NEWS LITE : COSTNER PUTS TEAM BEFORE PAYCHECK.Kevin Costner showed he knows how to play the game when it came to making his new baseball movie. When ``For Love of the Game,'' a romantic comedy filmed mostly at Yankee Stadium • • [ , ran into pre-production budget snarls, Costner gave up his usual $20 million guaranteed salary in exchange for a cut of the first-dollar gross, Premiere magazine reported in its February edition. Although details weren't reported, Costner's typical deal gives him 15 percent of the gross up to $100 million, from which point his percentage gradually increases; if a movie makes $175 million, Costner earns 22.5 percent, the magazine reported. Citing internal production memos, the magazine also reported that the hidden costs of hiring Costner included $4,500 a week for a trainer-nutritionist, a $40-an-hour wardrobe assistant and $3,000 a week for a body double stand-in. While on location, each member of Costner's support team received an average of $100 per diem per diem adj. or n. Latin for "per day," it is short for payment of daily expenses and/or fees of an employee or an agent. in walking-around money as well as first-class housing accommodations. Sarandon has just the place for Oscar Oscar winner Susan Sarandon Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Biography Early life Sarandon, the eldest of nine children, was born Susan Abigail Tomalin isn't bashful bash·ful adj. 1. Shy, self-conscious, and awkward in the presence of others. See Synonyms at shy1. 2. Characterized by, showing, or resulting from shyness, self-consciousness, or awkwardness. about her desire to add another gold statuette to her collection - this time for her role in ``Stepmom.'' In fact, Sarandon, who won a best-actress Academy Award for her role in 1995's ``Dead Man Walking,'' told People magazine she has the perfect place for it in the home she shares with her longtime love, actor-director Tim Robbins Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American Academy Award-winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is the longtime partner of actress Susan Sarandon, with whom he shares liberal political views. . ``There's a bathroom that we call `the famous bathroom,' and it's got all our awards in it,'' she said. But Sarandon, 52, said she would just be happy to get a nod when the Oscar nominations are announced Feb. 9. Letterman sidekick Shaffer a new dad David Letterman's musical sidekick, Paul Shaffer
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer , has added one more note to his repertoire: a son. Shaffer's wife, Cathy, gave birth Thursday to an 8-pound, 8-ounce boy, said Judy Twersky, a spokeswoman for the family. The couple named the baby William The tense of this article is unsuitable for an encyclopedia. Please consider rewriting to a detached, past tense. Baby William (b. 2001) is a fictional character on the popular science-fiction television show The X-Files. Wood Lee Shaffer. ``Mother and son are doing well, and the entire family is ecstatic,'' Twersky said. Shaffer, musical director of ``The Late Show With David Letterman “Late Show” redirects here. For other uses, see The Late Show. The Late Show with David Letterman is a multiple Emmy Award-winning hour-long weeknight comedy talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ,'' also has a daughter, 5-year-old Victoria Lily. Actress Mirren sets sights on weapons Actress Helen Mirren, star of the British television series This List of UK television series is a list of TV series that were made and shown in the United Kingdom. It does not include foreign-made imports. : Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - See also - External link 0-9 Speaking as a representative of the British development organization Oxfam, Mirren said she came to observe firsthand how weapons destroy people's lives in Africa. ``European countries are very culpable Blameworthy; involving the commission of a fault or the breach of a duty imposed by law. Culpability generally implies that an act performed is wrong but does not involve any evil intent by the wrongdoer. for the spread of arms throughout the world, and it's time to stop them,'' Mirren said. Atheist's Bible fetches $2,000 The personal belongings of the nation's most prominent atheist went up for sale on Saturday in Pflugerville, Texas, bringing $10 for a penny with ``In God We Trust'' crossed out and $2,000 for a Bible. The Internal Revenue Service seized Madalyn Murray O'Hair's belongings to pay back taxes and creditor fees after she disappeared in September 1995. O'Hair helped knock organized prayer from public schools in a 1963 Supreme Court case and founded several atheist organizations. The penny was no shock - she often crossed out words relating to God from her coins and bills - but the Bible surprised several people. ``There is some irony in that Bible,'' Austin lawyer Jimmy Nassour said. O'Hair received it from a group of Oklahoma schoolgirls in 1968. ``I was willing to go up to $500, but I got caught up in the moment.'' Nassour said he may sell it to a museum. An earlier attempt to hock hock: see wine. her belongings ended in March 1997 when a last-minute federal bankruptcy petition was filed on behalf of O'Hair, her son Jon Garth Murray and granddaughter Robin Murray-O'Hair, all of whom were missing. It was not known how much was raised by the auction. Diana dress scraps up for sale Scraps of material discarded during the creation of Princess Diana's wedding dress are to be sold in the United States to the highest bidder HIGHEST BIDDER, contracts. He who, at an auction, offers the greatest price for the property sold. 2. The highest bidder is entitled to have the article sold at his bid, provided there has been no unfairness on his part. . The spare cuttings of the ivory silk gown the late princess wore at her 1981 wedding will probably be sold at auction later this year, said Peter Smith, a publicist for the vendors. Six snippets of handmade lace and silk will be offered - the largest being about 4 square inches - along with a workshop sketch and a letter of authenticity from wedding dress designer Elizabeth Emmanuel. The cuttings have recently been valued at $164,000 or more, said Smith, who specializes in royal memorabilia. The sellers are an elderly couple from Norfolk, central England, who were given the cuttings as a gift for baby-sitting the dress designers' children while the dress was being made. Ex-`Baywatch' star ends Uruguay trip Former ``Baywatch'' star Pamela Anderson cut short a South American tour after being mobbed by scores of teen-age boys on a beach in Uruguay, a news agency reported Saturday. Anderson immediately canceled the filming of a suntan lotion commercial in Uruguay and a guest appearance on a TV show in neighboring Argentina. ``Pamela is frightened, and though we offered to suspend her open-air presentations she just wants to go home,'' tour manager Diego Cassagne told the Argentine Diarios y Noticias news agency. The trouble started at a news conference Friday on the beach at the Atlantic resort of Punta del Este Punta del Este (p  n`tä thĕl ās`tā), city (1996 pop. 8,252), E Uruguay, on the Atlantic Ocean. , Uruguay. During the conference,
teen-agers began to heckle heck·le tr.v. heck·led, heck·ling, heck·les 1. To try to embarrass and annoy (someone speaking or performing in public) by questions, gibes, or objections; badger. 2. To comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. the casually dressed Anderson. When a reporter asked her about a video in which she appears in a sexual encounter with her estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. husband, Tommy Lee, she said, ``I think I'm going home.'' Later, the teen-agers surrounded Anderson on the beach, shouted vulgar remarks and tried to fondle fon·dle v. fon·dled, fon·dling, fon·dles v.tr. 1. To handle, stroke, or caress lovingly. See Synonyms at caress. 2. Obsolete To treat with indulgence and solicitude; pamper. her. Anderson flew to Buenos Aires to connect with a flight to Los Angeles, scheduled to depart late Saturday. News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Pamela Anderson arrives at a hotel in Uruguay on Friday. The actress cut her trip short on Saturday after crowds mobbed her on a beach. Jose Luis Bello/Associated Press (2) Her prince has come Princess Caroline of Monaco, the 42-year-old daughter of the late Grace Kelly, poses with her third husband, Prince Ernst August of Hanover Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Ernst August Andreas Philipp Constantin Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph) was born on 19 July 1983 in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. , before their wedding Saturday in Monaco. It is the German-born groom's second marriage. Fritz Schulenburg/Associated Press (3) COSTNER |
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