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Actress Liv Tyler had to use a special helpline number while learning the Elvish language for her role in Lord of The Rings.
The screen star, who plays princess Arwen in the movie trilogy, admits it wasn't easy picking up the invented lingo. She
says, "There was basically a 1-800 Help-An-Elf number. There was this man, I think he was an Oxford professor. We
would call him for a translation. I would always make a note of the line with an English translation next to it so that I understood what I was saying."
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Liza Minnelli and fiance David Gest are planning to start a family as soon as they're married - by adopting a child. The couple,
who have known each other for just three months, plan to wed in March next year. And not only are they soon to become man
and wife, they're also planning on becoming mother and father before too long. Liza, 55, admits, "We want to adopt." David
agrees, "I will spoil them all. She will be strict." And is Liza concerned that about motherhood, considering her recent hip
replacement surgery and a bout with encephalitis? She says, "I have a man who loves me, I thrive on it. I am alive, I nearly
died, but I'm dancing my buns off."
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What do Julia Roberts and' Madonna have in common besides wealth, fame and beauty? They are the two lone superstars to
grace this year's Hollywood Reporter list of the 50 most influential women in show business, a ranking started 10 years ago to
shine the spotlight on the women doing great work behind the scenes. Roberts and Madonna, who ranked No. 3 and 42
respectively on the list, however, were just too powerful to ignore, said officials at the Hollywood Reporter.
Hollywood Reporter Report
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Offical Groundbreaking Ceremony
Clinton Presidential Library
Former President Bill Clinton dedicated the site of his presidential library Wednesday with a message of hope,
reading from a letter his widowed mother wrote to her friend in 1946.
"It seemed almost unbearable at the time," Virginia Kelley wrote, "but you see I'm six months pregnant and the thought
of our baby keeps me going, and really gives me the whole world before me."
"I hope I didn't let her down," said Clinton, who addressed hundreds of supporters in front of the century-old Choctaw
Railroad Station, which is to be part of the library.
The library is scheduled to open in 2004. Until then, a temporary exhibit opening Thursday at the Cox Building downtown
will show off some artifacts given to Clinton during his eight years in office. Among the photographs, letters,
sculptures and gifts is a glass-encased gold-and-silver horse presented by the Amir of Bahrain.
The library is part of the 27-acre Clinton Presidential Park, to be built on the south bank of the Arkansas
River. The $200 million project includes a museum, the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service,
and a policy center that will focus on economic empowerment and racial and religious reconciliation. It is
to be completed in 2004.
In anticipation, some 100 million documents, 75,000 gifts and artifacts and more than 2 million photographs
are being stored in a 53,000-square-foot building a mile away. The collection is the largest in presidential history.
Clinton Library Groundbreaking
2001 Billboard Music Award Winners
'The Big List'
By The Associated Press,
Winners at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Tuesday:
Artist of the year: Destiny's Child.
Artist of the year duo/group: Destiny's Child.
Male artist of the year: Shaggy.
Female new artist of the year: Alicia Keys.
New R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: Alicia Keys.
R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: R. Kelly.
Country artist of the year: Tim McGraw.
Male country artist of the year: Tim McGraw.
Album of the year: ``1,'' The Beatles.
Male albums artist of the year: Shaggy.
Hot 100 single of the year: ``Hanging by a Moment,'' Lifehouse.
Hot 100 singles group artist of the year: Destiny's Child.
Hot 100 singles artist of the year: Destiny's Child.
Soundtrack single of the year: ``Independent Woman: Part One,'' Destiny's Child.
R&B albums artist of the year: R. Kelly.
R&B/hip-hop singles artist of the year: R. Kelly.
R&B/hip-hop songwriter of the year: R. Kelly.
R&B/hip-hop album of the year: ``TP-2.com,'' R. Kelly.
R&B/hip-hop single of the year: ``Fiesta,'' R. Kelly featuring Jay-Z.
Female R&B/hip-hop artist of the year: Jill Scott.
Country albums artist of the year: Tim McGraw.
Country singles artist of the year: Tim McGraw.
Country album of the year: ``Greatest Hits,'' Tim McGraw.
New country artist of the year: Jamie O'Neal.
Country single of the year: ``Ain't Nothing 'Bout You,'' Brooks and Dunn.
Modern rock artist of the year: Linkin Park.
Modern rock single of the year: Incubus.
