DENNIS QUAID TIES THE KNOT

Dennis Quaid ties the knot
LOS ANGELES -- Actor Dennis Quaid celebrated Independence Day by getting married to Texas real estate agent Kimberly Buffington. Quaid, 50, and Buffington, 32, tied the knot Sunday in Montana, according to the actor's spokeswoman Cara Tripicchio. The site of the wedding was not disclosed.
Quaid's 12-year-old son, Jack Henry Quaid, stood as best man. The bride's attendant was her brother.
The actor was previously married to actresses P.J. Soles and Meg Ryan.
'King Arthur' rating
LOS ANGELES -- Producer Jerry Bruckheimer didn't mind shedding some of the blood and violence in his latest action flick, "King Arthur." Battle scenes were edited to bring the movie in at a PG-13 rating instead of the original R rating. It opens nationwide Wednesday.
"You want to fill as many seats as you can, and if you're limited by 17 and over, it's much harder," Bruckheimer told The Associated Press last month.
Disney, the film's distributor, originally planned to release the movie in the fall, a more adult-oriented season. After the movie was moved to the more competitive summer, filmmakers wanted to broaden the audience.
Cookbook sales climb
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Bill Clinton's memoir apparently has cooked up a lot of interest for another book connected to the former president.
Two weeks ago, just before the release of Clinton's autobiography "My Life," a cookbook released by Clinton's library foundation ranked a modest 80,000th on the Amazon.com sales list. As of Monday, it had climbed to 2,035th.
"My Life" has been No. 1 on Amazon.com since its June 22 release.
The 264-page cookbook released in January started out as a self-published fund-raising effort last fall by the Clinton Foundation, but was later spruced up for national and international distribution by Sedgewood Press. It includes recipes from various celebrities and other friends of Bill including one for peanut butter and banana sandwiches, a favorite of Clinton's idol, Elvis Presley.
Tori Spelling weds
LOS ANGELES -- Actress Tori Spelling, daughter of television producer Aaron Spelling, has married, her publicist Cece Yorke said Monday. Spelling, 31, and actor-writer Charlie Shanian got married Saturday at her parents' home in Holmby Hills. It is the first marriage for both.
Notable deaths
MOSCOW -- Cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev, whose 1962 flight into space set an endurance record, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack in Cheboksary, the Interfax news agency reported. He was 74. Nikolayev became Russia's third cosmonaut to travel into space when he and Pavel Popovich were launched in separate crafts in August 1962. The pair made the first simultaneous flights, and Nikolayev set a separate endurance record, circling the Earth 64 times in 96 hours. He returned to space in 1970 for his second and final mission. Altogether, he spent more than 200 hours in space, according to Russian media reports.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Rodger Ward died Monday, Indianapolis Motor Speedway said. At 83, Ward was the oldest living winner of the race. He won in 1959 and 1962, during a six-year span in which he finished no worse than fourth.
Today's birthdays
Former first lady Nancy Reagan is 83. Actor William Schallert is 82. Talk show host Merv Griffin is 79. Actress Janet Leigh is 77. Singer-actress Della Reese is 73. Actor Ned Beatty is 67. President Bush is 58. Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 58. Actor Fred Dryer is 58. Actor Burt Ward is 58. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 53. Actress Shelley Hack is 52. Actor Grant Goodeve is 52. Country singer Nanci Griffith is 51. Actress Allyce Beasley is 50. Jazz musician Rick Braun is 49. Hockey player Ron Duguay is 47. Rapper 50 Cent is 28. Actresses Tamera and Tia Mowry are 26. Actor Gregory Smith is 21. Actor Jeremy Suarez ("Bernie Mac") is 14.
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