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“Looking good is considered an asset in every aspect of show business except comedy,” Jenny Jones said, laughing. “But this is me, and I’m not about to gain weight and stop taking care of myself for the sake of my career.”
Actor John Stockwell said working on the mini-series “North and South” was one of the most frustrating experiences in his career. So when he was offered a starring role in the mini-series “Billionaire Boys Club,” he said he was hesitant about committing to another major television project. But after he read the script, he was hooked.
Infatuation with Rod Stewart helped save Kay Lenz’s acting career two years ago. No, the two never were an item. But after Lenz appeared with the rock star in his No. 1 video for “Infatuation,” her acting career took off. Currently she co-stars as Karen Sheldon, Charles Bronson’s love interest in “Death Wish 4 – The Crackdown.” The action-thriller opens today in local theaters.
“I think I was very lucky because I knew what I wanted to do at a very young age,” Will Sexton said. “My mother was very encouraging about everything we chose to do. So when Charlie and I were 10 and 8, we’d be dragging our guitars to clubs with our mom. Some people thought that was kind of funny but we were dead serious about our music. Hard work pays off. So when people say, `You’re awfully young to have a record deal,’ I think, ‘Yeah, but I’ve been playing more than half my life.'”
Kitaro, Japan’s best-known new-age musician, said his current American tour contrasts sharply with his first trip to the United States in 1969.
Charles Shaughnessy, rated as daytime’s favorite actor, appears on “Days of Our Lives” at noon weekdays on WMAQ-Channel 5.
Blessed with a simple, heartbreaking beauty, Marlee Matlin carries her star status with self-effacing humor. A native of Chicago’s northwest suburbs, Matlin presently lives in New York. Having lost her hearing at the age of 18 months, she was recently back in town to attend the creative arts festival at the Center on Deafness in Des Plaines where she had been a student.
At face value, pop singer Tiffany isn’t unlike her competition. Se’s pretty, talented, has business savvy and bills herself by her first name. But unlike the majority of female vocalists, she’s only 15.
Hundreds of thousands of girls worldwide know of Andy Taylor. Until recently, the diminutive British musician was best known as one of the pretty popsters in Duran Duran.
“There haven’t been as many screamers at our shows as in the past,” said bassist John Taylor, one of the heartthrobs in the British pop band Duran Duran. “It’s really been kind of nice because not only do we have newer, older fans, but we still have a lot of our fans from seven years ago. It’s like we’ve grown up together.”