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15-AUG-1997
[LOS ANGELES] Pictures of Princess Diana kissing Dodi Al Fayed caused
a model to filed a lawsuit against the millionaire playboy. Kelly
Fisher, 31, filed the lawsuit Thursday in a Los Angeles court, charging
breach of contract. Fisher said she postponed her career after she
got engaged to Al Fayed. The model broke down in tears at a Los Angeles
news conference. Gloria Allred, Fisher's attorney, said the model
was "shocked" and "shamed" by the now famous "kiss photo." Allred showed
reporters one of two diamond rings Fisher says Al Fayed bought for her.
The lawsuit also claims that Al Fayed gave her a check worth $200,000
that bounced.
[HOLLYWOOD] A scene that best displayed the gut Sylvester
Stallone gained to play a sheriff in "Cop Land" ended up on the
cutting room floor. In the scene, Stallone's character rolled out of
bed. "Sly's gut fell out of his T-shirt and we all went, 'Wow!
That's going to be an amazing moment," said director James Mangold.
The scene was chopped because it said said more about celebrity weight
gain and did not add anything to the film, Mangold said.
[HOLLYWOOD] Charlie Sheen believes the press and the public
want to know more about his misbehavior than than his latest film.
"You guys don't want to know about this crap. You just want to know
about the drugs and the whores," Sheen told reporters during a
promotional interview for "Money Talks." People view him by applying
a double standard, the actor said. He is known for his wild partying
and sexual exploits with the girls from Heidi Fleiss' stable. What do
you do when studio heads with intense financial and creative power won't
hire you, when you screwed the same whores and you ate the bullet for it,
Sheen said.
[HOLLYWOOD] If their album isn't enough, fans of the group
Hanson may only have to wait a short time to see the brothers on the
big screen. The group sold the rights to their life stories to an
independent film producer. Since the ages of Isaac, Taylor and
Zachary Hanson doesn't add up to 40 years, some people wonder how
long the movie will be. The film will feature appearances by the
three brothers. The Oklahoma group emerged as one of the year's most
successful new musical acts with their album "Middle of Nowhere" and
the hit single "MMMBop."
[HOLLYWOOD] Actress Sally Field will take another trip behind the
camera to direct an episode of the HBO series "From the Earth to the
Moon." Field will direct an hour-long installment that gives viewers
insight into the lives of the Apollo astronauts. Shooting will begin
Friday in Orlando, Fla. The cast features Rita Wilson, the wife of
Tom Hanks, who is the executive producer of the 12-part series that is
scheduled to debut next spring.
[HOLLYWOOD] Shooting production for the remake of "Swiss Family
Robinson" will wrap in time for Jane Seymour to hit the dusty trail
to resume her Old West medical practice. The television series will
begin its shooting schedule on Sept. 8. Seymour and husband James
Keach play the parental units in the movie. David Carradine takes on
the role of the bad guy.
[HOLLYWOOD] Gwyneth Paltrow will play the wife of Michael
Douglas in a film that's loosely based on "Dial M for Murder," the
Alfred Hitchcock classic. "A Perfect Murder" tells the story of a
man who plots to kill his wife. Paltrow has reportedly moved in with
friend Winona Ryder in New York after her plans to marry Brad Pitt fell
apart.
[HOLLYWOOD] After taking a break, Liv Tyler is heading back to
work. Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, appeared in
"Stealing Beauty" and "That Thing You Do." First up, Tyler will star
opposite Bruce Willis in the Disney action movie "Armageddon." Then
she will head to Russia to join Ralph Fiennes in an adaption of the
Russian novel "Eugene Onegin." A project called "Plunkett &
Macleane" is also in her future.
[LOS ANGELES] The musicians in Genesis knew where to go to launch
their latest album. The group enlisted the help of NASA to give an
acoustic performance at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space
Center in Florida on Aug. 28. The new album, titled "Calling All
Stations," features the first appearance by singer Ray Wilson, who
takes over for the departed Phil Collins. The Cape Canaveral
performance will be broadcast as part of a radio special that will
promote the album's release on Sept. 2.
[REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] An Oracle Corporation subsidiary has
introduced new software to let people cruise the Internet with their
televisions and said set-top boxes running the program will be available
next month. Network Computer Incorporated's Enhanced TV software will
compete against similar technology from Microsoft's WebTV Networks.
NCI's move is the latest by a large high-tech company into the new but
potentially rich market for so-called information appliances, low-cost
devices that enable consumers to send electronic mail or use the
Internet.
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