– Nicole Kidman’s Aussie fiance, Keith Urban, is country music’s sexiest man, according to a reader poll in Country Weekly. Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw and Renee Zellweger’s ex, Kenny Chesney, rounded out the Top 5, in order. Urban and Kidman are preparing to marry but have not formally announced a date. Various media reports say they will get hitched this summer. The magazine will be releasing readers’ picks for country’s most beautiful women later this month.
– CNN’s Anderson Cooper has scored the first U.S. television interview with Angelina Jolie since the birth of her daughter in Namibia last month. The hourlong interview was taped Wednesday in Los Angeles and will air Tuesday night on “Anderson Cooper 360” as part of a special program devoted to World Refugee Day. In the interview, Jolie discusses her work with refugees and her new baby.
– David Gest, the former husband of Liza Minnelli, has been sued in Tennessee by a former employee who claims he was sexually harassed. Charles Beyer of Lakeland claims in a federal court lawsuit that he was harassed and humiliated by Gest while working as his personal assistant last July. Gest’s attorney, Edward Bearman, said his client tried to do Beyer a favor by giving him a temporary job that lasted only nine weeks, and called the suit an attempt to get money out of a celebrity. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated but did not substantiate Beyer’s claims.
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The Personals page was compiled by Cheryl Bowles from Tribune news services and staff reports.
