Seems like she should be specializing in duplexes
ODDS ARE YOU’VE probably never pictured Dolly Parton as a real estate agent. But that’s what Parton plays when she makes a guest appearance tonight on fellow country singer Reba McEntire‘s WB sitcom, “Reba.”
“If I hadn’t made it in the (music) business, I probably would have been a beautician or a real-estate person,” Parton says. “I love being with people, and I can sell anything, or at least I’ll give it a shot.”
She did get to pick her wardrobe. “I wore a little blouse,” she says. “I figured everybody’d think I’d show my chest, but I thought I wouldn’t.”
But if she’d known where her character keeps her business cards, Parton may have changed her mind.
“The outfit was already in the works when I learned I’d have to pull that real-estate card out from my cleavage,” she says. “If I’d have known that, I’d have had (them) make something where I could show more and make the joke funnier.”
Britney births reality series
With Britney Spears and her husband, Kevin Federline, making headlines this week with the news that she’s pregnant, UPN has announced a special one-hour premiere on May 17 for the couple’s reality show.
The series, not yet titled, will follow their courtship, engagement and wedding through private home videos, mostly shot by the couple with their own camera.
UPN said it is shooting new footage and commentary with the couple, who were married in September.
Show us again how you work the pedals
Emmanuel Lewis, former child star of the ‘80s TV series “Webster,” got off with a warning for speeding after giving his autograph and posing for a photo with police.
Officer Ron Kirk said he stopped a vehicle Tuesday afternoon in rural southwestern Georgia that had been traveling 70 mph in a 45 mph zone. Kirk immediately recognized the 3-foot, 4-inch Lewis.
“Well, I grew up watching him, and he was very nice and professional, so I just gave him a courtesy warning,” Kirk said. He added that Lewis, who lives in the Atlanta area, was probably unfamiliar with the road and didn’t realize there were speed-limit changes.
In addition to an autograph, Lewis, 34, agreed to pose for a picture with Kirk and the town’s police chief.
De devil made him do it
Michael Eugene Archer, better known as D’Angelo, has pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and driving under the influence of alcohol.
The 31-year-old R&B singer was fined $250 Wednesday and given a 90-day suspended jail term on the DUI conviction, and fined $50 and given a 10-day suspended jail term on the drug charge.
His driver’s license also was suspended for 18 months.
Give that man a le Big Mac
France has honored Bruce Willis, making him an officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, one of the country’s top awards for cultural achievement.
“France pays homage to an actor who represents the force of American cinema and the power of emotions that he invites us to share on screens throughout the world,” Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said Wednesday as he presented the award.
“I’m nervous. Bonjour Paris,” said Willis, 50. “I am extremely touched by this medal. … We all belong to the same artistic community.”
The birthday bunch
Country singer Roy Clark is 72. Singer-guitarist Dave Edmunds is 61. Actress Emma Thompson is 46. Singer Samantha Fox is 39. Actress Emma Watson is 15.