European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A. Jjo a a top in Uit it i v a Ihm fwd c. C?.-. A. A i Walter scots personality Parade q Whin explains the overnight Success of British actor Hugh Grant who stars in Quot four weddings and a funeral Quot a Ann Cussons Metairie la a a. A. A Grant is no a a overnight Success. The 33-year-old Oxford graduate made his screen debut in privileged in 1982 and has appeared in 14 films. But he has been unusually blessed this year with so Rensy bitter Moon and the Sleeper hit four Tver dings and a funeral. Fans cite his Boyish Good looks and witty Charm a not to mention his impeccable British accent a which have prompted comparisons to Cary Grant and David Niven. Incidentally the actor has had a Long term relationship with the British actress Elizabeth Hurley but much like his character in four weddings he admits he s reluctant to tie the knot. Q since her breakup with John Mcenroe How much Success has Tatum o neat had on the Road Back to movie stardom a c.f., Dallas a of Neal a efforts at a comeback despite her husband s objections began in 1988 a four years before the couple finally split. Though she took acting courses and attended numerous auditions the actress has t found much work Quot its been difficult a she said Quot Hollywood is not a place that takes comebacks an Oscar Winner at 10, of Neal is now 30 and has had Only one recent starring role a in woman on the run a to movie about Bambi Bembenek the former Playboy our waitress who said she was wrongly convicted of murder and later escaped from jail. The actress has had less trouble reign Ling her love life she has dated the Model Daniel de la Falaise 22, and the tabloids have linked her to two other younger men Marlon Richards 23, son of rolling Stone Keith Richards and Donovan Leitch 24, son of the �?T60s Singer Donovan. Meanwhile of Neal s divorce from Mcenroe a father of her three children a a has not been finalized. Q How Many of the original seven project Mercury astronauts arc still in ing ? and what Are they doing now a Ann Bell Glendale Calif. A five Are still alive John Denn 73, is a . Senator from Ohio. Walter Schirra 71, is an aerospace consultant to Rancho Santa be Calif Alan Shepard 70, lives in Florida and is co author of afoot shot which is being published this month. Malcolm Carpenter 69, lives in Vail col and is working on a Book. Leroy Cooper 67, lives in Van Guys Calif and is chief executive of a firm that refurbishes air planes. Virgil a Gus Quot Grissom died in 1967 at age 40 during a test of the Apollo i rocket. Donald a de kit 1 Slayton died last year at age 69. For a White Yuu could t turn on the to we Fth tit seeing something about magic Johnson. Now it s As Hough he dropped off the end of the Earth. Where is he and what is he doing a Millie Barley York a. A Johnson 34, is living in los Angeles with his wife cookie and their son Earvin i it 2, the two also May adopt a child. Magic a Brief return to the lakers a and the headlines a As head coach apparently ended in april when the team failed to make the playoffs. Since his announcement that he had the his Sims Johnson has been struggling to. Catoc out a new role Model for Public life after first retiring As a player in 1991, magic served on the presidential commission on aids. He angrily resigned less than a year later accusing president Bush of not allocating enough Money to research. Money is one problem magic does not have thanks to a 1992 contract hell get s 14.6 million for the 1994-95 season from the lakers the team he led to five championships in his 12-year career. He also grosses 560 million a year from various business ventures and is working with Sony pictures to build a Chain of cinemas in minority comm special q there a something about Chapin Carpenter that sets her off from other country singers. Canyon spell it out a Catherine Nash Kingman Ariz. A because she shuns a a big hair a sequins and Over hyped Tours Carpenter does not fit the stereotype of the Nashville Singer. Born in Princeton n.j., she attended Brown University and later began singing on the open Mike circuit. She never claimed to have Quot authentic Quot country credentials yet her intelligent songs about unfulfilled lives and relationships found a Home in that Niche of pop music. The Singer herself has found a Home in Alexandria a. Carpenter 36, wont give out details about her personal life but reportedly has had an on again off again Romance with a concert manager. A pc loved Ruby dec Ever since i saw her in the movie a a Raisin in the Sun. It a Friend told me she is also an author. Is this True a s.s., a cult nor no. A not Only is dec 70, an accomplished actress but she also writes award winning books. Her adaptation of an african Folk tale tvo ways to a count to ten won the literary Guild award in 1989. She now is developing a one woman show based on a collection of her Short stories and poetry my one Good nerve. Married for 45 years to actor Ossie Davis 76, Dee recently appeared in Stephen Kings the stand on Abc and will be featured in homeward bound an american movie classics to special. Want tha facts opinion truth writs Walter Scott Box 5001, grand Central station. New York . 