ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, April 8, 1997 TAG: 9704080084
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 5 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: the people column
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
Elizabeth Taylor is free to marry again. She's officially divorced from Larry Fortensky, husband No.7.
``It's done,'' the actress' attorney, Arlene Colman-Schwimmer, said Monday.
The lawyer described the settlement as amicable and refused to reveal financial details. She said reports that Fortensky was getting $1.5 million were false. ``That's too high,'' she said.
The Oscar-winning star of ``Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' and ``Butterfield 8'' met Fortensky in 1988 when both were at the Betty Ford Clinic. They married Oct. 6, 1991, during a ceremony at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
Taylor filed for divorce in February 1996, citing irreconcilable differences.
Sylvester Stallone will soon tie the knot with model Jennifer Flavin, the mother of his 7-month-old daughter.
Stallone, who has been married twice before, will wed Flavin within the next several months in an exotic location, publicist Paul Bloch said.
The couple's daughter, Sophia Rose, will be part of the ceremony. She successfully underwent surgery in November to close a hole in her heart.
Elton John was a bit splashy for his 50th birthday bash. John wore a 3 1/2-foot high silver wig, silver brocade coat and breeches and 15-foot feather train.
As if that wasn't enough, the wig was decorated with a silver galleon under full sail and silver spangles. And John arrived on a golden throne in the back of a 30-foot truck decked out in red velvet.
The Sunday night London costume party drew 600 show business and sports stars - and a male streaker who raced down the road from a nearby pub, but failed to get in.
John turned 50 on March 25.
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