Entertainment Briefs Aug. 30, 2010
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 16 years AGO
Judge grants restraining order sought by DiCaprio
LOS ANGELES - Leonardo DiCaprio has been granted a temporary restraining against a woman he said claims to be his wife and carrying his baby.Court records show Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson granted the order Wednesday against Livia Bistriceanu, 41, of Chicago.
"Given this obsessive and harassing behavior, I am frightened of Ms. Bistriceanu and feel that my personal safety, and the personal safety of those around me, is in jeopardy," DiCaprio wrote in a sworn declaration.An e-mail message sent Friday to Bistriceanu seeking comment was not immediately returned.
DiCaprio's request included statements from the actor and his security team claiming Bistriceanu had traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles at least twice to try to meet DiCaprio at his home and business office. She refused to leave the properties and acted aggressively, the court filings state.The Academy Award-nominated actor wrote that she "has evidenced a willingness to make physical contact with me regardless of the consequences."
Bistriceanu has been placed on a psychological hold twice, according to the documents.DiCaprio said he has never met Bistriceanu, but she has sent him numerous handwritten letters. Some were attached to his request for the restraining order and reviewed by the judge.
One letter included the greeting, "Dear husband Leo," and contained statements that Bistriceanu believed DiCaprio was the father of baby Jesus.On Thursday, another woman was ordered to stand trial on a charge of slashing DiCaprio's face with a piece of glass during a party in 2005.
Aretha Wilson pleaded not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon after being returned to Los Angeles from her native Canada.DiCaprio suffered injuries to his face and neck.
Taylor Swift in Maine for 'Mine' music video debut
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - Country music star Taylor Swift is back in Maine for a half-hour television special on CMT to introduce her new music video that was shot in Maine.
The cable network show will air Friday night in Kennebunkport.Swift shot the video "Mine" last month in Maine. The first release from her new album is due out Oct. 25. One of the central sites in the video is a church in Kennebunk, where Swift emerged in a wedding gown.
During Friday's show, the 20-year-old Grammy winner is planning to talk about the music video locations and show behind-the-scenes footage.
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias marries in secret
MADRID - Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has married Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger, his partner for the past 20 years.The 66-year-old singer announced the marriage in a statement to Spanish newspapers.
The wedding took place at the Virgen del Carmen church in the southern jet-set resort of Marbella.Rev. Roberto Rojo Aguado, one of three priests who celebrated the ceremony, told The Associated Press on Friday that the couple were married Tuesday.
He said the ceremony was attended by two witnesses and the couple's five children. Rijnsburger is 45.Iglesias was previously married to Isabel Preysler, with whom he had three children.
- The Associated Press