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Nicole docs OKLOS ANGELES: A court

yesterday threw out a bid

to suspend the medical

licences of two doctors

accused of illegally

supplying late Playboy

model Anna Nicole Smith

with powerful drugs.

Los Angeles judge

David Wesley denied a

motion from the

California attorney-

general’s office to curtail

the work of doctors

Khristine Eroshevich, 62,

and Sandeep Kapoor, 41.

The two doctors are

charged along with

Smith’s longtime

companion and lawyer,

Howard K. Stern, with

conspiracy and other

counts stemming from

her death from an

accidental drug overdose

in February 2007.

The judge noted that

there had been ‘‘years of

investigation’’ and said it

had been eight months

since the doctors

were charged.

‘‘I don’t see the ...

urgency,’’ Wesley added,

saying it would be a ‘‘very

drastic step.’’

Stern, Eroshevich and

Kapoor are accused of

conspiring to prescribe,

administer and dispense

controlled substances to

Smith from 2004 until her

death at the age of 39 in

a Florida hotel room.

Eroshevich and Kapoor

each face six felony

counts while Stern is

charged with 11

felony counts.

New GMA anchorNEW YORK: George Stephanopoulos has been

named the new anchor of Good Morning America,

and will start next Monday, ABC News President

David Westin announced yesterday.

Stephanopoulos, currently the moderator of the

Sunday news show, This Week, will round out a new

team for the morning show, anchoring alongside

Robin Roberts. He will fill in the gap left by Diane

Sawyer who is moving on to anchor the nightly

World News Tonight.

Elton’s out of closet saleLONDON: Pop legend

Elton John is to sell off

thousands of pieces of

clothing, including

outrageous outfits from

his concerts, in a

London shop as part of

a charity fundraiser.

John, and his partner

David Furnish, officially

inaugurated the shop in

Covent Garden in the

heart of the capital at a

ceremony yesterday in

an event they are calling

‘‘Out of the Closet’’.

Proceeds of the sale,

the fifth he has

organised, will go

towards the singer’s

AIDS charity.

‘‘We always get a

fantastic response from

the public,’’ said John.

‘‘The idea that items

we buy and enjoy can

help those in dire need,

at this time of year, really

strikes a chord.’’

Eddie teams upwith Finch, Mick

CO-HOST: Miss Universe Australia Finch and comedian Mick Molloy are on the show

‘It will have a strong

sports influence but not

be completely dominated

by sport

’

EDDIE McGuire and Rachael

Finch are Channel Nine’s secret

weapons in a 2010 TV ratings

offensive — with the pair to

present a new sports variety show.

McGuire will be supported by

current Miss Universe Australia

Finch and comedian Mick Molloy

as co-hosts on the show, being

considered for Monday nights.

A newlook Hey, Hey on

Wednesdays and a revamped

Footy Show on Thursdays are

tipped as the other expected

heavyweights for Nine in next

year’s ratings battle.

A pilot for the McGuire-Finch-

Molloy show is under way.

The show would be sports-

based and feature audience

participation with presenters and

guests on a round ‘‘island’’ stage

surrounded by the audience.

‘‘It will be a very different set

and something we haven’t seen

before,’’ the source said.

‘‘It will have a strong sports

influence but not be completely

dominated by sport.’’

The exact content and structure

of the show is understood to be a

work in progress, with live acts

and big international guests.

It has the working title of

Between The Line.

It will see a strong return to live

television for the network and will

represent a major show-business

breakthrough for Finch.

Since winning Miss Australia

this year she has been touted as

having the potential to be an even

bigger TV star than famous Miss

Australia, Jennifer Hawkins.

The show will not start for at

least a few months, as McGuire

has commitments with the Winter

Olympics in Vancouver for Nine

in February.

Flynt takes on porn nephewsLOS ANGELES: When it

comes to peddling porn,

Larry Flynt wants you to

know his videos of

people having sex are a

cut above other smut on

the rack.

So when a pair of

nephews decided to

launch their own

company last year and

use the family name, the

creator of Barely Legal,

Busty Beauties and

Daddy Gets Lucky

wasted no time suing

the upstarts for

trademark infringement.

Flynt accused his

brother Jimmy Flynt’s

sons in federal court of

tarnishing his image by

launching Flynt Media

Corp and producing a

series of videos he

says are nothing but

cheap knockoffs.

‘‘The junk they

publish hurts my

reputation, which in turn

hurts my revenue,’’ the

gruff, gravelly voiced

porn king testified.

The four women and

four men of the mostly

middle-aged jury

stoically viewed photos

of some of the nephews’

DVD boxes. Images of

naked, well-endowed

women on the front and

people in all sorts of

contortions on the back

were flashed on a

giant-screen TV right

next to them.

A few jurors scribbled

notes. Some studied the

images carefully. But

there was nary a snicker,

a blush nor a smile.

Deliberations started

on Friday.