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Clooney Says Paparazzi's Tactics Endanger People

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 21, 2007

George Clooney says paparazzi should respect the rules of the road.

The 46-year-old actor admonished photographers while riding his motorcycle in Los Angeles on Friday with his girlfriend, Sarah Larson, Clooney spokesman Stan Rosenfield told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

A video clip posted on TMZ.com shows Clooney pulling off to the side of a street, then saying to photographers: "You can drive all you want, you can take my picture all you want, but what you cannot do is put people in danger."

Clooney and Larson were injured in September when their motorcycle and a car collided on a road in Weehawken, N.J.

McDreamy's True Passion: Farm Life

Patrick Dempsey may be McDreamy on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," but in the future, he'd like to be Old MacDonald.

"I can be perfectly happy living in the country, having a little farm and working occasionally," the 41-year-old actor tells the December issue of Best Life magazine, on newsstands Tuesday.

"If someone calls, I'll go to work," he says, but his purchase in May of a farm in Maine, where he grew up, was a turning point: "It was like, you know what? I'm done. I now know what I want."Dempsey, who portrays Derek Shepherd on "Grey's Anatomy," says coming to terms with fame has been challenging.

Kennedy's Daughter is 'Sweet Caroline'

Neil Diamond held onto the secret for decades, but he has finally revealed that President Kennedy's daughter was the inspiration for his smash hit "Sweet Caroline."

"I've never discussed it with anybody before - intentionally," the 66-year-old singer-songwriter told The Associated Press on Monday during a break from recording. "I thought maybe I would tell it to Caroline when I met her someday."

He got his chance last week when he performed the song via satellite at Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party.

Diamond was a "young, broke songwriter" when a photo of the president's daughter in a news magazine caught his eye.

"It was a No. 1 record and probably is the biggest, most important song of my career, and I have to thank her for the inspiration," he said.

Snipes Can Get Fair Trial, Prosecutor Says

Federal prosecutors said there is "no basis in reality" for Wesley Snipes' claims that he cannot get a fair trial on tax evasion charges because of racial prejudice in Ocala.

In recent court filings, Snipes' attorney called Ocala, where the January trial is set, "a hotbed of Ku Klux Klan activity," and alleged prosecutors chose it to get the best chance at an all-white jury.

An October 2006 federal indictment charges Snipes with fraudulently claiming refunds totaling almost $12 million in 1996 and 1997 for income taxes paid. The 45-year-old star of the "Blade" trilogy and other films also was charged with failure to file returns from 1999 through 2004.

Today's Birthdays

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial is 87. Actress Marlo Thomas is 70. Actress Goldie Hawn is 62. Journalist Tina Brown is 54. Gospel singer Steven Curtis Chapman is 45. Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman is 41. Actress Jena Malone is 23.

Source: The Associated Press

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