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Spacey named art director for London's Old Vic Theater LONDON (AP) - Oscar-win ning actor Kevin Spacey is taking a new role as artistic director of London's Old Instantly submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) via the Mobile Education Resource Vehicle (MERV) that will be on site. Please Bring: - 2002 W-2s (purunts & students) - Tax returns - Questions? mWIAR If fr'IWMT VII O'** I Brought to you in part by: € COSTEP TC<J* *M(M KrtWHtK SallieMae Nobody lends you more support.* I %d t If: TrMi AA.M Onherntity For more information phone: 979-845-3236 or visit httn: tinancialaid.tamu.edu SPACEY Vic Theater, the company announced Wednesday. Spacey, who won Oscars for the movies "The Usual Suspects" (1995) and "American Beauty" (1999), will lead a new company of actors from 2004 and will appear in at least two productions each sea son, he told a crowded news conference at the historic the ater. "I am thrilled the Old Vic's board of directors has given me their confidence to take on such a challenging role," said the 43- year-old, who first visited the the ater at 7 during a trip to London with his parents. "I remember seeing Shakespeare and other produc tions on the Old Vic stage. To have grown up to act on the stage itself was a dream come true," he said. 'To find myself in the role of director of the Old Vic Theater is beyond my wildest imaginings." Spacey has maintained a close relationship with the Old Vic since he starred in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" there in 1998. He's one of the theater's trustees and has played a role in raising funds to ensure its survival. Later Wednesday, Spacey was to sing some duets with Elton John at a fund-raising gala con cert at the theater. Long known as "the actors' the ater," the Old Vic has provided a stage for many of the greatest performers of the last century, including John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness, Peter O'Toole, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. It's the former home of Laurence Olivier's National Theater company. 'Bachelor' Buerge no longer engaged NEW YORK (AP) - The second "Bachelor" is still a bachelor. Aaron Buerge, a 28-year-old banker from Springfield, Mo., proposed to Helene Eksterowicz at the end of the second season of "The Bachelor," ABC's romance-reality series in which an eligible guy chooses a bride from among 25 hopefuls. An estimated 29 million view ers watched the Nov. 20 finale, as Buerge got down on one knee and placed a diamond ring on Eksterowicz' left hand. (He refused to let the show spring for the rock, and insisted on buying it himself.) Now, he says in the Feb. 17 issue of People magazine that the engagement was over by New Year's. "There has not been any dag ger throwing," Buerge said, adding that neither had been unfaithful. He said he and Eksterowicz, a 27-year-old school psychologist from Gloucester City, N.J., stay in touch by e-mail, and will explain why the romance died on a Feb. 201 special. So did Eksterowicz keepfo ring? "That will be revealed i network spokeswoman Wednesday. Doors drummer sues fellow bandmates LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dtw drummer John Densmorei suing fellow bandmates Manzarek and Robby Kriegeii; going on tour as The Doorsiir out him. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday; Superior Court, seeks a order prohibiting keyboards Manzarek and guitarist from calling themselves I Doors when they perform# out Densmore. It also requec that Densmore, 58, be share of profits from anyshw that have taken place him. The lawsuit states that at? lead singer Jim Morrison died 1971, Densmore, Manzarek an: Krieger agreed the/d split ai future profits from The Doo' music three ways and that ft band's name wouldn't be used all three original surviving mem bers weren't involved. Manzarek, 63, Krieger, 57, ar: their representatives could not found for comment. There wei: no Los Angeles telephone listing for the musicians, The Dooii Music Company, or their recoi: label, Bright Midnight Records. Manzarek and Krieger, aloi with singer Ian Astbury of Ift Cult and former Police drumme Stewart Copeland, were to per form Friday at the Univers; Amphitheatre. Douglas visits war-torn Sierra Leone FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Actor Michael Dougla wrapped up a trip to war-m aged Sierra Leone on Wednesday, checking out vast stockpiles of surrendered arms and talk ing with vic tims of the ruthless 10- year conflict. Douglas, also envoy, is producing a film# the United Nations on the Wes African nation's child soldiers "I am impressed with many kids are keen on gettii* back to school, in places reali war-torn," the 58-year-i actor said. Sierra Leone is recovering one of Africa's most brutal wars- one that saw tens of thousand killed, raped and maimed rebels battled to gain control the nation's diamond fields a government. Sierra Leone authorities declared the war over in Januar 2002, after deployments by tin United Nations, former colonii ruler Britain, and neighboriif Guinea finally broke the rebe movement. Douglas arrived Saturday and has spent most of his time in tin eastern Kono diamond-mine dit trict. 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