Oscar winner headed to court over house

LOS ANGELES -- Halle Berry filed a $2 million lawsuit against the former owner of her house, which she alleges needs more than $1 million in repairs.

Her lawsuit, filed Thursday in Superior Court, follows one filed June 10 by homeowners Jonathan and Alison Roth, who claim the actress knew about the condition of the property and bought it "as-is" in 2001.

Berry claims she and husband Eric Benet paid more than $2 million for the Beverly Hills house, but it "turned out to contain major undisclosed defects that would require over $1 million in corrective measures."

The 34-year-old "Monster's Ball" star claims she learned of the problems, which include numerous geological defects, only after the purchase was completed.

Dale F. Kinsella, the Roths' attorney, said Berry was aware the home was being sold as-is and had 30 days to inspect the property.

TV show host lauds surrogate mother

CINCINNATI -- The surrogate mother who carried twins for former "Good Morning America" host Joan Lunden and her husband kept the couple informed of every detail of the pregnancy, Lunden said.

Lunden and her husband, businessman Jeff Konigsberg, visited Cincinnati for doctors' appointments and kept in close contact with Deborah Bolig and her family throughout the pregnancy.

"I really don't know how we could ever thank her and her family enough," the 52-year-old said.

"We truly hope that they will always remain a part of our lives."

Bolig delivered the boy and girl Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Kate Elizabeth Konigsberg weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces, and Max Aaron Konigsberg weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.

Lunden, now host of "Behind Closed Doors" on the A&E network, and her husband met Bolig last fall through the Los Angeles-based Center for Surrogate Parenting. They'd failed to conceive through in-vitro fertilization.

Lunden has three daughters -- Jamie, 22, Lindsay, 20, and Sarah, 15 -- from a previous marriage. The twins are Konigsberg's first children.

Calista Flockhart tells tales on her leading man

NEW YORK -- Calista Flockhart has been quiet about her romance with Harrison Ford for the past year and a half, but not anymore.

The "Ally McBeal" star was positively mushy about the 60-year-old actor in an interview with People magazine.

"I like the way he looks first thing in the morning," Flockhart tells the magazine for its June 23 issue.

"It's not handsome. It's more cute. He looks like a little boy. You know how when you wake up in the morning and you're kind of puffy and rumpled and you look kind of vulnerable? That's what he looks like."

The 38-year-old actress says the age gap between her and the "Indiana Jones" star has never bothered her. The two met at the Golden Globe Awards in January 2002; Flockhart and her 2-year-old son, Liam, moved into Ford's Los Angeles home earlier this year.

"It doesn't faze me," she said. "Sometimes I even say, 'Wow, I keep forgetting that he's (22) years older than me.' It doesn't factor into our relationship at all."

Ford's latest film, "Hollywood Homicide," opened Friday.

-- From wire reports