Random Patterns: Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Cruise, Dinosaurs and the Sun, more...

Random Patterns is your daily assortment of odd and interesting news from around the world.

Elizabeth Taylor's obituary had been on file for so long at the New York Times that it's writer died 5 years ago.

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise clashed so often on the set of Top Gun that they had a fist fight over a charity volleyball game - and Kilmer allegedly knocked Cruise out.

Not only is the Earth orbiting the Sun, but the Sun is orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy. The last time the Sun was in this point of it's orbit, dinosaurs ruled the Earth 226 million years ago.

There is "no chance" Charlie Sheen will be returning to Two and a Half Men, according to sources connected to the show. "A story has been circulating that CBS wants Charlie back on the show. Fact is ... Charlie was hired by Warner Bros. and, as TMZ first reported, fired by Warner Bros. Only Warner Bros. can bring him back, and sources directly connected to the production tell us there is "no chance" of that happening."

An investigation began this week in Europe over allegations Roma people (aka Gypsies) have been sterilized against their will in hospitals in several European countries.

And we end with the trailer for the great Val Kilmer film, Top Secret. A WWII comedy.