CHRISTOPHER REEVE FLYING HIGH - BUT NOT AS A PILOT.Byline: Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith Christopher Reeve REEVE. The name of an ancient English officer of justice, inferior in rank to an alderman. 2. He was a ministerial officer, appointed to execute process, keep the king's peace, and put the laws in execution. will be flying to L.A. for the Emmys - but regardless of what you might have heard, he will not be piloting himself. Responding to reports that he's been working on being able to fly a plane again - operating the controls as he operates his wheelchair, by blowing through a tube - Chris tells this column, ``It's science fiction - absolute Looney Tunes.'' Reeve, an Emmy nominee for his sensitive directing of HBO's ``In the Gloaming,'' is thrilled and proud that the drama is up for five awards at the Sept. 14 event. He also expects to be a presenter. However, he remains acutely disappointed that Robert Sean Leonard's ``Gloaming'' work - as a young man with AIDS, who returns home to die - was ignored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. ``His portrayal of the character's dignity, his lack of self pity ... it was wonderful.'' When it is suggested that Leonard might have been inspired by Reeve, Chris acknowledges, ``We did discuss how facing two near-death experiences near-death experience, phenomenon reported by some people who have been clinically dead, then returned to life. Descriptions of the experience differ slightly in detail from person to person, but usually share some basic elements: a feeling of being outside one's makes one less concerned about petty things.'' Reeve's second near-death experience, he says, came July 5, 1995 - about six weeks after a near-fatal fall off a horse left him paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. . He relates, ``After an injury of my type, the cells in the spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. continue to die. We had heard of an experimental drug not available in the U.S. that was thought to be able to preserve some of the nerves in the spinal cord. We got a month's supply from Switzerland, I took the first dose and had a severe allergic reaction allergic reaction n. A local or generalized reaction of an organism to internal or external contact with a specific allergen to which the organism has been previously sensitized. . My blood pressure went way down, my lungs closed down. I was just about gone.'' A tireless worker for the American Paralysis Association, Reeve is timing his West Coast trip so he will be on hand in Orange County on Sept. 11 for the unveiling at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine, campus of the Reeve/Irvine Research Center, dedicated to finding a cure for paralysis. The quiet Dennis Dennis Rodman hasn't been around the ``Bad as I Wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? Be'' set to see whether the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. telepic based on his autobiography is moving along with sufficient badness. Nor does he know first-hand whether Dwayne Adway, who's portraying the colorful NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= star, is evincing a convincingly bad persona. In fact, Adway has yet to meet Rodman, who was not on hand for the arduous ``Bad'' casting process that involved a nationwide search - and six auditions for Adway before he finally clinched the role. You and we might be surprised that Dennis didn't assert his say in the matter of who would play him, but Adway doesn't seem to be. ``Dennis is a serious pop icon For the British television series, see . For religious icons, see . A pop icon is a celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era. - and a very busy man,'' Adway points out. ``He's involved in the script, and I know at some point we will meet (Rodman will provide narration and appear in the telepic), and I'm looking forward to it. ... I think he'll be able to connect with the angle I'm working from.'' Which is? ``I've been doing a lot of research to prepare for this. I've seen a lot of tapes of him, read both his books and his ex-wife's book. ... I'm working from the standpoint of the human side of Dennis. You take the rings, tattoos and all of that away, and you find a shy, emotional guy. We see that time and time again in interviews.'' Fancy that. The celebrity scene ``ER's'' Noah Wyle tattles in the September issue of Premiere about falling in love with Tracy Warbin. She was the makeup artist on his upcoming big-screen debut, ``The Myth of the Fingerprints,'' and he says, ``I met her the first day of shooting. She just took my heart. ... She was radiant ... a beautiful person.'' The same issue of Premiere also has a funny bit about Keanu Reeves, who plays Charlize Theron's husband in ``Devil's Advocate devil's advocate: see canonization. .'' Theron gives details about a scene, in which, she says, ``I was completely naked and he (Keanu) still had his whole wardrobe on. We were trying to figure out how he'd get out of his clothes. He just got up and said, `Isn't it funny when you're making love to your wife, and she's naked, and you're still in your pants?' And he started kicking them off. It was like he was on the stage of the Comedy Store.'' Not the most flattering flat·ter 1 v. flat·tered, flat·ter·ing, flat·ters v.tr. 1. To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor. 2. description of someone in a love scene. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Christopher Reeve Emmy nominee (2) Dennis Rodman In a silent way (3) Noah Wyle Kiss and makeup |
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