HEEDING HER ACTING CAREER'S BECK AND BACALL.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Lauren Bacall says she's never - ever - worked so hard. She's dashing to Paris to loop her first French film, ``Le Jour
Le Jour (French for "The Day") was a Quebec independence newspaper. et la Nuit'' with Alain Delon Alain Delon (born 8 November, 1935) is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. Delon’s star rose quickly, and by the age of twenty-three he was garnering comparisons to French screen legends such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as . Then she'll race to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to promote ``The Mirror Has Two Faces,'' in which she plays Barbra Streisand's mother. And then she'll spend weeks tub-thumping for ``My Fellow Americans,'' in which she teams with Jack Lemmon Noun 1. Jack Lemmon - United States film actor (1925-2001) John Uhler, Lemmon and James Garner. Even in her heyday - in the '40s and '50s - she says, ``I never had a run of three movies in a row. Hopefully, I'll get other work. Making a living isn't easy. It's been a struggle. There have been a lot of dry years for me.'' The 72-year-old actress studies the current scene - the overwhelmingly large salaries given top names, the no-names who become overnight successes - with a mixture of awe and disbelief and says of the latter, ``Those kids who go on TV and suddenly become movie stars, they're due for a shock. I feel sorry for them. It's a tough profession and takes a lot of work and training. If stardom is all that interests you, you're riding for a fall. Get out of the business.'' As for the salaries being tossed around these days: ``Just the top handful make so many millions. The rest of us grind along.'' On the fast track: Randy Newman is under the gun to finish scoring John Travolta's ``Michael'' movie. He says he's had the Nora Ephron picture for a while, but had some bad timing breaks with his ``Faust'' musical opening at Chicago's Goodman Theater this week. Says the music man behind ``Toy Story'' and ``James and the Giant Peach,'' ``I start recording for `Michael' Oct. 7, and I still don't have it completely together. I have to write a song for it, and about 40 minutes of music.'' ``Michael'' is due out at Christmas, but Newman says Ephron has been very understanding about his ``Faust'' commitment. ``Randy Newman's Faust'' - which has also been released on a CD featuring performances by Newman, James Taylor, Don Henley, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt - will head to Broadway next year if plans work out. What goes around comes around So David Caruso wants to return to TV. Nothing unusual about that. Lots of actors who have felt they were ready to make the leap to big-screen stardom have found it necessary to return to the security of the tube, with no hard feelings. The only difference is that Caruso (who was so eager to bolt ``NYPD NYPD New York City Police Department (since 1845; New York City, NY, USA) NYPD New York Play Development Blue'' he made a deal with producer Steven Bochco and 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. that he'd stay off until 1998) left a lot of hostility behind him. He evidently forgot the adage: Be careful how you treat people on the way up, because you might run into them on the way down. It's a bird, it's a ... Wesley Snipes Snipes (Diminutive for Snipers) is a text-mode networked computer game that was created in 1983 by SuperSet software. Snipes is officially credited as being the original inspiration for Novell NetWare. suits up as the hero Blade in January, in a feature film based on the Marvel Comics character. The caper caper, common name for members of the Capparidaceae, a family of tropical plants found chiefly in the Old World and closely related to the family Cruciferae (mustard family). , which he will produce for New Line, will have Snipes as the fabled vampire fighter, battling his archenemy arch·en·e·my n. 1. A principal enemy. 2. often Archenemy The Devil; Satan. Used with the. archenemy Noun pl -mies a chief enemy Deacon Frost in an apocalyptic war that will determine who rules the Earth. Guess who wins. All in the family They're adding two sisters-in-law for Tim Allen on ``Home Improvement.'' They'll be a year or two - or so - older than their sibling, as played by Pat Richardson. It's legit le·git adj. Slang Legitimate. The sensational ``Jam on the Groove'' hip-hop troupe finishes its run in Los Angeles on Saturday night and continues its world tour with a move to Columbus, Ohio; Detroit; New Haven, Conn.; San Diego - then on to Japan. Everything about the group is terrific ... and the clothes perfect for street dancers. It's hard to believe, however, that the show's sponsor, Calvin Klein, is trying to pass off the ragtag rag·tag adj. 1. Shaggy or unkempt; ragged. 2. Diverse and disorderly in appearance or composition: "They're a small ragtag army of racketeers, bandits, and murderers" , tattered look as part of his latest collection. Oh, puh-leeze. Filmland flair Alexandra and Sidney Sheldon drove in from Palm Springs for the party they hosted at L.A.'s Le Dome in honor of Roderick Mann's new novel, ``The Account'' - then turned right around and headed back to the Springs, where Sidney is completing his latest book. His daughter Mary certainly is keeping up the family tradition - with three new books. They are ``Raising My Titanic,'' ``Santa-Saurus'' and ``The Meditation Journal.'' MEMO: The Celebrities column appears Monday through Friday. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Lauren Bacall One very busy lady |
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