COUNTRY'S DWIGHT YOAKAM SAYS HE'S LOOKING FOR LOVE OF HIS LIFE.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Country music's solitary outsider, Dwight Yoakam, doesn't want to be alone anymore. We spoke to Dwight about his next big U.S. tour - it kicks off next month - and other matters, and he admitted that what he would like soon is ``a relationship that leads to marriage. The desire is definitely there at this point of my life.'' No particular prospect is in sight for the artist who once had a highly publicized fling with Sharon Stone. ``But you never know what will happen,'' he noted. On the professional front, Yoakam is thinking of turning his video directing talents to ``some longer-form pieces - possibly a film.'' Yoakam has helmed several of his videos now, including the just-released 7-1/2-minute dramatization dram·a·ti·za·tion n. 1. The act or art of dramatizing: the dramatization of a novel. 2. A work adapted for dramatic presentation: of his song ``Sorry You Asked,'' which features Bo Hopkins and Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American character actor. Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky to Ersel and Sheridan Harry Stanton, who divorced when Stanton was in high school; they later re-married. He had two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph. . ``I think with video work being so connected to music performance for the last 15 years, you'll start to see more recording artists interested in directing,'' said the erudite er·u·dite adj. Characterized by erudition; learned. See Synonyms at learned. [Middle English erudit, from Latin crooner. ``It becomes a natural extension for those who are inclined to express themselves through the visual medium.'' Yoakam has been squeezing acting assignments into his music schedule for yearsFresh off two hit albums in 1995 (``Gone'' and ``Dwight Live'') and with his world tour already under way, Yoakam just completed a ``small supporting role'' in Billy Bob Thornton's HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy movie, ``The Gulf.'' He also has Thornton's big-screen ``Some Call It a Slingblade'' - in which he plays a ``despicable'' character - en route to theaters. The videoland view: ``3rd Rock From the Sun'' actress Kristen Johnston reports her Sally Solomon Sally Solomon (played by Kristen Johnston) is a fictional character from the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. Although she just looks like eye candy, she is actually a mixed military-martial arts specialist. However, she does use her looks to her advantage. character will soon be getting a love interest, played by former ``seaQuest DSV'' star John D'Aquino John D'Aquino (born John Aquino on April 14, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Benjamin Krieg in the Sci-Fi TV series seaQuest DSV . ``Sally meets a teacher at Tommy's school and she adores this guy. They actually go through the whole dating ritual,'' revealed Johnston, who plays the male alien stuck in a woman's body on Earth in the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. sitcom. Her character is still uncomfortable in his womanly wom·an·ly adj. wom·an·li·er, wom·an·li·est 1. Having qualities generally attributed to a woman. 2. Belonging to or representative of a woman; feminine: womanly attire. guise and she said, ``It's really fun to play her terror and anger at being in the position of having a crush on someone.'' As soon as the sitcom wraps for the season, Johnston will fly back to 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 for a visit before winging to London to co-star in the big-screen version of Neil Simon's ``London Suite.'' She said she was handpicked for the film by Simon. ``They were going to cast my part in London. But after I went in and did the reading, Neil said `Nope, she's the one!' I'm very excited.'' Johnston co-stars in ``London Suite'' with Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. , Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jonathan Silverman. ``Basically it's the NBC all-stars,'' she noted with a laugh. Hello, again: News that the three surviving Beatles turned down a half-billion-dollar offer to host a Second British Invasion Festival in New York's Shea Stadium is drawing chuckles from those who've watched promoter Sid Bernstein's antics vis-a-vis a Beatles reunion through the years. Bernstein offered the Fab Four a fortune to reunite and tour in 1971. ``He knew they wouldn't,'' said one former Apple Corps operative, ``and he's been doing this for a quarter of a century - getting attention by using their name.'' A labor of love: Broadway star Obba Babatunde has just been signed to join Alec Baldwin and Whoopi Goldberg in Rob Reiner's biopic bi·o·pic n. A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. biopic Noun Informal a film based on the life of a famous person [bio(graphical) + pic(ture)] about slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Babatunde will play Evers' son Darryl in the Castle Rock film. Meanwhile, he has HBO's ``Soul of the Game'' set to air April 20. ``I went after that role with a passion,'' said Babatunde, who plays the owner of the Homestead Braves in the telepic about the Negro baseball leagues. ``The reason the piece was so special to me,'' he explained, ``is that I do a one-man, one-act play called `The Ghost of Summer' about Cool Papa Bell
Babatunde, who co-stars in ``Soul of the Game'' with Blair Underwood, Delroy Lindo and Mykelti Williamson, plans to mount his one-man ``Ghost of Summer'' in Atlanta before the Olympics, then bring the play to Los Angeles in the fall. MEMO: The Celebrities Column appears Monday through Friday. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--2) Country singer Dwight Yoakam, whose past l oves include Sharon Stone, says he's now ready to find the right girl and get married. |
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