Too Bad, But At Least She’s Wealthy And Wise
The worst part about being a sitcom star? The hours, according to Ellen DeGeneres.
“It takes a little time to adjust to this schedule, because there is a whole side to me that is a lazy person,” DeGeneres (“Ellen”) told USA Weekend magazine.
“I did stand-up, you know? It’s not that hard! It’s like an hour a night - and then you can sleep all day. And suddenly I’m working, like, 20 hours a day.”
DeGeneres, who will appear in the upcoming movie “Mr. Wrong,” says she never really dreamed what fame would be like.
“In the dreams, I didn’t have critics or bad reviews,” she said. “The tabloids didn’t make up stories about me. I didn’t go to eat dinner with ‘Hard Copy’ waiting outside when I walked out of the restaurant.”
Loose talk
Harrison Ford, on autograph hounds (in Movieline magazine): “For me, this is a person who’s supporting my career, and it’s very little trouble for me to accommodate them, unless I’m actually taking a pee at the time.”
And Redd Foxx would have been 73 on Dec. 9
Buffalo Bob Smith turns 78 and Eddie Rabbitt 51 today.
Adam, of course, referred him to an optometrist
Adam Arkin is getting used to being mistaken for “ER” co-star George Clooney. At the Emmys, he told People magazine, “I had this press photographer literally yelling at me, ‘George, hey, George! Look over here, George!’ Finally I looked at the guy and said, ‘My name is not George, OK?’ And the guy says, ‘Oh, excuse me, Mister Clooney!”’
Would Dad say she did the right thing? Yup
When the late Gary Cooper’s daughter, Maria Cooper Janis, took one of his prized possessions - a letter by George Washington - to be appraised recently, she was shocked to learn that it had been stolen from the Massachusetts state archives. So she gave it back.
But when stars come on, they become outcasts
Radio shock jock Howard Stern told New York magazine he’s found has-beens make the best celebrity guests. Said Stern: “They are more honest and open … willing to tell you something about their lives and not sit and tell you about their latest project - because they don’t have a latest project. Outcasts come on our show, and they become stars.”
Guess that’s what she gets for talking to him
A New York judge has ordered a psychiatric examination for a taxi driver who has stalked singer Roberta Flack for years, making menacing calls and shouting obscenities outside her Manhattan apartment house.
And if you’re a loser, he comes to your house
Listen up, Michael Bolton fans (yeah, both of you): Lifetime Television is sponsoring “The Concert of A Lifetime” on Dec. 14, in which Bolton will perform his greatest hits for 10 lucky contest winners via personal satellite and chat with them by special phone lines. To enter, call (800) 696-7876.
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