Reuters People News Summary

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Helena Bonham Carter, Burton have second baby

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British actress Helena Bonham Carter has given birth to a daughter, her second child with director Tim Burton, People magazine reported on Sunday. The baby was born in London on Saturday, People said, quoting the actress' publicist. The couple already have a 4-year-old son, Billy.

Pamela Anderson seeks divorce after short marriage

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former "Baywatch" star and Playboy model Pamela Anderson has filed for divorce from her third husband after just two months of marriage. Anderson, 40, cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the breakdown of her marriage to Rick Salomon -- who is best known as Paris Hilton's partner in a 2003 sex tape leaked onto the Internet. The divorce petition was filed on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

At 90, sci-fi guru Clarke yearns for E.T., peace

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Turning 90 on Sunday, British science fiction writer and visionary Sir Arthur C. Clarke has three birthday wishes: For E.T. to call, for man to kick his oil habit and for peace in his adoptive Sri Lanka. Marking his "90th orbit of the sun," the prolific author and theorist who was one of the first to suggest the use of satellites orbiting the earth for communications, would like to be remembered foremost as a writer -- and predicts commercial space travel will one day be commonplace.

Dan Fogelberg dies of cancer at 56

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, famed for the soaring vocals and elegant instrumentation of tunes such as "Longer" and "A Love Like This," died on Sunday, three years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He was 56. "He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side," said a posting on his Web site (http://www.danfogelberg.com).