Actors Finances

For three decades, actor George Hamilton's associations with the rich and famous women of the world--from Lynda Bird Johnson to Vanessa Redgrave and Elizabeth Taylor--have landed his name in the pages of international glamour and gossip magazines.

Actor John Travolta has agreed to pay $607,400 in back taxes to settle an Internal Revenue Service dispute dating back more than five years, according to court records. Under a two-page settlement filed recently in U.S. Tax Court in Alexandria, Va., Travolta will pay more than half the $1.1 million in back taxes and penalties sought by the IRS for the years 1993 through 1995. Travolta agreed to pay only back taxes, not any penalties, records show.

Actor John Travolta has agreed to pay $607,400 in back taxes to settle an Internal Revenue Service dispute dating back more than five years, according to court records. Under a two-page settlement filed recently in U.S. Tax Court in Alexandria, Va., Travolta will pay more than half the $1.1 million in back taxes and penalties sought by the IRS for the years 1993 through 1995. Travolta agreed to pay only back taxes, not any penalties, records show.

For three decades, actor George Hamilton's associations with the rich and famous women of the world--from Lynda Bird Johnson to Vanessa Redgrave and Elizabeth Taylor--have landed his name in the pages of international glamour and gossip magazines.

Actor Gary Coleman's mother is asking a court to put her in control of the diminutive "Diff'rent Strokes" star's $6-million fortune, saying her 21-year-old son's physical and mental condition is deteriorating. Edmonia Sue Coleman filed a conservatorship petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday in the latest in legal wrangling between mother and son. Mrs. Coleman asked that a conservator be appointed for her son and that U.S. Trust Co.

The Vanguard Ensemble Theatre is looking more and more like the class of the field among Orange County's storefront troupes, especially with its latest offering of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." Under the guiding hand of producing artistic director Terry Gunkel, who also founded the 3-year-old company, the Vanguard is staging a vigorous, thoughtful, intense performance of a singularly great play about an American community devoured by zealotry and rancor.

Actor Gary Coleman's mother is asking a court to put her in control of the diminutive "Diff'rent Strokes" star's $6-million fortune, saying her 21-year-old son's physical and mental condition is deteriorating. Edmonia Sue Coleman filed a conservatorship petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday in the latest in legal wrangling between mother and son. Mrs. Coleman asked that a conservator be appointed for her son and that U.S. Trust Co.