Q.Demi
Moore showed up with her grills at the premiere of Bruce Willis’
Bandits. Is she playing a return to films and maybe to Bruce?
A. It’s rare for a star of Moore’s magnitude
to abandon Hollywood (her films have grossed more than $1
billion), but that’s what she did more, 39, is developing
some film projects, but none for herself. As for her ex-husband,
Moore remains friends with Willis, 46, but has no plans to
reconcile. She’s content with her longtime beau, martial-arts
instructor Oliver Whitcomb, 30, and spend most of her time
in remote Hailey, Idaho, with him and her daughters, Rumer,
13, Scout, 10and Tallulah, 7.
Q.
Is Beyonc’e Knowles really leaving Destiny’s child
to pursue a film career?
A. Temporarily. The beautiful Beyonc’e, 20,
took advantage ofher glowing reviews in a TV version of
Carmen and her trio’s decision to delay a European
tour for security reasons. She‘ll play the female lead
in Austin Powers in Goldmember, the third of Mike Myers’
1960s spy- spoof films, due out this summer. Beyonc’e
assures us she’ll sing again when Destiny’s child
tours this spring.
Q.
Can it be true that the Fantasticks is closing?
A. Yes. After 42 years and a record 17,162 performances,
the curtain will fall at Manhattan’s Sullivan street
playhouse. But songwriters Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
have a new musical, roadside, set in the old west. Its limited
New York run ended Dec 23, but they hope to reopen in a
large theater.
Q.
This is the first time America has had six living
presidents. But in the 1861-62, USA had Buren, Tyler, Fillmore,
Pierce, Buchanan and Lincoln?
A. We need a history lesson: it’s the third
time America has had six. In 1993-94, Nixon, Ford, Carter,
Reagan, Bush and Clinton were all alive. And if you include
confederate President Jefferson Davis, we had seven in 1961-62.
Q.
Why Brits like Sting, who speak with a natural
English accent, sing with an American accent?
A. Because they train themselves to sound like American
vocalists, so their records will “ translate”
stateside and appeal to a larger audience. This effort is
not limited to foreign crooners: Frank Sinatra talked Hoboken
but sang in unaccented American.
Q.
Why did Kathy quit doing swimsuit calendars?
A. Because the sports illustrated super model found
she could earn more keeping her clothes on as a designer
and entrepreneur. The mother of two (Erik, 7, and Lily,
3) and wife of Dr. Greg Olsen, 43, says she has no time
to pose these days except to sell her own brands. Ireland,
39, who literally began from the ground up with a line of
socks, now has her name on every thing from rings to rugs.
Q.
When can Brendan Fraser be seen? Also, where does he call
home, and is there a significant other?
A. Fraser, 33, can be seen a on Broadway this spring
in cat on a Hot Tin Roof, after a London run that ends next
week. His next film is the Quiet American, due out later
this year, based on the Graham Greene novel about Vietnam
in the 50s. Fraser calls it”running and gunning, for
get the acting.” Sorry, Teresa, the 6-foot-3 Canadian
hunk is married to actress Afton Smith, 32. They live in
a modest Beverly Hills house that Fraser spent three years
renovating.
The
Price of Faith?
Small study or Orthodox
Jewish teens suggests that more than half have significantly
low bone density. Reason? The Orthodox encourages
scholarly over physical activity and
favour modest clothing, which block sunlight, crucial
for efficient calcium absorption. And because Orthodox
Jews don’t ear dairy products for six hours
after eating meat, they have fewer opportunities
to consume calcium. Recommendation: Orthodox kids
should take supplements
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