SARANDON'S ROLE COULD DOUBLE IN `PRAYERS'.

Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith

Susan Sarandon could be spending the summer playing a mother who comes to believe she had a hand in the suicide of her gay teen-age son in ``Prayers for Bobby.''

Along with David Permut, Dan Sladek and Chris Tasse, she will serve as an executive producer of the NBC event movie based on the book by Leroy Aarons. And according to Permut, the possibility is there that the Academy Award-winning actress will take on the starring role. ``Of course, our hope is she'd want to do it,'' he says. ``We're awaiting delivery of a draft of the teleplay.''

Adds the moviemaker, ``It's a very timely piece in light of recent news events involving children not being listened to. In this case, the boy believed that, because he was gay, he was no good and going to hell.'' Aarons' book is considered particularly noteworthy by organizations and support groups of parents of gay children.

Objection Connection

With Washington powers now paying attention to what regular folks have been complaining about for years in terms of raunchy Hollywood product, we feel we should do our part to draw attention to some of Tinseltown's most severe lapses in judgment and/or taste.

How about this for a first example - ads for Adam Sandler's soon-due ``Big Daddy,'' featuring the comic and his juvenile co-star urinating against a billboard. It's one thing when you choose to buy a ticket to see a tacky movie - but this vulgar visual is coming at us uninvited. What kind of example is it for little boys? Or big boys, for that matter. Have a suggestion for Objection Connection? Send it to us at P.O. Box 11079, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210.

Skin deep

Blues rocker Edgar Winter won't be surprised if he and George Hamilton reteam. The chemistry that the never-in-the-sun guy and the always-in-the-sun fellow show in their current Miller Lite ad is genuine. In fact, says Winter, he met George at Hamilton's exclusive Beverly Hills club awhile back, ``and he was very, very personable - regaled us with inside-Hollywood stories till 4 a.m. Afterward, my wife Monique said, `There's something special that clicks with you and George.' Well, one thing I've learned is that Monique's women's intuition is like radar. Sure enough, a few months later, this commercial comes up, with the script marked Edgar Winter, Rocker, and George Hamilton, Tanner.''

Winter's been talking to Hamilton about ``some future projects,'' and adds that he'd jump on a follow-up commercial ``in a New York second.''

First on Winter's agenda, however, is the launch of his June 15-release ``Winter Blues'' album (Rhino/Warner) - a collection of blues tunes ranging from jazz-tinged urban style to Cajun/Zydeco flavor, with guest artists including brother Johnny Winter, Eddie Money, Dr. John and Leon Russell. He'll also tour this summer. The album includes ``Good Ol Shoe,'' the tune Willie Nelson and Pop Staple are seen ``writing'' in the big-screen ``Wag the Dog'' - which was actually penned by Edgar.

Back to '62

So you thought we were done with the Cold War? Well, it looks like it's heating up for director Roger Donaldson (``Dante's Peak,'' ``White Sands''), who is getting ready to shoot ``13 Days'' - a big-screen suspense thriller set against the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

A casting call has gone out for actors to play historical figures of the day - including John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Dean Rusk.

With reports by Stephanie DuBois.

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