Elizabeth Taylor (66), who has spent the past two years as a virtual recluse, has agreed to make her screen comeback in a sequel to The Wizard of Oz.
The actress, who has been plagued by ill-health for years, wants to come out of retirement as a 60-year-old Dorothy in the TV film, according to her friend Rod Steiger (73), who wrote the script.
For the moment, James Bond still works for MGM. A federal judge has granted the movie studio a temporary injunction to prevent Hollywood rival Sony from making a movie about the suave British agent 007 with a licence to kill.
The ruling by Us District Judge Edward Rafeedie came after he heard arguments from Sony, which is trying to break MGM's near-monopoly on Bond movies.
But the injunction. Which takes effect as soon as MGM pays a $500,000 bond, is temporary and the whole issue of who owns the rights to the James Bond character is scheduled to go to trial in December.
Czech President Vaclav Havel's condition remains stable after an intestinal operation last weekend, although he is still hooked up to a respirator machine to help his breathing doctors said yesterday.
The former dissident underwent a three-hour operation on Sunday7 at the Prague-Stresovice military hospital to remove a device fitted during emergency surgery in Apri8l.
Exhibitions celebrating the work of sculptor Henry Moore are taking place around the world this year to mark his centenary.
Moore was born in Castleford, Yorkshire, in 1898 and died in 1986. His sculptures can be found as far afield as Yorkshire, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong and Paris.
Moore's work is still selling well at auction. At Christie's last month six sculptures all fetched over their estimated price, including a sheep drawing sold for £41,000, A Seated Torso sold for £56,000 and A Draped Seated Woman: Figure on Steps. Which sold for £573,000.
Un Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday enlisted Hollywood film star Michael Douglas as a "messenger of peace" to promote UN causes around the world.
Douglas said he planned to use his celebrity to call for the elimination of nuclear weapons and for the non-proliferation of small arms.