NEWS LITE : HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD; ACADEMY GETTING NEW HOME.Work began Thursday on one of Hollywood's biggest productions: a $385 million entertainment complex next door to Mann's Chinese Theatre Chinese theatre has a long and complex history. Today it is often called Chinese opera although this normally refers specifically to the popular form known as Beijing Opera; there have been many other forms of theatre in China. . The block-long development is intended to create a posh, permanent home for the Academy Awards, starting in 2001, and to restore luster to Hollywood Boulevard For uses other than the original street, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation). Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out , now peppered with wig shops, T-shirt stores and body-piercing establishments. ``We're finally going to bring Hollywood back to Hollywood,'' composer Quincy Jones, who plans to open a club, said at the groundbreaking ceremony. ``We would like to ensure that the greatness of Hollywood will pass on to the next generation.'' With little or no success, city boosters previously have predicted a revival of the neighborhood for years. This project stands out, however, in scope and official support. The city committed $90 million for a parking lot and 3,300-seat Academy Award theater. Theaters for movies and plays, new shops, restaurants and clubs are planned to make tourists feel comfortable in the now-seedy area. Planners point to the revitalization of 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 City's Times Square. In the last decade, Times Square went from a neighborhood of strip clubs and pornographic movie houses to a tourist destination A tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions or visitor attractions and possibly some "tourist traps". with stores and theaters from the likes of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . and Disney. Lewinsky may collect $3 million to tell tales On the day the House of Representatives began a process that could cost President Clinton his job, Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted (after initially denying) to having had an "inappropriate relationship"[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. was negotiating for lucrative new work. Lewinsky, the former White House intern who had a sexual relationship with Clinton, was discussing a reported $3 million book and Fox TV interview deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ``We are confirming that discussions are going on with Lewinsky's people, but I can't confirm anything beyond that,'' Fox spokesman Thomas Tyrer said Thursday. A call seeking comment from Lewinsky was not immediately returned by her spokeswoman, Judy Smith. The trade paper Daily Variety, citing unidentified sources, reported Thursday that Murdoch's News Corp. had offered Lewinsky the rich deal for a multimedia tell-all package. Included would be an interview conducted by Fox's entertainment division, rather than its news division, and a book deal with News Corp.'s HarperCollins publishing house, Variety said. David Hill David Hill may refer to one of a number of people with this name:
The talks were reported on the day the House authorized an impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. inquiry of Clinton. The consequences of the inquiry range from a rebuke to removal from office. Last week, talk show host Roseanne offered Lewinsky more than $1 million for an appearance. Oprah Winfrey “Oprah” redirects here. For the show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history. also wanted an interview, but said talks broke down after it became apparent that the ex-intern wanted money for her story. Gates an obstacle to train commute Passengers stranded at a California Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run station the other day had more than the usual bureaucracy to blame. As travelers at the Emeryville station waited to board the Coast Starlight headed to Seattle, they were told there would be a 30-minute delay. Turns out the holdup was caused by none other than Microsoft gazillionaire Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. . Gates has three railroad cars and his own engine and had requested that the tracks be yielded to him until he passed, at which point Amtrak could proceed. Something magical about dream beau Movie star Sandra Bullock, appearing in ``Practical Magic,'' has a simple test for her dream guy, says Marie Claire magazine: He must be able to smooch well, scramble an egg, make jokes, and dance like John Travolta. Duchess's program gets royal ratings Fergie took Oprah to the mat in the rough-and-tumble that is television chat. ``Sarah . . . Surviving Life,'' on cable and satellite channel Sky One, drew more than 100,000 viewers in two screenings Monday, the Rupert Murdoch-owned network said Thursday. The afternoon screening drew a bigger audience than the average for Oprah Winfrey's program, which it replaced in the time slot. But Fergie was trounced by several programs during the morning screening, according to the Mirror newspaper, archrival arch·ri·val n. A principal rival. to Murdoch's Sun. The 38-year-old Duchess of York Duchess of York is a title held by the wife of the Duke of York since the first Duke of York in 1384. The title is gained with matrimony alone and is forfeited on divorce. said she is giving her $86,000 fee for 10 one-hour programs to charity but will keep money from foreign rights. Boss recounts time of famous poverty Back in 1976, Bruce Springsteen was living hand-to-mouth while he was being hailed on the simultaneous covers of Time and Newsweek as the future of rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. . The 49-year-old rocker recalled his lean years while on the witness stand in a London courtroom Thursday as he tried to block a British company from putting out a collection of unreleased songs from 1972. Springsteen said he won control of all his songs from his original manager, Mike Appel, after a court battle in 1977. Before that, times were bleak, he said. ``All I know is that in 1976 a lot of money had come in, and I was on the cover of Time and Newsweek, and I was broke,'' Springsteen testified. ``The creative control of my life had been wrested away from me.'' Masquerade Music argues that it was given rights to the songs by a member of Springsteen's former management team, Jim Cretecos. The hearing is expected to continue into next week. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 4 photos PHOTO (1) Streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe. The last in his Vietnam War trilogy that began with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones explode to celebrate the start of work on a $385 million entertainment complex. David Sprague/Daily News (2) Gates (3) Lewinsky (4) Springsteen |
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