Rock artist of the year: Godsmack.
Rap artist of the year: Lil Romeo.
Rap single of the year: ``My Baby,'' Lil Romeo.
Catalog artist of the year: Creed.
Catalog album of the year: ``My Own Prison,'' Creed.
New artist of the year: Lifehouse.
Hot 100 single of the year: Lifehouse.
Artist achievement award: Janet Jackson.
Adult contemporary single of the year: ``I Hope You Dance,'' Lee Ann Womack.
Special award for first four albums debuting at No. 1: DMX.
Biggest one-week sales of an album in 2001: ``Celebrity,'' 'N Sync.
Century Award for creative achievement: John Mellencamp.
'The Billboard Music Award' Winners
Very Special Recipe
'Very Chocolate Brownies'
''I have always strived to follow Biblical admonitions such as Isaiah 55:2 "Eat ye that which is good and let
your soul delight itself in fatness." Choosing my favorite recipe is a difficult task. Finally, I was able to settle
upon a recipe for brownies that I have had for several years. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. Sincerely, __________ ''
Very Special, Very Chocolate Brownies
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The kid got a big kick out of '60 Minutes II' on CBS, and their story of the
Loch Ness monster. He wants to believe, badly.
Tried to watch '20/20' on ABC, but my gag reflex kept kicking in, so ended up
watching '48 Hours' on CBS.
The local PBS station, KCET pissed away 2 hours on a 'Harry Potter'
infomercial.
Tonight, Thursday, 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (a CBS staple for decades),
debuts on ABC.
CBS has all fresh episodes of 'Survivor: Africa', 'CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation', and 'The Agency'
NBC has 2 hours of fresh sitcoms ('Friends', 'Inside Schwartz',
'Will & Grace', and 'Just Shoot Me'). 'ER' is a rerun with Sally
Field.
On ABC, after 'Charlie Brown', is a fresh 'Regis', followed by 'PrimeTime Thursday'.
The WB has a fresh 'Popstars', followed by repeats of 'Maybe It's Me' & 'Charmed'.
Faux has fresh episodes of 'Family Guy', 'The Tick' and 'Fornication Island'.
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Adventure On The Way To The Kennedy Honors
Jack & The Beatty's
Imagine if you opened your front door and Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and Annette Bening were standing
there. It happened to a couple in Kansas over the weekend.
Nicholson, Beatty, Bening and one of Jack's friends, Rudy Durand, were flying to Washington to attend
the Kennedy Center Honors — which annually pays tribute to people who have contributed greatly to the arts.
But when the pilot of their private plane announced they would be stopping to refuel in Wichita,
Bening began to get nostalgic — she spent her early childhood there. She wondered if it would be
possible to pay a quick visit to her old home while the plane was being serviced.
A car was called, and Bening directed the driver to her old neighborhood, which Durand described
as "a lot of small houses, with the Christmas decorations already up."
When Bening rang the bell, the woman who answered blurted out, "Omigod!" — and excitedly
called her husband.
She told Bening there was a rumor that the actress had once lived in the house, but she never
knew if the story was true.
The stars stayed for 45 minutes. Bening showed her husband around the house and reminisced about
the first seven years of her life.
Always Answer The Door
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Coca-Cola & New Campaign
Muhammad Ali
Coca-Cola Co. announced on Wednesday that it would work with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in
a global partnership designed to support community and youth programs and market the soft drink giant's brands.
The partnership came one day after Ali, his hands trembling uncontrollably from Parkinson's
Syndrome, lit the Olympic torch in Atlanta, kicking off a two-month cross-country relay that
will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic Flame at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ali, who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and later went on to win three
heavyweight championships, moved millions to tears in 1996 when his quivering hands lit the
Olympic Flame at the Summer Games in Atlanta.
Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, will be highly visible for the next few months. A motion
picture of his life is scheduled to be released with much fanfare on Christmas Day.
Two years ago, Ali, known to many as ``The Greatest,'' was named Athlete of the Century at the
Sports Illustrated 20th Century Sports Awards in New York.
Ali & Coca-Cola
Another $20 Million Woman
Cameron Diaz
Move over, Julia, there's about to be another female member of the $20 million club.
Cameron Diaz is about to become the second actress to bank that amount as she gets ready to re-don the halo for the
sequel to Charlie's Angels, Daily Variety reports.
