Bartcop Entertainment News - Thursday, 30 August, 2001

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Thursday

30 August, 2001

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In The News

So how did Anthony Hopkins end up checking out the girls of Ipanema with Bill 
Clinton this week? Last week, the two ran into each other in Vegas, where the 
former President was giving a speech. Clinton mentioned that he was headed to 
Brazil and asked Hannibal if he'd like to tag along.

"He just adores Sir Anthony Hopkins," Clinton spokeswoman Julia Payne tells us. 
"I'm sure they're having a good time." 

Tony & Bill

Alex's Entertainment News

Update: Aaliyah's body has been flown in from Bahamas to Newark International 
Airport in New Jersey, and then by a hearse to New York.  Reports indicate that 
she will lay in the same funeral home as the Notorious B.I.G.  The service will 
be private.  Virgin Records is handling all of the arrangements.  If anyone is 
interested, cards and condolences may be sent to:  
	Aaliyah Memorial, 
	101 West 23rd Street, 
	Suite 2342, 
	New York, NY 10011.


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Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed King of Pop, is set to resume his tour of 
U.S. stock markets by presiding over the opening of Nasdaq trading Thursday, the 
No. 2 U.S. stock market said. Media coverage of the opening, which is Nasdaq's 
equivalent of the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, is being 
restricted but the ceremony will be displayed on giant video screens outside 
Nasdaq, officials said Tuesday.  Also, Jackson has hired Marlon Brando 
(after Robert DeNiro declined) to star in his video for his new song "You Rock 
My World" (I am not touching this with a 10 foot pole!).


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Calling in sick didn't work -- so now the supporting cast of CBS sitcom 
``Becker'' is going to court to get a raise. Attorneys for thesps Terry Farrell, 
Hattie Winston, Alex Desert, Shawnee Smith and Saverio Guerra filed a 
breach-of-contract lawsuit against Paramount Network Television on Tuesday, 
claiming the studio reneged on a written agreement to renegotiate a raise that 
would take effect beginning with the show's fourth season.  Becker

And, the actors are seeking a court order compelling Paramount to begin 
talks with them on a salary increase that would be retroactive to the start of 
the fourth season, which begins this fall.

``Becker'' is one of the top-rated comedies on television and currently ranks 
No. 15 in household ratings among all network shows in prime time. But the 
series has never generated much critical enthusiasm, nor has it passed muster as 
a commercial hit beyond CBS' Monday night block of comedy programming, according 
to Variety.

Still, the suit asserts that ``Becker'' has consistently ranked higher than 
Paramount's other hit comedy, ``Frasier.''

``While the cast of 'Frasier' has received well-publicized salary increases, the 
cast of 'Becker' has not received a pay raise since the series debut,'' the 
lawsuit states.

To read the rest, More Becker


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Former "Dallas" actress Linda Gray will take over the role of Mrs. Robinson in a 
much-talked about production of "The Graduate" in London.  At 60, Linda Gray 
will be the oldest to play that part, which involves brief nudity.  Kathleen 
Turner and Jerry Hall also played that part earlier in the year.  Linda will 
play for 18 weeks.

(Scroll down for more on this story)


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The Pentagon has frequently forced Hollywood filmmakers to change scripts as a 
condition for its cooperation in their movies, according to the current issue of 
Brill's Content. In an article written by David Robb, the investigative 
journalist who famously quit the Hollywood Reporter following a much-reported 
row with its publisher, the magazine reported that the Pentagon has in several 
cases refused assistance to producers who refuse to alter their scripts. 

 ~~Alex

TV News

This may come as no surprise to "The West Wing's" 17 million devotees, but from 
Martin Sheen to Rob Lowe, there's not one conservative in the cast.

Creator Aaron Sorkin says that he and the other producers are so tolerant of 
the real-life activism of Sheen, who plays President Josiah Bartlet, that they 
started a bail fund for the actor, who has been arrested 70 times while 
protesting. "We do a shooting schedule around his arrest schedule," Sorkin quips.

The show's creators and cast aren't happy that Republicans are in office, 
telling Playboy in a rare group interview that they miss Bill Clinton.

