Too Late For Christmas, It’s A ‘98 Stocking-Stuffer

Sun., Dec. 21, 1997

Compiled By Staff Writer Dan Web

It won’t be available for Christmas, but a gift certificate may serve the same purpose for that hard-to-buy member of your household.

We’re talking, of course, about a gift certificate for the honeymoon video of Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson Lee. The one featuring graphic scenes of the two, uh, getting intimate so to speak, in various locations - in a boat, in a car, etc.

Although there are more than three hours of taped material in all, much of which has been accessibly on the Internet, only 39 minutes will be available on the tape distributed by Internet Entertainment Group.

IEG claims to have struck a deal with the Lees, who reportedly agreed only after a California State Superior Court judge in Los Angeles denied a request by the couple Nov. 6 for a temporary restraining order.

Loose talk

Because we’re still amused, we again offer Joan Rivers on the worth of her sable coat: “If an animal had to die to keep me warm for 18 years, that’s OK.”

And all he really wants is a working woody

Carl Wilson turns 51 today.

Theirs is a model relationship: It rocks

They said it would never last. Marriages between supermodels and rock stars seldom do. But Paulina Porizkova and rocker Ric Ocasek, together 14 years, expect their second kid in June.

We thought she had an infectious aura about her

Whew, dodged one there. That lump that they found on the Duchess of York’s brain… excuse us, arm was NOT cancer after all. Instead, it was the result of a viral infection. The duchess was being treated at a London facility famous for treatment of cancer.

We’ll always remember ol’ what’s her name

If you were lucky to be on the list, you might have been a bit surprised at the Christmas card sent out by Britain’s Prince Charles. The future king of England is posed with sons, the Princes William and Harry, all smiles and such. And to think, Princess Diana died just… well, it seems like just yesterday. Turns out the photo was taken just 48 hours before her death.

And we thought he was just enjoying himself

First the bad news: Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro is back on drugs. Now the good news: The band’s publicist, Ken Philips said Navarro, 30, is “not in rehab, and he’s not strung out on the corner… (He’s) completely coherent.” Turns out, Philips said, “He’s experimenting.”

He’s committed to every one of those eight kids

Here is the word according to Wes Yoder, the man Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey have hired to represent them and their month-old septuplets: “Any deal has to meet three criteria. Will it strengthen the marriage? Is it good for the McCaughey family? Can it be done with integrity. And will it honor God?”

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