‘Evita’ With Madonna? Go Ahead And Cry For Me
Madonna, who says she has been offered the lead in a film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical “Evita,” is now faced with a choice.
Either she can begin the film project or go on tour to support her album “Bedtime Stories.”
“There are no dates for the tour because we’re waiting to see about ‘Evita,”’ the entertainer told Los Angeles radio personality Rick Dees last week. “I was technically offered ‘Evita’ only about 10 days ago, even though there has been talk about it for months. We’re trying to work out the dates.”
She’s pushing to do the movie first, she said.
“I thrash my voice on tour, and I don’t want to go into studio not being able to sing.”
No comment.
Loose talk
A correction to be savored (in the April McCall’s re. a February story): “McCall’s knows of no evidence indicating that Mr. (Tom) Cruise is sterile or homosexual, or that Ms. Kidman is anything other than a highly competent actress, or that they married for any reason other than mutual love and respect, or that any of the other reported rumors is true.”
Soon you may have to pay to tour his neighborhood
Fred Rogers turns 67 today.
Maybe The King ate the rest as fast as possible
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It’s the truth, the Hole truth and nuthin’ but the truth
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In his spare time, he waited for Beckett’s Godot
Considering his plays, which include “The Birthday Party” and “The Homecoming,” you’d suspect that Harold Pinter might be a dour man. But after receiving the $48,000 David Cohen British Literature Prize, the playwright-screenwriter said, “I’ve enjoyed my writing life - and, indeed, my life - to the hilt.”
But, seriously, folks I love the guy, I really do
“Politically Incorrect” host Bill Maher wasn’t exactly a hit during the recent Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner in Washington. There were more oooohs than aaaahs. But at least one guest, Bill Clinton, laughed. One of Maher’s jokes: “(Sen.) Phil Gramm is trying to be more conservative than all the other Republicans; he wanted to show he was so tough on immigration, he’s having his own wife deported.” Gramm’s wife, Wendy Lee Gramm, is Korean-American.
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