Bruce Willis will head jury of 'Miss Italia' pagean

Bruce Willis will head juryof 'Miss Italia' pagean
ROME -- "Die Hard" star Bruce Willis will help pick Italy's most beautiful woman when he heads the jury of the "Miss Italia" pageant later this month.
"Each year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls," Marcello Cambi, spokesman for the national beauty contest, said Wednesday.
Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Catherine Deneuve, Alain Delon and Gerard Depardieu have headed previous juries for the pageant, which takes place each year in the northern spa town of Salsomaggiore Terme.
"Miss Italia" will be chosen Sept. 19 by a combination of votes from the jury and the public, which follows the contest on national television.
A young Loren took part in the contest in 1950 but was judged too tall to represent Italian beauty and was awarded the specifically created title of Miss Elegance.
Rolling Stone will printThompson's suicide note
NEW YORK -- Rolling Stone, the magazine that was home for years to Hunter S. Thompson, will publish a note written by the gonzo journalist days before he committed suicide in February.
Douglas Brinkley, the presidential historian who is also Thompson's official biographer, writes that a Feb. 16 note may be Thompson's final written words. It reads:
"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun -- for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax -- This won't hurt."
Hunter left the note for his wife, Anita. He shot himself four days later at his home in Aspen, Colo., after weeks of pain from a host of physical problems that included a broken leg and a hip replacement.
Written in black marker, the note was titled, "Football Season Is Over."
Brinkley writes in the magazine, on newsstands Friday, "February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally embraced the Super Bowl in January as the high-water mark of his year. February, by contrast, was doldrums time."
Most of Thompson's early writings appeared in Rolling Stone. In pieces of great length, he often portrayed himself as a wildly intoxicated observer and participant.
Bobby Brown tells judgehis child support is paid
CANTON, Mass. -- Bobby Brown told a judge during a hearing Wednesday that he's up to date with his $5,000 monthly child support payments and contributions to his children's educational fund.
However, Norfolk Probate and Family Court Judge Paula Carey admonished the singer, calling his earlier excuses "unacceptable." Carey had issued a warrant for Brown's arrest in June after he failed to appear for a compliance hearing. Brown said a stomach virus prevented him from attending that hearing.
Brown lives in Alpharetta, Ga., with his wife, Whitney Houston. He has two children with Kim Ward, who lives in Massachusetts. He's currently starring with Houston in a Bravo Television show called "Being Bobby Brown."
Brown, a Boston native, was sentenced to 90 days in prison in June 2004 for missing three months of child support payments. That sentence was immediately suspended after Brown made back payments totaling about $15,000.
Brown was also jailed for a day in March of that year after he failed to pay $63,000 he owed Ward. He was released after making the payment.
Today's Birthdays
Actor Cliff Robertson is 80. Actress Sylvia Miles is 73. Actor Topol is 70. Rhythm-and-blues singer Luther Simmons is 63. Singer Inez Foxx is 63. Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 60. Singer-musician Billy Preston is 59. Rock singer-musician Doug Ingle is 59. Country singer Freddy Weller is 58. Football commentator Joe Theismann is 56. Actor Tom Wopat is 54. Actress Angela Cartwright is 53. Musician-producer Dave Stewart is 53. Actor Hugh Grant is 45. Actor Adam Sandler is 39. Actor David Bennent is 39. Rock singer Paul Durham (Black Lab) is 37. Rapper Dray (Das EFX) is 35. Actor Goran Visnjic is 33. Actress Michelle Williams is 25.