`CHICAGO HOPE' STAR BRINGS DIRECTOR GOOD LUCK.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Garry Marshall is gearing up to start directing Touchstone's ``The Other Sister,'' in which Diane Keaton will play the mother of a retarded teen who falls in love with a retarded classmate. Hector Elizondo will also be aboard - marking the 10th time he's appeared in a Marshall movie. The Emmy-winning ``Chicago Hope'' star, whom Marshall considers his good-luck charm, reports that in ``Other Sister,'' ``I will probably play a therapist.'' But, he notes: `` I might not be available for a long role because of my series schedule. I could end up doing an unbilled cameo because of time constraints.'' It wouldn't be the first time. Scheduling conflicts were responsible for Elizondo limiting his involvement in Marshall's ``Beaches'' to one scene, in which ``I played a judge with a stiff neck stiff neck stiff n → torticolis m .'' And then there was Marshall's ``Overboard.'' Elizondo returned from a three-month film assignment in Italy to a phone call from Marshall, imploring im·plore v. im·plored, im·plor·ing, im·plores v.tr. 1. To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy. 2. him to ``Come to the set today. We'll talk, we'll make nice, you'll do something in my movie.'' He ended up playing the Portuguese captain of a garbage scow. Of course, there were many Marshall movies in which Elizondo was featured prominently - including ``The Flamingo flamingo, common name for a large pink or red wading bird, similar to the related heron, stork, and spoonbill but with a longer neck, webbed feet, and a unique down-bent bill. Flamingos are tropical birds, although large colonies have been observed high in the Andes. Kid'' and ``Pretty Woman.'' They can go for that Expect to see the 40 million-plus record-selling duo Daryl Hall and John Oates John Oates (born John William Oates on April 7, 1949 in Philadelphia) is an American musician and producer best known as half of the successful rock and soul duo Hall & Oates. show up here, there and everywhere at month's end - well, at least on Letterman and Leno. They'll be putting in the good appearance for their new ``Marigold marigold, any plant of the genus Tagetes of the family Asteraceae (aster family), mostly Central and South American herbs cultivated elsewhere as garden flowers. The two common species of marigold, both annuals, are distinguished as African, or Aztec (T. Sky'' album and ``Promise Ain't Enough'' single - and for the U.S. tour Hall tells us they plan to kick off on Nov. 1. ``We'll go out through Dec. 14, then take a break, then go out of the country touring until spring. When we return, we'll do another leg in the States,'' he says. ``Marigold Sky'' marks the first time in seven years Hall has had a new album out with Oates. As for what brought them back together after so long, he says he and Oates had a conversation here, performed some joint concert dates there, and then, ``Suddenly, it just seemed like the right time.'' Once he got moving on the writing of the new album, ``The whole project came together quickly,'' Hall says. And have the seven years wrought changes? ``I think I've changed a lot, actually. There've been personal things - the death of someone I was very close to; that'll certainly alter a person forever. Doing solo work made a difference. And living outside the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . I have a home in London where I spend a lot of my time.'' What hasn't changed, he says, is ``I try to write positive things out of negative situations. Ultimately, the music is uplifting.'' On the go Ricki Lake This article is about the person. For the talk show, see Ricki Lake (talk show). Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American actress and tabloid talk show host, perhaps best known for her long-running Ricki Lake will be doing double duty for the next month or two - taping her TV talk show on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and making her fourth John Watters movie - ``Pecker,'' with Eddie Furlong - in Baltimore on Mondays and Tuesdays. ``I haven't spent a day away from Milo Milo, athlete of ancient Greece Milo (mī`lō) or Milon (mī`lŏn), fl. 500 B.C., athlete of ancient Greece, b. Crotona. since he was born 6-1/2 months ago, and I don't intend to start now.'' Ricki, who is married to artist Rob Sussman, will be playing an art dealer in the Watters production. Furlong, she says, ``plays a painter called Pecker who becomes a star of the art world.'' The best-laid plans Producer Alan Ladd Jr. has dropped plans to make a fresh version of ``Night of the Hunter'' for Paramount. ``Things didn't work out, and it's back at MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. now,'' he says. The insurmountable problem turned out to be casting the role immortalized by Robert Mitchum Noun 1. Robert Mitchum - United States film actor (1917-1997) Mitchum in the 1955 chiller chill·er n. 1. One that chills. 2. A frightening story, especially one involving violence, evil, or the supernatural; a thriller. chiller Noun 1. . He played a suave, smooth - and absolutely evil - preacher determined to kill his stepchildren, and did it so brilliantly, ``We couldn't find anyone to do justice to the part.'' The videoland view ``Homicide'' producer Barry Levinson isn't worried - yet - about the thought of the series losing Andre Braugher, who plays brooding Detective Frank Pembleton Francis Xavier "Frank" Pembleton is a fictional homicide detective on the television drama series portrayed by Emmy Award winning actor Andre Braugher. He is a primary character of the show through the first six seasons. on the show. Braugher has been quoted as saying he won't renew when his contract is up. But his contract still has months to run, and as Levinson points out, it's when one actually gets to the end of a contract that ``you assess all you are and where you want to be. We'll see at the end of the year or early next year where Andre wants to go - it's too early to get into that now.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Garry Marshall Directing ``The Other Sister'' (2) Ricki Lake Two weekday jobs (3) Andre Braugher Turning in his badge? |
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