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Katharine Hepburn referred to her family’s shoreline house in Old Saybrook as “paradise,” and some rumors have been circulating that the First Family might feel the same way. Over the summer, word began to spread that the Obamas might be interested in buying the 8,000 square foot waterfront estate. Now, those rumors are circulating again, according to the Connecticut Hearst Media Group. Hearst spoke with the owner, Frank Sciame, who they said neither confirmed nor denied that there is presidential interest. "It's not sold, that's all I can say," Sciame told Hearst over the phone. "It's not something I can...

Startling new forensic research has revealed that multicultural Britain is nothing new after discovering black Africans were living in high society in Roman York. A study of various remains and artefacts from the 4th century at the Yorkshire Museum shows North Africans were living there thousands of years ago. The most exciting results came from analysis of the so-called 'Ivory Bangle Lady' whose remains were found in 1901 on the city's Sycamore Terrace. Her skull was found buried with a range of jewellery including jet and elephant ivory bracelets, earrings, pendants and a glass mirror indicating she was wealthy and...

<p>OLD SAYBROOK, CT -- While most of Katharine Hepburn's estate will go to her family, the actress left money to the small Maryland church where her grandfather was a pastor and 4 pristine beachfront acres for "exclusively public purposes."</p> <p>Hepburn's will, written in 1992, was filed with the town's probate court Friday. She died at her waterfront home in the exclusive Fenwick section June 29. The will does not say how much her estate is worth.</p>

Kate the Great has ended Hillary's reign. "Kate Remembered," A. Scott Berg's account of his close friendship with Katharine Hepburn, will replace Sen. Hillary Clinton's "Living History" atop The New York Times best-seller list on Aug. 3. Clinton's memoir will mark its fifth week at No. 1 this coming Sunday before dropping to No. 2. The Aug. 3 list is based on sales last week, when "Kate Remembered" outsold "Living History" better than 2 to 1, according to Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks 70% of the retail market. "Living History" has been a big hit for Clinton and Simon & Schuster,...

After dropping out of art school in NYC in 1982 and now fully immersed in the "gay" lifestyle, I decided I was going to make it in the art world as a "famous" portrait painter. My goal was to be "Stephen Bennett: Celebrity Artist to the Stars." My dreams were to have my own art gallery on Rodeo Drive in California, Mercedes Benz and boyfriend extraordinaire. I figured my paintings would sell for $50,000.00 and up - mere pocket change for the celebrities. In the late '80s, my dreams slowly began to happen. I began doing celebrity portrait work (hardly...

Claude Lewis Two letters from Katharine Hepburn http://www.jewishworldreview.com | Although Katharine Hepburn didn't win an Oscar for her brilliant performance in "The Philadelphia Story,'' that may have been her most popular performance. Hepburn played the role of Tracy Lord. One scene summed her up perfectly. James Stewart's character, Macaulay (Mike) Connor, says: "There's magnificence in you, Tracy. I'm telling you ... a magnificence that comes out of your eyes, that's in your voice, in the way you stand there, in the way you walk. You're lit from within, bright, bright, bright. There are fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and...

If movie stars can be role models, then Katharine Hepburn was mine. I loved that old girl from the first time I laid eyes on her. There was something about her that rang true to me and to a generation of girls like me. She was tough, independent, strong-willed and humorous, yet feminine and, yes, sexy. I doubt many of today's rising generation would get what I mean by "sexy." Hepburn sexy? That "crazy, psalm-singing, skinny old maid!" as Humphrey Bogart's character, Charlie Allnut, put it in "The African Queen." By today's standards of overt sexuality, Hepburn was a Presbyterian...

Statement by Gloria Feldt, President Planned Parenthood Federation of America NEW YORK CITY — When Katharine Hepburn died yesterday at the age of 96, the world lost one of the most dynamic and original screen actors of all time. We also lost a woman who was as independent, self-confident, and forceful off screen as on in such films as Adam’s Rib and Woman of the Year. It is Planned Parenthood’s great fortune to have been on the receiving end of this woman’s powerful advocacy for reproductive freedom. Her support of reproductive rights was bred in the bones. Hepburn’s mother Katharine...

06-30-03 - By Lisa Sarrach Yesterday America lost one of our best and most treasured actors, Ms. Katharine Hepburn. Ms. Hepburn died at 96 in her home in Connecticut surrounded by friends and family. Throughout her career which spanned over 6 decades, Katharine Hepburn was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won 4 for her roles in Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981). Fiercely independent, she bucked the Hollywood studio system when they wanted to place her in a film she found wholly undesirable. She bought out...