They Let Harry In? Hey, How Does He Rate?

Tue., June 24, 1997

Compiled By Staff Writer Rick Bo

Princess Diana is in hot water with the British tabloids for taking her two sons to see “The Devil’s Own,” a film that some critics say glamorizes the Irish Republican Army.

But much of the furor is over the fact that Di talked an usher into letting 12-year-old Prince Harry into the theater - although the movie was restricted to those 15 and older.

The Daily Mail quoted a theater staffer as saying Diana pleaded that she couldn’t possibly leave Harry behind while she and 15-year-old Prince William went inside.

The theater chain’s marketing director and the head of the local film licensing committee both promised investigations. Said John Wilkinson, chief executive of the Cinema Exhibitors Association: “It would be helpful if some parents occasionally took their responsibilities more seriously.”

Loose talk

Elizabeth Taylor, on her near-tattoo (in Good Housekeeping): “I was going to get a tattoo. A girlfriend had given it to me for Christmas. The tattoo artist came to the house. And I couldn’t think of any one place on my body that I wanted anybody to see. So I didn’t get it.”

Law, medicine - so what’s next, acting?

Sherry Stringfield turns 30 today.

She could embarrass them with more frequency

Di’s former sister-in-law, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York - who’s already a newspaper columnist for The New York Times syndicate - is involved in what the BBC calls “exploratory talks” about hosting a magazine-style talk radio show. However, the program would only air overseas, to avoid any embarrassment to ex-hubby Prince Andrew and the rest of the royal family.

Another 65, and we’d be talking animated movie

When People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals heard about a drug company’s plans to break puppies’ legs while testing a new osteoporosis medication, the group got actress Kim Basinger to intervene. In return for the tests being called off, Basinger agreed to adopt the beagle pups earmarked for the experiment - all 36 of them.

Oh, he’s just trying to pull it over their eyes

Mel Gibson is suing the town of Greenwich, Conn., over a ruling by its wetlands agency that he has to move the sheep shed on his estate farther away from a stream. An attorney for the actor, who keeps six sheep and two donkeys, contends that farming and grazing are specifically exempted from the agency’s jurisdiction.

And then, all too soon, it was time to leaf

In honor of his forthcoming 50th birthday, Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to his hometown of Graz, Austria, on Friday for a Rolls Royce ride through town. Locals call the movie star “Styrian oak tree,” after his native province and his prodigious physique. Said Austrian President Thomas Klestil: “Only he who has roots is strong. The Styrian oak tree has enormous roots - they reach into the depth and the breadth.”

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