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Paris Latsis has only kind words for his ex-fiancée, Paris Hilton

Photo: Paris Hilton.

LOS ANGELES - The engagement has been called off, but Paris Latsis has only kind words for his ex-fiancée, Paris Hilton. The 22-year-old Greek shipping heir called Hilton "the most incredible woman I have ever met in my life," in a brief statement released Monday through Hilton publicist Elliott Mintz. "I respect her decision and appreciate the very kind and generous manner in which she is handling her very difficult decision," Latsis said. "This was the best experience of my life and I will always be grateful for it." Hilton, 24, announced over the weekend that she had ended their four-month engagement because she's "not ready for marriage" and didn't want it to end in divorce. There were earlier reports the two families had been concerned about Latsis's lack of a job and Hilton's busy social life. Latsis's father, Gregoris Kasidokostas, declined Saturday to say why the couple had broken up, but earlier had called a wedding postponement "common sense," according to People magazine's website. Latsis "is young and he should wait (for marriage)," Kasidokostas told People last week. The couple became engaged in late May. Latsis gave the hotel heiress/reality TV star a 24-carat, $5-million diamond engagement ring. A private sex tape of Hilton and an ex-boyfriend surfaced in 2003 just before the start of her Fox reality series, The Simple Life. She has said she was embarrassed and humiliated that the tape ever became public.

Pamela Anderson gets restraining order

Photo: Pamela Anderson, a cast member of the Fox comedy show 'Stacked' takes questions from the media in this Friday, July 29, 2005 file photo, at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. A judge granted a request Monday by Anderson for a three-year restraining order against an alleged stalker. Superior Court Judge Linda K. Lefkowitz called the claims against William Peter Stansfield, 29, 'sufficient, clear and convincing' enough to issue the order preventing him from contacting the 38-year-old actress, who stars in the TV series 'Stacked,' or her family.

SANTA MONICA, California- A judge granted a request Monday by Canadian-born actress Pamela Anderson for a three-year restraining order against an alleged stalker. Superior Court Judge Linda K. Lefkowitz called the claims against William Peter Stansfield, 29, "sufficient, clear and convincing" enough to issue the order preventing him from contacting the 38-year-old actress, who stars in the TV series "Stacked," or her family. Neither Anderson nor Stansfield were in court. Stansfield told "Inside Edition" last week that Anderson's allegations were "outrageous." Among other things, Anderson said he approached her 7-year-old son at school and told her that she should work on a film with a script he wrote for her. Other incidents involving Stansfield "frightened me tremendously," Anderson said in court documents.

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"I'm illiterate and I faked my way through scripted portions of the televised U.S. talent show, which I won in 2004." Fantasia reveals in memoir

Photo: Singer Fantasia Barrino performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" summer concert series in a New York file photo from July 22, 2005.

NEW YORK- American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino reveals in her memoirs that she is functionally illiterate and had to fake her way through some scripted portions of the televised U.S. talent show, which she won in 2004. "You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell," Fantasia told ABC's 20/20. "So that, for me, kept me in a box and I didn't, wouldn't come out." The 21-year-old R&B singer says she's signed record deals and contracts that she didn't read and couldn't understand. But the hardest part, she said, is not being able to read to Zion, her four-year-old daughter. "That hurts really bad," she said, adding that she is now learning to read with tutors. In her memoir, Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, which she dictated to a freelance writer, Fantasia also said she was raped in her early teens by a classmate. She says the boy was disciplined, but she blamed herself for the attack. She dropped out of high school that year and became an unwed mother at 17.

Ailing Jane Fonda to miss Vadim film

PARIS- Jane Fonda cancelled plans to attend a premiere of a documentary about her former husband Roger Vadim on Monday because of hip and back problems that prompted her to seek treatment at a Paris hospital. Flying to France had left Fonda with hip and back pain, said Karine Lyons, a spokeswoman for the French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez, where the screening was to be held Monday night. Fonda had X-rays at a Paris hospital Monday morning, Lyons said. She said Fonda had previously undergone a hip operation. The showing of the 90-minute documentary, Vadim, This Billionaire of Happiness, was to go ahead as planned. Fonda may attend a second showing in Paris on Tuesday, Lyons said. Fonda, 67, was married to the French director from 1965 to 1973. He died in 2000. Vadim directed Fonda in his 1968 sci-fi sexual spoof Barbarella.

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Martha working on a third TV show

Photo: Martha Stewart reacts while responding to a question during a news conference in an Aug. 25, 2005 photo in New York.

