At This Rate, Howard Might Never Go Public
Been holding your, um, breath waiting for the film version of Howard Stern’s best-selling autobiography, “Private Parts?”
Better take a deep one. After a reported 22 rewrites, there’s still no script, much less a shooting schedule. Insiders say the randy DJ’s determination to come up with a smash hit has virtually paralyzed the project.
“Howard has been No. 1 in everything he has done, so there has got to be unbelievable pressure on him career-wise to succeed,” said screenwriter Peter Torokvei.
Added producer David Kirkpatrick: “To say Howard is difficult is an understatement.”
For his part, Stern told a recent radio caller: “Listen, the movie’s gonna come out, but I got news for you, it’s going to be a good movie when it comes out. I can put out a bad movie tomorrow.”
Loose talk
Actress Ellen Barkin, on her new cinematic standards: “I don’t ever want to take my clothes off anymore. I don’t want to bathe without my clothes.”
Next year, she gets the keys to Air Force One
Chelsea Clinton turns 15 today.
Problem was, he kept dropping his gloves
O.J. Simpson was almost cast as the unfeeling killer cyborg in “The Terminator,” with Arnold Schwarzenegger switched to the good guy role, reports Esquire magazine. In the 1984 film, an assassin travels from the future to murder a woman in Los Angeles and change the course of history.
Maybe we’ll start seeing more of him
News flash: According to TV Guide, Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, will return to the small screen in an upcoming episode of CBS’ “Murphy Brown” as Candice Bergen’s latest assistant, the obnoxious nephew of network head honcho Garry Marshall.
Ted’s Tooth Whitening was already taken
Talk about typecasting: tawny-tressed Farrah Fawcett, already immortalized in “Charlie’s Angels,” had her star dedicated last week on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - in front of George’s Hair Salon.
Scrabble proved to be a bit too taxing
When Heather Locklear leaves “Melrose Place,” she escapes to her quiet cabin at a California ski resort. “Everybody comes up here,” she told In Style magazine. “But it’s most fun when it’s all girlfriends. We play Pictionary.”
Makes you wonder about those Elvis shows
Country star Kenny Rogers impersonated a Kenny Rogers impersonator at a Las Vegas casino last week, sneaking in to sing “The Gambler” and “Ruby” before teaming with a Dolly Parton impersonator on “Islands in the Stream.”
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