European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday May 30, 1992 faces n places irritated author Stephen King cuts Down Lawnmower Man from wire reports horror writer Stephen King is suing the producers and distributors of the Lawnmower Man saying the film had virtually nothing to do with his Short Story of the same name. Aside from the title and one Brief scene the film a bore no meaningful resemblance to the Story he a blushed in the 1970s, King said in court papers filed in new York. Kings Story tells of a Homeowner who is killed by the Man he hires to Cut his Lawn. The movie centers on a dimwitted Gardener whose intelligence level was raised through computer experiments. The lawsuit seeks All profits a attributable to i the use of Stephen Kings name in the King movie which has grossed More than $30 million. King also wants the court to Block the use of his name in connection with the movie and a planned comic Book. He also wants the court to Force Allied vision ltd., a British company that bought the movie rights and produced the film to publish a correction to its advertising. Allied a los Angeles attorney Roger Sherman Wasny to available for comment his Secretary said. Career spurred by death the slaying of his closest Friend in a drug Deal lured Gregory Hines to the Broadway stage. Hines in sundays Parade Magazine said he was Content working As a Busboy and playing in a band until 1977, when he Learned that his lifelong Friend Dalbert Clark had been shot to death. A it turned my life around. I realized i was not Invulnerable a Hines said. He left California for new York resumed his career and soon became a Broadway Star. Hines 45, is playing jazz Pioneer Jelly Roll Morton in Jelly a last Jam. He has been nominated for Tony awards for that role and for collaborating on the choreography. Stars help inner City kids a $1,600 guitar autographed by Singer Garth Brooks is among the items being sold to help finance a police Day Camp for inner City youths in Nashville Tenn. A compact disc and poster set autographed by Kenny Rogers is also up for grabs. Officer Allen Harold an organizer of today a police auction said it is the Only fund Raiser for the Camp. Singer needs surgery country Singer Kathy Mattea will have surgery on her vocal cords in june. Bob Titley her manager said thursday that the outpatient surgery is needed to Seal a Small blood vessel. Mattea 32, underwent a similar procedure last june. Mattea the country music associations female vocalist of the year in 1989 and 1990, is expected to be Able to resume touring in late july. Nuns enjoy Good laugh it was the quintessential nuns night out at the movies on wednesday 300 Sisters went to the Cinema 2 theater on the East Side of new York City for a screening of sister act leaving 60 More on a waiting list. The film which was scheduled to open Friday is a comedy about a nightclub Singer played by whoops Goldberg who witnesses a killing and is hidden by the police in a Convent where she shakes things up in More ways than one. The audience could hardly have been More appreciative. The nuns roared with laughter and on their Way out had Only Praise for the Novie despite the gentle fun it pokes at their Way of life. A you done to see a lot of groups that can laugh at themselves the Way we do a said sister Maureen Blauvelt of the dominican order. A this was pure delight.�?�. Sister Eileen Regina of the Sisters of Charity agreed. A this was realistic within reason a she said. A it shows the humanist Side of Sisters. We Are As human As you after  and neater than most. As they left they took their Popcorn boxes to the garbage cans in the lobby. Bungee fans snarl traffic when owners of bungee Over Chicago invited spectators to watch customers jump from 200-foot cranes they did no to have people driving by on the Tri state tollway in mind. State police said the spectacle each weekend in Bridgeview iii., has been causing massive tie ups As Glitz in London Rock Star Elton John and actress Joan Collins appear at the opening of italian designer Gianni Versace s London shop thursday evening. At a reputed Cost of almost $20 million a Bank on old Bond Street has been turned into a world of extravagance where a to shirt Cost around $300 and a skirt almost $20,000. Drivers slow to watch and residents dash across traffic to get a better View. A we have plenty of Spectator space and easy Access a said Joe Colletti a spokesman for bungee Over Chicago. 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