NEWS LITE : MAN HAS GOBBLED 14,937 BIG MACS.

Don Gorske of Fond Du Lac, Wis., has kept track of every Big Mac he's eaten since 1973 and says he's wolfed down 14,837 - about two a day. Says he's gone only seven days without one. Keeps a stash in the freezer for emergencies. Travels with a McDonald's directory. Figures he's consumed about 3,000 pounds of patties, about equal to the meat in 4-1/2 cows.

Gorske's license plate reads: SZME CB1, which he pronounces ``sesame seed bun.'' Says he: ``I really look forward to Big Macs.'' Is there a doctor in the house?

Stallone ties knot with child's mom

Sylvester Stallone confirmed Monday that he married longtime girlfriend Jennifer Flavin, the mother of his daughter.

Stallone, 50, and Flavin, 28, exchanged vows Saturday during a private ceremony in London. It was Stallone's third marriage.

``I have had two great things happen to me in the past year: the birth of our beautiful daughter, Sophia Rose, and now my marriage to Jennifer, who is a great mother and I know will be a wonderful wife,'' Stallone said in a statement.

After the Dorchester Hotel wedding, the couple traveled 75 miles northwest for a blessing service at 18th century Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

Stallone publicist Paul Bloch said 8-month-old Sophia Rose was the honored guest at the wedding and ``had a big smile on her face.''

The Stallones were honeymooning at an undisclosed location in Europe, Bloch said.

Goodman gets his star - in St. Louis

John Goodman often boasts of being from L.A. - lower Affton - that is.

Goodman grew up in the St. Louis suburb, and on Sunday the co-star of television's ``Roseanne'' was given a spot on St. Louis' Walk of Fame.

Goodman said it was fitting that he was presented his star and plaque on an outdoor stage next to Blueberry Hill, a bar and restaurant.

``It's amazing I receive this award in front of the establishment where I had my first legal drink in 1973,'' he said.

Goodman thanked his family, including his sister, Betty, ``who snitched, ratted me out and taught me to lie with gusto, which I managed to turn into a career.''

There are now 70 stars on the Walk, along a street in suburban University City, including baseball Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean and three-time Democratic Sen. Thomas Eagleton.

American pilot reaches point of Amelia Earhart's no return

Linda Finch is not following Amelia Earhart anymore.

In an emotional tribute, the American pilot flew over Howland Island in the central-south Pacific on Monday, dropping three silk wreaths in memory of the aviation pioneer who disappeared near there 60 years ago.

Earhart vanished with navigator Fred Noonan in 1937 while trying to become the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe at its widest point, the equator. Finch left Oakland, Calif., on March 17 to retrace and complete Earhart's last flight in a rebuilt plane nearly identical to hers.

Finch said she dropped one wreath to express her admiration for Earhart, one from the people in Earhart's hometown of Atchison, Kan., and one from Zonta, a woman's service group that Earhart belonged to.

``I know how anxious I am to be home, and I am sure Amelia must have felt the same way,'' Finch said in a dispatch posted on the Internet.

Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10-E left Lae, Papua New Guinea, on July 2, 1937, and never made its next landfall, Howland Island. At last report, Earhart was low on fuel. No trace was found of the aircraft, and Earhart's fate remains a mystery.

Earhart had traveled about 22,370 miles of the 29,200-mile journey across five continents when she disappeared.

Finch has nearly 4,000 miles to go to complete her journey.

After flying over Howland Island, Finch landed safely on the tiny Pacific island of Kanton. The isolated island has no hotels, fresh water or electricity, so Finch and her crew will camp out until they fly east to Christmas Island - also called Kiritmati - on Wednesday.

Finch, who has logged more than 8,000 flying hours during the past 20 years, hopes her flight will revive the inspirational spirit of Earhart.

``Amelia Earhart believed that people should not live within limits that were set by society or the many kinds of limits we set for ourselves, that we should have the freedom to have our dreams and do the things we want to do,'' she told fans in Darwin, Australia.

``We want people to remember that message: You can have your dreams.''

In 1928, Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. In the next few years, she set aviation records for speed, altitude and solo flights.

Finch expects to be back in the United States on May 28.

Film aground 

`Titanic' not ready

for shipping

The sunken luxury ocean liner's celluloid cousin could be doomed, too. Director James Cameron's ``Titanic'' won't sail into theaters in July.

Variety magazine says the opening weekend slot for the Leonardo DiCaprio/Kate Winslet flick of the ill-fated 1912 ship has been shipped out of summer openings. Paramount had been unwilling to announce that the opening date had been moved. Speculation now is that it will open in November or December, so it could be considered for Oscars.

Variety notes that if it is released for the holidays, this postponement could add $20 million more to the reported $200 million budget, which is already way over budget for the yet-unfinished picture. Costs could now reach $285 million, rivaling ``Cleopatra'' as the most expensive movie ever made. (Its $44 million, 1963 budget would reach $300 million in adjusted 1997 dollars.)

Streisand wearing engagement ring

Barbra Streisand and James Brolin are engaged, reports Entertainment Tonight, and she's wearing a ring to prove it.

``We were smitten with each other from the first moment. . . . She's one of the sweetest little girls I've ever met,'' Brolin told ET.

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PHOTO (1) Aviator Linda Finch stands in front of her plane in Darwin, Australia.

(2) Flavin

(3) Goodman