"Inside Edition" says that Tony's oldest daughter, Kelly Lee Curtis, contested the will and tried to have Tony's widow, Jill, removed as trustee of the estate, but was denied.
Jill's statement to "Inside Edition" said, "Tony's last will and testament and his passing wishes . . . are private family matters."
Jill was the sixth Mrs. Curtis. Tony's children were born to wives one, two and three.
Farmer Cruise?
In 2,000+ columns, Tattle never used the words "tax breaks," and now twice in two days.
It turns out that rich folk aren't just getting to keep a little more of their money because they're rich; they're also enriched (not just spiritually) by working their land.
The Denver Post reported yesterday that Goldie Hawn and Tom Cruise are among those benefiting from agricultural tax breaks in Colorado, where people can qualify for the lower agriculture property-tax rate simply by cutting hay or allowing livestock to graze on their land.
Cruise, for instance, allows sheep to graze for brief periods each year on the 248 acres of land he owns near Telluride.
Although he paid nearly $18 million for the property, Cruise pays only about $400 in taxes.
If such an arrangement existed here, there would be a lot of grazing goats in Lower Merion.
You've got to be taught . . .
"Shoah," the 9-hour French documentary about the Holocaust, has been dubbed into Farsi so it can be broadcast on a satellite channel in Iran.
The airing is part of a campaign to promote understanding between Jews and Muslims, and to fight Holocaust denial.
The Aladdin Project, a Paris-based group, says that the film began airing yesterday.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has questioned historical accounts of the Holocaust, and has called for Israel's destruction.
Director Claude Lanzmann says that the documentary may be an effective vehicle to counter the Holocaust denial.
