Naomi Didn’t Die, And Neither Will The Story
So you swallowed supermodel Naomi Campbell’s story that she landed in a hospital in the Canary Islands last weekend because of a reaction to mixing champagne and antibiotics?
Not so, says La Provincia. Citing a leaked police report, the island newspaper is claiming that Campbell had to have her stomach pumped after swallowing 20 anti-anxiety pills on top of alcohol.
According to La Provincia’s account, a bottle of alprazolam (widely sold in the United States under the brand name Xanax) was found on a table by her hotel bed.
Newspapers in Madrid reported that the trip to the emergency room came just hours after the British beauty had argued loudly with her boyfriend, flamenco star Joaquin Cortes, and was allegedly overheard threatening to kill herself.
Loose talk
A sign on the gate of film mogul David Melnick’s new Hollywood home, formerly owned by Madonna: “She doesn’t live here anymore. Three vicious guard dogs have been trained to attack when they hear the word ‘Madonna.”’
He’s pushing 70? Why, that seems impossible!
Martin Landau turns 66 today.
Tie the knot? She’s just stringing Ellen along
Then there are the rumors that Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche are planning a wedding ceremony in Hawaii next month when Heche begins filming the romantic comedy “6 Days, 7 Nights” with Harrison Ford. “It’s ridiculous,” said director Ivan Reitman. “I even asked (Heche) about it. She said, ‘I’m not ready to marry anyone.”’
He’s actually quite down-to-worth, er, earth
Why did artsy actor Willem Dafoe agree to play the villain in “Speed 2” opposite Sandra Bullock? “There was the check (reportedly $2 million-plus), and I was looking to do an action picture,” Dafoe told W magazine. “Also, I don’t think I’m a snob. I like all kinds of movies.”
And his future appears to be up in the air
Being an action star isn’t all fun and games, says Chris O’Donnell, aka Robin in the “Batman” flicks. As he tells Entertainment Weekly: “You come to the set and some stunt guy’s been hanging up on the ceiling for 10 minutes, looking like his head’s about to explode, and they say, ‘Okay, Chris, this is what you’re going to do.’ And I’m like, ‘No, no, no, no!”’
Sounds like one of those Swiss mistakes
Tall, lean Vince Vaughn, who rose to semi-stardom in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” even has an action figure - although the toy is short, husky and wearing what looks like lederhosen. “The outfit looks like my figure should come with a yodeling mechanism,” he says.
As actors go, he’s just taking up space
Will Smith, who co-starred in last year’s space-invasion flick “Independence Day,” makes another exraterrestrial outing in the upcoming “Men in Black.” Says Smith: “I’ve done so many alien movies that I’m going to team with Sigourney Weaver to do the next ‘Alien.’ Except the poster will read ‘Will Smith IS the alien.”’
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