Older, wiser, but still not shy
Jamie Lee Curtis went shirtless to pose for AARP The Magazine.
Curtis is shown sporting gray hair and wading in water up to her chest on the cover of the magazine’s May/June issue, which will be available Monday.
The star of “True Lies,” “A Fish Called Wanda” and other films becomes eligible for membership in AARP, the nonprofit organization for people 50 and over, when she celebrates her birthday Nov. 22.
“I want to be older,” she tells the magazine. “I actually think there’s an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20. I’m stronger, I’m smarter in every way, I’m so much less crazy than I was then.”
Curtis says growing older means paring down to an essential version of yourself.
“I’ve let my hair go gray. I wear only black and white. Every year I buy three or four black dresses that I just keep in rotation. I own one pair of blue jeans. I’ve given away all my jewelry, because I don’t wear it,” she says.
Former Beach Boys settle
Two former members of the Beach Boys settled a five-year legal dispute over use of the band’s name, a lawyer said.
Al Jardine and Mike Love reached an agreement after a two-day conference in Superior Court, attorney Lawrence Noble, who represents Jardine, said Thursday. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
“Mr. Jardine feels very happy and feels that this is a friendly settlement that allows them to focus on the talent and future of this American iconic band,” Noble said.
Love sued Jardine in 2003, claiming he fronted a group that used various versions of the Beach Boys name. The lawsuit said Love was the sole licensee to perform under the name, and that Jardine was denied use because he did not agree to abide by terms of a proposed license.
Love was seeking $2 million in court costs and $1 million he said Jardine collected from using the name.
Suit cites seat stampede
A woman claims in a lawsuit that she was injured in a dash for seats at Oprah Winfrey‘s talk show in Chicago.
Orit Greenberg’s lawsuit seeks some $50,000 in damages. Greenberg claims Harpo Studios failed to control the audience on Dec. 5, 2006.
The lawsuit says audience members were told to sit wherever they wanted. The crowd allegedly pushed Greenberg down a flight of stairs, causing “severe and permanent injuries.”
A Harpo Studios spokeswoman tells the Associated Press the studio doesn’t comment on pending litigation.
The birthday bunch
Actor Karl Malden is 96. Composer Stephen Sondheim is 78. Actor William Shatner is 77. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 73. Singer Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy is 67. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 65. News anchor Wolf Blitzer is 60. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 60. Actress Fanny Ardant is 59. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 56. Country singer James House is 53. Actress Lena Olin is 53. Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 51. Actor Matthew Modine is 49. Actress Reese Witherspoon is 32.