Trump has no use for this noisy jet set
Donald Trump, no stranger to noisy publicity, is complaining again about the roar of jets in a $100 million lawsuit over air traffic he says is purposely being directed to fly over his ritzy Palm Beach club.
Trump filed the suit against Palm Beach County last week, claiming his history of conflict with Palm Beach International Airport has led officials to spitefully redirect air traffic over his historic Mar-a-Lago estate in south Florida.
“I am saving one of the great houses of this country and one of its greatest landmarks,” he said in an interview Monday, “and it’s being badly damaged by the airplanes.”
Rather than fanning air traffic in multiple directions, Trump said the county’s airports director – who has been named in prior litigation filed by the real estate mogul – has successfully pressured the Federal Aviation Administration to have controllers direct almost all flights due east, directly above Mar-a-Lago, the lawsuit claims.
The County Attorney’s Office said it hadn’t been served with the lawsuit and had no comment.
Cooper to return in new ‘Twin Peaks’
When “Twin Peaks” returns to TV, FBI agent Dale Cooper will be along for the ride. Kyle MacLachlan is reprising the role in Showtime’s sequel to the 1990-91 ABC drama, the cable channel said Monday.
Showtime President David Nevins employed a cameo appearance by MacLachlan to make the announcement to a Television Critics Association meeting. As Nevins spoke to reporters in a hotel ballroom, the actor walked up to him with a cup in hand.
“I think you need a damn good cup of coffee,” a smiling MacLachlan said, reviving a catchphrase of his character.
Showtime has said the limited-run series, set in the present day, is going into production this year and will air in 2016.
Creative force helps on ‘Odd Couple’
CBS has brought in an expert to help launch its remake of “The Odd Couple” starring Matthew Perry: the legendary producer who adapted Neil Simon’s Broadway play into the television series that starred Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
Garry Marshall, who went on to create “Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley” and “Mork & Mindy,” is helping Bob Daily, the new show’s executive producer, as a consultant. Cast members say Marshall is on the set each week pitching jokes and telling stories.
Marshall, a neighbor of CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves, came on at Moonves’ suggestion.
“Just to have Garry’s endorsement alone was huge,” said Perry, who plays Oscar Madison to co-star Thomas Lennon’s Felix Unger.
The birthday bunch
Actor Billy Gray is 77. Actor Richard Moll is 72. Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 54. Country singer Trace Adkins is 53. Actress Penelope Ann Miller is 51. Actor Patrick Dempsey is 49. Actor Michael Pena is 39. Actor Orlando Bloom is 38. Actor Liam Hemsworth is 25.