BITS AND PIECES...06/17
PUSSSYKATT
Tanya Hart, KACE Radio
You know, I recently heard some very disturbing news about former '70s pinup
girl and Charlie's Angels babe, Farrah Fawcett. My sources tell me she has
dropped to 87 pounds. While I can't confirm why this has happened, we can see
it's clearly a cry for help. Recently, Farrah parted with longtime partner Ryan
O'Neal; then there was that messy situation with beau du jour James Orr. And
who could ever forget her confused appearance on David Letterman? Well, Farrah,
we hear you, and we certainly hope you get the needed assistance in time to put
your life back together.
Michael Musto, Village Voice
Nothing comes between Baywatch's Gena Lee Nolin and the Levi's jeans she's paid
so handsomely to promote--not even undies. "It's just something I prefer not
doing," she says. "It's so much more comfortable." Anyway, last year Gena said
that when she got pregnant, she felt rather large, and the last thing she
wanted to do was strap on those hideous maternity panties. That's when she
decided to go without. As for myself, well, I decided to go alfresco after I
got an especially painful wedgie.
Anita Talbert, Beverly Hills Chronicle
Mick Jagger has been ordered by the courts to cough up $600,000 to a
photographer who tried to take a picture of him and Uma Thurman a while back at
the Viper Room in Los Angeles. The photographer was tackled by one of Mick's
bodyguards, who are paid very, very well to keep women out of pictures with
Mick. Every time there's a picture published of Mick with a woman, his
long-suffering wife Jerry Hall hits the roof and threatens divorce, and then
Mick's got to cough up even more money for a very expensive makeup present. The
last one cost him almost $1 million in jewelry, and you know, with all those
groupies hangin' around, his lip smackin' could end up costing him a fortune.
E! ONLINE....by Joal Ryan
CHEERS! A Boston jury orders Woody Harrelson to pay a paltry $4,800 to the two
photographers a judge found him liable of assaulting.
SHOW GOES ON: Quentin Tarantino back on Broadway Thursday night, hours after
turning himself into police to face an assault charges stemming from a
restaurant brawl.
KNIGHT MOVES: Chariots of Fire star Ian Holm among those to be knighted by
Queen Elizabeth.
HEIR JORDAN? A California woman filing a paternity suit against Space Jam
thespian Michael Jordan. Says he's the dad of her 15-year-old son. He says he's
not.
CRYING FOUL: James Brown wants a court to toss a lawsuit filed by a woman who
claims the soul singer held her captive.
RESTORED MONTY: Monty Python sketches declared too-hot for TV 30 years ago to
make their tube debut in October 1999 on the BBC.
BIG HIT: CBS scores the TV rights to hit asteroid flick Deep Impact for $25
million, the Hollywood Reporter says.
NEW LIFE? CBS considering sitcoms starring Melanie Griffith and John
Larroquette, respectively, as mid-season replacements.
KILLER FAN: In Connecticut, a convicted mass murderer chose the lyrics to
Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" as his final statement before beginning a
life-prison term.
TYPECASTING: A movie Michael Hutchence made just weeks before his suicide
featured the singer suggesting to a young musician that he kill himself to
secure a place in rock history.
ALL'S PHAIR: Rocker Liz Phair to sub for rocker Sheryl Crow at three Lilith
Fair dates this month.
FREEDOM ROCK: The Wallflowers among the bands to play this weekend's all-star
Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, D.C.
ON THE JUICE: Simpson and company give their version of events on E!'s special
True Hollywood Story Sunday from 8-10 p.m. (ET/PT).
DAILY DISH....
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN LIVE ELEPHANT ATTACK: Compared to the pain caused by a
wigged-out elephant, Kathie Lee Gifford's tantrums look downright tame. The
Greater Moscow Circus and its booking agent, Wessex Productions, have agreed to
pay $1.65 million to a woman seriously injured in 1994 by an elephant backstage
at the Live With Regis & Kathie Lee set. The panicked pachyderm, which was set
to perform on the show, head-butted English-Russian translator Yelena
Aleynikov, fracturing her skull, puncturing her lung and inflicting other
damage. Aleynikov's $5 million suit against ABC, the circus and the agency was
just about to go to trial when the settlement was reached. "It's a lot of
money, but she would give it back in a second for this not to have happened,"
her attorney told the Associated Press.
