JACKSON'S COMEBACK DISC NOT READY FOR 1999.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith The new Michael Jackson album that many of his industry friends are predicting will mark a comeback for the soiled superstar won't see the light of stores this year after all. Superhot producer Rodney Jerkins reports the disc is ``about halfway finished, but Michael's not going to put out just an album. He's got to come out with the proper bang.'' The CD has had the input of such music masterminds as David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager and Kenny ``Babyface'' Edmonds, but Jerkins says, ``I'm hoping to have at least 70 percent of it.'' He adds that Michael will be coming out with ``a totally new sound. People are going to love it.'' The 22-year-old Jerkins has been juggling Jackson's project - which he's hoping will be ready to debut the first part of next year - with assignments from a cavalcade cav·al·cade n. 1. A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages. 2. A ceremonial procession or display. 3. A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits. of other music stars. ``In the last month, I've done Will Smith, Lionel Richie, the Spice Girls, and I'm executive-producing two acts on my own record label, So Plush and Rona Bennett.'' The music whiz, who this year alone produced gold and platinum hits for such artists as Whitney Houston, Monica, Brandy, Mary J. Blige, Luther Vandross and Jennifer Lopez, will need a clone if he takes on any more assignments. He says his phone has been ringing ``off the hook. But I can't do everybody. 'N Sync wants me to work on their album, and Rod Stewart has been calling me a lot. I may do Rod's, because it would be different than what I've been doing.'' Mary and Rhoda Looks like they'll make it after all. The proposed series that would have reunited '70s TV favorites Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore This article is about the actress. For her 1970s television series, also known as "Mary Tyler Moore", see The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Mary Tyler Moore ) and Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) was torpedoed last year - but the Mary and Rhoda 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. reunion telepic now has an Oct. 14 production start 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 . A source familiar with the script lets us know that viewers will find Mary, the widow of a congressman, returning to New York on a quest to rediscover herself and landing a job as a segment producer at a TV station. She has a 20-year-old daughter, Rose - not cast - who drops out of NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) , moves in with her boyfriend and decides to pursue life as a stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. comic. Also returning to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard Rosseau, a divorcee di·vor·cée n. A divorced woman. [French, feminine past participle of divorcer, to divorce, from Old French, from divorce, divorce; see divorce. with a 19-year-old daughter - also not yet cast - who's a premed pre·med adj. Premedical. premed Premedical adjective Referring to preparing for a career in medicine noun student at Columbia. Mary and Rhoda, whose friendship has dwindled over 15 years, renew their bonds and deal with their daughters and, hey, there's still talk of this turning out to be a back-door pilot. Drumming up business Sheila E. and her incredible percussionist family - brothers Peter Michael Escovedo, Juan E. Escovedo, and their legendary father, Pete Escovedo - had the crowd jumping at last week's induction party for Sheila as the musical director for the Conga Room. Natalie Cole, Holly Robinson Peete Holly Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (known before her marriage as Holly Robinson) is an American actress and author. , Donny Osmond and Paul Reubens were among the celebs on hand at the hot L.A. nightspot owned by Jimmy Smits, Jennifer Lopez, Paul Rodriguez and Brad Gluckstein. The crowd received an unexpected treat when Holly and Natalie joined the Escovedo family on stage for a grand finale. Sheila, who heads to Atlanta this week to do a remix of one of TLC's new tunes with Enrique Iglesias, says her goal for the Conga Room is to ``do a little crossing over of the Latin music acts with different types of music, like r&b. Mix it up a bit ... gets a little gumbo happening.'' The Conga Room will be happening from coast to coast before too long, incidentally. It'll be expanding to Las Vegas, New York and Miami next year. Quasimodo in Vegas Uh-oh. Here comes ``The Hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. of Notre Dame,'' the Las Vegas show. The gaming town's Paris Hotel and Casino has a production of ``Notre Dame de Paris'' on the way. It's being hailed as a ``completely new dramatic experience,'' a pop/rock music, dance and acrobatic-filled telling of Victor Hugo's classic tale. They're casting Quasimodo, hoping to find a super singer in his 20s who has a presence on the order of Joe Cocker or Meat Loaf, or David Clayton Thomas. The show has already played in other cities. Church goes to `Angel' Classical music wunderkind wun·der·kind n. pl. wun·der·kin·der 1. A child prodigy. 2. A person of remarkable talent or ability who achieves great success or acclaim at an early age. Charlotte Church will try out her acting talent with a ``Touched by an Angel'' episode aptly titled, ``Voice of an Angel.'' The 13-year-old English girl will play a prodigiously gifted singer - who is also an ungrateful pain in the neck. At least, she's a pain in the neck at the start of the episode, which beings shooting this week. With reports by Stephanie DuBois. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) JACKSON (2) MOORE (3) HARPER (4) SHEILA E. |
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