She’d Do Whatever She Must To Return To Slender
At first glance, it could be the second coming of Elvis Presley.
But on closer inspection, it’s actually just the first steps of a second chance in life for his little girl, Lisa Marie.
In a Vogue spread featuring photos of a made-over Lisa Marie looking eerily like her late father, Michael Jackson’s ex says she built a recording studio in her L.A. home and sees herself becoming “a cross between Tracy Chapman and Alanis Morissette.”
She plans to “avoid cellulite and water retention at all costs,” and make sure her kids grow up “happy and sound and sane.”
As for future plastic surgery to keep her size 2 body in shape, she said: “I’m pretty vain. And I don’t like things falling without my permission. If something does, then I’ll get it fixed.”
Loose talk
Elizabeth Taylor, on dealing with her many medical problems (in W magazine): “Sometimes I would be in so much pain that instead of sucking my thumb, I’d order some fried chicken and suck on some wings.”
And he’s proud to be an oldie from Muskogee
Merle Haggard turns 59 today.
Step right up for a ‘Don’t be Cruel’-cut
Speaking of The King, some Elvis fans in Arkansas are trying to prevent the planned demolition of Building 133 at Fort Chaffee, where the young singer had his first buzzcut following his induction into the Army in 1958. Said elementary school teacher Jan Honeycutt: “Tourists will want to sit in the chair where he got his hair cut.”
They never did care too much for money
The surviving Beatles have rejected a $500 million offer to play a 20-minute reunion concert at Shea Stadium. Said a statement from Paul McCartney’s office: “Money is not an issue. We wouldn’t do it for twice as much. The answer is no.”
And what was that about Vic Damone?
Northampton, Mass., city officials are trying to pull the plug on the Lollapalooza show scheduled there in July, featuring the likes of Metallica and the Ramones. Council members were originally told the concert would feature “big bands,” in the Glenn Miller mode.
Where it’s home, home of the strange
Rock wildman and hunting enthusiast Ted Nugent has a few surprises up his sleeve when he appears next Saturday at a fund-raising banquet for the Montana chapter of Safari Club International in Billings. Said Nugent: “I’ve got some exciting musical pieces, literally from the Nugent family campfire.”
His career will never come alive again
Cypress Hill, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins and none other than Peter Frampton will guest star on the May 19 season finale of “The Simpsons,” in which Homer declares: “Everyone knows that rock attained perfection in 1974. It’s a scientific fact.” Said Frampton: “Don’t forget, there is always a chance of a spinoff.”
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