Storm pummels California with heavy rain snow and waves
A powerful California storm drenched the coast with heavy rain and 3 feet of snow in the mountains while 40 mph winds toppled trees and knocked out thousands of power customers. Waterspouts formed off Santa Barbara and surf warnings persisted as highways iced with snow closed portions of I 5 and I 15.
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Winslet Faces Diet Push After Birth
Winslet, 25, the Titanic star and mother to daughter Mia, says she must shed baby weight or risk harming her career. She criticizes dieting as insane yet plans to slim down, noting British films overlook shape. Her latest role is in Quills. Myles settles libel suit.
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Winslet
Radio Times
Mia
Extras Sought for Spy Game By Tony Scott Cast
Empire Online says Tony Scott seeks American extras aged 20 to 55 for The Spy Game starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford. The request targets both men and women to appear in the film. Alannah Myles Jr wins libel suit against National Post in Toronto with settlement before jury trial.
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Port Pam Debuts In Handheld PortaPam Program
Pamela Anderson headlines a new PortaPam software allowing a cartoon version of her to be downloaded onto small digital organizers. Users influence the virtual Pam with gifts and kind words to keep her cheerful, or she becomes unhappy. The unit features kisses and nightclub dances when pleased. Production cited in London and Oxford with United Kingdom shoots planned for February and on location around London.
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Julia Roberts Quietly Reads At Home On A Cold Day
In a February interview Roberts zones out with books at her New Mexico ranch. She savors long reading sessions, naming favorites from Kate Horsley Crazy Woman to William Faulkner The Wild Palms and Carson McCullers The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
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Tomlin eyes farm life despite Broadway return
Lily Tomlin returns to New York for a revival of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe written by Jane Wagner. She jokes about preferring a farm life with a henhouse and morning egg collection, then relaxing in a hammock.
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