Laila Ali marries retired NFL star

Los Angeles – Laila Ali and retired NFL star Curtis Conway were married this weekend, her manager, Eric Kaufman, said Monday.

Kaufman wouldn’t release any details of Sunday’s wedding.

Guests included Ali’s parents, Muhammad Ali and Veronica Porsche Anderson; her sister Hana Ali; Conway’s 12-year-old twin sons, Cameron and Kelton; and his 8-year-old daughter, Leilani, People magazine reported on its Web site.

The 29-year-old quadruple crown super middleweight champion wore a champagne-colored silk charmeuse strapless mermaid gown, the magazine reported.

She was among the competitors on last season’s “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC.

Conway, 36, and Ali met two years ago.

Queen Latifah joins concert for MLK

Washington – Queen Latifah, Garth Brooks and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds will perform at a concert to raise money for a memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to be built on the National Mall.

Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger are organizing the Dream Concert, which will be held Sept. 18 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Tickets go on sale July 30 through TicketMaster, the memorial fund also announced Monday. Prices range from $250 to $1,000.

The memorial fund had previously announced that Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana would be among the headliners. NBC “Today” show weatherman Al Roker will be a special guest presenter.

The group working to build the King Memorial has raised $81 million of the $100 million needed to complete and maintain the memorial.

It is slated for a space on the Tidal Basin between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, and is scheduled to be completed next year.

Clarkson all apologies

New York – Kelly Clarkson has done a lot of talking about reports of a feud with Clive Davis over the direction of her new album, “My December.” Now, she’s apologizing.

“I want to set the record straight on this by saying that I want my band, my advisers, those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly knit family,” the 25-year-old singer said Monday in a statement posted on her Web site.

“Like any family we will disagree and argue sometimes but, in the end, it’s respect and admiration that will keep us together.”

For months, Clarkson has weathered – and also fueled in candid interviews – reports of a battle with Davis, who oversees her record label, RCA, over the direction of “My December,” which was released June 26.

“A lot has been made in the press about my relationship with Clive,” the former “American Idol” said in her statement. “Much of this has been blown way out of proportion and out of context.”

“Contrary to recent characterizations in the press, I’m well aware that Clive is one of the great record men of all time,” her statement said. “He has been a key advisor and has been an important force in my success to date.”

Rap feud continues

Los Angeles – Tupac Shakur’s mother is seeking to prevent his former label, Death Row Records Inc., from selling the late rapper’s unreleased recordings as part of a bankruptcy settlement.

Afeni Shakur sought an injunction in federal bankruptcy court Friday claiming Death Row was attempting to sell Shakur material that belonged to the rapper’s estate.

Unreleased recordings should have been turned over to the estate as part of a 1997 agreement with the record label, said attorney Donald N. David, who represents the estate.

But during Death Row’s bankruptcy proceedings, “it was revealed that an album’s worth of unreleased Tupac material was being advertised to potential buyers as the jewel in the crown of the Death Row assets,” David said.

In the 1990s, Death Row was home to superstar rappers such as Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, as well as Shakur.

The label’s fortunes – and those of its owner, Marion “Suge” Knight – started to slide when Shakur was shot and killed in 1996 while riding in the passenger seat of Knight’s car.

The shooting took place after the pair was involved in a fight in a Las Vegas hotel. The attack resulted in Knight being sent to prison for violating his parole.

Knight sought bankruptcy protection for himself and the company in April 2006. He claimed debts of more than $100 million in each filing.