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Celine Dion's Husband Explains Hush Money Celine Dion and Rene Angelil LAS VEGAS (AP) - A lawyer for singer Celine Dion's husband, Rene Angelil, recounted in a Clark County courtroom details of a $2 million payment and an apology Angelil made to a woman who accused him of rape in 2000. Angelil also underwent a blood test to screen for HIV, according to proceedings Wednesday in a felony extortion trial against the rape accuser's husband, Ae Ho Kwon. But lawyer Martin Singer said Angelil, his client, always denied sexual misconduct with the woman, Yun Kyeong Kwon Sung, in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room. "We wanted confidentiality to make sure if money is paid, no one will ever become aware of this allegation again," Singer said. Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass ruled Wednesday that Angelil was not properly served with a subpoena and will not have to testify at Kwon's trial. The judge said previously she wanted to keep Kwon's trial from focusing on Angelil's civil dealings with Sung. Kwon, a Presbyterian minister from Pasadena, Calif., is being tried on charges of extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion and witness soliciting a bribe. Defense lawyer Lisa Rasmussen had sought to cross-examine Angelil about the extortion accusations. "Everyone has been very protective of Mr. Angelil," Rasmussen said. Another Angelil lawyer, David Chesnoff, said in court Wednesday that that at the time Angelil paid Sung and Kwon, Angelil decided it was best to settle the case even though he did nothing wrong. "Rene Angelil at the time was suffering from cancer, his wife was going through a difficult time, and he did whatever he could to make these people go away," Chesnoff said. "Little did he know that they (Sung and Kwon) would try to extort him." Singer said that about a year after the 2000 payment and apology, Sung and Kwon demanded Angelil pay an additional $20 million. Sung said she had a dress that probably had Angelil's DNA on it and that she possessed Angelil's underwear. Sung later filed police reports in Las Vegas claiming rape, but police closed the investigation after Sung refused to turn over the dress and other items. Sung and Kwon were arrested after a January 2003 meeting between attorneys. No charges ever were filed against Angelil. Sung was convicted last year of extortion and other charges and sentenced in January to 28 months to five years in prison. The native of South Korea also faces deportation in a separate federal immigration case.

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'Sopranos' Star Edie Falco Adopts Baby AP Gossip/Celebrity NEW YORK - Edie Falco has adopted a baby boy, her agent confirmed Wednesday. Falco, 41, took the infant home in December, within days of his birth. She named him Anderson, her mother's maiden name, Falco's agent, Richie Jackson, told The Associated Press. The adoption was first reported by the syndicated TV show "Entertainment Tonight." The actress has won three Emmy Awards for her role as mob wife Carmela Soprano on HBO's "The Sopranos." Last year, Falco announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, but was successfully treated.

Love and Work Often Messy in Hollywood The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - One of film's most beloved characters, James Bond, was always able to mix business and pleasure as easily as one of his trademark martinis. But in real life, working with your significant other is often a messier affair

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Julia's Baby Photo Treat from Oprah Julia Roberts served up an unexpected treat for pal OPRAH yesterday (10FEB05) by letting the talk show queen be the first to show off her twin babies. The movie star sent her friend pictures of herself and babies PHINNAEUS and HAZEL, which were taken by her cameraman husband Danny Moder at their home in Taos, New Mexico, and gave her permission to broadcast them on her show. Winfrey couldn't wait to show them to her viewers on her programme, while cooing over her new 'niece' and 'nephew,' and she teared up as she read a tender note Roberts sent with the pictures. The Pretty Woman star wrote, "Dear friend, things here are terrific. Snow is falling as I write to you. Beautiful. As you may have heard on November 28 we doubled the citizenship of our family and life became more recognisable then ever before. "Oh, Oprah, the babies are amazing. The way they stare into your eyes, their exuberant smiles, how they begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise. "I suppose I never realised if before, babies aren't really born of their parents, they're born of every kind word, loving gesture, hope and dream their parents ever had. Bliss. "Can't wait to see you and fill your arms with our Phinn' and Hazel. Until then, just know there are two more Moders in the world who love you as much as Danny and I do. The warmest embrace from too far away. Yours, Julia." A tearful Winfrey, referring to herself as Auntire O, cooed, "Aren't they precious? They are cute aren't they?" as she looked at the photographs, before stating, "Julia and Danny, your babies are beautiful... Welcome to the world little Moders."

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Diana Made 'Last-Minute' Car Switch Before Crash By Tim Castle LONDON (Reuters) - Princess Diana made a last-minute switch of cars before the high-speed drive through Paris that ended with her death in an underpass crash, official documents showed. The papers, released late on Tuesday under freedom of information laws, gave conflicting reasons for the change in cars by Diana and her lover Dodi al Fayed before their deaths in the early hours of August 31, 1997. In one document written three weeks after the crash, Britain's ambassador to France, Michael Jay, said it was a "last-minute change of mind aimed at diverting the awaiting paparazzi." But two other memos, written by unnamed officials, said the couple's hire car had failed to start as they attempted to evade journalists outside the Paris Ritz hotel where they had been staying. "Because, apparently, their getaway car failed to start, they got into another nearby car driven by a Ritz driver," one memo said. "This car drove at high speed, followed by journalists, until the accident in the tunnel under the Pont d'Alma." Jay's note reported how the British pathologist hired by the al Fayed family had challenged initial blood tests which showed the car's driver Henri Paul, also killed in the crash, had been three times over the legal alcohol limit. French authorities conducted a third test, including a sample of fluid from the white of Paul's eye that confirmed the alcohol level and showed that he was on anti-depressants. The documents showed how in the days after Diana's death officials in London fretted over the mounting cost of her funeral. One official wrote to Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites)'s office promising that his department would "try to keep costs as low as possible." Another said the probable 5 million pound ($9.6 million) cost was "scarcely a deck on the Royal Yacht," referring to a recent government decision to scrap the royal family's ship "Britannia." The circumstances of the crash still cause controversy. John Stevens, a retired senior British police officer, is investigating allegations Diana's death was not an accident at the request of Britain's Royal Coroner Michael Burgess. Dodi's father, Harrods store owner Mohammed al Fayed, has alleged the couple were murdered by British secret services because their relationship was embarrassing the royal family. The claim was dismissed last year by Stella Rimington, former head of the domestic spy agency MI5. Diana's marriage to Britain's heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles broke down in 1992 and later ended in divorce.