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[PEOPLE P L A( " rtlffffinm ISMEIH Hlflt f y llj .4:!;': ' 30 JM VSjH Arnold Schwarzenegger, star of for new Planet Hollywood spot. Arnold's bac DENVER (AP) ? He said he'd be back. Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking at business opportunities for a piece of real estate he's held for 15 years. Schwarzenegger bought the 18,000-square-foot downtown building and acftacent parking lot when he was here on a skiing trip. "I bought it when this town was booming," he said Tuesday. "Then we were riding out the national and international recessions for a few years. Now I feel a tremendous upswing in Denver." He said the spot might be right for a Planet Hollywood, the flashy restaurant chain in which he invested with Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone. Gumption MOBILE, Ala. (AP) ? Look out, David Letterman. Next time you see kind, lovable Forrest Gump, he may be out for revenge. Winston Groom, the man who wrote tne trump saga, cnan t even rate a mention at the Academy Awards as the movie was pulling in die Oscars. Not even Tom Hanks gave credit to Groom. Hie novelist said Tuesday he's already working on a sequel. And he told the Mobile Press-Register he intends to end it by sending Gump and his son, Forrest Jr., to the Oscar ceremony, where the younger Gump will nail Letterman between the eyes with a spitwad. Then, he said, Letterman will ask the elder Gump if he has anything to say. "Forrest says, Tes, I've been saving this up... I've got to pee,m Groom said. Caan's marriage canned LOS ANGELES (AP) ? James Caan has filed for divorce after four-and-a-half years of marriage. Hie 55-year-old actor, who was nominated for an Oscar in 1972 i mm Photo cour "My Heart is Still Shaking," a year friendship between two wo and a native of Africa's Kalahari Friday in Longstreet Theatre. The play is an adaptation of M and books about her relationship' living in Botswana with the Kunj maining traditional huntergathei The free performance will h Women's History Month. 11 Vl 1 :ES m WHATNOT]| J Universal Pictures "Junior," looks toward Denver ?t in flonvor . /jul a** i/viirvi for his role as hotheaded Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," cited irreconcilable differences Tuesday. He and Ingrid Hajek Caan, _ 34, married in 1990. It was his third marriage and her second. Caan is seeking joint custody of the couple's 3-year-old son. Guns for expire MEMPHIS, Term. (AP)?No more I moonlighting as a pistol-packin' momma for Cybill Shepherd. The Memphis-born star of "Cybill" and "Moonlighting" is among about 300 people who will lose their special Shelby County deputy com- | missions ? and their gun permits _ ? on June 1. Sheriff A.C. Gilless said Tues- day he's tired of speculation that I people who had the commissions were political favorites. ? So who gets to keep their deputy commissions and gun permits? B One is Orlando Magic basketball star Anfernee Hardaway, who happens to be spokesman for a Sheriffs Department anti-drug campaign. Good Golly, Miss Molly | WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) ? Good golly, there's no retirement in sight for Little Richard. . "I'm still doing it," the 62-year-old performer told a group of children on an outing at the International House of Blues Foundation. The rocker performed his 1958 hit "Good Golly Miss Molly," but I he also got serious, tracing the origins of his music and his motivation. Richard told the youngsters how he listened to blues while crrnwincr un in Macon. Ga.. how I o- w '***0 ?r -it, ? ? j g much he wanted a hit record so he could help his family escape poverty and about the trouble black _ artists still encounter. "Black people need more of an ^ opportunity in rock," Richard said. I ; : tesy (JSC Marketing and Relations Theater Emory play about a 20men?an Atlanta anthropologist Desert?will be staged at 8 p.m. aijorie Shostak's letters, journals nrith Nisa, a woman she met while i San people, one of the last reer societies. _ osted by USC in celebration of ' ifBSfI I mmi Late show hosts CHUCK GRIFFITH Staff Writer H /M *n t i t 1 t 1_ l l II UKay, it s Deen a lougn aay, nomeworK. nas oeen packed away in my backpack for tomorrow, and tonight's dinner has just finished digesting. Yep, it's 11:30 p.m. and it's time to watch late night TV. First, I do the Leno, Letterman, Leno, Letterman, Leno switch to and fro with the CBS and NBC j late night wars. I On NBC, you can catch host Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" (three stars). Leno has that white bushy hair and a sort of wit that tends to be flat at times. "The Tonight Show" crowd seems to be finding Leno's monologue humorous. When guests come on the show, they seem to be thrilled to meet Leno. Jay Leno had been guest host of "The Tonight Show with Johnny Car son" since 1977. He was crowned host jnl990 andhas Mllill A'BDIBM VialH fho tVirnnp of vviinn v yitikii aawxv wnv NBC late night ever since. There are quite a few flaws in the television production of Leno's hosting. Primarily it's the writers of the show who could be at fault. At times his questions try to be funny but fall flat to the point that the audience doesn't even acknowledge the APPLAUSE sign. His monologue is a great teaser as if Leno may have a good show, but the program lacks novelty or originality. The set design makes those eye lids want to go to sleep. Leno's suits are boring and lifeless. His jokes fail to have any longevity or substance because in a few days the topics are not worth caring about. The music lacks rhythm or any jolt of energy for the evening. For the most part, Leno's guest line up saves himself and the people watching his show. He tends to have guests who really warm up to the audience and know how to play them. Overall, the chemistry Leno masters with his guest also adds to the night's mood. It appears that the questions written for Leno to ask his guest should be thrown out and replaced with simple conversation that Leno shapes while engaging his dialogue. Then, there's "Late Show With David Letterman" (four stars). "Late Show" has been on the air since the fall of 1993 after moving from 10 years of 1 I Religious schol 1ENA L WALUNC Staff Writer & With Easter nearing, the death of Jesus r Christ may be at the forefront of many ^ Christians' minds as they celebrate more ;han just the Easter Bunny. g Like most topics of religion, controversy sur ounds the event that is the core of Christianity. r Fhe how and why of Jesus' death has been the center of discussion among leading scholars of the New Q restament, especially in recent years. And a world-renowned Biblical scholar will speak ? it.