Ruling due in McCartney divorce proceedings

Ruling due in McCartney
divorce proceedings

LONDON — A British judge will give the financial terms of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills’ divorce settlement March 17. The Judicial Communications Office said Judge Hugh Bennett would deliver his ruling to McCartney, Mills and their lawyers during a private court hearing. He will then decide, after hearing from their lawyers, whether to make any of the ruling public. In Britain, divorce cases are heard behind closed doors, but the secrecy has only spurred speculation about the possible size of a financial settlement. Mills, 40, and McCartney, 65, separated in 2006 after four years of marriage. They spent six days in court earlier this month trying — and failing — to decide on Mills’ share of the former Beatle’s fortune, estimated at up to $1.6 billion.

Schwarzenegger

gets his tank back

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he asked an Ohio museum to return his Austrian army tank because he was concerned about the upkeep and wants to offer rides to schoolchildren. Schwarzenegger, a native of Austria, said he plans to offer the rides to inner-city children in the Los Angeles area as a reward for staying in school, avoiding drugs and working hard. Warren Motts, founder and director of Motts Military Museum, said Schwarzenegger acquired the M47 American-made tank from the Austrian government and had it shipped to Florida. He transported it to a Columbus, Ohio, shopping mall in 1999 when he opened a Planet Hollywood there. Schwarzenegger lent the tank to the museum, located in Groveport, in 2000. “I’m pleased we had the opportunity to have it and let people see it,” Motts said Tuesday. “It was neat to have a Hollywood connection.” Motts said the tank was removed from the museum Feb. 19, hoisted by crane onto a truck and transported to California.

Today’s birthdays

Actress Michele Morgan is 88. Actor James Mitchell is 88. Actor Joss Ackland is 80. Actor Alex Rocco is 72. Former space shuttle astronaut Jack Lousma is 72. Actor Dennis Farina is 64. Actress Phyllis Frelich is 64. Actor Antonio Sabato Jr. is 36. Rapper Ja Rule is 32.