NEWS LITE : YOKO ONO SUES FORMER LENNON AIDE.Yoko Ono Noun 1. Yoko Ono - United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933) Ono continued a long feud with a former assistant to John Lennon Noun 1. John Lennon - English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) Lennon , suing him Tuesday and claiming he stole priceless personal items after the ex-Beatle was killed. In a federal lawsuit filed in 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 , Ono contends that the former aide, Fred Seaman, agreed in 1983 to return boxes of Lennon's personal items but has held on to hundreds of photographs. The lawsuit was prompted by Seaman's claim in a February letter to Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI, located in Hollywood, California. Its headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. that a photograph of Lennon with his son Sean, overlooking a beach in Bermuda, was improperly included in a recently released compact disc boxed set. Seaman said he shot the photograph and calls Capitol's use of it ``an egregious'' copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own . Capitol sued Seaman separately Tuesday, seeking a declaration that the photograph does not infringe on any copyright rights. Telephone calls to Seaman and a lawyer for Ono were not returned. Unsung designer fit for a princess Sophie Rhys-Jones has chosen a little-known designer to make the dress for her wedding to Prince Edward Noun 1. Prince Edward - third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) Edward Antony Richard Louis, Edward . The design by Samantha Shaw, who set up her own salon only four years ago, will remain secret until the June 19 ceremony at St. George's Noun 1. St. George's - the capital and largest city of Grenada capital of Grenada Grenada - an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth Chapel at Windsor Castle Windsor Castle: see under Windsor, England. Windsor Castle Principal British royal residence, on the River Thames in Windsor, Berkshire, southern England. , Shaw's publicist says. Shaw, 30, never advertises and sells her work mainly at private fashion shows. ``It's a great choice,'' said Camilla Secil, social editor of Harpers and Queen magazine. ``Sam makes very feminine clothes, very pretty and often layered. She uses very rich fabrics, hand-painting and beads. Houston says fighting like love Whitney Houston says she's the aggressor AGGRESSOR, crim. law. He who begins, a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another. No man may strike another because he has threatened, or in consequence of the use of any words. in her marriage to Bobby Brown. ``Contrary to belief, I do the hitting, he doesn't. He has never put his hands on me. He is not a woman-beater,'' the singer and actress said in the May issue of Redbook. ``We are crazy for one another. I mean crazy in love, love, love, love, love. When we're fighting, it's like that's love That's Love was a British television sitcom about the domestic problems of a young married couple, lawyer Donald (Mulville) and designer Patsy (Hardcastle). Over the series, Donald had an affair with Laurel (Liza Goddard). for us. We're fighting for our love.'' Brown's arrest history includes drunken driving and battery against women other than his wife. Brown was sentenced in 1998 to five days in jail and a year on probation for drunken driving. On Monday, a judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., put him back on probation for showing up drunk to do his time. Houston conceded that her singer husband is ``a party guy'' who ``likes to hang with his friends. He likes to dance with different people.'' But she said she knows he's loyal.'' Fan of bandleader Miller gets logbook An American fan of bandleader Glenn Miller paid $35,000 Tuesday for a military logbook that holds a clue to Miller's mysterious disappearance aboard an airplane during World War II. ``I've never done anything like this in my life,'' said William Suitts, a 76-year-old businessman from Boulder, Colo., who bid for the book by telephone to Sotheby's auction house in London. ``From the time I was about 18 years old, I've always been a great, great fan of his,'' Suitts said, adding that he served in the Army Air Corps during the World War II. Suitts was drawn to the logbook by a series of coincidences. In addition to being a lifelong Glenn Miller fan, he discovered when he moved to Boulder 40 years ago that it was where Miller had gone to college - at the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
CAPTION(S): 6 photos PHOTO (1 -- 3) Spectacular appearance The Terminator makes an explosive entrance Tuesday to introduce the new ``Terminator 2: 3D'' attraction at Universal Studios, top, after a daring 150-foot rappel from a Sikorski Skycrane, the world's largest transport chopper, right. Arnold Schwarzenegger, above, along with other cast members from the ``Terminator 2: 3D'' virtual adventure, was on hand for the special preview at Universal. David Sprague/Daily News (4) Ono (5) Miller (6) Houston |
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