SINATRA JR. BOOKS SNYDER APPEARANCE: The first family member to speak since his
father's death, Frank Sinatra Jr. is set to appear on CBS's The Late Late Show
With Tom Snyder on Monday (12:37 am/ET). The interview marks Sinatra the
Younger's third appearance on Snyder's show.
fX ALLOWS X-ROOKIES TO CATCH UP: The fX cable network will kick off its "100
Nights of The X-Files" event Mon., June 29, showing all of the cult hit's
episodes in order. Each episode airs twice, once at 8 pm/ET and again the next
night at 11 pm/ET. Of note: On Fri., Oct. 9, the network will give a hearty
"y'all come back!" to "Home," a controversial episode featuring the murderous,
incestuous Peacock clan. The episode aired only once on Fox due to the public
outcry it caused.
WILSON HITS THE BEACH VIA MARGARITAVILLE: Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
make a rare concert appearance on his 56th birthday during Jimmy Buffett's
concert in Troy, WI, on Sat., June 20. The two musicians met last year in Key
West, FL, and Buffett cowrote the song "South American" for Imagination,
Wilson's first solo album in 10 years. Wilson eventually plans to hit the road
for a full concert tour to promote the record.
DEVILISH DOWNEY: He was the Jerry Springer of his day. Now former schlock-TV
talk-show host Morton Downey Jr. is expanding his résumé by playing a
Satan-like figure in Palmer's Pickup, a film starring Patricia Arquette and
Harry Connick Jr. due out this fall. Around that time, he'll head back to the
tube to host The Morton Downey Jr. Show: Where Enemies Meet. Downey, a former
heavy smoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer, had his right lung removed in
March and finished up radiation therapy while shooting the movie. — Sandra
Contreras
NY POST...LIZ SMITH...
Those were real tears flowing when Diana Ross hugged Whitney Houston at the
annual Songwriters Hall of Fame awards ceremony last week. You know how
emotional divas can be . . .
Anne Heche certainly appeared to enjoy the company of galpal Ellen DeGeneres'
mother, Betty, while making the rounds for her new flick "Six Days, Seven
Nights." She introduced Betty to friends as "Mom" . . .
Janeane Garofalo, Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson are among those expected
at tomorrow night's premiere of "I Went Down," the new film by Irish director
Paddy Breathnach. Guinness is throwing the after-screening party.
Jeg7777
PUSSSYKATT wrote:
>
> fX ALLOWS X-ROOKIES TO CATCH UP: The fX cable network will kick off its "100
> Nights of The X-Files" event Mon., June 29, showing all of the cult hit's
> episodes in order. Each episode airs twice, once at 8 pm/ET and again the next
> night at 11 pm/ET. Of note: On Fri., Oct. 9, the network will give a hearty
> "y'all come back!" to "Home," a controversial episode featuring the murderous,
> incestuous Peacock clan. The episode aired only once on Fox due to the public
Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I don't recall a public outcry over this.
Now the next-to-last Seinfeld caused an outcry. I remember nothing
about a bad reaction to this X-Files episode.
--
Joe
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Interrogator: "We believe this is evidence that the Brain was planning
to take over the world..."
Pinky: "Well, that's pretty much what he does, you see. I'll have to
give them to him when I see him."
Interrogator: "Then you admit they're his?"
Pinky: "Except for this picture--it's mine...my girlfriend."
Interrogator: "You're a MOUSE. THIS is a HORSE."
Pinky: "Tch, tch, tch...people are so INTOLERANT!"
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PUSSSYKATT
Jeg7777 <jeg...@erols.com> wrote:
PUSSSYKATT wrote:
>
> fX ALLOWS X-ROOKIES TO CATCH UP: The fX cable network will kick off its "100
Nights of The X-Files" event Mon., June 29, showing all of the cult hit's
episodes in order. Each episode airs twice, once at 8 pm/ET and again the next
night at 11 pm/ET. Of note: On Fri., Oct. 9, the network will give a hearty
"y'all come back!" to "Home," a controversial episode featuring the murderous,
incestuous Peacock clan. The episode aired only once on Fox due to the public
outcry it caused..
**Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I don't recall a public outcry over this. Now
the next-to-last Seinfeld caused an outcry. I remember nothing about a bad
reaction to this X-Files episode.**
In my estimation, HOME was the best X-Files episode yet....it makes my skin
crawl to think about it. I don't have fx, but my daughter has friends "out
there" who do, so hopefully, I'll get to see it again. The writer of HOME was
one sick puppy...and he made me bark.
