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■W YORK (AP) — Whitney
says she is the aggres-
»r in her marriage to Bobby
Brown.
“Contrary to
belief, I do the
hitting, he
doesn’t. He
has never put
his hands on
me. He is not a
woman-beater,”
the singer and
actress said in
e May issue of Redbook. “We
e crazy for one another. I mean
azy in love, love, love, love,
^e.|When we’re fighting, it’s like
at’s love for us. We’re fighting
r oiur love.”
Brown’s arrest history in-
udes drunken driving and bat-
rypgainst women other than
s wife.
Brown was sentenced in
998 to five days in jail and a
tar, on probation for drunken
•ivi|)g. On Monday, a judge in
)rt“Lauderdale, Fla., put him
ack on probation for showing
a drunk to do his time.
Hbuston conceded that her
nger husband is “a party guy”
hoi “likes to hang with his
lends. He likes to dance with
fferent people.” But she said
■mows he is loyal to her be-
ause “I checked him out when
a wasn’t even looking.”
Vidower sued for
Vynette’s death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The
idower of Tammy Wynette de
ed allegations that he helped
lep/dyer 3use the country star's death.
George Richey and Ms.
butcani) Vnette’s physician, Dr. Wallis
nonaW. iarsh of Pittsburgh, are being
since: jed by three of her daughters
ndtfie t $50 million.
'that. The daughters claim Richey
pensetlu' id Marsh didn’t monitor her
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
medical condition closely
enough and gave her too many
painkillers.
Wynette died last April at her
home. She was 55. Marsh ruled
she died of a blood clot to the
lungs. There was no autopsy.
“All of these allegations are
totally false, without foundation,
and that will be proven in a court
of law," Richey said in a state
ment Monday.
It was the first comment from
Richey’s side since the lawsuit
was filed April 5. Marsh has also
denied wrongdoing.
Shaw chosen to
sew royal gown
LONDON (AP) — Sophie Rhys-
Jones has chosen a little-known
designer to make the dress for
her wedding to Prince Edward.
The design by Samantha
Shaw, who set up her own salon
only four years ago, will remain
secret until the June 19 cere
mony at St. George’s Chapel at
Windsor Castle, Shaw’s publicist
said Tuesday.
Shaw, 30, never advertises
and sells her work mainly at pri
vate fashion shows.
“It’s a great choice,” said
Camilla Secil, social editor of
Harpers and Queen magazine.
“Sam makes very feminine
clothes, very pretty and often lay
ered.
She uses very rich fabrics,
hand-painting and beads. Those
little touches are always ab
solutely perfect.”
Both Princess Diana and the
Duchess of York, the former
Sarah Ferguson, chose unsung
designers to make their wedding
dresses.
Public appearance
reveals tired Payton
CHICAGO (AP) — Former foot
ball star Walter Payton was suf
fering from fatigue Tuesday after
throwing out the first pitch on
opening day at Wrigley Field.
Payton, who has a rare liver
disease, was scheduled to
speak Tuesday at the Machin
ery/Materials Conference and
Exposition but canceled at the
last minute, convention
spokesperson Leo Nadolske
said.
Nadolske said he was told
that Payton, 44, went to bed sick
Monday right after arriving home
from Wrigley Field and his first
public appearance in months.
But Ginny Quirk, vice presi
dent of Walter Payton Inc., said
Payton was not bedridden.
“He had a very big day yes
terday and part of the symptoms
of (his disease) is fatigue. There
fore, his feeling was that it was
going to be too much to go all
the way downtown and give a
powerful keynote speech. He
was too taxed to make the trip,”
she said.
Mandela builds
home on seacoast
Payton lives in suburban
South Barrington.
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP)
— Nelson Mandela and his wife,
Graca Machel,
are building a
new home on
an elegant sea-
coast street.
Machel, the
widow of the
late Mozambi
can President
Samora
Machel, mar
ried Mandela last year.
Mandela, 80, is retiring in
June after five years as South
Africa’s first democratically
elected president.
He was divorced from anti
apartheid activist Winnie Madik-
izela-Mandela in 1996.
Mandela also owns South
African homes in an upscale
neighborhood of Johannesburg
and in his boyhood home of
Qunu.
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‘ER ’ ratings
not all good
news for NBC
NEW YORK (AP) — “ER” was
the week’s top-rated show for the
18th time in the 18 weeks it has
aired an original episode this tele
vision season — yet it still gives
NBC executives cause for concern.
The medical drama’s 17.9 rat
ing and 30 share last Thursday
was its lowest rating for a first-run
episode since November 1994, its
premiere year.
NBC suggests last week’s rat
ings were down because many
other prime-time programs aired
reruns, and some viewers may
have assumed that “ER” was do
ing the same thing.
The season-to-date ratings for
“ER” are down 11 percent from
last year, however.
The timing is particularly bad
because this year NBC is paying a
record $13 million per episode for
the drama, more than five times
what it paid in the past.
“ER” has been hurt by softness
in NBC’s Thursday night lineup,
the recent departure of George
Clooney and the simple passage of
time,” said Marc Berman, a televi
sion analyst for the ad buying firm
Seltel.
“ It’s rare for a show in its fifth
season to continue to grow in rat
ings,” he said.
“1 don’t think the show is as
compelling as it once was,” he
said.
This is also the first year old
episodes of “ER” have aired in re
runs on cable television and
through syndication.
The ability for fans to see the
show several times a week gener
ally hurts the ratings for first-run
episodes, Berman said.
NBC’s Thursday night lineup
has seen a ratings decline this
year, with the prominent excep
tion of “Friends.”
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