European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Walter Scott s personality Parade q i be admired director Jonathan Demme since saw his films married to the mob and the silence of the now he has brought out Philadelphia which i understand is the first major Effort by a mainstream Hollywood studio to dramatize the aids epidemic. My question is is demm straight or Gay Jayc Tamillow Selden n. Y. Dem Roe pronounced dem be is straight. He has been married six years to his second wife artist Joanne Howard arid they have two children Ramona Castle 6, and Brooklyn James 4. Demme 49, became interested in the subject of aids when one of his wife s closest friends a homosexual Span ish artist named Juan Botas contracted the disease. Before he died in 1992, Botas made a documentary about ads which convinced Demme that he should direct a mainstream film on the subject. Q now that Secretary of defense Lesa spin has been forced out of the Clinton Cabinet who s next d. Rogers Bethesda and a Many Washington insiders predict that the of next casualty will be Secretary of state Warren Christopher 68. A respected foreign policy expert who served in the Carter administration Christo Pher has been frustrated by his inability to engage president Clinton s interest in International affairs or even to get him to pay close attention at Intelli gence briefings. When the president subsequently stumbled in Bosnia Somalia and Haiti rather than blame himself he criticized his top foreign policy advisers especially Christopher who has plenty of other critics As Well. The recent appointment of Long time Clinton pal Strobe Talbott As ithe no. 2 Man in the state department positions him to take Over if Christopher should falter. Q Britain s Princess Diana says she s going Toshun the spotlight and become a More private person. That reminds me of a celebrity differ Jujj of Queens on the world stage Princess Diana in december and Greta Garbo in the 1930s. From her estranged husband Prince Charles who was then on a diplomatic tour of Arab states. So is she Diana the devious or Are those rumours the work of Charles corps of publicists q Iam a big fan of the world s no. J male Tennis player Pete Sampras. Can you Tell me Why Pete s family does t attend any of his matches a a spokesman for Sampras says he Tennis stars parents stay Home because they Are too Ner Vous to however his Girlfriend Delaina Muleahy 29 a South african born Law school Stu Dent is often at court Side cheering when Sampras 22, delivers one of his deadly 120 Mph serves. Q whatever happened to Justin Henry the child actor who played Billy the son of Dustin Hoffman and meryl Streep in the 1979 movie Kra Mer is. Kramer de Wand " a Henry appeared in four flicks after Kramer most notably sixteen candles 16mbllyrin&wald s brother but he could t escape being Type cast As the cute kid from a broken Home. Disgusted with Hollywood he dismissed Bis faltering career with the words the Fame was a now 22 and a graduate of Skidmore College Henry has had a Parade s special change of heart and begun auditioning again. Q Danielle steel author of Many Best Sellers where did she get her training As a writer was she published on her first try Bill o Neill so an Beach Calif. A Danielle Fernande Schuelein steel Traina 46,has led a life right out of one of her own steam Romance novels. Born in new York City the Daugh Ter of a member of Munich s Beer dynasty steel has been married to a millionaire banker a Bank robber and a former heroin addict she began he career by writing for so then s magazines. Her first novel going Home in 1973 was a Moder ate Success but she struck Gold in 1977 with Kcf so Ond passion s Promise. A highly disciplined vow deity a steel has churned out More than two dozen Nyela k sold 150 million copies and got her name in ? Riess Book of world records by being on the a York times Best seller list for 381 to. 1--Svav Rit facts opinion truth write Walter soft 5ox 500t, grand Fie printed by permission of Parade Magazine. 45 1994 Parade publications info All a Lent reserved. Parade and Wawa Scott pfc modality Parade Are Parade publication inc. . " inn la ii i deterrent against crime no asserts rep. Charles Schumer . One of the leading gun control advocates in Congress. The Best deterrent Schumer told Parade will be to insist that Public officials get serious about two things certainty of punishment and management of 200 million guns. Regulate gun dealers just As you do autos. Don t make it so easy for the bad people to get guns if it leads to a bit of inconvenience for the Good unfortunately most americans Are sceptical. V about that certainty of punishment according to a Parade poll. Among those surveyed 35-percent Don t think the police Are doing a Good Job and 81 percent Don t have Faith in our Legal system. That could be Why 38 percent told us they Don t feel Safe at Home and Why Many americans Are ignoring Schumer s advice and arming themselves. As the feb. 28 deadline nears for enactment of the Brady Bill which a dates a five Day waiting period before buying a hand gun there has been a record Rise in gun sales. In 1968, when the first major gun control Law was enacted there was a similar surge in sales so is it a smart idea to protect yourself most Vic Tims of violent crime think so. In the Justice depart ment Survey 60 percent of those who had fled or re listed an attacker said they thought their reactions r had helped. Statistics show that those who defend themselves Are less Ukey to lose property than those who doth resist but they Are also More Likely to be injured or killed it All comes Down to priorities and the question your Money or your life in his comedy routine Jack Benny used to reply let me think about unfortunately robbers Don t wait for the punch line. Reprinted by Semi Isson of Parade Magazine