Billie
~I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow
isn't looking good either.~
Puzzla
Jeg7777 wrote:
> PUSSSYKATT wrote:
Snip
> > Of note: On Fri., Oct. 9, the network will give a hearty
> > "y'all come back!" to "Home," a controversial episode featuring the murderous,
> > incestuous Peacock clan. The episode aired only once on Fox due to the public
> > outcry it caused..
>
> Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I don't recall a public outcry over this.
> Now the next-to-last Seinfeld caused an outcry. I remember nothing
> about a bad reaction to this X-Files episode.
>
I don't either. And I also recall that it has been shown more than once. This was
a very good episode. My favorite is the Jersy Devil (in that one Mulder is sporting
a very big hard on). I'd have to say that the speedo episode is my second
favorite. Wow!
Puzz
PUSSSYKATT
PEOPLE ONLINE...
--"Everyone was like: We're doing a movie, it's costing a lot of money, you're
getting paid more money, what are you going to do different? Are you going to
make it better?"
DAVID DUCHOVNY, saying he already plays his "X-Files" character as best as he
can.
--Michael Jordan is coming to the small screen. The Fox Family Channel has
announced that it is producing an unauthorized TV movie about the life and
times of the Chicago Bulls' miracle man, reports Variety. "Michael Jordan: The
Untold Story of an American Hero" could air before year's end and, according to
a source, will touch upon such areas of Jordan's life as "the racial
intolerance he faced" growing up in North Carolina, "the addiction to gambling"
that led to some uncomfortable headlines throughout his career, and the tragic
murder of his father, which "continues to haunt him." The leading player has
yet to be cast.
--Elton John wants to record a tribute to the late fashion designer Gianni
Versace, much like he did for Princess Diana, he told reporters in Italy during
a party to inaugurate an exhibition of Versace's designs. Elton sang at the
memorial service held in Milan for his pal Versace a week after the designer
was shot to death outside his Miami Beach home on July 15 of last year. John's
personal Versace tribute is still unwritten, but the pop star said he already
has a title: "Bitch." Said Sir Elton, "That's how we used to greet each other
on the phone."
--Yoko Ono has created a touring exhibition of her late husband John Lennon's
drawings. She says she owes him that much. "He used to promote my work like
crazy, and now I can do the same for him," Ono says. "I think this is
cosmically right in a way, that it's my turn now to be there for him." The
exhibit consists of more than 100 pieces, including self-portraits. Some
critics describe Lennon's work as mere doodling, but, insists Ono, "He wasn't
the kind of person to get caught up in what people thought of his art."
--The Rolling Stones' European tour appears to be jinxed. The band had to
cancel last night's show in Milan because Mick Jagger has laryngitis. "There's
no point holding a concert if there's a danger of it being suspended after two
songs," a Stones statement said. The show reportedly will be rescheduled for
September. The next performance is set for Thursday in Bilbao, Spain, and
there's no word yet on whether it will come off. The European tour got started
late because of Keith Richards' broken rib, and the band canceled four shows in
Britain because of the huge tax bill that would have resulted -- a move that
earned them the scorn of the British media and public alike.
--Katie, move over. Queen Latifah says she wants her upcoming talk show to be
"'Oprah' for young people." The Queen (real name: Dana Owens) tapes a pilot
next month and says her show won't be a "ghetto/poor-white-trash show" along
the lines of Jerry Springer or Ricki Lake. "It's not going to be a tacky show,"
promises Latifah.
E! ONLINE...by Marcus Errico
--COSBY CASE UPDATE: Prosecutors said Tuesday that Ennis Cosby murder suspect
Mikail Markhasev has ties to the Mexican Mafia. Jury selection has begun in the
case.
--CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME: Organizers are bringing the Grammy Awards ceremony
back to L.A. The official announcement was made Tuesday.
--SEE YA: The Grammy folks have clashed with New York mayor Rudy Giuliani in
recent months, perhaps precipitating the move.
--LABEL THIS: Ex-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to
debate the effectiveness of music-content warning labels.
--BAD RAP: At those Senate hearings, an Arkansas teacher said the 13-year-old
boy accused of gunning down classmates was influenced by the gangster rap CDs
he listened to.
--SAVING DR. QUINN: Nearly 30 protestors picketed CBS Monday, begging the
network reconsider canceling Dr. Quinn.
DAILY DISH...
--PRY OPEN YOUR WALLET AND HANG WITH BOBBY: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger sure
know to throw a party. The couple is hosting a benefit gala at Bay Street
Theater in Long Island's chichi Hamptons on Sat., July 11, at which they'll
auction off a walk-on part in the upcoming Robert De Niro movie Flawless. The
more Broadway of mind and light of foot can bid for a chance to dance on stage
in Cabaret with Tony winner Alan Cumming.
