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Following is a summary of current people news briefs. Police escort Dior's John Galliano home after outburst PARIS (Reuters) - French police escorted fashion designer John Galliano back to his home late on Thursday after a late-night drinking session that ended with the Dior star hurling insults at a couple, a police source said. Galliano was drinking at a trendy bar in the Marais district of Paris before the altercation. Paris police brought the British designer back to the station house for a sobriety test and found him to be just over the legal limit. Catherine Zeta-Jones receives honor from Prince Charles LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in London on Thursday. The 41-year-old, who wore a cream skirt and jacket, matching hat and gold-colored high heels, was accompanied by her husband Michael Douglas and their two children. Sharon Stone gets stayaway order against stalker LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ``Basic Instinct'' actress Sharon Stone on Thursday got a restraining order against a delusional man who broke into her Los Angeles home and claimed he was the son of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Stone, 52, saying she feared for her personal safety and that of her three children, was granted a temporary restraining order against Bradly Gooden, according to court documents obtained by celebrity website TMZ.com. Bidding is hot in Justin Bieber hair auction LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A single lock of Justin Bieber's newly-shorn hair is being auctioned off for charity and bids had reached $6,700 on eBay early on Thursday. The 16 year-old Canadian pop idol cut his trademark floppy hair earlier this week, and presented one of the locks to TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. James Earl Jones to play ex-U.S. president on Broadway NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tony-award winning actor James Earl Jones will portray a wily former US President in a revival of the political play ``Gore Vidal's The Best Man,'' representatives for the show said on Thursday. The 80 year-old actor, who has starred in dozens of stage shows and in movies, will play fictional ex-U.S. President Arthur Hockstader in the morality tale of a national political convention and the backstabbing world of campaigning, said a statement by producer Jeffrey Richards. Elizabeth Taylor feeling stronger, still in hospital LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor is getting better in hospital and she has not had a heart attack, a stroke or any kind of heart surgery, her representative said on Thursday. But the 78-year-old two-time Oscar winner, who has been at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after being admitted with symptoms of heart failure earlier this month, will stay in hospital for now. Judge tells Lindsay Lohan guilty plea means jail LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lindsay Lohan was warned on Wednesday that any plea bargain on her jewelry theft charge would involve jail time, but the troubled actress seemed set on rejecting any deals and opting instead to risk a trial. Lohan, 24, was given until March 10, to consider a plea deal offered by prosecutors on a charge that she walked out of a Los Angeles jewelry store in January without paying for a $2,500 necklace.

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