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August 10, 2005

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Tommy Lee says no marriage planned for him, Anderson

New York - Tommy Lee says he and Pamela Anderson aren't getting married again.

"Noooo," he told "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno Monday night.

The couple, who were married in 1995, divorced in 1998. They have been on and off again ever since. They were photographed together in Hawaii last month, and that's when the marriage rumors started, Lee said.

"I took Pamela and the kids to Hawaii for her birthday. And anytime we get together for any length of time, people are like, 'Oh, they're getting married,"' he said.

Anderson had told reporters she and Lee weren't getting back together, but the 42-year-old rocker renewed speculation when he told People magazine: "We're crazy in love. We're going to take things slowly and see where they go."

Wife of 'Superman' faces battle with lung cancer

Dana Reeve, 44, widow of actor Christopher Reeve, announced Tuesday that she has lung cancer and is summoning the strength of her late husband - "the ultimate example of defying the odds with strength, courage and hope."

Dana Reeve, who gave unflagging support to her husband after an accident that left him a quadriplegic, said she hoped "before too long to be sharing news of my good health and recovery."

"More than ever, I feel Chris with me as I face this challenge," she said in a written statement.

Christopher Reeve, best known for his portrayal of "Superman," died last year. His actress wife, who lives with their son in Westchester County, N.Y., and is head of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, was a nonsmoker, the Associated Press reported.

The cancer was diagnosed recently, said Reeve, who is under treatment. She didn't comment on the extent of the cancer and said she was making the announcement because a tabloid was about to break the news.

Actors need more 'Yee-haw'

New York - Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott, who play Luke and Bo Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard," didn't exactly perfect the art of "yee-haw" for the film.

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine, Knoxville says he felt like "half a man" when he heard John Schneider, who played Bo Duke on the '70s TV series, do the rebel yell.

"John Schneider comes up to us last night at the premiere. He's giving us these big hugs, and he goes, 'Let's do a yee-haw!' And he belts out this Tarzan-like 'yee-haw,' and I was like, 'That's kinda how we were supposed to do it, Seann."'

Knoxville plays Luke Duke, and Scott plays cousin Bo. Jessica Simpson is denim short shorts-wearing cousin Daisy Duke, Catherine Bach's role in the TV show, which ran from 1979-1985.

Ben Jones, who played wisecracking mechanic Cooter on the popular series, has called the movie - which took in an estimated $30.7 million on its opening weekend - a "sleazy insult."

As for the plot, Scott says: "Plot? What plot? Plot's just an excuse to blow (expletive) up and see Jessica in her shorts! You don't want a plot with 'Dukes of Hazzard.' (Pause.) It could've been nice to have one."

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