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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Walter Scott s personality Parade q Lam wondering what s up with Sarah Jessica Parker. 1$ she As Flaky As she often seems to appear on screen  Jacksonville Fla. A though she has been acting since she was 8, Parker now 29, did t make much of an impression on movie audiences until her  Steve Martin in the 1991 film la. Story she was so convincing As a free spirited sexy Beach Bunny that some thought her role was drawn from Teal life  romances with John Ken Nedy or and the actors Robert Downeyjr. And mat thew Broderick also May have contributed to a flak image. In truth Parker a serious actress who divides her time Between screen and the new York stage where she appeared in the Heidi chronicles and substance of fire she currently can be seen wit Johnny Depp Hollywood s latest bad boy in a Wood a Tim Burton film about the Cross dressing director whose pictures in the 50s have been called the worst films Ever made. Talk about  q daring All the Media coverage surrounding the25th anniversary of the Apollo lunar Landing one person was conspicuously missing from All the hoopla. I m referring to Neil Armstrong our first Man on the Moon. Is he ill or has he become a re Cluse Philip Kenny Scottsdale Ariz. A though not a Recluse Armstong is an intensely private Man and a very reluctant space  left Nasa in 1971 and taught aerospace Engi Neering at the University of Cincinnati for  before getting into the Oil equipment business and then computer technology. Now 64 and chair Man of the Board of an electronic systems company in Deer Park ., Armstrong Grants no interview Sand rarely attends Public functions. He and his wife Janet have two grown sons Eric and Mark an live on a farm in Lebanon Ohio. Q would you please Settle a dispute Between Means my husband a recent Nike to Commer Cial features an old Man in a suit and a hat philos Phi zing on technology. My husband says the Man is the author William Burroughs. Given the graphic nature of his work however i can t imagine that hike would use Burroughs As a spokesman. Who is right Danielle Palermo Washington ,. Buenave Nasarah Jessica Parker in the new movie de Wood. A your husband. Burroughs the 80-year-old/"x godfather of the beat generation and author of such scatological works As naked lunch queer and Junky appears in Nike s latest to and Campaign playing the part of a scientist. The Choice of Bur roughs by a company identified with health and fit Ness is strange indeed since the author has never hidden his years of addiction to drugs and alcohol though he says he has kicked the habit. Incidentally this is not the first time that a beat writer has been used by the establishment. Print ads for Gap cloth ing have featured poet Allen Ginsberg 68, As Well As the Jong deceased author Jack Kerouac. A is it True that Rock Singer Liz Phair suffers from stage fright if so does she. Intend to continue making albums a Mineral Wells . A every time Phair 27, walks on stage she con fesses she s wracked by a terrible Case of the jitters nonetheless Phair has courageously faced up to her fears and was hailed by rolling Stone mag Azine As the Best new female artist of 1993 on the strength of her critically acclaimed debut album exile in Gayville. Featuring Brash songs with some times sexually explicit lyrics about male female relationships Gayville sold Only 200,000 copies but vaulted Phair into the upper ranks of female Rock stars. The Singer lives in Chicago with her video Edi Tor Boyfriend Jim Staskauskas and his 14-year-old son Aidan. Her second album whip smart was re leased last month. Q of Ove the film Sunset Boulevard and a looking Forward to the musical version Andrew Lloyd Webber is bringing to Broadway in  like to know Why so Many actresses Are mad at him for casting Glenn close in the Lead. She can sing and act so Why All the fuss Colette Haley new York As is often the Case with big Broadway bound musicals Sunset Boulevard had tryouts in other. Patti Lupont 45, played the aging silent film Star Ottna Desmond in London and Webber signed her to Star on Broadway later however the composer gave the role to close 47, who headed the cast in los Angeles and whom he considered to be bigger Box office draw. A settlement was reached with Lupone who said it would take More than $1million" to buy her out of her contract. Faye Duna Way 53 hired to replace close in la. Suffered worse Fate than Lupone she was sacked before opening night. Not one to be toyed with Dunawa has sued for $6 million charging Webber with Defa mation fraud and breach of contract. He says there was no contract past presidents have had a Host of advisers to a keep them from getting into hot water. Why does Bill Clinton keep falling on his face is it be cause he has no Good advisers or because he won t listen to the Janet Greer Hiu Sboro Ore a like most of his predecessors Bui Clinton has