Lennon had temper, first wife says in book

Lennon had temper,first wife says in book
LONDON -- John Lennon, shownat right in a 1980 Associated Press file photo, had a violent temper, his first wife says, and once hit her in a fit of jealousy, according to excerpts from a new book published in a newspaper Sunday.
Cynthia Lennon met John in the late 1950s in Liverpool, where they were both art students. They married in 1962 and had a son, Julian, before divorcing in 1968.
Cynthia Lennon writes in "John," that he was prone to violent tantrums, according to an excerpt published in The Sunday Times, which is serializing the book.
Camilla's son marries
ROTHERFIELD GREYS, England -- Five months after his mother, Camilla, married Prince Charles, food writer Tom Parker Bowles wed fashion journalist Sara Buys in an English country church ablaze with flowers.
Charles and Camilla, now Duchess of Cornwall, and Princes William and Harry attended the ceremony Saturday at St. Nicholas' Church in Rotherfield Greys, 40 miles west of London.
Parker Bowles met Buys, a fashion writer for the fashion magazine Harpers & amp; Queen, in 2001. Both attended Oxford University.
Honors for Gazzara, Dafoe
MADRID, Spain -- American actors Ben Gazzara and Willem Dafoe will receive lifetime achievement awards at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain's top cinema showcase.
Gazzara, 75, and Dafoe, 50, "have both chosen parts in high-risk films not toeing the line" with typical Hollywood expectations, organizers said Saturday. The festival runs Thursday through Sept. 24.
Film features Ky. town
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. -- Cameron Crowe will attend the first U.S. screening of his new movie, "Elizabethtown," Saturday in Elizabethtown. Co-star Orlando Bloom will be on hand for a screening later that night in Louisville.
"Elizabethtown" is director Crowe's nod to his Kentucky roots; his father was raised in Powell County. Scenes for the movie, also starring Kirsten Dunst, were shot in Elizabethtown, Versailles, Louisville and Winchester. It will be released Oct. 14.
Accidental fatherhood
NEW YORK -- Monaco's Prince Albert II believes he was "set up" by a former flight attendant who says she had his child.
"It was a very difficult moment for me," Albert, 47, told The New York Times in Saturday's editions. He added that he's still "coming to terms" with the unintended fatherhood.
Albert, who acknowledged paternity in July, told the Times that he had seen the child, Alexandre, only once since the story became public "because of his mother's attitude toward me."
Albert also said there's no chance Alexandre would become prince.
"He is not a possible successor," he said, citing Monaco's Constitution, which requires that the parents of heirs to the throne be married.
Today's birthdays
Actress Irene Dailey is 85. Actor Dickie Moore ("Our Gang") is 80. Country singer George Jones is 74. Actor Ian Holm is 74. Actress Linda Gray is 65. Singer Maria Muldaur is 62. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 54. Rock musician Neil Peart (Rush) is 53. Actor Peter Scolari is 51. Actress Rachel Ward is 48. Actress Amy Yasbeck is 43. Rock singer-musician Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) is 39. Rock singer Liam Gallagher (Oasis) is 33. Actor Paul Walker is 32. Actor Benjamin McKenzie is 27. Singer Ruben Studdard ("American Idol") is 27. Singer Jennifer Hudson ("American Idol") is 24. Actress Emmy Rossum is 19.