NORWALK, Connecticut -- Homemaking mogul Martha Stewart, who already has two TV U.S. shows, is working on a third. Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, purchased a house in Norwalk last month that will be featured in a new home-improvement television show next year. The series, which has no name yet, is about a group of women who learn trades and help renovate the 125-year-old house. The 13-part series focuses on six women who are coming off welfare programs, recovering from bankruptcy or getting out of drug rehabilitation. Martha Stewart Living staff will choose mentors for the women. "Our new home improvement series will inspire and inform, while mentoring and teaching valuable life skills, from repairing brickwork, laying flooring, painting rooms and installing a functional and lovely kitchen," Stewart said in a statement. The company bought the house, a 225-square-metre, white antique Colonial built about 1880, for $700,000 US, according to City Hall records. Stewart, 64, served five months behind bars and nearly six more months in home confinement after being convicted of lying to authorities about a stock deal. She has been free of her electronic ankle bracelet since Sept. 1, and has launched Martha, a daytime talk show, and a prime-time NBC reality show, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, in which people compete to win a job with her.

New California law targets paparazzi

Photo: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to supporters on Sept. 30, 2005 at the Joslyn Senior Center in Escondido, Calif

SACRAMENTO, California -- Paparazzi who commit assault in their pursuit of celebrity photographs could be hit with hefty civil penalties in California under a new law. The law would allow people who are victims of paparazzi assaults to file lawsuits seeking up to three times the damages they suffered. The plaintiffs could also ask for punitive damages and a court order requiring the photographer to give up any income earned from the pictures involved. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill Friday. It goes into effect Jan. 1. Several celebrities have been involved in accidents while being pursued by photographers. In May, actress Lindsay Lohan received cuts and bruises after a photographer rammed his van into her car. The photographer faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon. "This bill hits the paparazzi where it hurts: the wallet," said assemblywoman Cindy Montanez who proposed the measure. "Money is their motivation, so taking away their money will be the solution." She said the bill would protect Hollywood stars as well as bystanders who might be injured in chases involving paparazzi. Actress Scarlett Johansson had a minor crash in August while being followed by paparazzi, and Reese Witherspoon said she was chased by photographers who she believed were trying to force her from the road in April. No charges or injuries resulted from either case. Schwarzenegger was involved in an incident in 1998 involving paparazzi who used their cars to surround the then-actor's vehicle as he and his wife picked up their child from school.

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Jay Leno motorbike raises half-mil for Katrina

BURBANK, Calif. -- It looks like Jay Leno's celebrity-autographed motorcycle has raised nearly a half-million dollars for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Bidding for the bike closed on the eBay auction website at 5 p.m. Thursday, and Leno announced during the taping of Thursday's Tonight Show that the winning bid was $505,100. Ninety-five per cent of the winning bid will be donated to the American Red Cross for Katrina relief efforts. For the past four weeks, Tonight Show guests and surprise arrivals have been autographing the Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The final signers on Thursday were guests Matthew McConaughey and Angie Harmon and surprise walk-ons Jimmy Smits and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Previous signers include Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Crystal, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner and Pamela Anderson.

Pitt and Aniston sell $28m home

Photo: Aniston and Pitt bought the estate for $13.5m (£7.7m) in 2001

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, who were officially divorced on Sunday, are selling their $28m (£16m) mansion. The Hollywood stars announced their split in January, four-and-a-half years after being married. The 1930s Beverly Hills home they shared comes complete with pub, tennis court, art studio and screening room, according to the Los Angeles Times. In August, a judge said the divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, would become final on 2 October. The couple have put the estate on the market for double the price they paid in 2001. Both moved to separate homes in Malibu after the break-up. 'Clashing' styles: When recently asked by Vanity Fair if there was any silver lining to the split, former Friends actress Aniston, 36, replied: "I can have a comfortable couch." She told the magazine: "Brad and I used to joke that every piece of furniture was either a museum piece or just uncomfortable. "He definitely had his sense of style, and I definitely have my sense of style, and sometimes they clashed. I wasn't so much into modern." Pitt, 41, has been linked with Angelina Jolie, his co-star in his latest film, Mr & Mrs Smith.

ABC anchor, Peter Jennings leaves estate of $50m

News anchor for ABC, Peter Jennings, who died of lung cancer in August, left an estate valued at more than $50m in his will. Jennings, 67, left most of the estate to his fourth wife and two grown-up children from a previous marriage. The influential journalist signed the will in April - 16 days after revealing he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Jennings, who had hosted ABC's World News Tonight since 1983, died on 7 August in New York. Charity: His widow, producer Kayce Freed, was left 50% of the "net marital estate" and also got their Central Park West apartment in New York. Jennings' two children, Elizabeth, 25, and Christopher, 23 - both from his third marriage to author Kati Marton, which ended in divorce - will also get a share. Assets valued at $1m were left to the Peter Jennings Foundation, a charity he founded in 1998 that gives money to fight homelessness, drug addiction and illiteracy. Besides stock and property, Jennings' assets included ownership of a race horse, Channel's Gate and another horse, named Cabin Fever.