European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Walter Scott s personality q Shaquille o Neal makes t40million a Yea from basketball records books novies and endorsements. Given his Good Fortune Bow docs he eve Plain his continuing refusal to have anything to do with his father. M.w., Miami a Joe Toney the to logical father of o Nicaj left the family when his son was born 22 years ago i Newark . Despite toners efforts at a reconciliation in recent years the superstar Center of the Orlando magic has declined to have any Contact with his father who now lives in Jersey City. Instead Shaw remains devoted to his Stepfather Philip Harri son who married his Mother Lucille when Sha Quill Wass. H was Harrison who helped to keep the7-foot-l, 310-Pound athlete in Tine during his Trou ble prone adolescence. The real Story is that when my Mother needed someone Philip Harrison was the Man says Shaev he is my dad. He s the one who raised me and made me what i am incidentally Shaw s Good Fortune is not quite As Good As you believe. That $40 million figure represents his basketball contract with Orlando but it s spread out Over seven years not an annual figure. Estimates of his earnings off the court in 1993 Range from $8 million to $12 million. Still not bad for a kid fro Jersey " a what can you Tell me about Leonardo Dica Prio the hugely talented actor in what s eat ing Gilbert grape Carol a of Chen Sacramento Calif. 1a though he s just out of High school and never took an acting lesson Dicaprio 19, has been compared to James Dean and hailed As Hollywood s most promising Young Star. After Brief stints on twin parenthood and growing pains he dazzled critics for Gilbert grape the actor who lives with his parents in ., seems to bring out Motherly instincts in his leading ladies. Juliette Lewis refers to him As my Little pal arid Sharon Stone his co Star in the Quick and the dead due out next year told Dica Prio to Call her if he Ever loses his Way in Tinseltown. Q now that Arthur Kent and Ndoc have Settle their differences any Chance hell re turn to the Peacock net Vork Renic tonight Perrysburg Ohio a at a press conference Kent and Abc Bot said he May return but few insiders believe he has a future at his old network. Kent 40, is now the Anchor of Man a Rve a Canadian news show and says he s Happy to be Back on to. The handsome journalist who earned the nickname scud stud for his intrepid reports during the 1991 Gulf War ran afoul of the Abc news brass when he refused a 1992 assignment to War torn Croatia after Abc fired Kent he picketed outside its Headquarters and sued for fraud breach of contract and defamation for portraying him As a the suit was settled out of court. q or always enjoyed ten Garr. Recently on the to show Good and ice i noticed that she seems to walk wit a Ernp Aird to have a Sligh twitch. Is anything wrong a Scoffield Layton Utah. -. V. " .-., a Garr has broken her ankle twice in recent years which aggravated a painful pinched nerve in her Back. That May account for the Imp but her agent is unaware of any twitch. Despite Herback pain the actress comedian has been Busy work ing on a new sitcom for lbs called women of t he House with Delta Burke Ait 44, Garr also has Bee Busy fulfilling the requirements of motherhood for the first time. Last fall she and her husband the building contractor John q Neil 43, adopted a daughter Molly. Q during the filming of the Man who love cat dancing Sarah Miles manager was found dead. What was the result of the inquest and was anybody Ever indicted1? Dun Swan Tucson Ariz. ,. A the death at age 26 of David Whiting Miles Lover whom she called her business manager remains mysterious. At 3 . On feb. 11, 1973, the British actress then 29, returned to her Motel room in Gila Bend Ariz., after a late dinner with co Star butt Reynolds. Miles says a jealous Whiting slapped her her maid called Reynolds and she spent the rest of the night in Reynolds room. When she returned that morning Miles says she found Whiting dead on the bathroom floor. The in quest called it a drug overdose despite the fact that the from was bloody his body was bruised and he had few drugs in his system. In 1 992 it was reported that the Coroner and the first policeman on the scene had said they believed Whiting was murdered. Miles who says the publicity ruined her marriage to screen writer Robert Bolt told an interviewer seven years later i found out the truth about which i cannot ". Q i be always admired president Clinton s