He’ll Still Be Hearing It When He’s An Old Man
It’s a scene so common, Wayne Knight probably sees it in his sleep.
A fan walks up, affects a slight sneer and snarls: “Hello, Newman.”
“When people see me, they feel like they can come over and say, ‘Hello, Newman,”’ Knight, who plays the portly postal worker on “Seinfeld,” tells TV Guide.
“Newman is the guy you never want to see at the door … Everybody knows somebody like Newman, and I must do a good job because they really hate me.”
Knight, 40, says he doesn’t mind that no one seems to know his real name.
“I enjoy being just the third suit to the left,” he says. “I find being a character actor a great thing, in that I have never had any desire to hear people say, ‘There goes Wayne Knight.”’
Loose talk
Somali-born supermodel Iman, on why she loves America (in Glamour magazine): “I have the right to vote, the right to an abortion and freedom of speech, rights that many women in other countries still do not have.”
Which would make him a Yankee doodle dandy
George Steinbrenner turns 66 today.
Believe us, he REALLY sleeps around the house
Chunky, crew-cut Drew Carey, who has his own self-titled sitcom, recently revealed he’s battled depression most of his life and twice tried to kill himself. So how does he handle it now? “Sleeping around, sleeping in,” he said, then caught himself: “I don’t mean sleeping around. I’m not that successful yet.”
Or warn him about the assassination attempt?
A furious Dionne Warwick called comedian George Wallace after his “Tonight Show” appearance, where he said Warwick got involved in the Psychic Friends Network to find out when she’d have another hit record. Wallace’s reply, according to People magazine: “If your psychics are so good, why didn’t you call me before I did the ‘Tonight Show?”’
Seeing the world through Rosie-colored glasses
Talk host Rosie O’Donnell tells People she has a new outlook on life since adopting her 13-month-old son, Parker Jaren O’Donnell: “It’s like you grow another heart, like someone kicks down a door that was sealed shut and then the whole world - sunshine, flowers - falls through. I have such joy that I didn’t think was possible.”
She freaked when they started cracking skull-ys
“X-Files” star Gillian Anderson cut short an appearance at an Australian mall after screaming fans rushed the stage, crushing teen-agers at the front. Said Anderson: “I really, really want to stay and sign more autographs, but people are getting injured and I’m dead serious.”
Hey, man, stay away from the brown tribbles
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Kate Mulgrew will be on hand for “Star Trek 30: One Weekend on Earth” Sept. 7-8 in Huntsville, Ala., marking the 30th anniversary of the original TV show’s premiere. Said a Paramount vice president: “It’s Woodstock for Trekkies.”
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