researchassistant who in 1992 began helping attorney Ed Masry win a $333million settlement against Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Masry and Brockovich represented 650 people who blamed PG&E for acontaminated water supply that they say caused cancer and otherillnesses in their small desert community of Hinkley, Calif.The film is "a story of a twice-divorced woman, three kids, nochild support, who comes to my office as a secretary," Masry said."She rises up to the occasion and helps put together this massivetoxic case and at the end gets a few million dollars in bonus, andisvery successful."Young actor movesinto deep waterMADISON, Ind. - Jake Lloyd is jumping from deep space to the deep,choppy waters of the Ohio River.The 10-year-old actor, who played the young Anakin Skywalker in"Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace," has been cast as theyoung Mike McCormick, whose late father drove a hydroplane calledMiss Madison to its greatest victory in the 1971 Madison Regatta.