Julia Roberts became the first actress to hit the $20 million for Erin Brockovich (for which she won a Best Actress
Oscar). The salary puts Diaz in the ranks of Hollywood's most exclusive club, joining such A-listers as Harrison
Ford, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks, who regularly command the big paycheck.
Since her breakout in the Farrelly brothers' hilarious blockbuster There's Something About Mary, the 29-year-old
Diaz has costarred in numerous critical and commercial successes, among them Being John Malkovich and Any Given
Sunday. Then came the movie version of Angels, which was a healthy hit for Columbia Pictures and grossed more
than $125 million domestically, plus tens of millions more in video and DVD sales and overseas revenue.
She also provided the voice of Princess Fiona in this year's top movie moneymaker, Shrek, and will pick up
a cool $10 million for a week's worth of work on its sequel, due out in 2004.
As for the imaginatively titled Charlie's Angels 2, Diaz will rejoin Drew Barrymore (who's already
signed and will produce again through her Flower Films) and Lucy Liu (who's finishing up negotiations). McG
will be back in the director's chair for the second go-round, but there's no word yet on whether Bill Murray
will be back as Bosley, the sex kittens' chaperone. According to several accounts, Murray had an awful time
during filming due to everything from money problems to an ongoing feud with Liu.
The next big-screen take on Aaron Spelling's classic 1976-81 TV series is scheduled to begin shooting
early next year.
Cameron Diaz Joins The $20 Million Woman's Club
Finally Getting To LA In April, 2003?
''The Producers''
If Mel Brooks has his way, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will open "The Producers" in Los Angeles in April 2003.
"Understand, they're only signed to the Broadway production until April 2002," Brooks said Monday at
Elaine's during a party celebrating his new book, modestly titled "'The Producers': The Book, Lyrics and
Story Behind the Biggest Hit in Broadway History! How We Did It."
"We haven't even set the cast in New York beyond Nathan and Matthew," Brooks said. "And I have no idea
who will play the leads when the show travels around the U.S. for two months prior to L.A. But if I had
my wish, Nathan and Matthew would at least start things off when the show gets to the Ahmanson Theater in L.A."
''The Producer's'' In LA
Shill For 'Corporate Compassion'
Erin Brockovich
ABC has enlisted Erin Brockovich to spearhead a New York rebuilding project that it will turn into a
prime-time reality-TV special.
Modeled after a British TV series, it requires Brockovich to rally support for the project within one week.
ABC will tell Brockovich what she's required to do Monday on ``Good Morning America.'' All the network
would say Wednesday is that it's a rebuilding effort related to Sept. 11, with proceeds going to the city of New York.
Her efforts will be chronicled in an ABC special Dec. 21.
The special, ``Challenge America with Erin Brockovich: The Miracle in Manhattan,'' is taken from the
British series, ``Challenge Anneka.'' Its creator, Anneka Rice, tackled projects like saving a children's
orphanage in Romania, equipping a refugee hospital in Africa and rebuilding a Croatian school.
``Instead of winning a million dollars, this is reality television with a heart,'' said Allen Berman,
the show's executive producer.
It's also an intriguing experiment for struggling ABC. Reality television series have generally
done poorly since Sept. 11, but ABC hopes an inspirational show tied into the terrorist attacks will be a hit.
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Trying To Channel The Thoughts Of The Dead?
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien would have hated the forthcoming Hollywood adaptation of his magical ``The Lord of the Rings,''
but millions of movie-goers around the world are unlikely to agree, Tolkien's biographer said Wednesday.
Michael White, whose book about the Oxford professor and creator of the trilogy set in the mysterious
Middle Earth comes out this week, predicted the film would even out-sell fantasy flick ``Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.''
``The Harry Potter film has broken the box office records,'' White said in a telephone interview. ``But
I am going to put my head on the block and predict that 'The Lord of the Rings' will just pip it.''
``The Fellowship of the Ring,'' the first in a trilogy of films based on Tolkien's best-loved novels,
premieres in London Dec. 10 amid intense hype over its box office potential.
Ironically its creator, a mild-mannered British academic who fought in the trenches in France during
World War One, would have loathed the whole project.
``He had a hatred of all things Hollywood and did not believe in the idea of imitation being the best
form of flattery. As a writer I find that staggering.''
``Being a cult figure in one's own lifetime,'' he is quoted as saying ``I am afraid is not at all
pleasant. In my case at any rate it makes me feel extremely small and inadequate.''
