ACTOR Sylvester Stallone's two month old daughter Sophia Rose has a hole in her heart. The film star and his fiancee Jennifer Flavin are taking "the necessary steps" concerning her health, Stallone's publicist said. He said Stallone, best known for the Rocks and Rambo movies, left the set of Copland to be with Flavin for the birth.
Stallone said: "There have been some complications and we are trying our best to be optimistic and hopefully it will work out.
Sydney's social elite turned up in force yesterday to dine and dance with Princess Diana at a fund raising dinner. The princess is no longer a royal since her divorce two months ago, but she got red carpet treatment and a serenade from British rock star Sting.
French film director Marcel Carne has died. He was aged 99. A pioneer the French film noir, Carne won widespread acclaim for classics Quai des Brunes and Hotel du Nord in the 1930s and 1940s. He will be best remembered for Les Enfants du Paradis, which evoked the sleazy street life of Paris in the mid 19th century.
Actor Woody Harrelson said yesterday he planted four marijuana seeds to promote hemp as a viable crop and to protest against a Kentucky law barring the plant.
The actor, famous for roles as a bartender in the television series Cheers and a crazed killer in the movie Natural Born Killers, testified at a county court hearing on a marijuana possession charge that could land him a three month jail term.
World chess champion Garry Kasparov (33) has had a son with his second wire Yulia. The baby, who has not been named yet, becomes heir to his father's reputedly vast fortune.