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Maguire and fiancee, Meyer, have a baby
Anna Nicole Smith is house-hunting in the Bahamas, where a former boyfriend is seeking to remove her from a waterfront home where she has taken refuge since her son's death.The reality TV star and her companion, Howard K. Stern, are considering homes on various islands in the archipelago, Smith's attorney, Wayne Munroe, said Monday.
Smith, who gave birth to a daughter in the Bahamas, used the house in Nassau as the basis for her application for permanent residency. The home has been the subject of an ownership dispute between her and a South Carolina businessman.
If a court rules against her in the dispute, Munroe said Smith wants to make sure she can meet the condition of owning a home worth at least $500,000 needed to maintain permanent residency in the Bahamas.
Short-Term Paradise
For the definitive family reunion or romantic escape, consider renting an island. Rentals start at about $4,000 per week for two. About 30 island rentals are located within a day's flying time of major U.S. cities. For 15 years, Mike and Robin Bommer of Avon, Ohio, have rented a series of private islands in Lake Erie, the Florida Keys and the Bahamas with another couple. (Both couples leave the kids at home.) This spring, they stayed for two weeks on Channel Cay, a 25-acre private island in the Abaco islands, Bahamas, in a three-bedroom, three-bath house. Channel Cay is about a half-hour boat ride from Marsh Harbour, the nearest major town. On that trip, Mike and Robin particularly enjoyed scuba diving in the turquoise-blue water. "Our island trips are the one thing we most look forward to every year," says Mike.
Bahamas fest lauds Cage
Nicolas Cage will be the recipient of a career achievement tribute at the third annual Bahamas Intl. Film Festival, Dec. 7-10.Sean Connery will present Cage with the kudo Dec. 8 at the Atlantis Theater at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort.
A selection of Cage's films will screen during fest, including "Face/Off," "Adaptation" and "Wild at Heart."
Fest's juried competition categories include the Spirit of Freedom (with both narrative and documentary sections) and the New Visions section.
Additional film programs include Panorama World Cinema, Special Screenings, Caribbean Spotlight and a component added this year, East Meets West, which will present films from Eastern Europe, India, East Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Susanne Bier's "After the Wedding" will open fest.