A fake, yet official-sounding letter circulating on the net, which claims that President George W. Bush has the lowest IQ of any president, half that of Bill Clinton, caught comic-strip author Garry Trudeau in a faux pas last week when he cited it in his September 2nd Doonesbury strip. Trudeau offered a mea-culpa this past week, printing angry letters which called him such things as "a Mamby Pamby Commie Pinko Liberal" on the Doonesbury.com web site. In his response, Trudeau said, "This was a regrettable error, although perhaps inevitable, given that this feature uses the same fact-checking house as Saturday Night Live and The Drudge Report." He did get in a last dig, though, stating, "The creator deeply apologizes for unsettling anyone who was under the impression that the President is, in fact, quite intelligent." (This story was compiled by IMDb Staff)

Gay superstar Sir Elton John wants to marry his longterm boyfriend David Furnish to avoid death taxes. Married couples do not have to pay death taxes when their spouse dies but unmarried people do. Sir Elton says, "I would marry David if it would be beneficial to him after I died." The only obstacle is that gay marriages are neither legal nor recognised in Britain where the couple lives.

Kate Winslet and estranged husband Jim Threapleton made their first public appearance together Sunday. The couple took baby Mia for a walk in Holloway, north London, where Kate has been living with actress sister Anna. Neither made a comment about the end of their marriage, though Kate says, "Everything is OK, Mia is very happy."

Actor Matthew McConaughey turned real-life hero at a film festival on Friday when he rescued a fainting woman. The star's research for his role as a doctor in The Wedding Planner seems to have come in handy when he helped out Janice Flisfeder at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. Janice, 49, explains, "I fainted. I think it was not eating much and standing in lines all day. I felt a man stroking my hair and kissing my forehead saying 'it's okay, sweetheart, ' and realized it wasn't my husband. "When I opened my eyes and looked back to him I just thought 'nah, can't be.'" The mother-of-three was surprised to find the 31-year-old Texan star had interrupted his appearance at the screening of his new movie 13 Conversations About One Thing to come to her aid. The film's director, Jill Sprecher gushes, "Matthew was the first to the scene. It was like a movie. He is a heroic guy, a very kind person who is always considerate."

Actress Jennifer Aniston has revealed the secret treatment for her world famous haircut - horse shampoo. Despite advertising and declaring she used L'Oreal products because she was "worth it," the Friends star has admitting to reaching for the same cleanser as her four-legged friends. She says, "It's called Mane and Tail. You see how long and thick their tails are, right?"

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is putting his fame to good use - by promoting 'gorilla-friendly' mobile phones. The movie hunk is hoping to persuade the world's talkers to use phones, which do not contain the mineral coltan, which is extracted from the Gorillas' natural habitat. The Dian Fossey Fund was set up in memory of environmentalist Fossey, whose plight was immortalized on screen in Gorillas In The Mist, and have installed the handsome star as their patron. The fund reports that gorillas, elephants and chimpanzees have been killed by miners while searching for the mineral, which is used for storing power in cellphones.

Supermodel Kate Moss won't be recovering from her recent car accident with chemicals - she prefers the natural approach. Gorgeous Kate, who had to be cut from motorway wreckage last Thursday after a near-fatal accident, is seeing a top doctor from London's famed Harley Street who specializes in homeopathic remedies. Moss will pay Dr. Joshi, who has advised her to stay and rest at home, over his regular $130 fee for the house calls. Dr. Joshi says, "Miss Moss is recovering well and is embarking on a six-week course of treatment. I have been using a range of homeopathic remedies and acupuncture to help ease the pain in her shoulder. I have told her to have total rest so she can recover as quickly as possible [and] will be making house visits every day to administer her treatment."

Superstar Jack Nicholson has been asked to provide his DNA for an investigation to confirm that late Don Rose was his real father. Rose, who died of cancer in Florida three years ago at age 86, gave his daughter Donna a saliva swab before he passed away in the hope that his DNA would match The Shining star Jack's. The actor has never acknowledged that Rose could be the mysterious father he'd never known. However, uncaring Jack refused to co-operate - and Donna insists the old man's urge to see the him had nothing to do with his profession. "I think Dad would prefer that Jack was a plumber or something like that," Donna sighs, "then it would have been easier to reach him." Don's third wife Dorothy remembers, "He talked to Jack years ago, and Jack was polite - but he told Don not to call him anymore. He asked Don if he needed anything, but Don said, 'No, I'm your father. You call me if you need anything'." Now Donna, 39, hopes that Jack will agree to a genetic fingerprint test to allow Rose's memory to rest in peace. She says, "My Dad just wanted to see his son. It was a simple human need."

Icy Sharon Stone showed her cool during a recent jewellery store heist when a thug pulled a gun on her. The thug in question was actually an undercover cop, just about to arrest a thief who was making his getaway from the heist outside Los Angeles' Il Pastaio restaurant, where Stone and her guests were dining. The actress urged other diners to "get down" and get away from the window, even trying to herd passers-by into the restaurant. Police congratulated Stone for her coolness and told her she did exactly the right thing.

Cast Away star Tom Hanks saved the day for a jogger who fainted from heat exhaustion. Good citizen Tom saw the jogger collapse in the Malibu heat and instantly jumped out of his car to help him. He wiped the man's face with a towel, gave him water, phoned his wife and waited for her to arrive. The actor burst out laughing when the guy called out to his wife, "I got rescued by Forrest Gump!"

Kelsey Grammer is holding little hope of winning his fourth Emmy next week - because he can't find his lucky magic eight ball. The Frasier star was given the eight ball as a gift during his first series on the sitcom, and he has always shaken it to find out how his luck is going to hold up at award shows. To date, it has always been accurate in predicting whether or not Grammer is going to be a winner, but this year the actor is having to rely on faith alone. He says, "I gave it a shake that first year and asked if I was going to win and it said, 'My answer is yes, ' and I won the Emmy that year. So I thought I'm just gonna use it for that and the next year I got nominated for an Emmy and it said, 'My answer is without a doubt, ' and I won the Emmy. The next year I got nominated and it says, 'My answer is maybe, ' and I didn't win that year. The fourth year I give it a shake: 'My answer is undoubtedly, ' and I won. But I've lost it - we moved and it's in a box somewhere."