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...spouse, but it's usually assumed that to get your own tartan requires some pretty deep local roots. The Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board, however, seems to regard a lack of ancestry as a wee piffling obstacle. So grateful was it when Madge married director Guy Ritchie in a Scottish castle last winter that the board, as "a special thank-you," commissioned a new tartan, Romantic Scotland, in honor of the duo. "Madonna is the original Material Girl, so a length of fabric seems doubly appropriate," said the board's marketing head. The color scheme: pearl white, for Like...
DIED. STUART ADAMSON, 43, lead singer and guitarist for the proudly unhip 1980s pop band Big Country; after hanging himself in a Honolulu hotel room. Born in the tiny Scottish mining town of Dunfermline--where he maintained homes despite pleas from his record company to relocate to London--Adamson had long battled depression and alcohol addiction...
...Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered, by Ruth Kluger, about "an interesting mother-daughter relationship. They're all interesting," she says, adding that the twins like to comment on her appearance ("Mom, your hair moves as a unit!"). She has hinted that she might write a book about Barney the Scottish terrier if she could "get that $8 million advance or whatever it is." Asked what Barbara Bush thinks of her daughter-in-law's surpassing her in the polls, Laura pleaded, "Please don't tell...
Something was old (the groom's ancient MacLaren tartan kilt), something was new (the bride's white Giorgio Armani empire-waist dress); something was borrowed (Skibo, the Scottish castle where Madonna wed), and something was...burning! Actress ASHLEY JUDD (below, at this year's Oscar ceremony), 33, and Edinburgh-born race-car driver DARIO FRANCHITTI, 28, were reportedly 10 minutes into their wedding ceremony when a golf cart used to ferry guests around caught fire. The brief blaze was not the only excitement. Rumors of DeNiro, Paltrow, Douglas and Zeta-Jones cameos proved false, but other Judds sang Love...
Meanwhile, the British government, which is committed to obtaining 10% of the country's electricity from renewable sources by 2010, continues to encourage development of wind, solar and wave power. Among 23 new solar roof projects, one will bring Northern Ireland its first solar panels. Scottish and Southern Energy, the country's largest generator of alternative energy, announced plans for a major investment in water and wind power programs, chiefly onshore wind turbines...