So, Now We Know Who Wears The Pants
You may have heard that Ellen DeGeneres just won an an Emmy for comedy writing.
But did Disney Chairman and CEO Michael Eisner, ABC’s head honcho, get the news? If so, he hasn’t called with congratulations, the “Ellen” star tells TV Guide.
“But I know he’s a busy guy,” DeGeneres added, “and as soon as he’s done calling (“X-Files” star) Gillian Anderson and offering her a deal, he’ll probably send me a box of crackers or some bath oils.”
DeGeneres also said that her live-in lover, actress Anne Heche, wants to bear their child. “For a long time, I wanted a baby,” DeGeneres said. “But right now, I’m too selfish. I just can’t …
“Yeah, Anne usually gets what she wants. But what you don’t know is that I’m the boss of this relationship.”
Loose talk
Bee Gee Robin Gibb, on his wife, Dwina Murphy, having a female lover: “It takes the pressure off me.”
Gee, whatever made us think of him?
Rex Reed turns 59 today.
And just what do you suppose the ‘Q’ stands for?
New York magazine, citing an internal ABC memo, says DeGeneres’ popularity has taken a dive since her character came out of the closet last season. “She’s got a negative-Q rating of 49,” a network source says, “which gives her the dubious distinction of tying with the post-Mike Tyson Robin Givens for the least likable woman on prime time.”
We can envision Tom Selleck in the lead role
Homosexual actor Dan Butler, who plays lecherous sports talk host Bulldog on NBC’s “Frasier,” has written a one-man show, “The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me,” the theme of which is “processing my life; what being gay means.” A movie version is planned.
Or, rather, what was The Donald’s is still hers
So what did Ivana Trump - who proclaimed “Don’t get mad, get everything” in a cameo appearance in the movie “The First Wives Club” - get in her divorce from third hubby Riccardo Mazzucchelli, which was finalized Monday? “We had a confidentiality clause,” she said, “but basically what was mine is mine, and what was his is his.”
So, you could say that he’s still on the Marcia
Former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden has revealed he was secretly married Aug. 31, to none other than Marcia C … C … Carter, an entertainment executive. Darden, as you may recall, also is involved in a paternity dispute with another woman.
And as for her new flame, he was really put out
Margaret Mary Ray, the woman who formerly stalked David Letterman claiming to be his wife, was arrested outside the home of her latest obsession, retired astronaut Story Musgrave. According to police reports, Ray “began banging on the front door at approximately 5:30 a.m. and then went around the house turning on all the water faucets.”
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