A TOKYO court heard yesterday that the Aum Supreme Truth guru Shoko Asahara and his wife were a mundane, quarrelling couple. A witness at the murder trial of Asahara's wife, Tomoko Mastumoto, said that the cult leader told him: "This is the relationship of a married couple which has transcended the relationship between a guru and a disciple.
Former cavalry captain James Hewitt, the man with whom Princess Diana admitted committing adultery, said he never intended to fall in love with her, the Sun reported. Quoting from a transcript of a 38 minute television interview with Hewitt the tabloid said their feelings were mutual. The documentary, already dubbed "Cadorama", is Hewitt's response to Diana's revelations in a Panorama interview.
Stage and screen director Ingmar Bergman has abruptly dropped plans to take his highly praised production of Moliere's Le Misanthrope to New York. Bergman (77) took his decision after he saw the 118th performance of the play in Stockholm, causing a rift with his actors.
Actors who specialise in impersonating Chinese leaders like Mao Zedong should make a clear distinction between the demands of the job and slipping into their roles offstage, the Guangming Dady said. One Chairman Mao lookalike had hired himself out to a department store as part of a promotional gimmick.
Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin has died at his home in Sotogrande, southern Spain. He was aged 69.
A legend in the Spain of the 1940s and 1950s, he inspired Ernest Hemingway and was a close friend to many Hollywood stars, including Ava Gardner.