`OUT-OF-TOWNERS' ' BUMPY RIDE.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Neil Simon Noun 1. Neil Simon - United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927) Marvin Neil Simon, Simon has given up plans to write a new ``The Out-of-Towners'' for Paramount. He's decided, he says, ``It would be too grim a movie. The world is a tougher place.'' He notes that in the 1970 version of the comedy, in which Jack Lemmon Noun 1. Jack Lemmon - United States film actor (1925-2001) John Uhler, Lemmon and Sandy Dennis played tourists beset by a series of calamities in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ``They got mugged by a nice-looking man with an umbrella. Today it would be five hoods with knives. How do you write humor about a situation like that?'' Producer Scott Rudin thinks there's a chance, and he has someone else attempting to put together a humorous '90s ``Out-of-Towners'' script for Paramount. We'll see. Meanwhile, Simon is finally getting a remake of his ``The Odd Couple'' ready for Paramount and tells us he expects Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau to start reprising their roles from the '68 film in early June. The feature has been in the works for years, but, he says, things have only come together in recent weeks. The esteemed playwright is also preparing his latest play for the stage. ``Proposals'' will start rehearsals June 3 at L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre The Ahmanson Theatre is one of the four main venues that comprise the Los Angeles Music Center. Through the generosity of philanthropist Robert H. Ahmanson, construction began on March 9, 1962. , move on to runs in Phoenix; New Haven New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many , Conn.; and Washington, D.C.; and end up on Broadway Nov. 6. Just a few years ago, Neil said he wouldn't be playing Broadway because of the costs of mounting a production there. However, he says of the nine-character ``Proposals'' (which will tell the story ``of love and people unloved''), ``this one feels like it belongs on Broadway.'' The JFK watch You keep reading the screaming tabloid headline about trouble in paradise for John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Now read this. The newlyweds flew from JFK to Heathrow the other day, and a fellow passenger in the business section of the plane reports they were smooching ``like you wouldn't believe.'' Our source, who sat a few rows behind the Kennedys, phoned from London to relay the information, because ``so many bum things have been written about John and Carolyn.'' She added that she was very impressed when John refused the airline's offer of private transportation to take him and Carolyn from the airfield to the terminal, insisting that they'd take the bus that was provided for the others on the plane. She last spotted them waiting in a long line for a taxi to take them into the city. Why didn't they have a car and driver waiting for them at Heathrow? For that matter, why didn't they fly first class? It's not a surprise to those who know them. After all, this is a fellow who gets around New York by subway. Busy as she wants to be Swoosie Kurtz Swoosie Kurtz (born September 6, 1944) is an American actress. Biography Early life Kurtz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child of Air Force Colonel Frank Kurtz, Jr. , riding high as co-star of the big-screen hit ``Liar Liar,'' - plus the critically acclaimed ``Citizen Ruth'' film - returns to Brooke Shields' ``Suddenly, Susan'' April 24 in the role of Shields' mother. And not only that. Swoosie's just been set to become a recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who is not a main character but who appears from time to time during the series' run. in the part this fall, which will still give the former ``Sisters'' series star plenty of time for all that movie work she likes to do. From CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. to star Tax day may not be time for celebrating for most people, but hunky hun·ky 1 n. pl. hun·kies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a laborer, from east-central Europe. actor Jim Davidson Jim Davidson can refer to multiple people:
``I may be the only working actor who is also a CPA,'' says Jim, who also ``may be the only person to have ever left Price Waterhouse to become a model. ... They thought I was kidding.'' Davidson appreciates that Price Waterhouse told him the door was open for him to return when he exited 10 years ago, but ``it's my mission in life not to ever have to do that. To me, it was like prison.'' Still, accounting has been very good to Jim. He financed his early career doing tax returns for models and actors (some pretty big names, too), and found that ``most of them have no idea what they're doing when it comes to finances. I had people come to me and say, `Look, I've got $500 to pay taxes. Work backward.' '' Even today, colleagues who know of Davidson's expertise pump him for information. And since the USA Network has an e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address for Jim, and also posts his biography online, ``People are sending me all these questions, like, `If I have an office at home, how much of my phone charges do I get to take off?' Nobody's asking about the show.'' But he's laughing ... all the way to the set. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Neil Simon Broadway-bound - again (2) Swoosie Kurtz ``Suddenly'' stint |
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