Ex-Edwards aide to give interview on sex scandal

Los Angeles — ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John Edwards’ mistress, the network said Wednesday.

ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff’s interview with Andrew Young will air Jan. 29 on “20/20.” Young was a longtime friend and aide to Edwards, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004.

Young will discuss his upcoming book, “The Politician,” an account of Edwards’ 2004 campaign and the Rielle Hunter scandal, the network said.

Hunter’s video production firm worked for Edwards’ political action committee before his second run for the White House, which ended in 2008. In an interview with Woodruff last year, Edwards admitted to an affair with Hunter but denied he had a child with her.

Metallica singer gives 330 acres to county

San Rafael, Calif. — Metallica frontman James Hetfield is donating 330 acres overlooking California’s Lucas Valley for preservation as farmland.

Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the donation Tuesday. It follows Hetfield’s earlier gift to the county of more than 400 acres for open space. Both plots of land are around Hetfield’s home.

Hetfield’s land use consultant, Scott Hochstrasser, says the donations reflect the singer’s desire to maintain privacy and preserve open space.

Timberlake closes golf course for 6 months

Memphis, Tenn. — Justin Timberlake is closing his golf course for six months to make improvements just a half-year after opening it.

The Mirimichi golf course will close from Jan. 15 to July 17 while its greens, bunkers and drainage are improved and its wetlands, wildflowers and native grasses are expanded.

According to The Commercial Appeal newspaper in Memphis, Timberlake said Tuesday he originally planned to make the improvements over three years and stay open. But he said he didn’t want the public to have to wait through three years of gradual improvements.

Timberlake, a Memphis native, and his family have spent $16 million renovating the 18 holes.