Broadcasters plan Diana anniversary shows
LONDON, March 23 (UPI) -- Britain's ITV said it will air the "definitive" story of Princess Diana's final hours in a documentary that will mark the 10th anniversary of her death.
"Diana's Last Day" will feature pictures taken by cameramen until the Mercedes she and her companion Dodi Fayed were in crashed in a Paris tunnel on Aug. 31, 1997, the Mirror reported Friday.
Director of television Simon Shaps said the broadcaster "thought very carefully about what to show" when it decided not to show images of her final moments.
ITV said it also commissioned a show featuring unseen footage of Diana taken when she was at public appearances. It plans to show the award-winning film, "The Queen," which concerns how the royal family responded to Diana's death.
Five is making $3.9 million docu-drama about Diana's final weeks.
Pitt, Jolie help start Sudan clinic
KHARTOUM, Sudan, March 23 (UPI) -- A modern medical clinic is being built in the Sudan thanks to the U.S. star couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who contributed $100,000 to the project.
The Duk Lost Boys Clinic is expected to serve more than 150,000 people in Duk County when it opens this spring, People magazine reported on its Web site.
"Words cannot express my gratitude and the gratitude of the people of Duk County," said John Dau, who pushed to get the clinic started. "Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt demonstrate the American spirit of generosity. "Hopefully, their donation will inspire others to join us to rebuild southern Sudan."
Dau is director of the non-profit organization Direct Change's Sudan Project. His story was featured in the documentary "God Grew Tired Of Us." Pitt was the executive producer of the film, which premiered in January.
Outdoor movie-watching making a comeback
SACRAMENTO, March 23 (UPI) -- Starlight and headlights from cars cruising by in Anywhere, USA, provide mood lighting for the latest, low-tech cinematic experience: outdoor movie-viewing.
Across the United States, more and more people are foregoing digital surround sound in darkened cineplexes for the camaraderie of watching movies under the stars in parks or parking lots, the Sacramento Bee said Friday.
"It's all about this nostalgic feel," said Bryan Kennedy, founder of MobMov, a mobile drive-in theater he started two years ago in Berkeley, Calif., that has grown to 140 chapters.
In Sacramento, baby boomer City Councilman Steve Cohn started "Screen on the Green," offering movies at four neighborhood parks in his district during weekends in August.
"It's like a drive-in, but you walk in," Cohn said of his three-year-old venture. "People love it."
Multiplex cinemas, which still screen 90 percent of movie fare, satisfied the need for variety -- but outdoor screenings gives audiences a chance to reconnect with community, said Jonathan Kuntz, a professor of Hollywood history at UCLA.
"We are raising a generation steeped in cyberspace," he said. "It's a way to get them out of that and remind them where humankind came from."
Suspect featured on 'AMW' arrested
SAN DIEGO, March 23 (UPI) -- A murder suspect featured on "America's Most Wanted" is in custody in San Diego after trying to evade arrest by diving through a closed second-story window.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said in a release that the only reason Orthia Tyrone Porter didn't plummet to the ground Thursday was because he got caught in the window blinds and agents were able to grab him. Porter sustained a severe neck wound from the broken glass and was hospitalized.
Porter is wanted in a 2006 drug turf war slaying in St. Petersburg, Fla. He had fake identification from California and Georgia and had been using his brother's name.
He was featured on the "America's Most Wanted" program Jan. 27. On its Web site Friday, the show said Porter's arrest was "all thanks to an AMW tipster who pointed cops in the right direction!"
Alan Pleszak, acting DEA special agent in charge in San Diego, said the "constant presence of DEA agents and our Task Force partners on the streets of this community" led to the arrest.
Porter is the 924th fugitive picked up after authorities received a tip by a viewer since the John Walsh-hosted program began airing 20 years ago.
