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A pop star who gets up at 7 a.m. on the weekend is as unusual as a person who wants to have a pet pig. Singer Belinda Carlisle said she’s “guilty” of both. “I guess not everybody fits the rock ‘n’ roll stereotype,” Carlisle said. “At one time I did. I’m glad I don’t anymore.”
Daniel Stern made his film debut 10 years ago opposite Dennis Quaid. In his latest movie, Stern co-stars again with Quaid. “Yeah, it must be our electric chemistry that the audience likes,” Stern deadpanned. “I suppose it doesn’t hurt that we both look like gods.”
Many pop stars say music is the most important thing in their lives, but Rick Springfield put his beliefs and his career on the line when he took a self-imposed two-year break from the recording business
to reassess his priorities. “I think that of anything success has given me, alleviating the day-to-day money worries has got to be the greatest thing,” Springfield said. “I’ve been in the situation where I’ve had to scrimp to get together the rent and utility money. I know how hard it is, and I know how lucky I am now.”
Rick Springfield is back from a self-imposed two-year break from recording with his latest album, “Rock of Life.”
“You have to be pretty sure of your acting ability to dress in tights every week,” says Adam West, who many of us remember as the original Batman.
Maggie Han has a leg up on other actresses in Hollywood. While she waits for suitable acting roles, she doesn’t have to wait on tables to supplement her income. The Korean actress-model is the spokeswoman for L’eggs Shear Elegance pantyhose. “It’s nice to have that to fall back on,” Han said in a telephone interview from her Westwood, Calif., apartment.
“I don’t like to think of myself as a black actress, but that’s how a lot of casting directors view me,” Anne-Marie Johnson said from her Los Angeles home during a telephone interview. “Especially in Hollywood, where everyone’s supposed to be blond and blue-eyed, black actors have a difficult time finding work.”
Last spring, actor Andy Griffith said he hoped Kari Lizer would become a regular on his “Matlock” series. His wish came true when the actress won the part of law clerk Cassie Phillips at the end of last season.
Comedian/writer Chris Elliott’s cable special, “FDR: A One Man Show,” will premiere at 10:30 p.m. Saturday on Cinemax’s “Cinemax Comedy Experiment.”
By Jae-Ha Kim Chicago Sun-Times December 18, 1987 Vincent Furnier — son of a Detroit preacher, husband for 11 years and father of two children – would never subject himself to the atrocities his rock […]