Marital Bliss Depends On Heeding Peace And Carats
Loose talk
Jim “Ernest” Varney on the current slate of movie stupids (in Entertainment Weekly): “Comedy tried to do sort of a dignified turn there for a while. But it had to come back to the basics: a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down the pants.”
The antiquated practice of men giving women diamonds as an engagement present is alive and well among celebs.
Especially among those celebs who consider the transaction a grand statement about relative worth. The bigger the ring, so goes the presumption, the more important the pairing.
Bear in mind that, according to Glamour magazine, the average weight of a diamond engagement ring is not quite three-quarters of an ounce. Compare that to the following ringbearers:
Model Anna Nicole Smith, 5‘11,” 22 carats.
Model Iman, 5‘9,” 10.5 carats.
Singer Whitney Houston, 5‘9,” 10.5 carats.
Actress Marla Maples Trump, 5‘8,” 7.5 carats.
Actress Demi Moore, 5‘4,” 4.5 carats.
Whatever else he may be, he’s nobody’s fool
Paul Newman turns 70 today.
On party nights, they break out the olive oil
According to guitarist Ron Wood, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino have more in common than their musical talents. Wood and his wife Jo have visited both and discovered that their homes feature plasticwrapped furniture. Domino, Wood told Rolling Stone magazine, “had the shrink wrap on the carpet as well.”
Keanu’s next challenge: a runaway escalator
Chances are a “Speed” sequel is coming. Both star Keanu Reeves and director Jan De Bont have expressed interest, assuming a decent script can be written. Reeves, who, according to the Hollywood Reporter, was paid $7 million to star in the forthcoming “Dead Drop,” likely will get even more for a “Speed” redux.
And to the dog, she’d cry, ‘Out, out, damned Spot’
Ann B. Davis, Alice on the original “Brady Bunch,” told TV Guide that she “used to insist on having something in the pot when I pretended to cook. In the beginning it was canned stew, but after a while I became less pure in my acting, and I’d add salt and pepper to boiling water.”
And who would begin to believe Rush Limbaugh?
Richard Jeni’s new show on the United Paramount Network is titled “Platypus Man.” Why? “We wanted to come up with the silliest name we could think of, and Newt Gingrich was already taken,” Jeni said.
Qantas Airways: Not your home away from home
What caused Courtney Love to raise a flap on a Qantas Airways flight last Saturday? Seems the rock singer had propped her feet up on the compartment wall of her first-class seat, and a flight attendant disapproved. Love, who posted a $380 good-behavior bond after being arrested, said that she was elevating her feet to relieve back pain and fever caused by a virus.
The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = Compiled by staff writer Dan Webster