Homepage > Joss Whedon Off Topic > Onassis heir to wed Olympian today - People in brief (seth green (...)
Enquirer.com Onassis heir to wed Olympian today - People in brief (seth green mention)Friday 9 December 2005, by Webmaster Greek billionaire Athina Roussel Onassis is expected to say "I do" today to an Olympic athlete, Alvaro Afonso de Miranda, the 32-year-old son of an insurance company owner. The 20-year-old Onassis - granddaughter and sole heiress of the late shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis - is one of the world’s richest women. Miranda was a member of the Brazilian showjumping team that won a bronze medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and another in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck had a baby girl Thursday. "Mother, father and baby are doing great," their publicists reported. It is the first child for Garner and Affleck, both 33, who were married in June. E! News said the couple had named her Violet. NBC also will shuffle shows in January. "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" move from Tuesday to 9-10 p.m. Thursday on Jan. 5, opposite "CSI," TV’s No. 1 show. "Will & Grace" moves to 8 p.m., followed by Seth Green ’s "Four Kings." "Joey" has been benched, along with "Three Wishes" and "The Apprentice." Back-to-back "Scrubs" will fill the 9-10 p.m. Tuesday slot, starting Jan. 3. "Most Outrageous TV Moments" becomes a weekly series at 8 p.m. Fridays. Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros, who star on ABC’s "Lost," were arrested within 15 minutes of each other in Kailua, Hawaii, for allegedly driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Both failed field sobriety tests and were released Thursday on $500 bail each, police said. The actresses, who were in separate cars, were arrested after their vehicles were spotted weaving on Pali Highway, police said. Watros, 37, who portrays Libby, and Rodriguez, 27 , who plays Ana Lucia, were to appear at a driver’s license revocation hearing on Dec. 29. A movie tracing the experiences of five Cincinnati-area cancer patients from Cincinnati Children’s Hopsital Medical Center will be one of 16 films competing for documentary honors at the Sundance Film Festival Jan. 19-29 in Park City, Utah, the yearly festival founded by Robert Redford to showcase new independent movies. "A Lion In The House," directed by Dayton filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert was shot over six years; it is scheduled to air on PBS stations this summer as a two-part series. An estimated 13.5 million people stayed up late to watch Oprah Winfrey ’s first visit to David Letterman in 16 years, Nielsen Media Research said on Friday. Winfrey’s appearance more than tripled Letterman’s typical audience of 4.3 million viewers, Nielsen said. |