By actor a 40-acre-plus island in the Bahamas that had been on the market for $3 million. According to the Wall Street Journal, the island could be developed, although it is now untouched. The property, near an island owned by and , is about 85 miles southeast of Nassau.

: Two-time Oscar nominee to filmmaker , she has confirmed. Holm, 25, proposed to Morton in Paris last Saturday, her 29th birthday. Morton's rep says they will wed in September.

Sunday at 6 p.m. on WMUZ-FM (103.5), "Somewhere in Time" features the work of theater organist , who's due to play at Detroit's Senate Theatre on June 11. And at 9:05 p.m. on WJR-AM (760), chats up motivational speaker on "Anything Is Possible."

Singer to take over as the headliner at the Flamingo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip in August, replacing , whose run wraps up July 1. It's not clear what's next for Newton, 64.

4-acre Westport, Conn., estate for $9 million. Stewart, 64, sold her 2.5-acre East Hampton estate for nearly $9 million recently and her Greenwich Village apartment for $6.65 million last year. She intends to make her 153-acre Katonah, N.Y., home her main residence.

To the surprise of almost no one in the radio business, Clear Channel's FM 106.7 went to country music at 3 p.m. Friday on the very weekend established CBS country power WYCD-FM (99.5) had its signature sponsorship event, the Downtown Hoedown. FM 106.7 claimed that the move was by popular web vote (1067needshelp.com) and said listeners will get to pick the call letters (don't be surprised if the WWWW-FM tag migrates back from Clear Channel's Ann Arbor 102.9 country outlet) and other station practices.

Let's go to court. Talk-show host (11 a.m. weekdays, WDIV-TV, Channel 4) has asked a court to dismiss the $100-million sex harassment lawsuit filed against him and members of his staff by producer .

Let's look at the briefs (the legal kind, not Maury's underwear): In a legal complaint filed April 24, Nardi, 28, accuses some of her supervisors at the show of forcing her to watch porn, wear revealing clothes and endure a barrage of sexual remarks.

She also says that her workload was unfairly heavy because she had to do the work of producer , who Nardi claims was having an "intimate and sexual relationship" with Povich.

Nardi's lawyer, , said he found it "ironic and suspect" that an innocent person "would not embrace the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of law as opposed to bobbing and weaving and looking to silence this in some back room."

Britain's , mocked by critics for being prone to gloomy introspection, has revealed that one of his favorite singers is the prone-to-gloomy introspectionist .

Describing Cohen, 71, as a wonderful chap, Charles said: "He's remarkable. The orchestration is fantastic and the words, the lyrics and everything. He is a remarkable man, and he has this incredibly laid-back, gravelly voice."

Royal biographer said, "It is an amusing choice. If one had to play those games where you matched someone with someone, this is the perfect choice for an introspective and self-pitying individual. It is almost as if he has just caught up with the Sixties."

Lawyers are busy in New York. Singer is suing next-door neighbor , the widow of fashion designer , over what he says is illegal construction taking place on the roof of her building to allow for better --and noisier--air-conditioning.

In papers filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, Diamond says he owns the top-floor apartment of the five-story building at 17 E. 63d St., which gives him exclusive use of the rooftop "to create a serene environment" for himself.

What was meant to be a friendly chat to promote the new "X-Men" movie turned into a frosty discussion about race on a popular British morning radio program.

Actress appeared on Radio One breakfast show Thursday and clashed with her host after he impersonated what he described as a "big, fat, black guy."

"Are we having a racist moment here?" Berry asked Moyles after she took exception to his impersonation. Moyles said he just couldn't do American accents.

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