The Tolkien series will cost an estimated $300 million to make. The film ``Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone,'' meanwhile, has already netted over $200 million in North America alone.
Trying To Channel John Ronald Reuel's Thoughts?
Long Journey, Short Payoff
Dan Rather
After anchoring the ``CBS Evening News'' for three nights from Afghanistan, Dan Rather is headed back to New York.
The veteran newsman will anchor Thursday's program from CBS' New York studio. While in Afghanistan, he filed reports
for his show, ``The Early Show'' and ``60 Minutes II.''
Appearing on CNN's ``Larry King Live'' Monday night, Rather had said he planned to be in Afghanistan awhile. He said
it was important to be a reporter and that technology made it easier for anchors to be mobile.
But CBS spokeswoman Sandra Genelius said Wednesday that the network always planned that the duration of his trip would
be day-to-day depending on the news.
``He was the only anchor who was there,'' she said. ``He did what he set out to do. He wanted to see the story firsthand
and report the story firsthand, and that's what he did.''
After Rather left for Afghanistan, NBC said it didn't plan to send Brokaw overseas unless he could advance the story.
Still, NBC talked to military officials about what kind of access Brokaw could get in Afghanistan.
ABC said it was keeping Peter Jennings in New York, saying it is difficult to have an anchor in a remote location
when news is breaking elsewhere.
Based on overnight Nielsen Media Research ratings, the third-place ``CBS Evening News'' had smaller ratings with
Rather in Afghanistan on Monday and Tuesday than it did the same days the week before. NBC and ABC's ratings
were also down on Tuesday week-to-week. On Monday, ABC's ratings were flat and NBC rose slightly in comparison to the previous week.
Time For Dan To Return Stateside
''C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation''
Anthony Zuiker
Anthony Zuiker, creator of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," may not have suffered for his art. But he's been
really, really scared in its service.
"I'm on all fours, looking. I lift the bedskirt and I see two eyeballs," he recalled. "A hand comes out, scratches
me on the face. I flew up, hit the ceiling, shouting 'There's somebody under the bed!' ... My heart is gunga, gunga, gunga!"
Authorities had an arrest and Zuiker had a plot twist for his debut episode, in which a young investigator is shot
by a burglar who has returned to the crime location.
The CBS drama about crime-busting forensic scientists in Las Vegas emerged as a hit in its first year and is doing
even better as a sophomore. It's the No. 2 drama on TV this season, behind only "ER."
In "CSI," professionals bring order out of chaos, turning the messiest crime scene into tidy evidence. They speak
in appropriately concise dialogue as devised by Zuiker and company.
"I only want to do one thing. I've gotta do something with forensic science," he told company executives. It
wasn't "Quincy M.E." inspiring him; this time it was a nonfiction series on forensics, "The New Detectives"
on Discovery Channel, that hooked Zuiker.
He quickly laid out his vision for the drama: Open after violence has occurred. Follow the process of detection,
being specific about methods, then re-create the crime at the end. Magnified shots of bullet wounds and hair
follicles would be de rigueur.
"We'll make science cool and fun for America. That's what we'll do," Zuiker pronounced in his pitch. "On one end,
there will be a mystery and people can guess who the killer is. And we'll have flawed characters doing good by
solving crimes and bringing piece of mind to the survivors."
''C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation''
The Ever-Fabulous Cindy Adams To Be Bridesmatron
Liza
The wedding of the year next year will be Liza Minnelli and entrepreneur David Gest.David, who produced
Michael Jackson's concert at the Garden, is not one for a low-key elopement. He's booking a big-time event.
Best man, Michael. Matron of honor, Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner
Fortensky, who knows a bit about weddings herself. To sing "Here Comes the Bride," David's friend Whitney Houston.
These two know so many stars, this wedding will outjazz the Emmys. And per a phone call from the bride-to-be
to me, I'm a bridesmaid. Bridesmatron?
My friend Liza is happy. And I'm happy she has David to take care of her. He's managing her life these
days. Even watching what she eats.
The hot ticket event is March 16. New York City. Preceded by assorted bridal showers. Succeeded by a
reception in L.A. Meanwhile, this showbiz couple-to-be take the Concorde to Paris Friday for a pre-honeymoon
tryout. Listen, it definitely beats a split week in New Haven.
