Names and faces

The Stone Temple Pilots have accused former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band’s name to further his solo career, and the band wants a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group’s name or songs. A lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles accuses Weiland of being chronically late to concerts while the group was together and having his lawyer attempt to interfere with the airplay of the group’s new single, “Out of Time.” Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots parted ways in February, and the 45-year-oldsinger said at the time that he learned of his ouster from a statement released to the media. In a message posted to his website Friday, Weiland said his former bandmates shouldn’t call themselves Stone Temple Pilots either. “First of all they don’t have the legal right to call themselves STP because I’m still a member of the band,” he said. “And more importantly, they don’t have the ethical right to call themselves Stone Temple Pilots because it’s misleading and dishonest to the millions of fans that have followed us for so many years.”

Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in Columbus’ South-Western schools. The Columbus Dispatch reported that Perry was drawn to Finland Middle School on Friday after seeing a TV report about teacher Mary Mulvany starting a foundation to raise scholarship money to cover fees. South-Western schools earned national attention when athletics and extracurricular activities were eliminated after a failed levy in 2009. The ballot request was later approved by voters,and sports, clubs and other activities were resurrected for a fee. Perry said he wants to sponsor as many children as possible and wants part of the money to go toward Finland and some to the foundation.