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By DICK KELSEY, United Press International
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ANISTON TOPLESS PIX CASE REACHES COURT

Jennifer Aniston's lawsuit over publication of a topless photograph of her is slated to begin in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles this week.

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The "Friends" star must prove publishers of Celebrity Skin and High Society magazines profited from the picture of her sunbathing topless behind her Hollywood home.

Aniston, 33, claims a paparazzi sneaked into her neighbor's yard, scaled an 8-foot wall and snapped the revealing shot of her in February 1999. She is seeking an undisclosed sum from Man's World Publications Inc. and Crescent Publishing Group, claiming the publishers violated her privacy and profited from the photos without her permission.

The picture was featured in the two mags as well as in several European publications.


WOMAN FIGHTS HBO FOR "ARLI$$" CREDIT

A woman who insists Home Box Office stole her idea for its hit show, "Arli$$," is not giving up her fight for credit.

Patricia Willis figured HBO didn't think much of a proposal for a show about two sports agents she submitted through an employee for the cable channel in 1993.

But Willis tells the New York Daily News she was shocked to learn in 1996 HBO was airing a series based on the plot of the show she pitched three years earlier. Her past legal action has been dismissed by the courts, but she's appealing the most recent decision.

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HBO admits it kept her manuscript on file but insists the show was created by actor Robert Wuhl, who also produces and stars in the hit series.


WOODY AVOIDS COURT IN BRITISH TAXI RAGE

A London taxi driver has decided not to pursue charges against actor Woody Harrelson for trashing his cab.

Harrelson forked over $800 to cabbie Les Dartnell to cover damages left by the rampage that led to a police chase, London newspapers reported Monday.

Forty-year-old Harrelson asked to be driven to his hotel but, Dartnell said, flew into a rage and destroyed a doorlock and ashtray.

The actor got out of the cab and hopped into another one, only to be followed by Dartnell and police. Scotland Yard said Dartnell dropped the charges after Harrelson paid for damages.


NO SELL DEAL BY MARTHA STEWART, BROKER -- NEWSWEEK

Investigators have found no "credible record" of a deal between Martha Stewart and her broker to sell ImClone stock at a predetermined price.

Congressional investigators tell Newsweek Merrill Lynch documents indicate no such arrangement, which Stewart has claimed drove her to unload her ImClone shares just before they tanked on Wall Street.

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The probers say they'll keep "dogging" the cooking and home design icon and may call Stewart to testify on Capitol Hill about whether she lied to the congressional panel investigating ImClone.

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