Reuters People News SummaryFollowing is a summary of people news briefs compiled from stories that have run separately and are available in full on the file.Anna Nicole Smith says she's pregnant, little else

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Playboy Playmate model, reality TV star and would-be oil heiress Anna Nicole Smith announced on her official Web site on Thursday that she is pregnant, but offered few other details. Smith, 38, revealed the news in a brief home video clip in which she appears to be lounging on an inflatable raft in a backyard swimming pool, with two yapping poodles visible in the background.

Slim Aarons, photographer of Beautiful People, dies

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity photographer Slim Aarons, who created iconic images of the international Jet Set and their country homes after surviving savage combat in World War II, has died in New York State at the age of 89. His publisher said on Wednesday he had died on Tuesday from complications of a heart attack and a stroke.

Michael Moore sued by Iraq war veteran

BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. war veteran who lost both arms in Iraq has sued Oscar-winning director Michael Moore for $85 million, saying television clips were used without his permission in the anti-war documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" and gave a false impression that he opposed the war. Sgt. Peter Damon, 33, a supporter of President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, claims Moore misused the footage to portray him "in a false light" and as "disagreeing with the president about the war effort and as disagreeing with the war effort itself."

Elizabeth Taylor scoffs at Alzheimer's reports

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran actress Elizabeth Taylor scoffed on Tuesday at recent tabloid reports that she is gravely ill or suffering from Alzheimer's disease but acknowledged using a wheelchair because of chronic back pain. Appearing on CNN's "Larry King Live," the 74-year-old actress and two-time Academy Award winner described herself as happy and busy with a new venture designing jewelry -- "one of my passions" -- and said she remains active in the fight against AIDS.

Dixie Chicks Bush-whacked at record stores

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country trio the Dixie Chicks, the darlings of Nashville until their singer criticized President Bush three years ago, opened at No. 1 on the U.S. charts on Wednesday with their first studio album since then, but sales were sharply lower. "Taking The Long Way," their third chart-topper, sold 525,000 copies in the week ended May 28, according to tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan. The figure ranks as one of the biggest openings of the year, and exceeds industry expectations by more than 100,000 copies.

Jolie's baby delivered by Cesarean

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The African-born daughter of Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt was delivered by Cesarean section in a weekend surgery and birth that "went flawlessly," Jolie's doctor said on Tuesday. Details of the birth, which occurred on Saturday at the Cottage Medi-Clinic Hospital in the Namibian town of Swakopmund, were first disclosed in a statement the couple furnished exclusively to People magazine.

Rwandan president scoffs at "Hotel Rwanda"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rwandan president Paul Kagame on Wednesday dismissed the Oscar-nominated drama "Hotel Rwanda" as an attempt to rewrite the history of the central African country's 1994 genocide. The 2004 film refueled world interest in the massacres, in which some 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were butchered in 100 days of killings.REUTERS