The Ever-Fabulous Cindy Adams, Bridesmatron
'Puffy'? 'P Diddy'?
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Spies say that Sean "Puffy" Combs, who owns a penthouse next to the trendy Shore Club hotel in South Beach,
looked out his window and saw a bride, groom and 80 wedding guests sitting down to dinner around the pool.
When the unsuspecting guests spotted Puffy peeking through his vertical blinds, they started cheering him on to show his face.
But the randy rap mogul gave them much more than they bargained for. "Puffy started peeling off his clothes
behind the blinds while dancing to the music in his room, and throwing them onto the balcony," says our spy.
"First came his shirt, then his pants and then his underwear. He was still standing behind the blinds, but
there was so much wolf-whistling and cheering that he stepped onto the balcony completely naked with just
his hand covering his crotch.
"Everyone cheered and shouted for Puffy to show more," tattled our titillated source. "Suddenly he took
his hands away-showing them everything - and then turned around and walked back inside."
Combs later came down to the pool and greeted the bridegroom before hitting the clubs with his posse.
"He shook hands with the groom, who thought it was hilarious," says a Shore Club staffer. "No one was
offended. They thought the whole thing was funny as hell."
Puffy's spokeswoman confirmed the tale. "It's all true," she said. "He did it because they were egging him on."
Sean "Puffy" Combs
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Joining The Cast Of ''The Agency''
Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges is joining the cast of ``The Agency,'' as producers aim to add a dose of internal political
intrigue to the rookie CBS spy drama.
He will play the newly appointed head of the CIA. His character will appear in mid-January, joining
the agency following the ouster of incumbent Alex Pierce. Ronny Cox, who has played Pierce since
``The Agency'' bowed this fall, is leaving the series.
In addition, Daniel Benzali (``Murder One'') has signed on to appear in at least four episodes of ``The
Agency'' starting later this month, reprising the role of the shadowy agent he played in the show's third episode.
``Agency'' executive producer Shaun Cassidy said the shakeup at his fictional CIA is intended to give
writers a new character who can help viewers better understand the inner workings of the spy agency.
Beau Bridges To Join ''The Agency''
''Fear Factor'' Returns & More
Eriq LaSalle & ''ER'', Too
NBC will shed one of its weekly installments of ``Weakest Link'' next month to make room for the return of
red-hot reality series ``Fear Factor.''
Meanwhile, the network has again decided to preempt Thursday rookie ``Inside Schwartz'' in order to maximize
ratings on Thursday, Dec. 13 -- the night Eriq LaSalle is now scheduled to make his ``ER'' swan song.
NBC had said it would give the low-rated ``Schwartz'' six uninterrupted post-sweeps weeks on Thursdays
before deciding whether to order additional episodes.
As for the controversial ``Fear,'' it will air Mondays at 8 p.m. beginning Jan. 7, replacing one of NBC's
weekly broadcasts of ``Link.'' The quizzer, which has generated solid Nielsen stats this season, will
continue to air Sundays at 8 p.m.
NBC last month halted production on ``Hank'' and began searching for a new showrunner. The hunt has
so far been unsuccessful, and it's considered unlikely -- though not impossible -- that ``Hank'' will restart production.
NBC executives still have to find slots for midseason comedy ``Leap of Faith'' and a Julia Louis-Dreyfus
comedy whose name has changed several times.
Eriq LaSalle Leaves ''ER'' December 13
More Hollywood Lay-Offs
''Extra''
In one of the latest examples of Hollywood belt-tightening, at least eight staffers on newsmagazine
``Extra'' have lost their jobs.
Since more than 150 people work on the syndicated news show, the downsizing represents about a 5%
reduction in ``Extra's'' workforce.
While sources indicated the toll was higher, a spokesman for the show's producer, Time Telepictures
Television, confirmed that eight emplyees, at both the West and East Coast bureaus, exited last Friday.
(At Least) 8 Laid Off On ''Extra''
Wedding News
Harter - Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis eloped and married Leslie Harter during a private ceremony Tuesday in Venice,
Italy, the director's publicist Paul Bloch said Wednesday. It's the first marriage for Harter
and the second for Zemeckis, whose first marriage produced a son and ended in divorce.
The couple was honeymooning in Europe and will live in Southern California, the spokesman said.
No information was released on Harter, who Zemeckis met through mutual friends a year ago.
