– Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe are to star in an Australian historical epic directed by Baz Luhrmann, the BBC reports. Production on the film that Luhrmann has said will be a “Gone With the Wind”-style romance is to start this year.
– Brazil’s government has given a packet of condoms and anti-AIDS information to U2’s Bono, who had praised the country’s anti-AIDS campaign. Bono, in Brazil for concerts, received the kit at a dinner with Culture Minister and pop star Gilberto Gil in Salvador, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
– “60 Minutes” newsman Mike Wallace has given papers from his 40-year CBS career to the University of Michigan, his alma mater. The papers fill about 50 file drawers, The Detroit News reported Thursday.
– Elizabeth Taylor will ring in her 74th birthday Monday by donating a mobile medical unit to the New Orleans AIDS Task Force, her publicist announced Thursday.
– Actor Brad Renfro pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday to one felony count of attempted possession of heroin and will enter a drug program, People magazine reported on its Web site. Renfro, 23, was sentenced to 3 years’ probation and told to return to court on March 6.
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The Personals page was compiled by Cristi Kempf from Tribune news services and staff reports.
