NEWS LITE : REGGAE SUPERSTAR THEME PARK'S FOCUS.A theme park showcasing the life and work of reggae legend Bob Marley will open February in Florida, the singer's widow said Sunday. Rita Marley Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley was born July 25, 1946 in Santiago de Cuba to Leroy Anderson and Cynthia "Beda" Jarrett. Rita is the widow of legendary Reggae musician Bob Marley, and a member of the trio the I Threes, Bob Marley's back up singers. said the Universal Studios project in Orlando, Fla., will open Feb. 6, Marley's birthday. The park is modeled on Marley's former Kingston home, now a museum that attracts thousands of visitors. ``It's beautiful, the exact replica of the Bob Marley Museum,'' Rita Marley said of the new theme park. Marley helped introduce reggae to the world in the late 1960s, bringing international recognition for Jamaica. He died of cancer in 1981 at age 36. Car cooks unchained If you're driving around bored by shaving while you talk on your cell phone: From Logical Living, the $49 Stove-to-Go, which plugs into a car's cigarette lighter and ``cooks frozen food in two hours while you drive. . . . A hundred miles later, your dinner is ready, piping hot, fully cooked and delicious.'' Diana reportedly pined for Africa The late Princess Diana Noun 1. Princess Diana - English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales once asked heart transplant heart transplant Procedure to remove a diseased heart and replace it with a healthy one from a legally dead donor. The first was performed in 1967 by Christiaan Barnard. pioneer Dr. Christiaan Barnard Christiaan Neethling Barnard (November 8, 1922 – September 2, 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon. He is famous for performing the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant. to help her and her then-sweetheart - a leading British-based heart surgeon - move to South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , the Sunday Times reported. In October 1996, Diana told Barnard about her love for Hasnat Khan, and asked Barnard to help Khan find a job in Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. , Barnard told the newspaper. Cape Town is Barnard's hometown and where Diana's brother, Earl Charles Spencer Charles Spencer may refer to: Nobility
Diana died less than a year later - in a car crash on Aug. 31, 1997 - along with Dodi Fayed, her boyfriend at the time. ``There was no doubt in my mind that she was very much in love with Khan and would have married him if he had agreed,'' Barnard said. The relationship foundered, Barnard said, because Khan ``could not handle the publicity of living with Diana.'' INXS INXS In Excess (band) INXS Internet Exchange Service fans gather, mourn Hutchence A year after his death, INXS star Michael Hutchence was remembered Sunday by 250 fans and family at a chapel in the Sydney, Australia, suburb of North Ryde. Hutchence's brother Rhett paid tribute, a friend read a poem, and a solo saxophonist played. After the 40-minute service, Hutchence's father, Kel Hutchence, unveiled a memorial on the grounds of the Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium cre·ma·to·ri·um n. pl. cre·ma·to·ri·ums or cre·ma·to·ri·a A furnace or establishment for the incineration of corpses. crematorium Noun pl -riums or to mark the life of the singer, who committed suicide in a Sydney hotel room Nov. 22, 1997, at the age of 37. ``He was a good and loving man and an excellent musician,'' his father said. At the peak of his and the Australian band INXS's musical success, their 1987 album ``Kick'' sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Gingrich sets price at $50,000, airfare Newt Gingrich is available for speaking engagements, reports the Washington Post, for $50,000 plus three first-class air tickets. And here's what else you get, said a memo from the Washington Speakers Bureau to a trade association executive: ``In addition to his speech, Mr. Gingrich, a man of ideas, is willing to meet for one hour . . . to exchange views with your CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , organization president or board of directors.'' MAKE UP Kate Winslet, star of the Oscar-winning movie ``Titanic,'' married an assistant film director Sunday in a quiet ceremony at her family's local church in Reading, England. About 150 guests, including actress Emma Thompson, attended the afternoon wedding at All Saints' Church in southern England. After the half-hour service, the 23-year-old actress, in a white Edwardian-style gown, posed briefly for photographs with her 25-year-old husband, Jim Threapleton. ``It was quite amazing,'' said the bride. ``It was the most amazing day of our lives.'' She said the exchange of vows was the highlight. ``I think it was an incredible feeling.'' The reception, held at a 17th-century pub, included a simple meal featuring bangers and mash More of a serving suggestion than a recipe, bangers and mash is a British colloquial name for sausage (bangers) served with mashed potatoes. The sausage may be one of a variety of flavoured sausage; such as pork, pork and apple, tomato, beef, Lincolnshire, or Cumberland. , or sausages and mashed potatoes, a traditional hearty dish. A four-piece Irish fiddle band could be heard playing the tune from the ``Titanic'' scene in which Winslet's character dances a jig. . . . AND BREAK UP Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall have split again, British tabloid reports agreed Sunday. But the tabs divided over whether the trouble this time stems from an old problem - the Rolling Stones singer's other women - or a new one: his anger over their 14-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, following in her mother's footsteps on the catwalk. The Mail on Sunday said 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. stormed out of the family's London mansion and went to his chateau in France's Loire Valley after accusing his 42-year-old wife of seeking to revive publicity for herself by modeling with Elizabeth. The News of the World, however, carried a shadowy picture that it said showed Jagger, 54, on Wednesday night leaving the Paris apartment of an old flame An Old Flame is the sixth episode of the fifth and final series of the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. It first aired on 12 October 1975 on ITV. Background An Old Flame was recorded in the studio on 20 and 21 March 1975. , model Carla Bruni. Enraged en·rage tr.v. en·raged, en·rag·ing, en·rag·es To put into a rage; infuriate. [Middle English *enragen, from Old French enrager : en-, causative pref. , Texan-born Hall, a former top model, flew to 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 , taking the couple's youngest child, 11-month-old Gabriel. Miss World contest still stirs dispute At the age of 48, the Miss World beauty pageant, being held in Victoria, Seychelles, is undergoing a face lift. Gone are the high heels and swimsuit parades in front of the judges. Now the 86 contestants will participate in environmentally friendly activities - planting trees and taking part in a ceremonial return of hawksbill hawksbill: see sea turtle. turtle shells to the sea. However, most of the traditional elements of this showcase for beauty remain intact. But the contest created by former British serviceman Eric Morley to liven up drab, post-war England is not yet free of the controversy that brought it adverse publicity in the past. Two years ago, protesters in India who claimed the competition was an insult to Indian women forced Morley and his wife Julia to move the swimsuit competition to the Seychelles island group in the Indian Ocean. This year, Croatian entry Lejla Sehovic was stripped of her Miss Croatia title last month after media reports said event organizers were worried Croatians would not accept a Muslim representing Catholic-dominated Croatia. Judges voted a second time and awarded the crown to Ivana Petkovic, a Roman Catholic. The media outcry was so great that the crown was returned to Sehovic - with the provision that Petkovic would represent Croatia next year. News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 photos PHOTO (1) DIANA (2) Kate Winslet married Jim Threapleton on Sunday. Nigel Barklie/Associated Press (3) Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger were happier in 1992. Louis Hollingsbee/Associated Press |
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