Zemeckis, 49, is best known for his work on 1994's ``Forrest Gump,'' which won the Oscar for
best picture. He has also directed ``Contact,'' ``Who Framed Roger Rabbit,'' the ``Back to
the Future'' trilogy, ``Cast Away'' and ``What Lies Beneath.''
Harter - Zemeckis Nuptials
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The official BartCop Astrologer, Geneva, has provided another eye-opening set of charts!
A brief excerpt: " In January 2002, New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani will intimately know an experience and feeling that more and more of us are reluctantly facing: He'll join the ranks of the unemployed. Due to term limits Giuliani has not been able to seek re-election, after 8 years as one of New York's more popular mayors.
The question on most New Yorker's minds and lips is "What is Rudy going to do NOW?" Well, maybe The Stars can give us some clues.
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$30 Million Payday
Arnold
The price of cyborgs has apparently gone up.
When the auction is concluded for domestic rights to the Intermedia-financed ``Terminator 3''
and production begins in April, Arnold Schwarzenegger will have a guaranteed payday of $30 million.
And for succeeding James Cameron as director, Jonathan Mostow will be paid upward of $5 million.
Sources close to the production are denying the $30 million salary precedent. But other sources
maintain Schwarzenegger's sequel payday will slightly exceed the $25 million he made five years
ago on ``Batman and Robin.'' The salary isn't an issue for studios bidding for domestic rights,
as they aren't privy to the budgetary breakdown. All they have seen is the script, and an asking
price of $50 million against 50% of gross receipts in exchange for domestic theatrical, TV, VHS and DVD rights.
The ``T3'' storyline takes place 10 years beyond ``T2,'' with a twentysomething John Conner
and his cyborg pal battling a female TX model, a Terminatrix whose powers and morphing abilities
go beyond anything seen before.
Terminator 3
First Live Programming On The History Channel
Observing Pearl Harbor
The History Channel, the cable network that has built a solid business living in the past, is
producing its first live programming ever on Friday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
The network will cover the memorial service on the USS Arizona in Hawaii, one of the 21 vessels
sunk, beached or damaged in the sneak attack that drew the United States into World War II. Joan
Lunden and Josh Binswanger anchor, starting at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Earlier Friday, The History Channel will be live from The D-Day Museum in New Orleans, where a
new ``Pacific Wing'' is being unveiled.
The History Channel is trying to get as many Pearl Harbor survivors on tape while it still can.
Other television networks will also commemorate the Pearl Harbor anniversary on Friday. NBC presents
``Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack,'' a repeat narrated by Tom Brokaw. The same documentary will be
shown in expanded form as part of the National Geographic Channel's prime-time lineup. The Discovery
Channel also presents a documentary on the U.S.S. Arizona's destruction.
History Channel To Observe Pearl Harbor On Live TV
ABC To Try Programming Swap (But Only In LA & San Diego)
''Alias'' & ''The Practice''
How would ABC's hit legal drama ``The Practice'' play Sundays at 9 p.m.? The network is about to find out.
In an unusual bit of testing, it will swap time slots for Sunday dramas ``Alias'' and ``The Practice''
this weekend -- but only in Los Angeles and San Diego. In those two markets, ``Alias'' will get the 10 p.m. slot, following ``The Practice.''
The purpose of the test is to see whether ``The Practice'' can hold onto its audience while ``Alias''
picks up new viewers in a time slot that features less competition.
If ``Alias'' gets a sizable bump and ``The Practice'' doesn't take a hit, there's a chance ABC could
repeat the move nationally -- perhaps on a permanent basis.
While it's not uncommon for networks to try out different scheduling scenarios in smaller markets,
it's very rare for them to conduct such a high-profile test in a major market like Los Angeles. ABC
isn't testing out the time swap nationally because it doesn't want to disrupt everyone's viewing patterns, Bader said.
LA/San Diego Experiment With ''Alias''
Wedding Confirmation
Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett, 68, married Brian Miller last month during a hush-hush ceremony. The couple appeared together last
week at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington. Burnett publicist Deborah Kelman said Tuesday that the
wedding date and details were being kept private.
It's the third marriage for Burnett, who has three daughters with ex-husband Joe Hamilton, including
actress Carrie Hamilton.
Miller, whose age wasn't disclosed by Kelman, is a percussionist who plays with the Hollywood
Bowl Orchestra and the Pantages Theatre Orchestra.
