LOS ANGELES -- Angela Lansbury is thrilled with knee replacement surgery, saying it has allowed her to dance again.

"I'm not going to be dancing with the stars at this stage in my life," the four-time Tony Award winner said. "But I want to dance and bop around, and I did, and I can."

The 80-year-old actress, who is seeking to educate women about the procedure, says she had been "crippled" by intolerable knee pain for years.

"I want to tell women: Don't put it off," said Lansbury.

She said she waited until last July to have the surgery -- which replaces deteriorating cartilage of the knee joint with metal and plastic -- because she feared it would be too painful.

MYSTIC, Conn. -- Ernest Hemingway's 40-foot, black-hulled fishing boat, the Pilar, could be getting a little restorative nip and tuck.

Local watercraft preservation specialist Dana Hewson and members of the Boston-based Hemingway Preservation Foundation are heading to Finca Vigia, Hemingway's estate in Cuba, where he will photograph and examine the Pilar.

"Professionally, this is a really fascinating project for me," Hewson told The Day of New London. He works at Mystic Seaport.

Hemingway sailed the boat when he lived in Cuba from 1939 to 1960, and is said to have conceived some of his greatest works, including "The Old Man and the Sea," while on board.

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Keith Carradine is suing Anthony Pellicano claiming the indicted Hollywood detective invaded his privacy by wiretapping his phone line.

Carradine and his fiancee allege in the complaint filed Friday that Pellicano conspired with the actor's ex-wife and two former phone company workers to illegally eavesdrop on their conversations.

The lawsuit says Sandra Carradine was trying to gain an advantage in divorce proceedings. She also is named in the suit.

Pellicano's lawyer, Steven Gruel, would not comment. Peter Knecht, attorney for Sandra Carradine, said jurors would sympathize with her.

"She was being a good mother, trying to find out how to get support for her kids," he said.

Pellicano, who has worked for some of Hollywood's biggest names, was charged last month in a wiretapping scandal that has rattled the city's entertainment and legal circles. He is also accused of bribing police officers to run the names of more than 60 people through government databases.

Sandra Carradine has pleaded guilty to perjury for lying to a grand jury when she denied knowing about Pellicano's alleged wiretaps. She could face up to 10 years in prison.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Jay Leno has won a round in court with a ruling that comedy deserves a break.

A state appeals court ruled that a lower court should have dismissed a lawsuit that a woman filed against the "Tonight Show" host and NBC.

The lawsuit by Claire Walter, 40, of Irondequoit, claimed Leno violated the state's Civil Rights Law by commercially using an unflattering photo of her in an on-air joke without her permission in 2003. The photo was taken for internal use at her former employer, Dorschel Automotive Group Inc.

According to the lawsuit, Leno said "a customer would not want to have their car serviced by someone like Ms. Walter. There were comments about (the) plaintiff being scary looking, being big."

The appeals court cited an exception to the law regarding use of photos for comedic purposes.

Walter's lawyer protested the ruling.

"Just because you're a comic doesn't give you the right to take someone who is an obscure person and make fun of the way someone looks," attorney Nira Kermisch said.

Christopher Thomas, a Rochester attorney representing Leno and NBC, declined to comment.