Australian model Sarah O'Hare and Lachlan Murdoch, son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, tied the knot Saturday in a wedding that not even pouring rain could spoil. The media prince and model exchanged vows at the Murdoch family's sprawling estate in Cavan.

'INCORRECT' COMEDIAN HAS NO DESIRE FOR POLITICSBill Maher for president? Not very likely, says the host of "Politically Incorrect."

"I wouldn't want to be a politician, because they aren't allowed to change their mind," Maher says in the current edition of Rolling Stone.

"If they do, they're accused of being inconsistent. There's no such thing in politics as evolving, as learning. . . . If you did, why then you'd be a flip-flopper."

Maher, a stand-up comedian turned referee on his irreverent political discussion show on ABC, says the country is ready for straight-talking politicians -- even though many politicians aren't.

"Nobody has the guts to challenge that. Somebody will, and it will fall like a house of cards."

BRITNEY SPEARS REVELS IN BEING TEEN ROLE MODEL

Teen singing sensation Britney Spears says she's happy being a role model.

"You want to be a good example for kids out there and not do something stupid," Spears says in the current edition of Rolling Stone.

"Kids have low self-esteem, and then peer pressures come and they go into a wrong crowd. That's when all the bad stuff starts happening."

The 17-year-old Spears, whose debut album "Baby One More Time" is flying off the racks, believes the key to success for kids is finding a niche.

"If they find something that keeps them happy -- writing, drawing, anything like that -- then they'll have confidence."

'TIDES' AUTHOR IS GONE FROM 2ND 'WIND' SEQUEL

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Frankly, my dear, you can find someone else.

Pat Conroy, author of "The Prince of Tides," has walked away from a deal to write a second sequel to Margaret Mitchell's 1936 "Gone With the Wind" after getting into a dispute with the executors of her estate.

"I went through more negotiations with this 'Gone With the Wind' than the Germans did in World War I with all the clauses at Versailles," Conroy told The New York Times.

Previous reports said Conroy would be paid about $10 million for the book. St. Martin's Press, the publisher, is reported to have paid $4.5 million to Mitchell's estate for the rights to the second sequel.

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