THE dancer, choreographer and ballet master Nicholas Beriozoff, whose pupils included Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Franklin, Alicia Markova and his own daughter Svetlana Beriosova, has died in Zurich. He was aged 89.
He was best known for his work at the Stuttgart (1957-1960) and Zurich (1964-1971) companies. He and his second wife Doris Catana founded the Zurich Opera Ballet School where he was still teaching a few weeks before his death.
A little known Macedonian composer claims to be the author of Peter Gabriel's latest hit When the Earth Sleeps and says he will sue unless Gabriel recognises the copyright.
Risto Pulevski (62) said he recognised his song Dali Znaes Mila Majko (Do You Know Dear Mother) when he heard Gabriel's latest release, currently riding high on world music charts.
Now that former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is a father, many are wondering if he will make Monica Turner his wife.
Turner (29) and baby daughter Rayna, born on February 14th, are well and at home in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, where Turner lives in a $2.05 million home Tyson bought her.
Muhammad Siddeeq, Tyson's Islamic guide, said his disciple was "very, very proud... very excited and very happy" at being a father, but only chuckled when asked if marriage was in the boxer's future plans.
Sharon Stone has denied that her new film Casino is full of gratuitous violence.
The Martin Scorsese film, which also stars Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro, features a savage baseball bat attack, a man stabbed to death with a pen and an incident in which a mobster's head is crushed in a vice.