Buckley is retiring from giving speeches
Conservative author William F. Buckley Jr. says he's given his last speech.Buckley, who ended his political talk show in December, told 700 Republicans in Fort Wayne, Ind., Tuesday they were hearing his last public address.
"Tonight's speech is my final speech in my career, which began as a public speaker about 50 years ago," said Buckley, 74. "After tonight's engagement, I will accept zero engagements for public speaking except to speak at my granddaughter's wedding."
In December, Buckley -- who also founded National Review magazine -- called a halt to "Firing Line," a political discussion program that began in 1966 and ran for 1,429 episodes.
"You've got to end sometime, and I'd just as soon not die onstage," he said at the time.
Prinze found heroes in the comic books
Freddie Prinze Jr. likes comics. Not the people who tell jokes -- comic books.
"I have a ton of them," the actor tells Movieline magazine in its May issue. Prinze owns a few rare issues of "X-Men," "Spider-Man," "Fantastic Four" and "Silver Surfer."
Prinze recently got to meet Stan Lee, the creator of many of his favorite comics.
"When I started reading comics, I really related to Stan's characters -- that somehow they embraced who they were and they became great heroes. They made me feel that everything could be OK," he said.
Prinze said he would often create a superhero world in which he fought alongside his comic book heroes. Now, of course, he's a star and considered one of the hunkiest actors in Hollywood.
"I know this sounds weird, but I feel I owe Stan Lee a lot for that."
Pepperdine honoring Selleck with degree
Pepperdine University is giving an honorary doctorate to Tom Selleck.
Selleck, who attended the University of Southern California, was chosen because of his outstanding character and ethic, the school said. The degree will be bestowed during commencement ceremonies April 28.
"It's a privilege to address young people graduating from a university which emphasizes the value of character," Selleck said.
Selleck starred in TV's "Magnum, P.I." and the films "Three Men and a Baby" and "Quigley Down Under." He's a board member of the nonprofit Michael Josephson Institute of Ethics, which holds training workshops for government and corporate leaders on ethics.