NEWS LITE : THE RAT PACK SINGS OLD FAVES.A long-forgotten videotape of a performance by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. has been donated to Manhattan's Museum of Television & Radio, which will begin public airings of it April 11. ``The Frank Sinatra Spectacular'' was originally aired as a closed-circuit benefit for a St. Louis halfway facility, Dismas House, in 1965. It has the trio singing old faves such as ``Fly Me to the Moon'' and ``Luck Be a Lady.'' Johnny Carson is in the show, subbing for a then-ailing Joey Bishop. The tape was found in a closet at Dismas House. The museum will present the video as part of its series, ``The Rat Pack Captured: The Only Television Performance.'' The fashion scoop on Chelsea's look The White House, in keeping with its mum policy on things Chelsea, gave no info on her inaugural duds. But Women's Wear Daily Women's Wear Daily (WWD) is a fashion-industry trade journal sometimes called "the bible of fashion."[1][2] It is the flagship journal of Fairchild Publications, Inc.[3] WWD's publisher is Ralph Erardy, Sr. tracked it down. The first daughter's ball gown was from Vera Wang's lower-end bridesmaid collection and the gray suit she wore to the swearing-in was a $281 number from D.C.'s Bebe Shop. The harder it gets to make a sequel Jimmy Cliff is working on a sequel to the 1971 cult classic ``The Harder They Come,'' but his old partner is trying to put him down. The reggae legend and star of the original film is reportedly producer of a follow-up that will begin shooting in March and stars Wyclef, leader of the platinum-selling rap group The Fugees. The problem is that the rights to the story still belong to Perry Henzell, who wrote the screenplay to the first film. ``I have not sold the rights to `The Harder They Come II,' so there's no way he can do that,'' Henzell said. Cliff ``told me he was making a movie with The Fugees, which I have no problem with. But if the story has any semblance of `The Harder They Come,' I will have to sue him.'' The first film was based on the real-life story of Ivanhoe Martin, a kind of 1950s Jamaican Jesse James. The movie, two years in the making, cost only $200,000, but won worldwide acclaim for Henzell and Cliff. Banderas reported on crooner course Look what ``Evita'' wrought. Antonio Banderas is now convinced that he can carry one note a looooong way, 'cause next thing you know, the actor is thinking of a second career - as a Latin crooner, according to People magazine. Banderas, who does a decent enough job belting out the hits in ``Evita,'' was persuaded by Madonna's manager to have a sit-down with producer David Foster about a record deal, the magazine reports. Meet the Olympics' exotic wonder trio Koalas and kangaroos are out - they're passe pas·sé adj. 1. No longer current or in fashion; out-of-date. 2. Past the prime; faded or aged. [French, past participle of passer, to pass, from Old French; see , they've had more than their 15 minutes of fame - and the duck-billed platypus duck-billed platypus see platypus. , a spiky anteater anteater, name applied to various animals that feed on ants, termites, and other insects, but more properly restricted to a completely toothless group of the order Edentata. and a laughing bird are in. Organizers of the 2000 Olympic Games introduced three thoroughly Australian creatures Friday to serve as the country's new mascots. Sure, koalas are cute and kangaroos popular, but in an effort to inject some freshness into Australia's image, game organizers introduced ``Syd'' the platypus platypus (plăt`əpəs), semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Tasmania and E Australia. Also called duckbill, or duckbilled platypus, it belongs to the order Monotremata (see monotreme), the most primitive group , ``Millie'' the spiny spiny sharp spines protrude. spiny amaranth amaranthusspinosum. spiny anteater see echidna. spiny clotburr xanthiumspinosum. spiny emex see emex australis. echidna echidna, in zoology echidna (ĭkĭd`nə) or spiny anteater, primitive animal of the order Monotremata, the egg-laying mammals. and ``Olly'' the giggling kookaburra kookaburra (k  k`əbûr'ə), common name for a squat, long-tailed Australian kingfisher, Dacelo navaguinae. bird. ``Internationally, the kangaroo and koala koala (kōä`lə), arboreal marsupial, or pouched mammal, Phascolarctos cinereus, native to Australia. Although it is sometimes called koala bear, or Australian bear, and is somewhat bearlike in appearance, it is not related to true are well-known and widely used. This was our chance to showcase some of our other exotic wonders,'' said artist Matthew Hatton, who created the characters. ``Syd'' is short for Sydney, the host city. ``Olly'' is taken from Olympics, and ``Millie'' is for the new millennium, which will be celebrated at the games. ``They are funny. They are friendly. And they are thoroughly Australian,'' said Bob Carr, premier of New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. state, which is acting as host of the games. Trash collector can start living high on hog 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. now has a millionaire picking up its trash. Sergio Martini and his wife stepped forward Thursday to claim $10.3 million as Connecticut's first Powerball lottery winners. They were on the brink of bankruptcy. Now he's filthy rich. But Martini said he would keep his night job with the 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 sanitation department for at least 2-1/2 years, to collect his pension. ``I'm not a bum. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around all day,'' Martini said. Martini, 50, and his wife Elena, 44, received a check for $377,377 at the state lottery headquarters Thursday. Every January for the next 19 years, they'll receive a check for almost $373,000. Sergio did call it quits on his weekend job as a taxi driver in the Big Apple. And his wife quit her job at a health food store in Brewster, N.Y., where the couple lives. No way or Norway for skater? Tonya Harding is willing to cross the globe to get back into competitive skating. Harding is barred from competing for the United States, so her agent says the two-time Olympian is willing to skate for another country, such as Norway. ``They really like her a lot and with her blond hair and blue eyes, she looks Norwegian or Swedish,'' David Hans Schmidt This article is about a recently deceased person. Some information, such as the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known. David Hans Schmidt was a broker in celebrity photos and other cebrity related items. said Thursday in Portland, Ore. In 1994, the U.S. Figure Skating U.S. Figure Skating (USFS), officially called the United States Figure Skating Association or USFSA, is the national sport governing body for figure skating in the United States. Association banned Harding for life from amateur competition after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy in an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan. Schmidt told the Oslo tabloid Dagbladet that Harding still remembers the great reception she got at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer and would consider skating for Norway in the 1998 Winter Games in Japan. Olympic rules say Harding couldn't compete for another country until three years after changing her citizenship, though that could be waived or reduced. The idea is getting a frosty reception from some. ``I just think it's silly,'' said Helge Ogrim, who covered Harding at the 1994 Olympics for the Washington, D.C.-based Norwegian News Agency The Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian: Norsk Telegrambyrå, abbreviated NTB) is a Norwegian press agency and wire service that serves many of the largest Norwegian media outlets. . ``I don't think Norway is desperate enough to recruit a convicted criminal from the U.S.'' CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) MARTIN (2) BANDERAS (3) 2000 Olympics mascots ``Olly'' the kookaburra, ``Syd'' the platypus and ``Millie'' the echidna, from left, debuted Friday in Australia. (4) Tonya Harding: Wants to skate |
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