"He's incredibly charismatic," says Janel Moloney, who credits her mother, a 
Playboy Bunny, and grandmother, a stripper, for her own liberal stripes. 

Worse, adds Sorkin, "I met with people in the Bush administration. I have never 
met a less funny group of people in my life. By God, they're not funny."

Still, Sorkin squirms when Sheen trashes Bush.

"There are times when I wish he wouldn't say some of the things he says about 
the current President, but would I ever ask him to stop being him?" 

West Wing

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Music News

Liz Smith reports "... The star strolled in without a stitch of makeup on her 
flawless skin and her black hair was sticking straight up. Ms. lang looks and 
acts light-years younger than her 39 years. She was wearing a black faded 
T-shirt and loose black pants. Her only "jewelry" was a piece of twine wound 
around her wrist. Sitting next to her is like sitting with a great big 
sweetheart of a gawky young teenage boy. It's not an effect she tries to give. 
She just "is." 

We both admired the broad shoulders on someone sitting far across the room. I 
thought the person was a guy, but it turned out to be a girl. "I love broad 
shoulders," said k.d., who has quite a pair of shoulders herself. Then I asked 
her, "Who do you think is the most beautiful woman in the entertainment 
business?" Without a second's hesitation, she said, "Cate Blanchett." And who 
else does k.d. feel passionate about? "Tony Bennett! I'm madly in love with 
him," she sighed like a teenager with a big crush. "He paints all day and then 
works his gig at night. He lives the perfect life. I'm his disciple," she said 
lovingly. She is currently on a cross-country tour with Tony, winning rave 
reviews, and the two have a sell-out two-day show at Radio City Sept. 28 and 29. 

The singer told me she had dropped out of supporting PETA "because they have no 
regard for human animals. I don't like that implied violence, throwing paint and 
putting dead animals on the plates of certain editors. I'm out of that. But I am 
still a vegetarian because vegetarians are kind to veggies, to animals and to 
people. I just don't agree with the militant aspects." 

For the rest of this interview, kd lang

TV News

THE STAR of television's very unusual show "Titus" - spikey-haired blond 
charmer Christopher Titus - and his petite blonde wife, Erin, have welcomed 
their first child. She is Kennie Marie Titus, born Aug. 25 and weighing in at 
7 1/2 pounds.  

Baby Titus is named for Christopher's late father, a great character who is 
played in the TV series by the incomparable Stacy Keach. 

To read more, Baby Titus

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to our Vidiot.

Theatre News

Thirty four years after her stockinged leg was featured on the original film 
poster, former ``Dallas'' actress Linda Gray is set to star in ``The Graduate'' 
on the London stage, it was announced Wednesday.

Gray, who is 60, will become the oldest star to take on the role of Mrs. 
Robinson, following in the footsteps of Kathleen Turner, Jerry Hall, Amanda 
Donohoe and Anne Archer at the Gielgud Theater in London's West End.

Early in her career, before she became known as an actress, it was Gray's leg 
that was photographed for a film poster to promote the original 1967 movie of 
``The Graduate'' starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.

To read the whole story, Linda Gray's Leg

Theater News

Wearing nothing but sneakers and blue towels, the New York cast of the hit 
musical ``Naked Boys Singing!'' protested Wednesday in support of the show's 
Provincetown, Massachusetts company, which could be shut down for breaking 
local laws restricting ``adult entertainment.''

Officials in Provincetown, which is known alternately as an artists' and 
writers' colony, a gay resort and a Portuguese fishing village, have moved to 
close down a local production of the show on the grounds that it is ``adult 
entertainment'' and thus violates zoning laws.

Jennifer Dumas, a producer of ``Naked Boys Singing!'' which has had or has 
slated productions in cities including Houston, San Francisco, Rome, London and 
Tokyo, called the move unconstitutional. She said it was particularly odd given 
Provincetown's reputation as a free-wheeling, open-minded town.

For the rest of this story, Naked Boys, Picketing 

In The News

Watch this space for updates!  

 ~~Marty

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