For This ‘E.R.’ Actor, Fashion Is His Long Suit
Sure, it looks as if he could handle a gaggle of bad guys. But, says new Batman George Clooney, appearances can - and certainly are - deceiving.
Just getting into the 45-pound batsuit is the first challenge.
“You feel like you’re in ‘Gone with the Wind,”’ the title star of “Batman and Robin” told US magazine. “Mammy is behind you, lacing you up, and you’re holding the bedpost and you’re going ‘Tighter!”’ Then, considering how bound you are, Clooney says it’s a wonder you can move at all, much less fight.
“An 8-year-old could kick the…” well, stuffing out of him, the 36-year-old Clooney said. “Batman would be like, ‘I’d smack you back if only I could lift my arms.”’
Loose talk
Jerry Lewis on the secret of his enduring fame (in the London Daily Mirror): “I’ve had great success being a total idiot.”
We still don’t want to hurt him
Boy George turns 36 today.
Her Bond Girl name? How about Bunz O’Steele?
You Teri Hatcher fans can stop mourning the cancellation of “Lois & Clark.” Hatcher, who was named the “Sexiest Woman in the World” by Britain’s men’s magazines, will be featured in the new James Bond flick, “Time Never Dies.”
Face it, he’s just a senior-citizen version of Charlie Sheen
Many of you probably thought he was dead, but veteran Hollywood actor Glenn Ford not only is still kicking, he’s frisky enough at age 81 to attract a sexual harassment lawsuit. A woman who worked for Ford for just one week claims that the actor wanted her to wear short skirts and even propositioned her. The actor’s handlers counter by saying that Ford is “in and out of dementia” and that the woman wants to take advantage of his condition to get money.
We see Steve Buscemi and Tim Roth in the miniseries
By the way, those two paparazzi wannabes - the ones who allegedly forced Arnold Schwarzenegger and pregnant wife Maria Shriver off the road? - are in big trouble. You likely already know that Giles Harrison and Andrew O’Brien have been charged with false imprisonment, reckless driving and battery. What you may not know is that, if found guilty, they could be sentenced to a year jail and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine on each count.
Whoa, Bob, don’t bite the hands that fed you so well
Responding to reports that ABC isn’t renewing “America’s Funniest Home Videos” except as a possible mid-season replacement, Bob Saget has announced that he’s cutting all ties to the show. “I didn’t know this thing was going to be more than three specials and we lasted eight years together,” Saget said. “Let some other nice, charming people watch people get hit in the crotch for a while.”
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