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Published: June 23, 2009
■ Actor Ryan O'Neal says he plans to marry Farrah Fawcett, who is struggling to overcome cancer. O'Neal, 68, says in an interview with Barbara Walters for ABC's 20/20 that he asked Fawcett, his longtime companion, to marry him and "she's agreed." O'Neal says they will tie the knot "as soon as she can say yes." Walters' interview with O'Neal will air Friday. Fawcett was found to have had anal cancer in 2006, which has spread to her liver. Fawcett, a star of Charlie's Angels, and O'Neal have a 24-year-old son, Redmond. O'Neal says that Fawcett, 62, is "fighting for her life," but despite her declining health, they will "absolutely" get married.
■ Four books that have been long out of print by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be published again under a new deal with Beacon Press brokered by King's youngest son. Dexter King called it a historic partnership that will bring his father's words to a global audience. Beacon, a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association, publishes books on social justice, human rights and racial equality. It will release new editions of Stride Toward Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, Trumpet of Conscience and Strength to Love in 2010.
■ Humorist Garrison Keillor is returning to Lake Wobegon to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his popular A Prairie Home Companion radio show. Keillor has added a Fourth of July broadcast of his show from Avon, the central Minnesota town that helped inspire Lake Wobegon, his fictional hometown. Avon is on the Lake Wobegon Trail, a 46-mile hike-and-bike pathway in Stearns County, which Keillor says "is about as close to Lake Wobegon as you can get." A Prairie Home Companion debuted July 6, 1974, at Macalester College in St. Paul.
■ Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh's baseball tale Moneyball has been benched just days before the start of shooting. Sony pulled the plug late last week after Soderbergh turned in a rewritten script substantially different than an earlier draft by screenwriter Steven Zaillian. That's according to a source close to the production who spoke on condition of anonymity. The script is based on Michael Lewis' book Moneyball, about general manager Billy Beane of the Oakland A's.
■ Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault on pop star Rihanna. Brown entered his plea before a preliminary hearing was scheduled to start yesterday in Los Angeles. Brown's alleged victim, Rihanna, had been on standby to testify yesterday. Brown's attorney said that the deal includes five years of supervised probation and six months of community labor. The judge expressed some concerns because Brown is not a California resident, but it appears that Brown will be allowed to do his community service in his home state of Virginia. He'll have to return to California for updates every three months.
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