NEWS LITE : O.J.'S GUEST WINS TABLOID SETTLEMENT.The man who became the nation's most famous house guest during the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Brian ``Kato'' Kaelin, has settled his $15 million libel lawsuit over the National Examiner's headline ``Cops Think Kato Did It!'' Kaelin's lawyer, Gary Bostwick, wouldn't say how much Globe Communications Corp. agreed to pay. Kaelin was Simpson's house guest when the former football star's ex-wife and her friend were stabbed to death in 1994. Simpson was acquitted of criminal charges but later found liable in a civil trial. The National Examiner The National Examiner is a supermarket tabloid owned by the American Media Corporation. Like other tabloids, its contents have often come under question, and it has been derided for its sensationalistic writing. headline ran a week after Simpson was acquitted. Attorneys for the tabloid argued that it never accused Kaelin of murder and ``it'' in the headline meant perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. . A federal appeals court last year ruled that the headline alone could be grounds for libel. Ventura respects some for suicides Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos on July 15, 1951), also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The Governing Body", is an American politician, retired professional wrestler, Navy UDT veteran, actor, and former radio and television talk show host. says he would want the option of assisted suicide assisted suicide: see euthanasia. if he were terminally ill Terminally Ill When a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. Notes: Any gifts given out by the afflicted person at this time may be considered as a dispersion of the estate rather than a gift. - an exception, he says, to his comments in Playboy magazine that he has ``no respect for anyone who would kill himself.'' He also makes an exception for those so mentally ill they couldn't judge what they were doing. The professional wrestler turned politician made the comments Sunday in a taped interview for ABC's ``This Week With Sam Donaldson Samuel Andrew Donaldson (born March 11, 1934 in El Paso, Texas) is a reporter and news anchor for ABC News, anchoring the Sunday edition of World News Tonight from its inception in January 1979 through the 1990s. and Cokie Roberts.'' Neal, 73, sees self in classic role at 25 Patricia Neal says she watched herself in the 1951 science-fiction classic ``The Day the Earth Stood Still'' for the first time on a wide screen Saturday night. ``This reminds me of the Oscars. I love it,'' the 73-year-old Academy Award-winning actress told the cheering crowd that gathered at Omaha's Indian Hills Theater, which has a 70-foot screen. One of Neal's many fans, Ron Barta, told her: ``You still have the sexiest voice I've ever heard.'' ``Thank you, dear,'' Neal replied. ``Keep spreading that rumor.'' Film sex, violence stale, director says What could the director of such dark and moody films as ``Eraserhead'' and ``The Elephant Man'' possibly see in the tale of an old man who rides his lawn mower across Iowa? Tenderness, said David Lynch, the director of ``The Straight Story,'' the new Disney film that will be released Friday. ``I responded to the emotion in it,'' Lynch was quoted in Sunday editions of The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. ``Then I felt it would be the correct thing to do. I felt its yearning for pure, intense feeling represented something that was in the air. . . . What's in the air is also a desire to have a break from sex and violence or, rather, a yearning for more tender, more direct storytelling.'' Madonna cast in film with Noel Coward turn Next up for the ever-evolving Lady Madonna: Her next film role will be in an adaptation of a Noel Coward play. Miss M will star in ``Quadrille quadrille Dance for four couples in square formation, fashionable from the late 18th through the 19th century. Imported to England from Parisian ballrooms in 1815, it consisted of four or five contredanses (see ,'' playing the outraged wife of a philandering English aristocrat, Billboard Online reports. The movie will begin shooting in April in London and the south of France South of France south n the South of France → le Sud de la France, le Midi . So far, Madonna is the only person cast for the picture. The last time Madonna turned a play into a movie she earned some decent reviews as Evita Peron in the 1996 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ``Evita.'' Meanwhile, perennially popular touring rocker Dave Matthews will have to take a break from the road to make his big-screen debut in a remake of the 1974 family flick ``Where The Red Fern Grows.'' Matthews stars with Ned Beatty and Dabney Coleman in the story of a young boy growing up in Oklahoma during the Depression. `Backlash' author had weird tour Feminist Susan Faludi, whose new book about men in the '90s is ``Stiffed'' (Morrow; $27.50), writes in the latest issue of Harper's about the media tour for her last book, ``Backlash.'' One interviewer asked, ``Do you shave your underarms?'' As she was waiting to go on in another show's green room, the producers ``burst in with a suggestion: How about we have you appear on the set in a bathrobe and rollers?'' After the tour, advertisers contacted her about celebrity spokesmanship. A shoe manufacturer asked if she wanted to be in an ad for high heels. And a cosmetic surgery cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes, such as the improvement of the appearance of the face by removing wrinkles or reshaping the nose. center asked if she'd endorse silicone breast implants Breast Implants Definition Breast implantation is a surgical procedure for enlarging the breast. Breast-shaped sacks made of a silicone outer shell and filled with silicone gel or saline (salt water), called implants, are used. . When she said she didn't have them, the center's representative said ``That's OK. We just want to use your name because you're a feminist.'' HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy has bought movie rights to ``Stiffed,'' paying what the New York Times called a ``mid-six-figure sum'' to turn it into a TV drama. News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) NIFTY NUPTIALS Maureen Gordon Geary watches the Boston Columbus Day parade from a horse-drawn coach as she waits at King's Chapel for her wedding. Sunday's rain did not deter marchers from honoring Christopher Columbus, or keep Geary from her march down the aisle. Evan Richman/New York Times (2) JODIE'S NIGHT Oscar-winning acress Jodie Foster accepts her American Cinematheque award The American Cinematheque Award annually honors "an extraordinary artist in the entertainment industry who is fully engaged in his or her work and is committed to making a significant contribution to the art of the motion pictures". onstage during a taped salute in Beverly Hills. (3) KAELIN |
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