senior adviser George St thanopoulos even though f keep hearing that he s a lady killer. Is there any truth to these rumours r or West Orange . He works 13-hour Days but Steph Nopoulos is single and does manage to Date. Gossip columnists had a Field Day covering his Brief fling with actress Jennifer Grey last year. Though guarded about his personal life he seems to enjoy the hold he has on women. Boyish looking at 33, he receives bags of letters each week and a fan club keeps track of him in a publication called Stephanopoul Etter. Even Bill Clinton teases his adviser. Hey George the president once told him i was in Seattle and they did t want to hear about my plans. They wanted to hear about you 1 want the facts opinion truth write Tutor Scott. Box 6001 grand Central station new York,. 10163-5001. Flo printed by permission of Parade Mataj tone. � 1994 Parade pub a captors inc. All rights read read Parade and War Scott s por Bona Tity Parade a Trad Arr Rio Parade Fum Cattorn inc. Parade s special anti Luil Nufi Kii Poki Abc Rolanda Watts the next Oprah she says no. Rolonda takes her show on the Road this fall a Veteran of inside edition is heading outside the to studio. Viewers of the daytime talk Snow Rolonda can expect to see More of Rolonda Watts on the Road doing broadcasts on topics drawn from the headline news. Last january Watts 34 a to reporter and weekend Anchor in new York City before joining in Side edition in 1993 was tossed into the cutthroat world of daytime talk shows with just a month s no Tice. At first she covered the usual fare of ufos and life after death experiences. One guest s tale of a horrific after death experience prompted Watts to ask How did you end up in hell oven in this sensationalized Field however she refused to have skinheads nazis and others As guests. We had to set our standards Watts told Parade adding that she took the High Road. And paid the Price in Low ratings. The show just squeaked through its renewal period. Ratings began to Rise when Rolonda was Broad cast live from For six Days to cover the . Simpson Case. The producers then decided to take advantage of Watts reporting background and ability to think on her feel. The show will now go live whenever possible instead of taping before the Stu clip audience in new York. Last Spring it was rumoured that Walts was being groomed to replace Oprah Winfrey if Oprah s con tract negotiations fell through with King world which syndicates the shows of both women when we asked Watts dismissed the rumours. Still As the new season begins Rolonda has a new set new graphics new music and a new director Joey Ford who won a 1994 emmy As director of Oprah. King world clearly is investing a lot in its new kid in the talk show sweepstakes. Incidentally Watts grew up in Winston Salem , in a family that values education. She has a graduate degree in journalism from Columbia. Her Mother a recruitment officer for the Bowman Gray school of Medicine has a . And two master s degrees. Her father a Wood Carver and chairman of the Fine arts department at Winston Salem stat University has two master degrees. And the poet Maya Angelou is an old family Friend who taught the teen age Rolonda about writing students rate the country s colleges Harvard and Radcliffe were rated the toughest to get into but another Massachusetts school Wil Liams College was ranked first in academics in a recent poll of 48,000 College top rated schools in particular categories included Ranti Olph Macon woman s College Best faculty deep Springs College Best Quality of Lif California Institute of technology most Stu Dious student Rhodes College most Beautiful Campus Colby College happiest students and Swec Friar College Best dorms and Best Cam pus food. For those More interested in the social scene the University of Rhode Island was rated the biggest party on the other hand Brigham Younghan the students who Pray the notre Dame s students were most supportive of their ath Letic teams while those at Manhattan s the new school for social research were rated least Likely to pack the stadium they Don t have one and most politically the poll was based on evaluations by 306 colleges. It s the basis for the new edition of the Princeton review student Access guide to the Best 306 colleges just out from Villard by is. Reprinted by Perm Weston of Parade Magazine. & 1994 Parade publications inc. All rights reserved Parade and Inteli Igartua report Aid trademarks of Parade publication inc september 18.1994 sunday Page 27
