NEWS LITE : FALSE DIVORCE TALE TO COST TABLOID.Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson won $85,000 in libel damages Friday in London over a tabloid's allegations that she was filing for divorce behind his back and that their marriage is a sham. Neeson, nominated for an Academy Award for his role in ``Schindler's List,'' and Richardson, who won a Tony Award this year for ``Cabaret,'' had sued the publishers of the Mirror tabloid for libel and malicious falsehood A malicious falsehood is a lie that was uttered with malice, IE. the utterer knew it was false or would cause damage or harm. Malicious falsehood is a false statement made maliciously that causes damage to the claimant. after publication of the story last month. Martin Cruddace, the lawyer for The Mirror's parent company, MGN MGN Membranous glomerulonephritis, see there , said the newspaper unequivocally accepts that the story was entirely false and apologized for the embarrassment, hurt and distress caused to the couple, who have been married for four years and have two sons. The couple said they would donate the money to victims of the Aug. 15 car bombing in the Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. town of Omagh. Neeson's family is from Northern Ireland. Cruise Consoling Victim: The Sequel He's rich. Talented. Married to Nicole Kidman. Has a habit of rescuing damsels in distress. Yup, that Tom Cruise is a regular hero. A mugging victim in London told The Evening Standard that none other than Cruise ran to her rescue Sept. 23 when attackers pulled open the door of her Porsche and yanked off about $120,000 worth of baubles. ``Tom was brilliant,'' said Rita Simmonds, who was badly bruised during the assault. Cruise's spokeswoman, Pat Kingsley Pat Kingsley is a publicist who worked for Tom Cruise for 14 years. Through her public relations firm, PMK, she has also represented Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Courtney Love, and Al Pacino. External links
Charity bidders compete for tour of chez chez prep. At the home of; at or by. [French, from Old French, from Latin casa, cottage, hut.] chez prep at the home of [French] Gates Microsoft employees are in a bidding war for a private tour of chairman Bill Gates' $53.4 million mansion. The tour leads the list of items on the auction block in the company's annual employee charitable-giving campaign. The top offer so far is $25,025. Bidding started at $300 on Sept. 21. Within three days, anonymous bids topped $12,000. ``There's a lot of respect for the man here, and not a lot of chance to spend time with him,'' said Emily Hine, Microsoft's giving campaign program manager. ``I think there are people waiting until the last minute, and then it will pop up . . . I think it could go to $50,000.'' Gates' estate manager will give the highest bidder HIGHEST BIDDER, contracts. He who, at an auction, offers the greatest price for the property sold. 2. The highest bidder is entitled to have the article sold at his bid, provided there has been no unfairness on his part. and a guest a private tour of the Lake Washington mansion in suburban Medina, Wash. At the end, Gates will ``personally guide you through his favorite rooms,'' according to the description of the tour. Refreshments will be provided. One of the biggest draws is the home's computer system, which changes music, temperature, lighting and even digital artwork to match visitor preferences as people move from room to room. It is run by 50 Windows NT servers. ``The home is a technological dream,'' Hine said. ``The techie A technical person. See hacker and programmer. people want to see the server room.'' The estate also has a 60-foot pool, sauna, 1,700-square-foot guest house, trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. room, 20-seat theater, arcade, dock for water-skiing, indoor-outdoor spa and reception hall. Microsoft will match $12,000 of the winning bid and donate the total to the charity of the winner's choice. The company hopes to raise $10.4 million for various charities by the end of this month. `Mary' makers tell litigant litigant n. any party to a lawsuit. This means plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, cross-complainant, and cross-defendant, but not a witness or attorney. LITIGANT. One engaged in a suit; one fond of litigation. to back off Bobby and Peter Farrelly, who wrote and directed the smash gross-out hit ``There's Something About Mary,'' are denying that they stole the film's raunchiest ideas - including the ``hair gel'' and ``cookie'' scenes - from independent producer Vince Offer's obscure 1996 flick ``The Underground Comedy Movie.'' Offer sued the filmmaking brothers last week in federal court in Los Angeles, provoking the Farrellys to blast back. ``We've never heard of Offer. . . . . We wish the guy would just break into Letterman's house and leave us alone.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) Takin' a lickin' Maggie the baby giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. gets a little kiss from her mother, Denver, at the Reid Park Zoo The Reid Park Zoo, founded in 1975, is a city-owned and operated non-profit zoo in Tucson, Arizona. The zoo features more than 500 animals over 17 acres of land. It was unofficially established in 1965 by Gene Reid, the parks and recreation director of the time. in Tucson, Ariz. Maggie was born Sept. 27. Associated Press (2) Tom Cruise: Repeat hero (3) Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson won their libel suit. (4) Bill Gates: Wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? see his house? |
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