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for new Planet Hollywood spot.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ;
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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.
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Leno switch to and fro with the CBS and NBC j
late night wars.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 <
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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
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Brown does not dissect the Gospels but treats Russell \
hem as magnificent dramas that have moved artists ^ f ,
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lot be separated from the author's powerful nar- his perse
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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
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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.
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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.