European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 24 stars and stripes sunday March 18 2007 faces Cowell who the Boss on to now Simon Cowell says Hes bigger than the Boss Man inter View to air sunday on lbs 60 the Ameri can idol judge says Hes Worth five times More to Sony big than Bruce Springsteen i sell More records than Bruce Springsteen sure Cowell says of the 57yearold Rocker who signed a contract that was re ported to be in the neighbourhood of million i mean in the last five years Ive probably sold Over 100 Mil lion records if Springsteen got one Hundred million i should have got five Hundred million he says Cowell says he Sells All those records because Hes signed the biggest artist on the planet Fox networks american idol Leos bodyguards face charges in scuffle israeli police said thursday they were deciding whether to charge two bodyguards in a scuffle with photographers during Leonardo Dicaprio visit to the Western Wall last week three photographers were injured monday As Dicaprio israeli supermodel bar Rafaeli and re Faselis family were touring a Tun Nel near the Western Wall the holiest site where jews can Pray about 20 photographers along with a crowd of fans and curios Tyse ekers waited for the 32yearold actor to come out of the Tunnel the photographers gathered around As Dicaprio got into a Van and Security guards tried to shoo them away Mills says Shes being vilified by the press Heather Mills says she is the victim of a Campaign of vilification by the press As she divorces Paul Mccartney there is a huge Agenda be Hind trying to destroy me and put me Down Mills told British broadcasting corp television thursday the 39yearold activist has complained of being harassed and vilified by the Media and of receiving death threats since she and Mccart Ney 64 separated last May after four years of marriage the couple who have a 3yearold daughter Beatrice began divorce proceedings in july in not a publicity seeker i Haven gone round promoting Mills things to finance my own pock ets Mills said during an inter View to promote a Campaign against the use of farrowing crates in pig farming but there Are huge Powers i dont have that powerful system that he has she said there Are huge Powers that create these things for reasons of their own nonetheless she said ill Al ways love Paul Hes the father of my child and 111 always have Strong feel Ings for him actor donates to slave Trade project Isaiah Washington who traced his ancestral roots to Sierra Leone through Dan testing has donated to a computer animation project that Aims to de Tail the Atlantic slave Trade the Greys Anatomy Star started a nonprofit foundation last year to improve the lives of people in the West african nation the stories of innumerable Sierra Leone ans that were forced into slavery have yet to be Exten sively told Washington said in a statement i believe this project will begin to shed some much needed Light on the Region both past and present the computer project focuses on Bunce Island an 18thcentury slave trading Castle that sent Afri can captives to North America Joseph Opala and Gary Chate lain professors at James Madi son University in Virginia Are directing the project which will show the Castle As it appeared in 1805 Philbin on mend after heart bypass Kelly Ripa says Regis Philbin her cohost on live with Regis and Kelly is in Good shape after having heart bypass surgery last week Ripa said Philbin 75 came through his surgery wednesday with flying colors he is Al ready up Jok ing around with the nurses and the doctors and harass ing people and picking on people Ripa said the doctor told us what we already knew that Regis Philbin has the heart of a 19yearold Ripa 36 said she plans to keep her Promise to give Philbin some special attention a sponge Bath in so thrilled that youre feel ing better she said and Nursie poo is coming with her sponge tvs Damien Fahey who was filling in for Philbin on thursdays show had a better idea it would be Nice to Bathe him Nair you know what i mean we replace the desk with a tub we run some warm water Ripa replied that the pay preview special stories and photos from the associated press Philbin resurrected by critics thermals lyrical Challenge of religion wins acclaim by Len Righi the Allentown a morning Call when Hutch Harris is asked if his mom Ever warned him about the danger of bringing up religion or politics the thermals frontman replies no after a Brief pause he adds with a chuckle maybe she should have Harris and his songwriting partner bassist Kathy Foster broach both religion and politics on the body the blood the machine the thermals third and latest disc which was re leased last August on the go Harris imagines a world where god makes Man kind pay for sins he created while the deity misguided min ions use the Rule of Law to enforce their beliefs Harris Punky presentiment Are not harangues or rants How Ever his convictions Are couched in persuasive pop melodies because the thermals oper ate fairly Well below the main Stream medias radar Harris has not been confronted Over his forebodings about mixing Church and state but the body the blood the machine made several 2006 yearned bestow lists the video for the single a Pil Lar of Salt where Harris asserts we were born to sin and that a giant fist is out to crush us has caught the attention of mtv2 and a thu and the thermals have made it onto lat night to performing on last Call with Carson Daly the Portland Ore band which includes drummer Lorin Coleman and guitarist Joel Bur rows is now on a headlining tour see thermals on Page 25