Elizabeth Hurley takes on pig breeding

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Hurley raising pigs

Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley has made a career move: She breeds pigs. In England's Cotswolds region, she is using her 100-acre estate to breed Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs. The Hurley Old Spot pigs are quickly making a name, and one butcher-shop manager, Perry Meredith, told the Gloucestershire Echo that "her pigs are excellent quality."

Good reviews for Holmes

Despite the 24 or so anti-Scientology demonstrators rallying outside the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York on Thursday night, Katie Holmes' performance on opening night of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" generally was reviewed as flawless. "Holmes exuded the same lovable charm she did as Joey Potter on TV's 'Dawson's Creek,' " according to the New York Daily News. Husband Tom Cruise was on hand to greet patrons and had no trouble ignoring the anti-Scientology, which accused his religion of brainwashing Holmes.

Heavenly bodies

New dwarf planet named

A newly discovered dwarf planet in the solar system has been given a Hawaiian name: Haumea — how-MAY'-ah — after the Hawaiian goddess of earth and fertility. The name was approved Wednesday by the International Astronomical Union in Paris. It is the solar system's fifth dwarf planet, in the same category and region as Pluto.

Today in History

1897: The New York Sun ran its famous editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

1938: A hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming some 700 lives.

1982: Amin Gemayel, brother of Lebanon's assassinated president-elect, Bashir Gemayel, was elected president.

Today's Birthdays

Actor Karl Slover ("Wizard of Oz"), 90. Author Stephen King, 61. Actor-comedian Bill Murray, 58. Movie producer-writer Ethan Coen, 51. Actor Rob Morrow, 46. Actress Cheryl Hines, 43. Country singer Faith Hill, 41.

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