News Of This Landing Has Fans Tied Up In Knots
Quick, can you name the cast of the former night-time soap “Knots Landing”?
How does Michele Lee, Kevin Dobson, William Devane, Donna Mills, Lisa Hartman, Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark, Julie Harris, Halle Berry and, of all people, Alec Baldwin sound?
This question comes in light of the news that some TV executives are contemplating making a four-hour miniseries based on the old show.
Some familiar names behind the camera are reportedly involved. Anne Marcus, an executive on the program in its final year, is working on the script. And series creators Michael Filerman and David Jacobs are also said to be involved.
Well, we say, why not? After all, “Dallas” - the show from which “Knots Landing” was a spinoff - is returning in the form of a TV-movie. Expect it later this year.
Loose talk
Ashley Judd on rumors that she’s been seeing her “Heat” co-star Val Kilmer (in W magazine): “Look, I heard over the weekend that Val and I were dating. I’ve not been physically present at any of our rendezvous, but hey, I hope I had a good time.”
My Bonnie lies over the ocean - or is that Clyde?
Faye Dunaway turns 55 today.
She typically spends more than that on lunch
You may remember an item in which Roseanne claimed that she’d given an “extraordinary amount of money” to Bill Clinton’s campaign. Leah Garchik of the San Francisco Chronicle checked and discovered that the “extraordinary” contribution was $1,000.
You spell potatoes, and he spells potatos…
Shannen Doherty, despite her rebel image, is in actuality a 20-something Republican. “Some people really rip into me for it, but I love Dan Quayle,” she told Details magazine. “And he is not stupid - he’s a very intelligent man who can definitely hold a conversation with your biggest intellectual you want to put against him.”
And there’s a photo of him arm-wrestling Lloyd Bentsen
Speaking of Dan Quayle, included in the Dan Quayle Center and Museum in Huntington, Ind., are such items as Quayle’s Little League uniform, a golf bag, skis and a picture of wife Marilyn Quayle on Rollerblades.
And dental plaque doesn’t typically plague Ford Broncos
So what measurement did Spy magazine use for including items in its “100 Worst People, Places & Things of 1995” issue? “Inherent loathsomeness for ‘95 is determined on a scale of 1 to 100, with 1 being dental plaque and 100 being O.J. Simpson,” editors explained.
And now he’s dreaming of Oscar - Oscar Mayer, that is
As his plaque was installed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, David Hasselhoff told his many fans, “If you believe in your dreams they will come true. It takes a lot of hard work.”
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