PEOPLE.
HOLLYWOOD nearly-man ROBERT ALTMAN is to get an honorary Oscar at
this year's ceremony on March 5. The 80-year-old is one of five
directors to have been nominated five times without winning - for
M-A-S-H, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts and Gosford Park. +++++
GEORGE CLOONEY is sticking to his ambitious plans to build a casino in
Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . After weeks of speculation that the 44-year-old actor was
backing out, he is to make a major announcement about the project
tomorrow. Clooney said last summer that he was going into partnership
with CINDY CRAWFORD'S husband RANDE GERBER Rande Gerber, (born April 27, 1962), is a former model and the owner/operator of the Midnight Oil Chain of Bars and Lounges. His brother Scott runs the financial end of the Company. Their youngest brother Kenny is also involved. to build a pounds 1.7
billion residential and entertainment complex in the gambling capital.
+++++ Dukes of Hazzard star JESSICA SIMPSON has been hailed as the girl
with the world's sexiest legs after wowing fans with her pins in
skin-tight denim shorts as Daisy Duke Daisy Mae Duke is a fictional character, played by Catherine Bach, from the American television series The Dukes of Hazzard. She was the cousin of Bo and Luke, the main protagonists of the show, who were themselves cousins to each other. , according to a survey by a
Celebrity Legs Forum. ++++ MATT DAMON and BEN AFFLECK are to remake
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The friends will take on the roles
made famous by PAUL NEWMAN and ROBERT REDFORD in the 1969 classic. Damon
will reportedly play Sundance and Affleck will be Butch. +++++ A yellow
school bus has been named Kimberley after local girl KIMBERLEY WALSH of
hit band GIRLS ALOUD. Pupils in Bingley, West Yorks, picked the name in
a competition to name their bus.
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