Screen legend's will has surprise ending
When screen legend Hedy Lamarr died, she left her stamp collection to her 11-year-old grandson, her estate to her children, and $83,000 to a police officer who occasionally ran errands for her.Lamarr, who starred in films including "Tortilla Flat" and "Samson and Delilah" and was once billed as the world's most beautiful woman, died Jan. 19 at age 86.
Her will was filed Friday in Seminole County (Fla.) Circuit Court, and it contained a few surprises.
In addition to Lamarr's son and daughter, the list of those she picked to share her wealth included her personal secretary, a California engineer she had never met and Altamonte Springs Police Lt. Chuck Stansel.
Stansel met Lamarr late in her life while delivering a message and befriended her after she called him to request an errand. His family eventually became regular guests at Lamarr's home, helping her shop for groceries and visiting the Austrian-born actress at least twice a week.
Reeve offers hope to Columbine teens
Christopher Reeve shared a message of hope with three survivors of the Columbine High School massacre: "Nothing is impossible, whether it's a moon mission or repairing the spinal cord.
"The more (money) we raise, the sooner we will be able to say goodbye to these chairs," the paralyzed actor said Saturday, with Richard Castaldo, Anne Marie Hochhalter and Sean Graves sitting at his side at an American Ski Classic fund-raiser in Vali, Colo.
All three Columbine survivors suffered disabling injuries in the April 20 shooting at their Littleton high school.
Reeve, who has participated in the celebrity ski races before his injury, now attends the event to raise money for spinal cord research.
In the past year, the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation raised $9 million.
Singer donates cash for amphitheater roof
The Singing Plowboy Eddy Arnold, has donated $300,000 to build a roof over his home city's summer amphitheater.
Arnold, who grew up in nearby Henderson, Tenn., but lives in Brentwood and has an office there, was among the first 10 people inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame back in 1966.
His recent donation is the city's largest single cash donation, officials said, and it will be matched by the city to cover the cost of the $600,000 roof. The building will be designed to look like the Sydney, Australia, opera house and the Baltimore pavilion.
The Crockett Park Amphitheater will be renamed the Eddy Arnold Amphitheater.