--MOONWALK, SPACE JAM — HOW DO THE KIDS KEEP THEM STRAIGHT? "I'll tell you,
that Michael Jackson is unbelievable, isn't he? He's just unbelievable. Three
plays in 20 seconds..." Yes, that's Vice President Al "I'm No Square" Gore
discussing the Bulls' latest NBA championship crown, quoted in The Washington
Post. We don't need to tell you who he meant, do we?
--STAYIN' ALIVE: The Bee Gees are set for a series of "One Night Only"
concerts, reports Amusement Business. The falsetto-voiced popsters start Sat.,
Aug. 29, in Dublin, then head to England's Wembley Stadium in September. After
taking a short breather, they're off to South America in October and Africa in
December before capping it off on their home turf in Australia in March. These
are their first live shows in Europe and Australia in 10 years and their first
ever in South America and Africa.
--PUFF WILL RULE THE WORLD: For those of you who think of Puff Daddy's music as
a Muzak version of hip-hop, you're not that far off. His Bad Boy Entertainment
has sealed a deal with the venerable purveyors of elevator music to sell
compilations of Bad Boy artists such as Puffy himself and The Notorious B.I.G.
The release, Nothin' But the Hotness in '98, will be available exclusively at
Footaction, a sneaker chain, beginning next month. Muzak's angle? They will
play the CD in the store and publicize it on air. Shoppers won't know what hit
them.
--HELLO, I MUST BE PAINTING: Pop star Phil Collins is a pro with a drumstick,
but he's apparently mighty handy with a paintbrush, too. He's come out of the
closet as an artist specializing in watercolors for the Private Issue Card, a
credit card from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. Collins' seascape will grace
the company's line of celebrity art cards, as will creations from country star
Randy Travis and late Grateful Dead head man Jerry Garcia. Past artists include
Jane Seymour, Ringo Starr and Tina Turner. The Private Issue Card is also
sponsoring the tour of the Phil Collins Big Band, which started last week and
will end Tues., June 30, in New York.
--TO THE MALL — STAT! What is ER's Anthony Edwards doing on his hiatus? For one
thing, he's shopping. An eagle-eyed pal of Dish spotted Edwards at the Galleria
in Glendale, CA, pushing his son in a carriage and walking with his daughter,
who, based on her T-shirt, is a Wallace & Gromit fan. The kid's got taste. — SC
NY POST...LIZ SMITH...
--WHO'S THAT GIRL on the cover of Rolling Stone's hot summer issue? The exotic
auburn-haired siren is none other than Madonna, icon of many faces. The cover
shot and those inside were taken by David LaChapelle, whose surreal work
usually transforms his subjects utterly. He must have a good time with Madonna,
who knows from transformation. The photos accompany M's essay on her favorite
summer songs ...
--PEGGY LEE'S fan club, based in San Leandro, Calif., has launched a
letter-writing campaign encouraging the Kennedy Center to honor the great
singer this year. (Well, it certainly should!) Those who agree should write to
James Johnson, chairman, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Washington, D.C. 20566 ...
--AND PEOPLE are really wondering why Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Gladys
Knight and Stevie Wonder all stayed away from Motown's 40th anniversary bash in
Detroit last week. Especially since it was a charity event, raising money for a
dozen needy organizations ...
--EILEEN FULTON, who has been making mischief on "As the World Turns" for 38
years, is over the moon about her induction into the Soap Opera Hall of Fame on
Sept. 14 at New York's Planet Hollywood, happening one day after her birthday.
RUSH AND MOLLOY...
--Quentin Tarantino loves his gore. The "Pulp Fiction" director was in the
Angelika Theater audience at a Friday screening of "The Beyond," a 1981 Italian
B-flick that he is rereleasing as a "midnight" movie. According to one witness,
every time there was a death, shooting or maiming onscreen, Tarantino would
stand up at his seat and cheer loudly. Which prompted one fellow moviegoer to
complain to the just-busted director: "San Quentin Tarantino! Sit down!" . . .
--Milton Berle nearly passed out while serving as a pallbearer at Frank
Sinatra's funeral. "While we're walking out of the church, I had to grab onto
[Sidney] Poitier's hand to keep me up," the 89-year-old legend told us Monday.
"They almost had to carry me out of there." Even so, Berle did a terrific job
at last weekend's Comic Relief. He was celebrated Monday at a dinner at Denise
Rich's penthouse . . .
