Neil Diamond - Diamond My First Wife Made Me A Star

Legendary crooner NEIL DIAMOND credits his first wife with his successful music career, because she inspired him to begin writing songs.

The Sweet Caroline hitmaker realised he had a talent after he successfully seduced Jayne Posner with a heartfelt song when he was a lovesick teenager.

Diamond explains, "I was 16 and had a crush on a girl, and I wrote a song, about 'I love you so much, let's run off and get married.' I played it for her and she married me.

"So I said, 'I've got to try this again'. It was pretty bad, but it worked."

Diamond married Posner in 1963 when he was 23. They divorced six years later. He is currently dating Australian singer Rachel Farley.

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Exclusive Comics Excerpt: ‘Too Cool to Be Forgotten’

Middle-aged Andy Wicks has tried everything to quit smoking, and while he doesn't really believe in hypnosis, he figures it couldn't hurt. But then the hypnotherapy transports him to 1985 and high school — and he can't figure out how to get back. Today on the Comics Page, we're proud to present an excerpt from Too Cool to Be Forgotten, a funny and poignant graphic novel by Alex Robinson, acclaimed author of beloved indie graphic novels Box Office Poison and Tricked.

Too Cool to Be Forgotten debuts this weekend at the MoCCA Art Festival in New York and will be published in July by Top Shelf Productions.




Too Cool to Be Forgotten, by Alex Robinson

Rob Lowe - Lowe Calls For Court To Dismiss Accusations

LATEST: Actor ROB LOWE is asking a Santa Barbara, California court to dismiss portions of his former nanny's countersuit against him.

In documents released on Thursday (15May08), Lowe claims that many of Jessica Gibson's accusations against him are "completely unfounded."

And his attorney Larry Stein insists nine of her accusations are "subject to immediate dismissal because she has failed to even allege the essential elements of a claim of relief."

Stein targets a number of alleged wage violations, for which Gibson countersued Lowe last month (Apr08), as the items that should be dismissed.

Gibson also alleges that Lowe repeatedly exposed himself and touched her inappropriately - claims that the actor denies.

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