Financial guru Orman speaks about relationship

Financial guru Ormanspeaks about relationship
NEW YORK -- Financial guru and best-selling author Suze Orman says she wishes she could marry her partner, Kathy Travis, partly because it would save them both a lot of money. "Both of us have millions of dollars in our name," she told The New York Times Magazine in Sunday's edition. "It's killing me that upon death, K.T. is going to lose 50 percent of everything I have to estate taxes. Or vice versa." In a wide-ranging interview, the host of CNBC's "The Suze Orman Show" talked about her seven-year relationship with Travis and her personal finances. With a liquid net worth of about 25 million and real estate holdings of 7 million, Orman said she enjoys spending money and playing the stock market. She said she has about a million dollars in the market, "because if I lose a million dollars, I don't personally care." Orman has written five consecutive New York Times best-sellers including "The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & amp; Broke" and "The Courage to Be Rich," according to her bio on CNBC. Her latest book, "Women & amp; Money," is due out in March.
Actor Patrick Dempseyadvocates for patients
NEW YORK -- He's a doctor on television's "Grey's Anatomy," but off the screen Patrick Dempsey faces the same questions as anyone else when a loved one needs medical care. "Well, it's overwhelming because it's like, there's too many options sometimes. It's like, well, why should I believe the doctors? Shouldn't I get a second opinion? Shouldn't I find a specialist?" he said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos broadcast Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "You feel very naive and childlike in a lot of ways," said Dempsey, whose mother needed treatment for cancer several years ago. He said his mother has been cancer-free for nine years. Since then, he has teamed up with Breakaway from Cancer, a support initiative founded in 2005, to help others. "You need a support system in to encourage you, to get you up and out of bed in the morning," he said.
Chong gives support to 'Guru of Ganja'
PIEDMONT, Calif. -- Comedian Tommy Chong will help raise money to defend the self-proclaimed "Guru of Ganja," who is charged with growing hundreds of marijuana plants for a dispensary. Chong, who starred with Cheech Marin in stoner movie classics "Up in Smoke" and "Nice Dreams," will appear at a 125-per-person event for Ed Rosenthal. Rosenthal, 62, famed for his marijuana cultivation books and the "Ask Ed" column he wrote for High Times magazine, will host the event at his Piedmont home Sunday. "The party will celebrate how far we've come in legalizing medical marijuana as well as provide me with the money I need to fund my current trial that is defending all of our rights," said Rosenthal, who's scheduled to appear in federal court March 19. Federal prosecutors accused Rosenthal of growing marijuana, laundering money and falsifying tax returns from October 2001 through February 2002.
Today's birthdays
Actress Betty Hutton is 86. Singer Fats Domino is 79. Political columnist Robert Novak is 76. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 64. Actor-director Bill Duke is 64. Singer Mitch Ryder is 62. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 57. Singer Michael Bolton is 54. Actor Greg Germann is 49. Bandleader John McDaniel is 46. Actress Jennifer Grant is 41. Singer Erykah Badu is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 28. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 27. Actress Taylor Dooley is 14.