Starting foundation 'freaks out' Fox
Michael J. Fox has started his own foundation to help speed a cure for Parkinson's disease.The name -- the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research -- unnerves him.
"The fact that it's eponymous just freaks me out," he said in this week's Newsweek. "But I understand, from a branding point of view, that it's effective. I get e-mail from people all the time saying, 'I finally told a co-worker that I had Parkinson's, the Michael Fox disease.' That's pretty heavy."
Fox recently taped his last episode of "Spin City." He is leaving the show to focus on family, his health and his foundation work.
"I think at some point I may write a book," he said.
Killing is immoral, Cronkite tells MDs
In remarks before a room full of doctors, veteran newsman Walter Cronkite complained that humans "still believe the way to settle arguments is to kill each other."
"There's something flawed about us as human beings if we cannot come to an understanding that that is no solution at all. It is uncivilized. It is immoral," he said.
The 83-year-old former CBS News anchorman appeared over the weekend at the annual gala of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and the Medical Alumni Association.
"I had to think more about the millennium than anyone as the world's oldest reporter," Cronkite quipped, drawing laughs from the crowd. "I think the Bosnians made a documentary and beat a path to my door and wanted to know the history of the century -- like I had been there or something."
Prince is in India promoting 'Crown'
Prince Edward stopped in India's financial capital of Bombay Monday to promote his television series, "Crown and Country."
The story of England's warriors and leaders that takes the viewers to heritage sites will begin in Asia on Thursday.
Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth's third son, said he was initially against producing a series on the legends associated with his ancestors, but "it grew on me. I had fun making this series."
Turner, Fonda share stage but sit apart
They may be separated, but Ted Turner and Jane Fonda were together at Emerson College's graduation ceremony: Both received honorary degrees, and he gave the commencement speech.
Turner and Fonda, who married eight years ago and separated in January, shared the stage but sat about 10 chairs apart in the line of college officials and other visitors.