not wanted for Good advisers. During his two years in office however he has had trouble deciding exactly whose advice to take. This has been especially True in the Field of foreign affairs where the presi Dent is inexperienced and often has been Over whelmed by conflicting Points of View. Some say he ends up listening to the last person to leave the ova office As a result . Policy toward Bosnia Soma Lia Cuba and Haiti has been widely deemed an in consistent mess. Want the facts opinion truth write Walter Soott Box 5001, Gran Central station naw York  10163-6001. Re Prim Yip War la Catlone inc. All rights reserved. Parade arid Waller Scott s personality Parade Art trademarks of Parade publications inc. Parade s special  Lipori strange bedfellows and dinner partners Robert Strauss earned the title or. Democrat after decades of brokering political deals among party members starting with fellow texan John con Nally. In 1991, however or. Democrat was made , ambassador to Moscow by George Bush a re publican president. And lately he has been advising another gop bigwig Robert Dole r-kan., the Senate minority Leader who would be president. Why has Strauss 75, strayed across party lines because in Washington politics is personal. Bonds of Friendship count for More than partisan issues. Hence the Senate includes such strange bedfellows As Joe Biden d-del., and Al d Amato r-. Who be been buddies since their sons were room mates at Syracuse University Law school. Similarly sen. Dole told Parade that he and Strauss have been friends since 1972, when each was the chairman of his party. While Strauss would never publicly align himself with Dole our sources say he has been giving the Republican advice such As telling Dole to stay Runny and not appear to be the Hatchet Man. Advice Dole seems to be ignoring Strauss worked behind the scenes in july 1993 to break the congressional gridlock Over the president s budget Bill. At Clinton s request Strauss arranged for him to Dine with Dole at Duke Zeibert a a restaurant. The next morning the Washington Post called it the meeting of the bulls it did t last. Today the bulls Are again butting Heads. Had the president courted him More he could have done better with Dole Strauss later told friends. Meanwhile Clinton complains that for Ever step he takes toward Dole the senator takes two Steps Back. And Duke Zeibert s where Power Bro kers gathered for nearly 50 years has closed. So much for dinner table diplomacy. Or maybe i just shows bulls can t be bedfellows. Men should think twice before eating Steak eating a lot of red meat Bacon Mayonnaise but Ter and creamy salad dressings is known to raise cholesterol Levels and the risk of heart disease. Now a health professionals follow up study which tracked the eating habits of 47,855 men reports that High fat diets May contribute to prostate cancer As Well. The solution eat lentil soup steamed carrots spinach salad with Olive Oil and vinegar dressing. And Tofu burgers if you can stomach them. Behind the Golden facade Walden Robert Cassotto and Alexandra Zuck better known As Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee met in 1960 on the set of come september. Dee was a former child Model and a movie Star at 16rwith 11 films to her credit. Darin at 24, had recorded a number of hit songs including splash splash dream Lover and Mack the knife. Shortly before they met  told Parade the last Man i m going to marry in a Man in show business. They re selfish unreliable and make Lousy husbands. The Hollywood Type of marriage is not forme. I want All my children to have the same father. I m going to take a Long look before i get  m not going to jump into  nevertheless she married Darin three months after they met and the couple had a son one year later. From All appearances they were a Golden Cou ple but by 1967, the marriage was Over. Beneath the Golden facade was the sort of pain that was hushed up in that Era but is the mainstay of today s talk shows. Dream lovers just out fro Warner books gives the sordid details. Its author is the pair s Only child Dudd Darin " Bobby Darin was born to a 17-year-old unwed other. Like Jack Nicholson he grew up believing his grandmother was his Mother. He later Learned the truth. A childhood bout with rheumatic fever left him with a weakened heart. He died at age 37 in1973. Dee now 50, was abused and anorexic As a child. She became reclusive and alcoholic As an adult. Dodd Darin writes that he recognized his Mother was an alcoholic when he was 14 and that he has spent years trying to get her help. Dream lovers he says is his attempt to break free at age 32. There s a Darin Dee movie in the works As Well As a to movie about Dee. Stay tuned. Reprinted by permission of Parade Magazine. O 1994 Parade publications inc. An rights reserved. Parade and  report a/8 trademarks of Parade publications inc. October .16, 1594 sunday Page 27  
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