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Nicole seeks to stall stalker

Nicole Kidman has filed a petition seeking a restraining order against a man she alleges has shown up at her home begging to go out with her and her children. The actress claims that Matthew E. Hooker is "stalking me and my family and I am fearful for our safety and security," according to documents filed Monday in Santa Monica (Calif.)Superior Court.

Hooker, 40, said Tuesday night that he never behaved in a threatening manner and merely wanted to date Kidman. Kidman claims in her petition that Hooker sent her letters stating he would like to tutor her two children and that "tutoring them would give us the chance to get to know each other, which is the real goal."

'Survivor' barely survives airport

The Tennessee nurse who braved the Australian Outback to win the second "Survivor" competition barely made a plane trip to Los Angeles.

After taking a prescribed sleeping pill, Tina Wesson passed out Tuesday before a plane from New York left the ground.

Wesson, 40, was traveling cross-country to appear Tuesday night on CBS' "The Late Late Show" with Craig Kilborn.

"I'm not good at taking medication, I never take any, so when I took it I was so exhausted that I completely passed out into the aisle," Wesson said. "When I came to, they brought a doctor in and everything to check my blood pressure, my pulse and all that stuff."

Not dead yet

Don't plan that Lou Reed memorial concert just yet. Reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated. The former frontman of the Velvet Underground apparently was the victim of a cruel hoax. On Monday someone who has yet to be identified sent a bogus e-mail across the nation that purported to be a story from the British news service Reuters. It carried the headline "Lou Reed, 57, Succumbs to Addictions."

Some radio stations picked up the e-mail and announced the news. Reed's publicists spent the better part of Tuesday denying the tale and saying that Reed is alive, well and in Amsterdam, working.

They're all fond of Fonda

Debbie Reynolds dished about husbands. Sally Field gave a passionate thank-you. Peter Fonda got emotional. Robert Redford sent video greetings. They were all talking to and about Jane Fonda at Monday's tribute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York.

Fonda, 63, quipped after seeing her film clips, "If I ever do go back to acting, I'm going to take Valium," because she looked "wound tight." Fonda, who retired from film a decade ago, said she misses moments on the set when she pulled off emotionally complex scenes, but, "I'm so glad I'll never have to do it again! It's one of the most frightening things, all about keeping your most vulnerable parts wide open."