- ?i. rm 3 TTCr1 Jn U11S veiy SUUjeut lliuisuajr at uuv. Father Raymond Brown is a Catholic priest at c 3t. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif, and v has recently retired from a prestigious position in c religious scholarship, the Auburn Distinguished j Professor Emeritus Biblical Studies at Union The- j ological Seminary in New York City. The focus of his visit will be his latest 1,608- ? page, two- volume work The Death of the Messi- ? ah." Twenty years and research on the works of * over 2,000 scholars went into this book, which dis- ( cusses what the Evangelists really say about the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus. The Gospels were ] written 35 to 70 years after the crucifixion from t oral traditions of preaching and teaching. Since it f has been difficult to pinpoint where the men called i From way d< 1 IHI? in i duko it. out to ho w? -E 3 Ikirjfl B ?^Wfti'i'r l Photo courtosy NBC JAY LENO NBC. Letterman has remained true to his NBC format by maintaining the Top Ten List, Stupid Pet Tricks, and spotlighting normal everyday kids of America who get their shot to be seen by a nightly audience of 20 million. The monologue is quick and full of witty lines and the audience is immediately hvoed to hear the jokes of the night. Letterman and Paul Shaffer, Letterman's sidekick and music director, have magic between them. Their friendship since 1982 is humorous to watch. Shaffer has an | enthusiasm about his music that adds an upbeat excitement for the viewer. The set is spacious and brilliant colors add to the wackiness that David orchestrates. His suits are unmatched and comically unique. Letterman's musical guest such as Hootie and the Blowfish and Oasis are phenominal selections and proves the clout that Letterman's music tastes has over the music industry. Letterman's sketches with bear suits, taxi driver surveys and Mujibur Rahman and Sirajul Is- A lam touring the United States are ludicrous and a M comedy de force. This highly imaginative and novel show is vanguard of late night and a triumph of classic television. Finally, Conan D Brien takes over NBC at 12:35 I ami. "Late Night with Conan C Brien" (four stars) fl is a fun house ride through the amusement park. 0' Brien, along with the ingeniously laughable cohost Andy Richter, is a hyper night of comedy. The audience warms up quickly to O'Brien's monologue and tickles the funny bone with his babyface and interesting neckties. O'Brien's Harvard degree has a lot of effectiveness in his punchlines. H Its high brow humor is charming and preps the audience to so to sleep with the feeling of no worries of the day. O'Brien's guests are interviewed with silly questions and informative issues that we really don't care about but kind of wanted to know, emerge Max Weinberg's music direction is well done and Andy's hip. There are times, though, that I wish Wien- are a d< berg and Richter would be shown more through- An < out the night. s*c ?T01 CBrien's set is small and intimate and gives mies" a the interviews a feel of people just "hanging out," ing up which works in O'Brien's favor. His sketches of have so ay, tell ar speaks to stuc datthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote their sto- There ies, believers and scholars alike ask questions, hear Fat Brown does not dissect the Gospels but treats Russell \ hem as magnificent dramas that have moved artists ^ f , md common folks alike for centuries. Brown in- e 0 ists that the meaning of each passion story can- m the lot be separated from the author's powerful nar- his perse ative effects. with cha Brown said he does not want to construct an- encouraf ither historical Jesus. He said his aim is "to ex- death 0f ilain in detail what the Evangelists intended and . onveyed to their audiences." Kussell Brown writes in the April 14 Newsweek, "One ?f Jesus: an believe that the Scriptures are the word of God cai. vithout thinking that God chose to communicate Sevei >nly in historical accounts. Imaginative poetry, parishioi )arables and didactic historical fictions are other sjeered t )ossibilities." "There is nobody like him," said Donald Jones, i USC religious studies professor who is largely re- turnout iponsible for recruiting Father Brown to visit USC. rive earl; To have the chance to hear him speak is a grand Channe >pportunity." availabli In addition to holding a doctorate from John p ,, dopkins University, Brown holds 24 honorary doc- 0 e^e' ;orates from universities throughout the United ^his States and Europe and has received many literary issues at md theology awards. Wednesc owntown?.BAh Pill II8 III ratings king Photo courtooy CSS DAVID LETTERMAN ncy guests, security camera highjinx, and adventures out and about in New York City ifinite highlight of the evening, ixtra flavor given for O'Brien's show is muips that appear such as "Crash Test Dumnd "The Lemonheads." If you're not stayto watch this innovator of late night, you mething terribly wrong with you. ? . lents, clergy i are three opportunities for students to her Brown. At 11 a.m. he will open in the louse Ballroom with "The Passion Narrae Gospel According to Luke." At 3:30 p.m. ?lk Auditorium, Brown will speak about rnal religious faith and how he has dealt nge in the Catholic Church. Jones said he jes all students interested in the life and Jesus to attend the 8 p.m. lecture in the douse Ballroom, "The Passion and Death : Issues Biblical, Historical and Theologi-al hundred priests, rabbis, pastors and lers are expected to arrive for what is conhe largest ecumenical gathering since Pope luI II's 1987 visit. Because of the large expected, students are encouraged to ary or catch the speech live on Gamecock TV 1 5. Also, a copy of the videotape will be 2 in the office of Lester Lefton, dean of the sf Humanities and Social Sciences. is the first of a regular series on religious USC. The next installment will appear on lay.