He’s Always Seemed Like A Missing-Links Type Guy
What’s this? Big, bad Rambo, afraid of a little white ball?
“Did Rocky chicken out?” USA Today asked after Sylvester Stallone withdrew without explanation from a mixed professional and amateur golf tournament last week in Scotland.
The newspaper went on to claim that the hunky star was “frightened by the thought of playing a pro-am.”
Replied a Stallone spokesman: “That is totally without fact or truth. This makes him look very unsportsmanlike … There was never any commitment to play in the pro-am. There was never any commitment to play in a tournament.
“Sly is a wonderful golfer, but he does not pretend to be a pro. He’s not going to play with the pros. He’s not in that league.”
Loose talk
“Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff, on the menu price of fame (in People magazine): “My face opens the door practically anywhere. I get the best table in the restaurant … Then everybody watches you eat.”
This woman went from invincible to invisible
Helen Reddy turns 53 today.
Guess you could say he’s taking a mulligan
Golf star Nick Faldo confirmed Monday in London that he’s splitting from his wife of 10 years to start a new life with a 20-year-old college student in the United States. The split will cost the two-time Masters champion and three-time British Open winner a reported $11.8 million.
Look, Daddy, he’s got a glove collection, too
And now, back to the really juicy news: Forget those sob stories about O.J. Simpson skipping out on his daughter’s birthday last week to hang out in Florida with girlfriend Paula Barbieri. Before he left, reports the New York Daily News, he threw 10-year-old Sydney and her 7-year-old brother, Justin, a private party at fellow Johnnie Cochran client Michael Jackson’s personal amusement park, Neverland.
Now he’s really starting to lose our respect
The Star tabloid, meanwhile, reports that O.J. is two-timing Barbieri with Gretchen Stockdale, a former Los Angeles Raiders cheerleader turned Frederick’s of Hollywood model who happens to be a Nicole Brown Simpson look-alike.
If she doesn’t deny it, then you must buy it
Further fueling rumors about a Marcia Clark-Christopher Darden romance, the prosecutorial couple showed up together over the weekend at a Beverly Hills benefit for the president of Ireland, she in a sexy, sleeveless dress and sporting a bouncy new bob hairdo. Asked about their relationship, Clark smiled nicely and said nothing.
In the fame game, he’s back on the bench
Anyone remember Judge Lance Ito? He must be wondering that himself by now. Apparently pining for his high-publicity days, the judge has reportedly put in a personal request to “The Tonight Show” for all six “Dancing Ito” bits and the other Jay Leno jokes made at his expense.
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