Carol Burnett Marries
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Auction Gone Awry News
Frank Sinatra's Green Jaguar
A New Jersey woman who donated a Jaguar once owned by singer Frank Sinatra to an auction benefiting
Sept. 11 victims now wants the car back and refuses to give it to the couple who placed the winning bid.
Michael Pakruda of Cape May, New Jersey, made a $20,000 bid for the green 1986 Jaguar sedan on
Nov. 26, hoping to give it to his wife Angela, a Sinatra fan, for Christmas.
But Anna May Capelli of Wycoff, New Jersey, who donated the car, believed she set a minimum
selling price of $20,000 and expected it to sell for at least twice as much, Capelli's attorney,
Frank Holahan, said on Tuesday in a Bergen County court.
Superior Court Judge Elijah Miller signed an injunction on Tuesday prohibiting the auction
house from returning the car to Capelli and banning her from transferring the title to anyone
else, said Edward Jerejian, the Pakrudas attorney.
Sinatra bought the car in 1985 in Beverly Hills, according to the registration, issued to ``F.
Sinatra and Nathan Golden,'' his chauffeur.
Sinatra's Green Jag
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The Other Marilyn? The Other Manson?
Current Law Suit
A security guard at a Marilyn Manson concert has sued the musician on claims of battery and emotional distress.
David M. Diaz, of Anoka County, claims that Manson grabbed his head, held it against his hips and ``proceeded
to gyrate his hips'' at the Oct. 27, 2000, concert at the Historic Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
Diaz said he asked the 32-year-old Manson to stop but he didn't. Diaz said he was humiliated, degraded and
``endured ridicule and shame.'' He's seeking more than $75,000 for emotional distress and other injuries.
A spokesperson for Manson could not be immediately reached for comment.
Marilyn Manson, Hip Gyrater
Emeril's Replacement - Well, Sort Of
''Hank Azaria Show''
``The Hank Azaria Show'' will debut on Jan. 8 and air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. as a mid-season replacement
for the struggling sitcom ``Emeril,'' starring TV chef Emeril Lagasse. An NBC spokesman said it was
not clear whether ``Emeril'' would return to the network lineup in the future.
Daily Variety reported Wednesday that ``Azaria'' also faces an uncertain future. Production was
halted last month while NBC searched -- so far unsuccessfully -- for a new producer to run the
show. The network will air the five completed episodes until the Winter Olympics begin in February,
and it was unlikely production would resume, the paper said.
Azaria, 37, who also performs the voices of several characters on the animated Fox hit ``The
Simpsons,'' will play a self-effacing comedy writer named Josh Miller, whose daydreams provide
an outlet for his frustrations at home and work.
Hank Azaria On NBC
Guitars In The News
Jerry Garcia
A noisy legal battle over four guitars once owned by Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia went back to court on
Wednesday after the plaintiff accused former band members of ``attempting to rob Jerry's grave'' by seizing control of the instruments.
Guitar maker Doug Irwin rejected a proposed legal settlement with former Grateful Dead members over ownership
of the guitars after learning that he would have to participate in a news conference to express ``complete
satisfaction'' with the deal, his lawyers said.
The struggle over Garcia's guitars has been one of the nastier legal episodes following his death in 1995.
Irwin built the guitars for Garcia between 1991 and 1989 and in his will Garcia left them to the guitar
maker -- who has now fallen on hard times.
However, several other band members have refused to part with the guitars, saying that Grateful Dead Productions
bought and maintained instruments as a group and the guitars were never Garcia's to give away.
According to settlement terms announced last month, Irwin was to auction off two of the most famous
guitars -- nicknamed ''Tiger'' and ``Wolf'' for their decorative inlays -- which could have made him a millionaire.
Garcia's Guitars
Released From Rehab
Paula Poundstone
The judge--who just a month ago ordered Poundstone briefly jailed for using prescription pills without
permission from her rehab counselor--said the comic had made great strides in rehab.
But while she is free to return home, she remains on probation and must submit to monthly psychological
evaluations for a year. She is also permitted to resume her stand-up career--provided she notifies her
probation officer and travels with a chaperone.
Poundstone was arrested June 27 on three counts of lewd conduct involving a girl under 14, and another
count of child endangerment on two boys and two girls. The arrest came after witnesses reported the
41-year-old entertainer was drunk as she drove four of her kids to get ice cream, Cron said.
