NEWS LITE : ALLEN ENJOYING LIFE WITH SOON-YI.Woody Allen Noun 1. Woody Allen - United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Allen is still bitter about the scandal that cost him his children, but loves his life with the adopted daughter of ex-girlfriend Mia Farrow farrow see farrowing. and making movies just like he has for decades, the reclusive re·clu·sive adj. 1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation. 2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut. director said in a rare interview. Allen lost contact with adopted daughter Dylan and his biological son with Farrow, Satchel, in a fierce custody dispute aggravated by claims of child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. and the director's sexual affair with Soon-Yi Previn. Allen was never charged with molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these , but Farrow won custody. ``It's a terrible, terrible thing. You know, I don't see them,'' Allen says in Sunday's New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. . ``I haven't seen Dylan in about seven years. I haven't seen Satchel in about 2-1/2 years.'' Regarding his romance with Previn, now 27, the 61-year-old director couldn't be happier. ``My relationship with Soon-Yi is the best relationship of my life,'' Allen said. ``We have a wonderful time together. Interestingly, it wasn't hard for us to keep focused during the difficult times because of all the media attention and criticism. If anything, it brought us closer together.'' Allen was eager to quash a couple of rumors. First, Soon-Yi is not pregnant and the couple was ``just browsing'' in Tiffany's, not shopping for wedding rings, although he wouldn't rule out a possible marriage someday, saying he'd like to have another child. Michener donates works to university Historical novelist James Michener is making the University of Northern Colorado  It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with and ()University of Northern Colorado (Northern Colorado) the only official repository of his works, donating manuscripts and personal writings. The collection, expected to include 60,000 items, will be in the James A. Michener James Albert Michener (February 3, 1907 - October 16, 1997) was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which are novels of sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in a particular geographic locale and incorporating historical facts into the story Archives in the library that also bears his name on the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) A standard for identifying servers, printers and other resources in a network, which originated in the Unix community. A UNC path uses double slashes or backslashes to precede the name of the computer. campus, school officials announced Friday. Michener earned a master's degree at UNC and taught there from 1936 to 1941. Harrods won't sell Di book The controversial Andrew Morton biography of Princess Diana was withdrawn from sale at Harrods department store in London on orders from its owner, Mohamed Al Fayed, whose son died with the princess five weeks ago. The book, in which Morton says Diana was the main source for the painful details of her early life and marriage to Prince Charles, was due for widespread publication Monday. A few London stores put several hundred copies of ``Diana, Her True Story - In Her Own Words'' on sale Saturday. Dillons said it sold all 4,000 of the books it made available at five central outlets. Waterstone's bookstores, which has a branch at Harrods, also began selling the book, a revised edition of Morton's 1992 best seller ``Diana: Her True Story.'' ``It was withdrawn on Saturday,'' Al Fayed spokesman Michael Cole said Sunday. ``Mr. Al Fayed gave the order as soon as he found out the book was on sale.'' ``He didn't want the book in his shop because he saw it as a blatant attempt to gain money out of an awful tragedy for which he is still in grieving.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) A pachyderm to see the priest An elephant leads the procession of animals to be blessed Sunday at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . This is the 13th year the church has celebrated the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi with a blessing for about 1,000 people and their pets. Associated Press (2) Filmmaker Woody Allen and girlfriend Soon-Yi Previn in Italy last year. Associated Press |
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