NAMES IN THE NEWS

          News Corp. Chair RUPERT MURDOCH and his wife, ANNA,
     "are separating."  Analysts and Hollywood execs said that
     they "don't foresee the split creating problems for
     Murdoch's family-controlled empire" (L.A. TIMES, 4/22)....
     ...JAY LENO: "The Clippers fired their coach, BILL FITCH,
     yesterday.  That was a shock, don't you think?  I didn't
     even know the Clippers had a coach" ("Tonight Show," NBC,
     4/21)....Grammy Award winner TONI BRAXTON "denied rumors"
     that Jets RB CURTIS MARTIN "recently asked her to marry him
     and that she turned down his proposal."  Braxton: "I've
     heard the rumors, and they are completely untrue."  She said
     the two have a "warm friendship" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 4/21).