NEWS LITE : BRUCE, DEMI SUE TABLOID, SAYING MARRIAGE FINE.Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. 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. are suing the Star supermarket tabloid Supermarket tabloids are national weekly magazines printed on newsprint in tabloid format, specializing in celebrity news, gossip, astrology, and bizarre (some would say apocryphal) stories about ordinary people. for more than $5 million for saying their marriage was on the rocks. The suit was filed Thursday after the Star refused to print a retraction In the law of Defamation, a formal recanting of the libelous or slanderous material. Retraction is not a defense to defamation, but under certain circumstances, it is admissible in Mitigation of Damages. Cross-references Libel and Slander. , the couple's attorney Marty Singer said. ``After seeing so many false stories written about them, they decided they'd had enough,'' Singer said. The cover of the June 10 issue carried the headline ``Demi & Bruce marriage on the rocks,'' and inside said: ``Now it's turning into H'wood's nastiest divorce in years.'' The July 1 issue carried the headline ``Johnny Depp's wild night with Demi.'' Also Thursday, the couple took legal action in Australia against the New Idea magazine over similar articles. ``These were pure fiction. There was no truth to any statements in the articles,'' Singer said. Copperfield says romance still magic David Copperfield “Copperfield” redirects here. For other uses, see Copperfield (disambiguation). David Copperfield may refer to:
Elvis' aura radiates at namesake club Finally, the Elvis faithful can get all the fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches they want, in a velvet-draped forum fit for the king of rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. . Elvis Presley's Memphis, the first nightclub run by Presley's estate, held a pre-opening party Thursday night on Memphis' Beale Street. Presley's ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and their daughter, Lisa Marie, were hosts as more than 400 invited guests wandered the two-story club, taking in the Elvis photos and memorabilia covering the walls. Pop star Jewel performed on the main stage, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling velvet drapes drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. . ``It's as if Elvis was alive today - this is what he would try to do,'' said club operator Michael Graves. Sporting a mostly '50s and '60s decor, the club offers a menu complete with some of Presley's favorite dishes, including meatloaf, skillet-fried round steak and those hard-to-find peanut butter and banana sandwiches, at $4.75 a pop. The club opens to the public today. It is the first in what the Presley estate hopes will be a string of nightclub-restaurants. Fergie denies she got coke treatment Kitty Kelley's heavily secured book, ``The Royals,'' won't be out for two months. Still, the Duchess of York Duchess of York is a title held by the wife of the Duke of York since the first Duke of York in 1384. The title is gained with matrimony alone and is forfeited on divorce. has already issued a denial of one of its rumored blockbuster revelations - that she has gotten a load of treatment for coke addiction. ``I've never been in a drug rehab center,'' the former Sarah Ferguson said through a rep. ``The closest I've ever gotten is helping raise money for drug treatment. I'll sue anybody who claims that I have.'' Fergie, currently vacationing in Italy with Hong Kong bizman David Tang, has previously confessed to abusing diet pills, but never street dope. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Peachy peach·y adj. peach·i·er, peach·i·est 1. Resembling a peach, especially in color or texture. 2. Informal Splendid; fine. keen Chris Gregg, 4, chomps on a peach at the family peach orchard in Hollonville, Ga. Peach growers in the state are recovering from a freeze that wiped out much of the crop last year. Associated Press (2) Taped with k.d. and Kathie Lee Canadian singer k.d. lang, left, sings ``I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' with Kathie Lee Gifford during a taping Thursday of ``Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.'' The show airs today. |
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