NOTHING CAN STOP MAN OF STEEL AS DIRECTOR.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith ``It's great to see the sparkle in his eyes, to know the excitement he's feeling about the project.'' So says Jane Seymour Jane Seymour (born 1509?, England—died Oct. 24, 1537, Hampton Court, London) Third wife of Henry VIII of England. A lady-in-waiting to Henry's wives Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, she first attracted Henry's attention c. about her buddy Christopher Reeve, who's scheduled to start directing HBO's ``In the Gloaming'' today. The hourlong drama, starring Robert Sean Leonard, Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda and Whoopi Goldberg, marks Reeve's directorial debut and biggest work assignment since he became paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. . Seymour reports Reeve is delighted with the way things went during rehearsals. The house where the company is shooting has been outfitted with ramps for Reeve's wheelchair, and he reportedly is getting to the second floor via hydraulic lift, through a window. Jane, who has been close to Reeve since they co-starred in the 1980 movie ``Somewhere in Time,'' got the report on ``Gloaming'' from him at a fund-raising event last week in San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano (săn wän kăpĭsträ`nō), city (1990 pop. 26,183), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1961. San Juan Capistrano has some manufactures, including aircraft parts, medical apparatus, and boats, but the economy is . She has become involved with the charity set up by Reeve and Joan Irvine Smith to provide funding for top researchers ``who are trying to come up with a cure for spinal cord injuries Spinal Cord Injury Definition Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control. Description Approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur each year in the United States. . ... I'm happy to do whatever I can,'' says the ``Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' star - who has CBS' ``The Absolute Truth'' movie, directed by her husband, James Keach, coming up next month. Reeve and Seymour are also reuniting on screen - in a way. They're both voices in Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) .' forthcoming animated feature, ``The Quest for Camelot'' - Reeve as King Arthur, Seymour as the newly created character Lady Juliana. ``I think it's going to be a special movie, but of course they pay you nothing. You do it for your kids, not your pocketbook.'' The naked truth: Daisy Fuentes makes her film debut as a ``very plain Jane'' crime scene cleanup Crime Scene Cleanup is a phrase denoting a type of professional trauma cleaning. Popular culture plays a part in the term's usage. Television productions like Crime Scene Investigation add to the popularity of Crime Scene Cleanup. woman in Miramax's forthcoming ultra-black comedy, ``Curdled cur·dle v. cur·dled, cur·dling, cur·dles v.intr. 1. a. To change into curd. See Synonyms at coagulate. b. .'' She makes it clear she'd like her ``small, small part'' in the Quentin Tarantino-backed project to lead to more feature work. However, says the beauty, who rose to fame on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , ``I would never do a nude scene. ... I don't want to do anything pornographic or degrading to women, or insulting to Hispanics. Unfortunately, the offers that have come to me are often along those lines.'' Fuentes cites a movie that would have had her playing ``a Mexican maid who teaches a 16-year-old boy all about sex'' as an example. ``I find it very special when someone comes up and says they consider me a role model, and I don't want to spoil that. And truthfully, I'm very happy working in television - good or bad, and I've done both,'' she laughs. Among the irons Fuentes currently has in the fire is a sitcom development deal. She notes, ``I'd be much more comfortable acting like a total idiot in a cheesy cheesy (che´ze) caseous. comedy than I would be showing my breasts.'' More of 'them': Just when you thought enough attention was being paid to space aliens, prolific producer Stephen Cannell is coming up with ``Them.'' The UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation network vehicle will debut as a two-hour movie in November. It may go on to become a series, depending on its reception, Cannell says. How about the similarly themed NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. ``Dark Skies''? ``We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. yet how `Dark Skies' will do,'' he notes. You'd better believe that he - and UPN - are watching. The inside track: Saxophonist Dave MacMurray says he has legendary jazz pianist Bob James to thank for his new Warner Bros. record deal. James became a fan of MacMurray's when the sax man toured with Bob's band last year, and brought him to the label's attention. MacMurray's new Warner Bros. CD, ``The Dave MacMurray Show,'' combines hip-hop, r&b and jazz. MacMurray is also featured on Nancy Wilson's upcoming album. ``It's her 30th year in the business, and her label, Capitol Records, is going all out for it,'' he says. No down time for him: Thank goodness for the electronic age. Big-screen tough guy Robert Davi (``Die Hard,'' ``License to Kill'') is up to his eyebrows with work on his new ``Profiler'' NBC series. Still, he's been able to continue developing the script for the feature film project with which he intends to make his directing debut in Monte Carlo next year, thanks to the wonders of intercontinental fax and phone. Davi's movie project is called ``Easy Come, Easy Go.'' It's a behind-the-scenes look at gambling scams. He intends to go into production on the film next spring or summer, ``depending on whether `Profiler' gets picked up for the back nine episodes.'' MEMO: The Celebrities column appears Monday through Friday. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Jane Seymour Involved with charity (2) DailyFuentes No tawdry roles |
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