NEWS LITE : GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING; $1 MILLION DONATED FOR VIAGRA.The sex - $1 million worth - is on Alan ``Ace'' Greenberg. The head of the Wall Street investment firm Bear, Stearns and Co. is donating the pile of money to buy Viagra for poor men. ``I made the money and I'm going to give it away any way I want to,'' Greenberg said Wednesday. ``The public interest in Viagra says a lot about how many people have been suffering in silence.'' It's not the Kansas-born financier's first unusual donation. Several years ago, he gave the Israel Museum The Israel Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון ישראל, Muzayon Yisrael) was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. in Jerusalem money to renovate its bathrooms and had a plaque installed in one to honor his brother. Greenberg's Viagra check is going to the Hospital for Special Surgery 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. . His wife, Kathy, is a board member. He said he decided to donate the money last week after reading that some insurance companies and state health programs are refusing to cover the impotence drug, which sells for $8 to $10 a pill. ``It's a matter of quality of life,'' said Greenberg, who earned a $20 million bonus last year. ``I asked my wife what she thought. She said, `You're usually nuts, but if you really want to do it, go ahead ' '' Despite his philanthropic streak, Greenberg is known for pinching pennies at work. He cracks down on Bear, Stearns employees who take unauthorized cab rides and exhorts them to save paper clips. The Viagra won't be available until the fall, after a committee of doctors works out a plan for dispensing the drug through urologists or centers for the elderly. ``Sexuality is an important and previously ignored part of aging,'' said John Ahearn, chief executive of the Hospital for Special Surgery. A million dollars will buy ``a lot of pills.'' Has the 70-year-old Wall Street executive taken Viagra himself? ``I'm not answering that,'' Greenberg said. Travolta files lawsuit over use of name in ad A $5 million lawsuit filed by John Travolta accuses two men of using his name without his permission to lure investors to their film companies, his attorney said Wednesday. ``I can tell you John Travolta never talked to them, never gave them any consent and there was never any oral agreement or written agreement,'' said Travolta attorney John Lavely Jr. ``They have no basis for using his name.'' The suit was filed Monday in Van Nuys Superior Court against George Jarvis III and David Nava, owners and partners of Silverado Films Inc. and its finance company Capital Funding Group Inc. Jarvis could not be reached for comment. Nava denied in an interview that the companies committed fraud and said he had permission to use the name. ``It got his name out in a positive way and we didn't make any money out of this. We've been blackballed from Hollywood,'' said Nava. The suit alleges that Jarvis and Nava ``knowingly and fraudulently'' published John Travolta's name in an advertisement that appeared in USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. on April 29. The ad offered the sale of a million shares of stock in the Silverado, which was named ``in association with John Travolta Productions.'' Stones' tax dodge has eyes rolling Capitalist pigs? That's the phrase some Brits are tossing at the Rolling Stones Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great influence. Members have included singer Mick Jagger (Michael Phillip Jagger), 1943–; guitarists Brian Jones , who canceled their UK concert tour to spite a new tax law that would have taken a huge bite out Verb 1. bite out - utter; "She bit out a curse" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" of their earnings. The Stones announced that they've filled one of those four canceled UK dates with an Aug. 11 Moscow gig, their first-ever there. The London Times, noting the sacred rock mantra ``to die young and leave a beautiful corpse,'' said the Stones ``are more concerned with aging gracefully and leaving a well-preserved legacy. They intend to be neither out of time nor out of pocket.'' The Daily Mirror reported that the Stones pay as little as 4 cents in national tax for every $1.50 earned, adding that one of them made $25 million last year while paying but $600,000 in taxes. It added that two of them channeled cash through offshore accounts in the Dutch Antilles to avoid Britain's taxes. The paper estimated Mick Jagger's wealth at $210 million. Said Member of Parliament Norman Baker For other persons named Norman Baker, see Norman Baker (disambiguation). Norman John Baker (born 26 July 1957 in Aberdeen) is a British politician. He is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes. : ``It shows they are clapped-out capitalists.'' Girls in group say old Spice Old Spice is an American brand of male grooming products. It is manufactured by Procter & Gamble, which acquired the brand in 1990 from the Shulton Company. History still nice The Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English all-female pop group, formed in London in 1994. The Spice Girls, consisting of: Geri Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Victoria Beckham signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996. say no, no, no, there's no bad blood between 'em and Geri Halliwell, the departed Ginger Spice. ``If Geri walked through the door now,'' said Posh Spice Victoria Adams, ``we would all be, like, `Hello. Hello?' It would be like friends meeting up. It's not nasty, we've all said that. We all love each other and we all love Geri.'' Righto. Halliwell dropped out May 31 because of ``differences between us.'' As to whether they've asked Ginger why she snapped: ``Of course, we've been in touch with her - there's a lot of things to sort out,'' said Sporty Spice Melanie Chisholm. ``We really do wish her well - we want her to succeed.'' The Girls haven't said that they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a replacement, but that's not stopping MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. from holding open auditions in Seaside, N.J. Among the hopefuls, an old, overweight guy in a trench coat, reported USA Today. Spice fans will choose the winner, and the British band Chief Black Hawk's Band of 1832, commonly referred to as the "British Band", was a group of Native Americans which fought the Illinois State and Michigan Territory militias during the 1832 Black Hawk War. has promised to take a look-see if s/he has potential girl power. Carrey co-star sees comic's charisma Laura Linney saw stars when she first laid eyes on Jim Carrey “James Carrey” redirects here. For the murder conspirator, see James Carey. James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor and comedian. . ``I looked at him and thought, God, he looks like Cary Grant Noun 1. Cary Grant - United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) Grant ,'' said his co-star in ``The Truman Show.'' ``You don't think of that when you think of Jim Carrey, but when you can just look at him, he's this big, handsome, strapping man.'' Linney plays Carrey's wife in the new movie. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy Karen Duffy (born May 23, 1962) is an American model, television personality, and actress. Born in New York City, she attended Park Ridge High School in Park Ridge, New Jersey, graduating in 1979. from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) Alan ``Ace'' Greenberg Head of investment firm Bear, Stearns and Co. (2) Jagger jag 1 n. 1. A sharp projection; a barb. 2. a. A hanging flap along the edge of a garment. b. A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color. tr.v. (3) Linney (4) Travolta |
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