10163-6001. Reprinted by permission of Parade mag amp Rene a 1994 Parade publications inc. All rights a weaved. A a Parade Quot and Quot Wattar Soott a Persona a Parade Quot Are trademarks of Parade publications inc, report big break turns sour on Broadway when Melissa Errico beat out 600 other women last yeat to win the role of Eliza Doolittle opposite Richard Chamberlain in the latest Broadway revival of my fair lady it seemed a dream come True to the actress. An unknown Errico bad just graduated from Yale with a major in history and philosophy. The demanding role of Eliza a Cockney Flower girl who is taught by professor Henry Higgins to speak like a Duchess had turned Julie Andrews into a Star in the 1956 original. But for Errico a who had proved she could sing dance and master the British accents a this Lucky break turned into a Nightmare. Tonight when the Tony awards for the Best on Broadway Are presented on lbs Errico 24, wont be in the running for Best actress in a musical. The show ran for five months but it closed two Days before the performance that the Tony voters had been invited to Sec. Michael Moriarty had replaced Richard Chamberlain and ticket sales plummeted this Tony snafu was the latest in a string of misfortunes for the Broadway Novice. First Errico a vocal Cord Haemorrhage a during a rehearsal Early last year and she had to remain silent for a month and a bait during out of town tryouts she Rem ured her voice had surgery and was out of the show for four More months. She rejoined the cast last september in St. Louis. Melissa received critical Praise when the show finally reached Broadway but by then gossip columns were hinting that she was romantically involved with the director Howard Davies. She had denied any Korea remembers past wars this month a As tensions Rise Over North koreans refusal to allow further . Inspections of its nuclear Sites and its leaders continue to Issue threats to invade the South a a War memorial will open in Seoul. The 28.acre Complex situated in front of. A now York times Melissa Errico As Eliza in my fair lady. The defense ministry is South koreans first Monument to past wars. One of the exhibits in die Complex will Honor the 4 million soldiers and civilians killed or wounded on both sides during the 1950-53 korean War As Well As the South koreans who died fighting alongside . Troops in Vietnam. To forecast Calls for puns not buns the hottest new show of the just ended to season was probably the Abc cop series Nype Blue. It had enough Bare buns raw dialogue and violence to offend Many viewers a but the a rated show appealed to millions. So when Nyp Blue returns in the fall How Many lookalike cop shows will join it on the tube none. Saatchi amp Saatchi the and Agency reports that not one of the programs in development by the networks features a suggestive language realistic violence or partial in fact 55 percent of those 109 programs Are comedies. While viewers will probably see David Caruso s Bottom again on Nype Blue the trend seems to be toward humor. Some of these comedies will debut in the fall others will get a shot later in the 1994-95 season a or never. Among them Abc me and the boys with stand up comic Steve Harvey As a widower with three sons. All american girl with comic Margaret Cho As an assimilated korean american. Lbs Dudley with Dudley Moore As a Man who tries to Cope after his wife and business partner run off together. Dolly Parton As a Las vegas showgirl sent Back to her Hometown by her guardian Angel to do Good after a near fatal Accident. Comic Rita Rudner As an advice columnist in ask Rita. Abc Gene Wilder and Jennifer Grey As newlyweds in Young at heart Martin Short As a variety show Host. Of Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in an update of get smart their �?T60s hit. He s now head of a spy Agency she a in Congress and they have a son. John Leguizamo a Best known for his one Man shows a in House of bugging \ featuring comedy sketches. Reprinted by Parma vision of Parade naga line. A 1994 Parade pub Insi icons inc. Aii fights . Quot Paf Tadt Quot and a Inie Gonca report Quot 6j$ to of Parade pub cation inc. June 12, 1534 sunday Page 21
