Hawn: Aspen isn’t safe from paparazzi anymore

Hawn: Aspen isn’t safe
from paparazzi anymore

ASPEN, Colo. — Goldie Hawn says she can’t go into Aspen from her nearby ranch because of aggressive paparazzi who pursue her car and stake out her home. “They’ve come into our little town and they really have done their job: They’ve shooed us out,” the 62-year-old actress told The Aspen Times in Thursday’s editions. Hawn and longtime companion Kurt Russell have been part-time Aspen-area residents for 25 years. In the past, she said, she could wander Aspen freely because the town attracted few celebrity photographers, and they were discreet. “But it ain’t like the old days anymore,” said Hawn, who won a supporting actress Oscar for the 1969 film “Cactus Flower.” “You find yourself running and dodging and jumping in your car,” she said. “I can’t go into my own town. I hurt for my children. It’s not fair.” She said the paparazzi also stalk her 28-year-old daughter, Kate Hudson, who has starred in the films “Almost Famous” and “You, Me and Dupree.”

Police seek to extradite
DiCaprio stalking suspect

LOS ANGELES — Police will seek the extradition of a woman accused of fleeing to Canada after slashing Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken beer bottle at a party in 2005, authorities said. Aretha Wilson, 37, has been in custody for several months in Toronto in connection with an aggravated assault case there and is a suspect in other assault cases, Los Angeles police Detective Steve Ramirez said Thursday. Prosecutors are awaiting a formal communication from police before they launch an inquiry into whether the charge against Wilson is an extraditable offense, district attorney’s office spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said. Dicaprio suffered “great bodily injury” when Wilson reportedly attacked him with a broken beer bottle June 20, 2005, as he was leaving a party in Hollywood Hills, according to an arrest warrant charging her with one count of assault with a deadly weapon. Wilson failed to turn herself in after the arrest warrant was issued, authorities said. DiCaprio attorney Blair Berk said the 33-year-old actor has been cooper ating with local and Canadian authorities.

Stephen Stills recovering
after prostate surgery

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Stills is recovering after surgery for prostate cancer, his wife said Thursday. In a statement, Stills’ wife, Kristen Stills, said the “procedure went remarkably well and he couldn’t be better. He will be home by noon tomorrow and the pain will be minimal.” The musician is scheduled to attend the Sundance Film Festival in Utah for the Jan. 25 world premiere of “CSNY/Deja vu,” the statement said. The feature movie — directed by Neil Young under his cinematic pseudonym, Bernard Shakey — was filmed during the 2006 Freedom of Speech tour by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Stills is also scheduled for a North American solo tour this spring in support of his recent “Just Roll Tape” album.

‘Trace’ actress, boyfriend
are parents of a son

NEW YORK — Poppy Montgomery and her boyfriend, Adam Kaufman, welcomed a son, Jackson Phillip Kaufman, on Dec. 23. The baby was born in Los Angeles and weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, Montgomery’s publicist, Jennifer Shoucair, said Friday. He is the couple’s first child. Montgomery, 32, plays FBI agent Samantha Spade on “Without a Trace.” Kaufman, 33, has appeared on several episodes of the CBS drama.

Today’s birthdays

Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale is 80. Actor Robert Duvall is 77. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Chuck Noll is 76. King Juan Carlos of Spain is 70. Talk show host Charlie Rose is 66. Actress Diane Keaton is 62. Actor Ted Lange is 60. Rhythm-and-blues musician George “Funky” Brown (Kool and the Gang) is 59. Rock musician Chris Stein (Blondie) is 58. Actress Pamela Sue Martin is 55. Actor Clancy Brown is 49. Singer Iris Dement is 47. Actor Ricky Paull Goldin is 43. Actor Vinnie Jones is 43. Rock musician Kate Schellenbach (Luscious Jackson) is 42. Actress Heather Paige Kent is 39. Rock singer Marilyn Manson is 39. Actress January Jones is 30. Actress Brooklyn Sudano is 27.