--Janeane Garofalo, Frank McCourt, Joel Coen and Frederique hoisted pints of
Guinness at Monday's premiere party for the award-winning Irish film "I Went
Down" . . .
--Lee Radziwill, Herb Ross, Ron Perelman and Faye Dunaway are down for
tonight's China Club dinner for ballet stars Angel Corrella and Paloma Herrera
and photographer Nancy Ellison.
USA TODAY...
--The Artist Formerly Known as Prince has a new name among certain fans — mud.
Enraged by delays and snafus in shipping his five-CD Crystal Ball album,
available initially only via the Internet or phone orders, some fans are vowing
to boycott the Artist's upcoming New Power Soul album, set to be released at
the end of this month. His move to the Net was a reaction to the Artist's
disenchantment with major record companies, but he has thus far been unable to
build a successful business operation, critics say.
--Just one show into the group's U.S. tour, another Spice Girl has solo
thoughts. While the British group is stateside, Scary Spice (Melanie Brown)
says she'll hit the studio with Missy ''Misdemeanor'' Elliott for her first
recording sans her Spice sisters. The duet is for a movie soundtrack, Scary
told a British radio show. The group's third album (and first without Ginger
Spice) will feature ''more solos and duets,'' explains Sporty Spice in a BBC
Radio broadcast.
MR. SHOWBIZ...
--Don't believe those rumors about Rosie O'Donnell and her feelings toward
Steven Spielberg's new war movie, Saving Private Ryan. Seems there were
whispers that the Queen of Nice, whose influence on what Americans watch, read,
and buy grows every season, had turned down star Tom Hanks as a guest on her
show because she thought the World War II epic, which was under consideration
for an NC-17 rating, was just too darn violent. Not so, says the New York Daily
News. O'Donnell's spokeswoman tells the paper that Hanks and his co-stars, Matt
Damon and Ed Burns, have already taped a segment for the Rosie's show to talk
up the flick. Says the host's mouthpiece, "Rosie told the audience she found
the movie powerful and told them to go see it."
--Maybe Ashley Judd shouldn't join the family business just yet. The Kiss the
Girls actress nervously sang in public with her famous relatives for the first
time this weekend. Judd joined mother Naomi and sister Wynonna onstage for a
gospel standard at a charity auction at Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon on Sunday
to raise money for the American Liver Foundation.
--Albert Brooks, soon to be seen in Out of Sight and heard in Dr. Dolittle, has
another production in the works. The actor-director-writer and his wife,
Kimberly, are expecting a son in October, says USA Today.
--Alec Baldwin is going the kiddie-TV route. The gravelly voiced star narrates
26 new installments of the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends series, which moves
to the Fox Family Channel on August 15.
--HBO's Comic Relief VIII managed to pull in $5.2 million in donations, says
Variety, despite going head to head with game 6 of the NBA finals. The show ran
about 40 minutes over its allotted three hours thanks to the ad-libbed
shenanigans of hosts Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg.
--A celebrity turning down a nomination for an award is as rare as Tom Cruise
working for scale, but Daily Variety's Army Archerd says that several stars are
taking a pass at the Emmys. Candice Bergen, who ended her run as Murphy Brown
after a moving season fighting breast cancer, did not submit her name for
consideration. Nor did Bill Cosby, who won't go up for any prize except the
People's Choice Award. Also absent are talk show queens Oprah Winfrey, for
Before Women Had Wings, and Rosie O'Donnell, as host of the Tonys.
--Bad news for Magic Johnson. The ratings for the first four days of his talk
show, The Magic Hour, are lower than those of the now-cancelled Keenan Ivory
Wayans Show and Vibe, says Variety.
Sprucedale
I don't find him the least bit sexy - quite repulsive, actually. Kiss
him??? Not on a bet!
--
Sprucedale
(dia...@cuscon.com)
:Does anyone besides me find the idea of a Mick Jagger lip lock somewhat
:appalling and unappealing? Imagine having those huge lips fastened on your
:face. I would be afraid he would suck my whole face off. Ugh!
:
:Roseanne Roseannadanna
OTVerge
>--CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME: Organizers are bringing the Grammy Awards ceremony
>back to L.A. The official announcement was made Tuesday.
>
>--SEE YA: The Grammy folks have clashed with New York mayor Rudy Giuliani
>in
>recent months, perhaps precipitating the move.
Just another reason to love Herr Giuliani; the man can't seem to ever admit a
mistake. Even when it hurts the city.
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