Reportedly, Leonard Nimoy was asked to wear it and refused, so it was passed on to Shatner ; when he also refused, Nimoy reluctantly agreed to wear it.

Reportedly, pop icon Britney Spears was asked to replace Applegate when her contract expired, but declined the offer.

Reportedly, John Huston asked cinematographer Oswald Morris that he wanted the color scheme of the film to look " as if Toulouse-Lautrec had directed it ".

Reportedly Trumbull asked, " Why not do it the way we did it on 2001?

Reportedly, Jon Bon Jovi asked Gary Moore-guitarist with late ' 60s Irish rock group Skid Row-to sell the rights to the name for $ 35, 000.

Reportedly, Gero tricked McGillion into agreeing to play the kiss by lying that David Hewlett was asked first and had already agreed.

Reportedly, Dick Cavett once asked Dai Vernon who could still fool him.

Reportedly, he tried to resign several times for health reasons but was asked to stay on by the disarmingly witty Pope John.

Reportedly, Kavanagh may leave the organisation if the current ' hardline ' elements triumph within the Victorian DLP.

Reportedly, victims who had collapsed or were convulsing would begin to dance with appropriate music and be revived as if a tarantula had bitten them.

Reportedly there were three cases of murder and one of attempted murder linked to Yukos, if not Khodorkovsky himself.

Reportedly, the remaining money, plus an additional $ 70, 000, was being held in escrow by the city, to be released only if team president David Cohan resigned.

Reportedly, Fach had only agreed to put this album on the Mercury label if the band would promote it with a heavy concert schedule.

Reportedly, Abbott said, " Feels as if my neck's been scratched ".

Reportedly, the Bridge Commission is considering closure of the upper deck of the bridge if rail users are not willing to pay for repairs.

Reportedly, the club included a special clause in his contract that allowed for Kluivert to be sacked if he lacked discipline " off the pitch.

Reportedly, the designation AGM-28C was reserved for this version of the Hound Dog if development had been continued.

Reportedly, Chiang seriously considered accepting this offer, but declined only in the knowledge that the United States would certainly be outraged by the gesture.

" The contract also stipulated that the film would be " non-political ," that immediately available funding came from Mrs. Sinclair in an amount of " not less than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ," that the shooting schedule amounted to " a period of from three to four months ," and most importantly that " Eisenstein furthermore agrees that all pictures made or directed by him in Mexico, all negative film and positive prints, and all story and ideas embodied in said Mexican picture, will be the property of Mrs. Sinclair ..." A codicil to the contract, dated December 1, allowed that the " Soviet Government may have the film free for showing inside the U. S. S. R ." Reportedly, it was verbally clarified that the expectation was for a finished film of about an hour's duration.

) Reportedly, Prince Louis fell deeply in love but, because of what in those days was seen as her ignominious station in life, his father would not permit the marriage.

Reportedly, Alexander ordered his soldiers to be clean shaven, fearing that their beards would serve as handles for their enemies to grab and to hold the soldier as he was killed.

Reportedly, when United Artists, its North American distributor, told producer Jules Buck that it would be cutting the film extensively for US release, Buck punched the company's London representative and bought the film back.

Reportedly Kip Winger, anticipating that critics would dismiss the album out of hand, renamed it Pull as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the CD being used by critics as a skeet shooting target.

Reportedly, he avoided returning to Nyasaland for fear that his new-found financial resources would be consumed by his extended family back home.

( Reportedly, a number of Nystrom's labour delegates voted for McDonough, fearing a Robinson victory and reasoning that McDonough would be better placed than Nystrom to defeat Robinson on the final ballot.

Reportedly, Towns withdrew because of a lack of support from Nancy Pelosi who feared that he would not be a sufficiently aggressive leader of Democrats in an anticipated struggle with incoming committee chair Republican Darrell Issa.

Reportedly, old WorldSpace receivers would no longer work.

Reportedly, one of the crowd urged the group to swear that they would seek revenge for those who participated in desecration of the graves.

Reportedly, the king offered Louis any gift he would care to ask of him, and all Louis could think of was a donkey-drawn carriage to help him in his water-carrying business.

Reportedly, those at Microsoft were unhappy about the leak, and Gervais hadn't wanted them publicly released because it would suggest he was bringing back the character on a longer-term basis.

Reportedly, Towns withdrew because of a lack of support from Nancy Pelosi, who feared that he would not be a sufficiently aggressive leader of Democrats in an anticipated struggle with incoming committee chair Republican Darrell Issa.

Reportedly this was adopted as the only colour on which the spilled blood of their enemies would not leave stains.

Reportedly, Fawcett replied loudly, " Oh no, I would swear he has never read a word of it ".

Reportedly, he gave an incorrect age to the police so that he would not be treated as a juvenile, but sent to an adult prison instead.

Reportedly, Queen Victoria, said that Augusta Viktoria was a little nobody who would never have become anything without marriage with Wilhelm.

Reportedly, her decision to resign was made after she was informed that she would be dropped from cabinet.

Reportedly, Robinson would look the other way rather than try to shake Walker's hand on the field, to avoid mutual embarrassment.

Reportedly a brutal and violent soldier, renowned for insubordination and looting, Napoleon is said to have told him, " If I had two of you, the only solution would be to have one hang the other ".

Reportedly, Alderman would exhibit the cut-off hand of Philip for a fee.

Reportedly, Gordon Gekko is said to be a composite of several people: Owen Morrisey, who was involved in a $ 20 million insider trading scandal in 1985, Dennis Levine, Ivan Boesky, corporate raider Carl Icahn, art collector Asher Edelman, agent Michael Ovitz, and Stone himself.

Reportedly, the body of the boy emperor was found near today's Shekou in Shenzhen, though his actual grave has yet to be found.

Reportedly, in the instant before the gendarmerie opened fire Mesrine's eyes were described as being so shocked they seemed to be bursting from his head as he realized he was trapped.

Reportedly it became the first hip-hop single to go diamond ( 5 million copies ), but it should be noted that Sugarhill was one of many small independent labels that were not willing to let outside accountants go through their books ; thus, it has never been certified by the RIAA.

Reportedly, some of Arp's calculations seem to be simply " bad mathematics ".

Reportedly, few have genital modifications, although some certainly do, and some consider nirwaan (" castrated ") hijras to be the " true " hijras.

Reportedly, the White House also wanted Towns to be replaced.

Reportedly, the alleged representative for the rights to Harlock with whom Malibu exchanged money turned out to be fraudulent and was in no way connected to the rights holders.

Reportedly they raised less than this amount, but were offered a deal by the Telegraph's advertising department which allowed the advert to be printed.

Reportedly, the route's Kanagawa Prefectural station will be at Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara.

Reportedly in 2003, the site has claimed to be " The World ’ s Largest Download Music Store.

Reportedly, the strictness popularized by the original location need not necessarily be followed but Yeganeh has banned any Soup Nazi references by franchisees and their staff while on the job and has strongly encouraged his franchise owners to avoid references to Seinfeld in their promotions.

Reportedly, the series was going to be screened in the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s, but the UK distributor was concerned by the level of violence in the series.

Reportedly, this is because Dickel believed his product to be as smooth and high in quality as the best Scotch whiskies.