NEWS LITE : A MOST ROMANTIC PAIR.``Titanic'' stars Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974[1]) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who garnered world wide fame for his role as Jack Dawson in Titanic. and Kate Winslet <noinclude></noinclude> Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-nominated, BAFTA, Grammy and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning English actress. , earned another accolade Thursday. They took the top spot in General Cinema's Valentine survey of the most romantic movie couples of all time. Five hundred movie lovers of all ages were asked to select five choices of the movies' all-time most romantic pairings from a list of 101 couples, or write in their own favorites. DiCaprio and Winslet received a vote from 30 percent of all people responding to the survey, followed by Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956) Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks in ``Sleepless in Seattle,'' and Demi Moore Demi Kutcher (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11, 1962) is an American actress. For most of her career, she has been known as Demi Moore, using the surname of her first husband, singer-songwriter Freddy Moore. and Patrick Swayze in ``Ghost.'' Ryan appears again, in the No. 4 slot, with co-star Billy Crystal for ``When Harry Met Sally.'' Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger complete the top five for ``Jerry Maguire.'' Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (``Casablanca'') tied with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere (``Pretty Woman'') for sixth place. Gere hits the list again in the No. 7 spot, along with Debra Winger, for ``An Officer and a Gentleman.'' DiCaprio's 1996 portrayal of Romeo, alongside Claire Danes' Juliet qualified them for eighth, and Ali McGraw and Ryan O'Neal took ninth place for ``Love Story.'' Replacing Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as the most popular dancing duo were Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey of ``Dirty Dancing,'' which sashayed its way into the No. 10 position. On politics, Dylan pleads ignorance Sixties protest singer Bob Dylan admits to total ignorance about politics in an interview with the British rock magazine, Mojo. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. the difference of right-wing or left-wing. I can be whatever they call conservative . . . and I can be completely on the left on something,'' Dylan told Mojo. Dylan also said he never thought he could change the world through his music. ``If I wanted to do that I guess I would have gone to school or Harvard or Yale and tried to be a politician or something.'' Roseanne's spouse will not be charged No charges will be filed against the estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. husband of actress-comedian Roseanne for a New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. incident in which he broke a lamp and window at the couple's home, prosecutors said Thursday. Ben Thomas was not arrested after the incident and left the home in a taxi. The decision not to file charges was made after a review of the incident, said Lara Bloomquist of the city attorney's domestic violence unit. The couple were married Valentine's Day 1995. Citing irreconcilable differences The existence of significant differences between a married couple that are so great and beyond resolution as to make the marriage unworkable, and for which the law permits a Divorce. , Roseanne filed for divorce a week after the outburst at her Bel-Air home. They have a 2-year-old son, Buck, and Roseanne has asked for custody. Roseanne's first marriage to Bill Pentland ended in divorce after 14 years; they had three children. She and her second husband, actor-comedian Tom Arnold, divorced in November 1994 after nearly four years of marriage. Guitar technicians find note to Baez Technicians at the Martin Guitar Co., creating a limited-edition line of $9,850 Joan Baez guitars, gave close inspection to her vintage instrument. Inside it, reports U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , they found a message, ``Too bad you are a Communist '' apparently scribbled years ago by a repairman re·pair·man n. A man whose occupation is making repairs. Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things maintenance man, service man who didn't like her political views. The company will reproduce it inside its new guitars, with an explanation and a tiny mirror to make it visible. ``We thought it was pretty charming,'' said Chris Martin, ``and so did she.'' Marcia Clark set to join news team NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. has hired O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark as a legal analyst. Clark will provide commentary on legal cases for NBC and its cable sister MS/NBC, and be an occasional guest host on CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. prime-time programs, the network said Thursday. ``Marcia is an accomplished lawyer and her legal mind will bring important insight to our coverage on both network and cable television,'' said David Corvo, vice president of NBC News. Clark left the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office after Simpson was acquitted of double murder. She wrote a book on the trial and failed to develop a syndicated legal show of her own. One of Simpson's former defense attorneys, Johnnie Cochran Jr., is host of a prime-time program on Court TV. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 6 Photos PHOTO (1 -- 3) Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, and Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan rated most romantic. (4) Clark (5) Roseanne (6) Baez |
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