At the time of her arrest, Poundstone, a single mom, had three adopted children and two foster
kids in her charge, ranging in age from 12 to two months. The two foster children were subsequently
taken away from her, and she has been barred from adopting any more children or taking in any more
foster kids. Visits with her adopted children will be monitored, and a family court will rule at a
later date whether she can keep custody.
Paula Poundstone Out Of Rehab
The Ever-Fabulous Liz Smith
Ann Richards & More
'Exuberance is better than taste," said the French novelist Gustave Flaubert. We had lots of exuberance at Le Cirque
2000 on Monday night when Joe Armstrong and I hosted a party welcoming Ann Richards, the former governor of Texas,
and her new business partner, Jack Martin, to New York. Le Cirque had a real crush of people wanting to come in and
salute Ann. I don't want to estimate how many stood in line to shake her hand; it's too scary.
A few weeks after Sept. 11, Ann moved to New York to open a branch of Mr. Martin's wave- and king-making company,
Public Strategies, which already has branches in nine cities. This happened at the very moment when other people
were saying they were afraid to fly and some folks up and left New York. Not Ann and Jack - they did exactly as
Mayor Rudy Giuliani and President George W. Bush wanted them to do. For this, they deserve a lot of credit.
While Ann, with her halo of white hair and her big smile, was the undisputed center of attention that night,
another Democrat also stood out. Bill Clinton was most definitely on the scene, standing head and shoulders
above everyone else, chatting, talking and smiling. He shared the room with the wonder guy, Roger Ailes of
Fox News Channel, who was showing off photos of his baby Zachary. Also on hand, Mr. Ailes' nemesis and one-time
star, Paula Zahn, the woman who recently has been making her mark at CNN, plus NBC's John Seigenthaler. I also
noted former Sen. Bob Kerrey, now of the New School, plus former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, former U.N.
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, former ambassadors Stan McLelland, Felix Rohatyn and Jim Jones, former New York
Gov. Mario Cuomo and the showbiz tycoon Barry Diller, plus ABC's David Westin. Karenna Gore Schiff also showed.
Reporter Alex Kuczynski and Miramax king Harvey Weinstein came face to face and had "words" about her story on
him that very a.m. in the New York Times. (Harvey left his own Talk magazine party to come and see Ann.) Morley
Safer, Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace were there, the latter circulating, taking bows for his Sunday night "60
Minutes" piece on the wonderful singer Barbara Cook. Bette Midler, Anna Deavere Smith, Phyllis George and Jessye
Norman talked about life and Southern cooking. Vanity Fair's big guy Graydon Carter blushed and accepted a compliment
when Ann said to him, "My, my, aren't you something to look at!"
Former President Clinton seemed to enjoy pressing Democratic and Republican flesh. There were so many big
business tycoons in the room that there was plenty of the latter. Also Don Marron, Pete Peterson and Steve
Rattner. And I did see the GOP kingmaker Ed Rollins, with his lovely girlfriend Carolyne Roehm on his arm.
When we went down for dinner after the party, Bill Clinton joined us and led a discussion on terrorism.
Privately he said to me that he is very happy these days. "I am so thrilled that my daughter is doing so
well at Oxford. Did you read her recent piece in Talk? It's the first time she ever wrote anything and
didn't run it by me. So I know my little girl has grown up at last." Mr. Clinton said he felt the new
senator from New York was doing really well, but he worried that his wife hadn't had a vacation in two
years and he hoped soon to take her to Mexico for some R&R. "Don't dance on the beach in your bathing
suits," I cautioned. He laughed.
The Ever-Fabulous Liz Smith
Nothing Close To Ecstasy
OJ
Federal agents descended on O.J. Simpson's home in Miami early yesterday as part of an investigation into an "ecstasy"
drug ring with suspected ties to money laundering and stolen satellite TV equipment.
Fifteen federal agents and local cops, armed with a search warrant, knocked on the football Hall of
Famer's front door in Kendall at 6 a.m.
They left six hours later with two boxes of satellite TV dishes and cards, according to Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter.
Galanter said "there was probable cause to investigate O.J. because his name came up" on a wiretapped
conversation between ring members.
He said Simpson, 54, doesn't know why he was mentioned, but Galanter noted the football legend doesn't
know everyone he meets and regularly poses for photos with strangers.
OJ Raid Details
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"Boondocks" (9 Oct 01)
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
