December 04, 2002 |
LADY SINGS THE BLUES
As those many ABC promos have hinted, Whitney Houston spills her guts to Diane Sawyer on tonight's Primetime (airing at 9 pm/ET). Here's a preview: When Sawyer asks whether it's been alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, pills or "all" of 'em that trouble her, Houston responds: "It has been at times." The singer goes on to suggest she's been "addicted to a few things" — including "making love." Yikes! Houston also denies talk of anorexia and bulimia, and says prayer has been helping her. Hubby Bobby Brown also appears to say, "Me and drugs... we're not friends." Now there's a surprise. |
DR. MELFI'S AVAILABLE
Convicted shoplifter Winona Ryder needs to see a shrink — at least that's what prosecutors are recommending in advance of the actress's sentencing Friday. In a memo released Tuesday, District Attorney Ann Rundle said Ryder should undergo drug counseling because at the time of her arrest last year, she possessed eight different prescription painkillers. Rundle also recommended Ryder do community service and pay $26,000 in fines. |
LAW AND DISORDER
Baby-dangler Michael Jackson turned up in a California courtroom Tuesday to resume testifying in a $21 million lawsuit over canceled millennium concerts. Instead of a nose bandage, the freaky singer arrived this time sporting a pair of crutches. Apparently, he was bitten by a spider. "It is real bad," he told reporters. "If I showed it to you, you'd be shocked. It hurts very much." Not as much as a five-story fall, of course. |
WILL AL GORE MAKE A CAMEO?
Will Smith has been tapped to star in I, Robot, a futuristic thriller based on Isaac Asimov's 1940s short-story collection. According to Variety, Smith will play a detective trying to stop robots from taking over the world. In other Hollywood casting news, Rob Schneider is in final talks to star in The Adventures of Sinbad the Insurance Salesman, a comedy about a lovelorn insurance employee who meets the girl of his dreams. |
LAWBREAKER
Looks like Marla Sokoloff is trading legal briefs for satin hot pants. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Practice actress has signed on to headline a new ABC drama project that centers around a teen pop star. |
BRACE YOURSELF OASIS FANS
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher must undergo surgery on his front teeth following a weekend brawl in Munich. As a result, the group was forced to reschedule two remaining concerts in Germany. In other recovery news, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor — injured in a car crash last week — has been upgraded to fair condition. |
IT'S BETTER THAN A RAZZIE
Richard Gere has been selected to receive the 2002 Foot in Mouth award from Britain's Plain English Campaign for comparing himself to a giraffe in a newspaper interview. "I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe," he told Britain's Guardian newspaper in June. |
THE NEXT PHANTOM?
Jerry Springer: The Opera, which first gained fame at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, is headed to London's National Theater next year as a full-scale production. The musical — which features such showstoppers as a Ku Klux Klan dance routine and a diaper fetishist confessing all to his true love — opens in April. |
BOTTOM-LINE BLUES
The tepid box office performance of Treasure Planet has forced Disney to take a $47 million write-down on its previously reported fiscal 2002 earnings. The animated pic — which reportedly cost $100 million to make — grossed just $16.6 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. |
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