People

By Sora Song

IMMUNITY IDOLS EXPIRE

Inconceivably, Survivor's first champion, RICHARD HATCH, 45, won $1 million on prime-time TV and failed to declare it on his tax return. In fact, Hatch reported a negative income for the year and filed for $4,483 in refunds. A jury convicted him of tax evasion, and last Tuesday a Rhode Island judge sentenced him to 51 months in prison. "It seems unfortunately very clear to me that Mr. Hatch lied," said the judge, adding that Hatch also tried to "manipulate other people." In Hatch's defense, that was once a winning strategy.

DEFENDING FREEDOM ONE CLICK AT A TIME

Bono has Africa. Coldplay has global poverty. MOBY is fighting for your right to ... surf the Web. Along with like-minded artists such as R.E.M. and some improbable partners like the Gun Owners of America, the techno-musician has joined the SavetheInternet.com Coalition, whose object is to preserve so-called Net neutrality. That would keep broadband providers from charging premiums to content providers (like Google or MySpace) for faster connections, which could limit consumer access to some sites. "If Congress guts Net neutrality," says Moby, "independent sites would be choked off, and the Internet will become a private toll road." And that's a whale of an issue.

BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN. AND NOW I'M A RICH WOMAN

Move over, Ivana, and prepare to make room for two newcomers to the Gajillionaire Ex-Wives' Club. Onetime model and antifur activist HEATHER MILLS, 38, and her Beatle husband of four years, SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY, 63, left, have officially announced their separation. And across the globe, former No. 1 golfer GREG NORMAN, 51, told an Australian newspaper that he is splitting with LAURA, his wife of 25 years. The question on most people's minds is not "Why?" but "How much?" McCartney's personal fortune, which includes part ownership of the Beatles brand, is estimated at more than $1.5 billion, and legal analysts surmise that if the couple, who have a 2-year-old daughter, end up in divorce, Mills could walk away with more than $350 million. (Mills offered to sign a prenuptial agreement before the wedding in 2002, but McCartney famously dismissed the notion, calling it unromantic.) As for the future ex--Mrs. Norman, with whom the golfer has two grown children, her windfall could add up to a hefty $150 million. Her husband's holdings include a winery, a sportswear line, a golf-course-design firm and a really big boat. Cue the theme music, please: Can't buy me love, love ...

COMING OUT FROM DOWN UNDER

While discussing the work done by UNIFEM, a human-rights organization, NICOLE KIDMAN let slip to PEOPLE magazine that country singer KEITH URBAN, her boyfriend and date for the charity's 30th-anniversary gala, was "actually my fiance." She said, "I wouldn't be bringing my boyfriend." ('Cause that would be tacky.) Urban's publicist later confirmed the betrothal. The affianced, both Aussies and both 38, met in January 2005 at a dinner given by the Australian government but weren't spotted together in public until July. Since then, they've been seen strolling quietly hand in hand in the Hamptons, lunching serenely in Nashville and keeping things low key. That will never do. Can't we at least get one good fist pump?