NEWSMAKERS: Shania Twain weds exec in Puerto Rico

NEWSMAKERS

Shania Twain weds exec in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico

Country singer Shania Twain and businessman Frederic Thiebaud tied the knot Saturday in a New Year’s Day wedding in Puerto Rico. A message on Twain’s website says the couple were wed in Rincon with 40 close family and friends in attendance.

Twain and Thiebaud announced their engagement last month.

Twain first confirmed in August 2009 that she was dating Thiebaud after her divorce from Robert “Mutt” Lange — who allegedly had an affair with Twain’s best friend and Thiebaud’s wife, Marie-Anne Thiebaud. The 45-year-old singer from Ontario, Canada, said she reached out to Frederic Thiebaud in the aftermath, writing on her website last year that she had found “a dear friend and true gentleman.”

David Arquette reportedly in rehab

NEW YORK

David Arquette’s publicist says the actor has entered rehab. In an e-mail Monday to The Associated Press, Cindy Guagenti says she has “no further information at this time.” Arquette and Courteney Cox announced their separation in October after 11 years of marriage. They have a 6-year-old daughter, Coco.

The 39-year-old actor has appeared in the “Scream” movies and co-starred alongside Drew Barrymore in the 1999 romantic comedy “Never Been Kissed.”

‘Forbidden Planet’ star Anne Francis dies

LOS ANGELES

Actress Anne Francis, who was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic “Forbidden Planet” and later was sexy private eye in “Honey West” on TV has died at age 80 in California. Funeral director Bill Guntle in Santa Barbara says Francis died Sunday of natural causes at a local nursing home. Her daughter, Jane Uemura, tells the Los Angeles Times that Francis died from complications of pancreatic cancer.

Francis, a famous beauty of the time, had a childhood career in radio and TV and on Broadway before turning to movies. In later years she returned to television, appearing in dozens of series. In “Honey West,” which aired from 1965 to 1966, she played a female James Bond who kept a pet ocelot.

Chuck Berry home after health scare

ST. LOUIS

Rock ’n’ roll legend Chuck Berry has returned home to suburban St. Louis after falling ill with exhaustion during a concert in Chicago. Berry’s longtime friend, Joe Edwards, said Monday that the 84-year-old singer returned to his Wentzville, Mo., home Sunday afternoon. He was not hospitalized.

Edwards says Berry is well enough to prepare for a Jan. 19 show at Blueberry Hill in University City, Mo., where he has performed monthly concerts since 1996. Edwards owns Blueberry Hill.

Berry fell ill Saturday while performing at Chicago’s Congress Theater. A concertgoer said Berry gave an erratic, out-of-tune performance before being helped offstage.

Edwards says Berry was exhausted after two New Year’s Eve shows in New York and the journey to Chicago.

Berry’s songs include “Maybelline,” “Johnny B. Goode” and “Roll Over Beethoven.”

Lennon’s ‘Abbey Road’ suit sells for $46,000

STAMFORD, Conn.

The white two-piece suit John Lennon wore on the cover of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album has been sold at auction in Connecticut for $46,000. The suit and other Beatles memorabilia were sold Saturday at the Braswell Galleries’ annual New Year’s Day auction to an online bidder who wished to remain anonymous.

Owner Kathy Braswell tells the Connecticut Post the holiday auction is their biggest event of the year.

The suit was custom made for Lennon by French designer Ted Lapidus.

Jolie, Pitt donate $2 million to wildlife

JOHANNESBURG

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are donating $2 million to the Namibian sanctuary where they spent Christmas with their kids. The donation to the Naankuse Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary was made through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in the name of their daughter Shiloh, who was born in Namibia. In a statement released Monday, Jolie said, “We want her to be very involved and grow up with the understanding of her country of birth.”

Associated Press