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Leonardo has his way with PlaygirlLOS ANGELES: Playgirl magazine settled a lawsuit Leonardo Dicaprio filed against the publication over the ...

Leonardo has his way with Playgirl

LOS ANGELES: Playgirl magazine settled a lawsuit Leonardo Dicaprio filed against the publication over the nude photographs it intended to publish of the actor, its attorney has said. Playgirl Attorney Kent Raygor on Monday said that details of the deal were confidential and declined to comment on whether the settlement would allow the photographs to ever be published by Playgirl. Dicaprio’s lawsuit requested unspecified damages for emotional distress and invasion of privacy. Raygor declined to say whether Playgirl agreed to pay money as part of the settlement.

The Titanic heartthrob sued the skin magazine on March 31 after

Playgirl announced it would publish nude photos of him in its July issue. The pictures were apparently taken on a movie set. Dicaprio, 23, claimed the photographs were “unauthorised”.

Brush with health

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MANILA: Joseph Estrada plans to distribute toothbrushes to Filipino families as a symbolof concern for their health, an official said prior to his inauguration on Tuesday as the Philippines’ 13th President. Incoming executive secretary Ronaldo Zamora said the mass handout of toothbrushes aims to emphasise the priority the Estrada administration places on “the things that are doable and decisions that could immediately be felt by the people.”

“Don’t you know that in the provinces, most households share just one toothbrush because they cannot afford to buy one for everybody," Zamora told the Manila Times. By giving out free toothbrushes on behalf of private companies, Zamora said the new government hopes to send a strong message to Filipinos that it is concerned about their health and welfare.

Amin’s bitter-half

LONDON: The fifth wife of Idi Amin, the former Ugandan dictator, is running a modest African cafe serving stewed goat and cow hoof in gravy in a shabby corner of east London, press reports said on Tuesday. Sarah Kyolaba Amin, who left Amin in 1982 to seek a divorceand asylum in Germany, owns the Krisna restaurant here and serves meals to locals, many of whom knew nothing about her past, it was said. The papers also reported how, since opening the restaurant, things had not gone smoothly for Amin, now 43.

Krisna was closed briefly last year when local council officials found cockroaches in the kitchen, they said. Amin also refused to talk to journalists about her past or plans for the future. Her former husband, now 73, lives in Saudi Arabia with a Ugandan woman, Chumaru.

A swing at Tyson

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LAS VEGAS: The US National Organisation for Women is taking a swing at Mike Tyson. The group’s southern Nevada chapter launched a campaign on Monday to block his effort to regain his boxing license from the Nevada Athletic Commission. Tyson was banned from the ring last year after biting Evander Holyfield’s ears during a bout. He can apply for reinstatement on July 9. In a letter to chapters in all 50 states, southern Nevada unit expressed outrage at the prospect ofTyson, a convicted rapist, returning to the ring.