TV Fans Get A Big Bang Out Of ‘Melrose Place’
The news is out about “Melrose Place.”
After cutting short the final episode of the Fox Network show’s third season, which was to have featured an Oklahoma City-type building explosion, the show’s producers are expected to begin the new season with characters confronting the bombing’s aftermath.
The only death, according to TV Guide, is expected to be that of Mackenzie Hart (Morgan Brittany). The mad bomber, Kimberly (Marcia Cross) will be charged with the crime and committed.
Alison (Courtney Thorne-Smith), who returned to the bottle after watching the marriage of lost love Billy (Andrew Shue), goes blind. But Billy, always the sap, returns to her side - which, of course, doesn’t please his new bride Brooke (Kristin Davis) one bit.
Heather Whitestone, 22, on her Miss America duties: “I love being Miss America, but when I don’t have time to dance, I feel like something is missing.”
Wait, shouldn’t that be 1067?
Mel Brooks turns 67 today.
Skip sleep and she’ll soon look like Bardot
So to what does French actress Catherine Deneuve owe her fabled beauty? Clearly not excess sleep. “I regret that so many hours are taken up by sleep,” the 51-year-old French actress says. “I want the days to be longer. I want to go on forever.”
Is this a happy home? We don’t think so
So, when Culkin clan mom Patricia Brentrup claimed that clan pop Kit Culkin had deserted his home, was she telling the truth? Culkin’s lawyer says no. “In March, Ms. Brentrup up and says, ‘Get out,”’ the mouthpiece claims. “After 20 years, she’s saying, ‘Thanks a lot for all the success. I’m taking over.”’
He can’t hit the high notes without her
Familiar with the name Luciano Pavarotti? The European press over the coming days is expected to break a juicy story about the Italian tenor and his “personal assistant” Nicoletta Mantovani, 24. The young woman is about the age of Pavarotti’s oldest of three daughters.
What do you want to know? Just the fax, man, just the fax
Celebrity-land’s newest hot couple is actress Sandra Bullock and football player Troy Aikman. But, apparently, the only thing they’re burning up is the Internet. “They’re fax pals,” says Aikman’s agent. “They’re having fun faxing things back and forth.”
That’s ‘HIStory’ and he’s sticking to it
Michael Jackson says he meant no disrespect with the lyrics of his song “They Don’t Care About Us,” But movie producer Dawn Steel isn’t buying it. “Why does your apology feel so facile, so much a part of a strategy to clean up your image?” Steel asks in an open letter in Variety. “How can I forgive you for teaching my child the word ‘kike’?”
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