NO WEDDING PLANS, HECHE ASSURES REITMAN.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Ivan Reitman starts production of ``6 Days, 7 Nights'' in Hawaii July 7, with Harrison Ford and Anne Heche - with the assurance from Heche that she and Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. won't be going through a wedding ceremony during the shoot. In response to reports that such a ceremony in Hawaii was exactly what DeGeneres and Heche had planned, Reitman says, ``It's ridiculous. I even asked her about it. She said, `I'm not ready to marry anyone.' '' And what about rumors that Reitman is thinking of replacing Heche because he didn't know how believable her love scenes with Ford would now seem? ``If I had done that, it would have happened quite a while ago.'' Indeed, when news of the DeGeneres-Heche pairing became public in April, Reitman was quoted as saying he was worried about the effect on his film if the relationship remained high profile. However, he now says, ``She's gone through wardrobe fittings and she's had readings with Harrison that have been great. In fact, everything's great - and I still believe in her.'' Pressing issues Priscilla Presley Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (born Priscilla Ann Wagner on May 24, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American model, author and actress. She is the ex-wife of rock 'n' roll singer and musician Elvis Presley and mother of singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. is slated to be in Memphis today for a press conference announcing the July opening date of the Elvis Presley's Memphis restaurant-nightclub. And will Priscilla address that spate of tabloid stories describing daughter Lisa Marie
Lisa Marie Smith (born December 5, 1968 in Piscataway Township, New Jersey), more commonly referred to as simply Lisa Marie, is an American model and actress. as being in an extremely troubled physical and emotional state? It's doubtful. Reps for Elvis Presley Enterprises Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) is a corporate entity created by the "Elvis Presley Trust" to conduct business and manage its assets. After Elvis Presley's death, Elvis's will appointed his father, Vernon Presley, as executor and trustee. are quick to discount the reports as an effort to concoct con·coct tr.v. con·coct·ed, con·coct·ing, con·cocts 1. To prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking. 2. Elvis-related news, despite persistent buzz to the contrary. In fact, they insist Lisa is very much expected to be present for the Memphis restaurant-nightclub's opening. The restaurant-nightclub's debut is pegged to what Presley forces refer to as ``Elvis Week,'' which is expected to draw more than 50,000 fans of the King to Memphis mid-August, the 20th anniversary of Elvis' death. Planned commemorations include more than 30 events in Memphis, from a performance of Elvis singing with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra at the Mid-South Coliseum The Mid-South Coliseum, also known as "The Entertainment Capital of the Mid-South", is a multipurpose arena that seats 10,085 people in Memphis, Tennessee. It was built in 1963. History The Coliseum was one of the few stops on the Beatles' final American tour. (via the wonders of video technology) - to riverboat riv·er·boat n. A boat suitable for use on a river. parties, art exhibits and the annual candlelight vigil A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. at Graceland. Priscilla has always been understandably guarded when it comes to talking about Lisa Marie - and she's been particularly tight-lipped tight·lipped also tight-lipped adj. 1. Having the lips pressed together. 2. Loath to speak; close-mouthed. See Synonyms at silent. since the Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson marriage debacle. Priscilla watchers well remember when she managed not to look at her former son-in-law throughout an entire Elvis commemorative event a couple of years ago. Fingers in other pies Robert Redford Noun 1. Robert Redford - United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) Charles Robert Redford, Redford may be starring in and directing ``Horse Whisperer,'' and Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg may be putting his all into ``Saving Private Ryan,'' the Tom Hanks film Spielberg is helming - but both high-profile filmmakers have other movie projects with their personal imprint heading toward production. Spielberg's a producer on the family-relationship drama ``Polly: A Parrot's Tail.'' ``Slums of Beverly Hills Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 motion picture, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. It that tells a story of a teenage girl struggling to grow up in a Jewish family that moves every three months in the late 1970s. ,'' on which Redford has producer credit, is a serio-comedy set in 1975, about an anything-but-prosperous family that moves into the flats of Beverly Hills. Finding a way Mykelti Williamson, who's in the recent big-screen ``Truth or Consequences'' and plays Nicolas Cage's cell mate in ``Con Air,'' has a wealth of other projects ahead. They include the planned sequel to the hit sci-fi flick ``Species,'' in which he'll star. ``I'm finally getting to fulfill my dream of playing an astronaut. I tried to get in on `Apollo 13,' '' he deadpans, ``but there were no brothers on the scene.'' Long time coming Joe Mantegna still is amazed by the path that led him to sign on for the Encore cable network's upcoming ``A Call to Remember.'' ``Five years ago, I was at the 40th birthday party of a friend, who brought over a guy he introduced as a writer. The guy said, `I like your work. ... I've written this movie that's basically my parents' life. ... I'd like you to play my father.' '' Five years passed. Then one day, Mantegna's agent gave him a script by a writer named Max Eisenberg, about a man and a woman who each lost their families in the holocaust, who meet and fall in love in America, marry, raise a family, and then have their world turned upside down when she receives word that a child she'd thought had died was alive and coming to meet her. ``I read five or six scripts a week, and this one really jumped out,'' says Mantegna. ``Then I happened to talk to my friend, who said, `Remember that guy you met at my 40th birthday? He's sent you a script.' '' Indeed, it was Max Eisenberg. ``It's ironic. I had already decided to do it,'' Mantegna says. Now he and Eisenberg have become pals, and Mantegna has pored over the Eisenberg family albums that recount the real-life drama. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Ivan Reitman ``Everything's great'' (2) Priscilla Presley In Memphis for club opening (3) Robert Redford Immersed in projects |
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