Stumble Upon

del.icio.us

Digg

Facebook

Print

Email

Speak Up

Brinkley ex Peter Cook says that he's sorry about tryst that ruined marriage

NEW YORK - Christie Brinkley's ex-husband, Peter Cook, says he's sorry he got involved with the 18-year-old who helped wreck their marriage.

The couple were married for a decade before the 49-year-old Cook met Diana Bianchi and began a sexual relationship with her.

Bianchi says Cook showed interest in her and she reciprocated until their relationship ended in late 2005.

Cook told the Fox News Channel that if he had the chance to do it again he'd decline.

Brinkley and Cook's divorce trial ended Thursday following a week of testimony about Cook's affair and online porn habit. Brinkley got custody of their two children and properties. Cook got $2.1 million.

Negotiations continue over 'Mini Me' actor Verne Troyer sex tape

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Verne Troyer are negotiating with a porn broker and distributor on a settlement to try to prevent the distribution of a sex tape the actor made with a former girlfriend.

U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez on Friday granted both sides another week to negotiate before holding a hearing on whether the tape can be sold or released.

He also extended a temporary restraining order barring porn distributor SugarDVD from selling or taking orders for the tape, said Tracy Rane, Troyer's lawyer.

The actor sued porn distributor SugarDVD, broker Kevin Blatt and celebrity gossip website TMZ for $20 million last month and sought to have release of the tape barred.

Genie Francis to bring Laura back to soap General Hospital

LOS ANGELES - Genie Francis is checking back into General Hospital.

The 46-year-old actress again will reprise her role as Laura on the ABC daytime soap opera beginning Aug. 26.

The character's 1981 fairy-tale wedding to Luke (played by Anthony Geary) was watched by 30 million viewers and landed the couple on the cover of Newsweek magazine. Francis began playing Laura in 1976.

"This is a short visit," Francis told The Associated Press on Friday. "It's a mother-daughter story. Years ago when I started playing the character as a 14-year-old girl, it was a mother-daughter story, only I was the daughter. So it's kinda cool this is full circle."

Source: The Associated Press