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Ovitz buys fixer-upperfor cool $6 million
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood power broker Michael Ovitz and his wife, Judy, have bought a Beverly Hills home in the $6 million range.
The superagent-turned-supermanager and his wife, who breeds horses on the couple's 90-acre ranch in Ojai, have long had a home on the Westside, but they always wanted a view, real estate sources said.
The property they just bought is on more than two acres with city-to-ocean views, a tennis court, a pool, cabanas and a guest house.
However, the main house -- a three-bedroom, nearly 5,000-square-foot traditional built in the 1940s -- is in need of a total renovation. It is expected to be torn down.
Liz Taylor to get award
TAOS, N.M. -- Elizabeth Taylor will attend next month's Taos Talking Picture Festival, where she'll receive an award for her distinguished career.
The 69-year-old actress "has agreed to come out and accept our Maverick Award," Jason Silverman, artistic director for the 7th annual festival, said this week.
The awards ceremony is set for April 6.
Past recipients include Dennis Hopper, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Louis Gossett Jr. and Anjelica Huston.
Other festival awards will go to actor-director Gary Farmer, who started the Aboriginal Voices Television Network; Luis Valdez, a film director also known for his acting troupe, El Teatro Campesino; and documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner.
The April 5-8 festival will feature a screening of the 1966 film "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in which Taylor played a bitter, middle-aged wife.
Clinton, Hammer helpraise funds for India
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Former President Clinton and rap artist M.C. Hammer appeared Friday night at a fund-raiser for victims of India's devastating earthquake in January.
Clinton spoke for several minutes about daughter Chelsea and wife Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to India before the quake. M.C. Hammer, known for his single "U Can't Touch This," performed several songs.
The 7.7-magnitude quake struck Gujarat in western India on Jan. 26, killing more than 19,000 people.
Organizers hoped to raise $2 million for the relief effort.
Gibson begins shootingVietnam War movie
FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Mel Gibson has a lot of respect for U.S. Army Rangers, especially after taking part in some of their training.
"I'm dragging. I couldn't even make it through today's round," Gibson said as he went through an abbreviated Ranger training program last week.
Gibson will star in "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young," based on the 1992 best-selling book by retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and U.S. News & amp; World Report senior writer Joe Galloway.
Filming begins today on the post.
The book is based on the Ia Drang Valley campaign of 1965 in Vietnam's Central Highlands. The 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) trained at Fort Benning for 14 months before being shipped to Vietnam in August 1965.
Gibson, who will portray Moore, said he wants to make a movie that will make "everybody who served in Vietnam" proud.