THE BUZZ.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services MARY-KATE DROPS OUT: What would Bob Saget <noinclude></noinclude> Robert Lane Saget (born May 17, 1956) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director, producer, and game show host. He is well known for his role as Danny Tanner in the ABC sitcom Full House say about this? Mary-Kate Olsen, who shared the role of Michelle with her twin sister, Ashley, on the '80s comedy ``Full House,'' has dropped out of college, early in her sophomore year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a published report. ``Mary-Kate Olsen has taken an approved leave of absence from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the to focus on her increasing responsibilities as co-president of Dualstar Entertainment Group and to pursue personal interests,'' her publicist, Michael Pagnotta, was quoted on People magazine's Web site Friday. Olsen's twin sister, Ashley, also co-president of Dualstar, will remain at NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) . A message to Pagnotta from The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. wasn't immediately returned Friday. Mary-Kate, 19, spent six weeks at a treatment center for an eating disorder eat·ing disorder n. Any of several patterns of severely disturbed eating behavior, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia, seen mainly in female teenagers and young women. in summer 2004. Since starting out as babies on ``Full House'' - Saget played their father - the twins have created a multimedia empire with a clothing line, feature films, direct-to-video movies and other merchandise. Mary-Kate, a brunette, and Ashley, who is blond, became co-presidents of Dualstar when they turned 18. Each is estimated to be worth more than $150 million. ELLEN AND HILLARY: 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. will get a fancy tour guide when the she takes her talk show to 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. next month. 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 Sen. Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
A surgical procedure that grafts blood vessels onto arteries to reroute the blood flow around blockages in the arteries (arteriosclerosis). and is working hard on his foundation and other international efforts. ETHERIDGE SMOKED POT: Melissa Etheridge says she smoked medicinal marijuana to help with the side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. of chemotherapy during her treatment for breast cancer. The 44-year-old singer, who was diagnosed over a year ago, is now cancer-free. ``Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana,'' Etheridge says in an interview to air Sunday on ``Dateline NBC'' (7 p.m., Channel 4). When asked how her doctors reacted, Etheridge says, ``Every single one was, 'Oh, yeah. That's the best help for the effects of chemotherapy.' '' The singer said she smoked marijuana every day for her pain and symptoms, and ``the minute I didn't feel it, I stopped.'' The use of marijuana with a doctor's recommendation is legal in California and nine other states but is against federal law. Asked if she was concerned about federal prosecution, Etheridge replied, ``No, I didn't worry. But it was worth it.'' She recently released a new greatest-hits album, ``The Road Less Traveled,'' including the new song ``I Run for Life,'' which is dedicated to the fight against breast cancer. MAUCERI SCALING BACK: John Mauceri has decided the summer of 2006 will be his last as director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Starting in the summer of 2007, Mauceri will hold the newly created title of founding director and will continue to appear in the future at select Bowl concerts. Mauceri said, ``For the past few months, as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and I approached our 300th concert together and concluded our 15th season, I have been thinking about the next 15 years and the direction of my musical life. ... To make each season different, and not to repeat any program, takes an extraordinary amount of time and energy during the winter and continues throughout each summer, and it is time for me to be able to pursue other opportunities with my full attention.'' A series of special farewell events to honor Mauceri's tenure are being planned for the 2006 Bowl season. SPELLING D-I-V-O-R-C-E: The husband of actress Tori Spelling filed for divorce Thursday, a little more than a year after the couple married. The couple separated last month. Actor and writer Charlie Shanian is seeking spousal support spousal support n. payment for support of an ex-spouse (or a spouse while a divorce is pending) ordered by the court. More commonly called alimony, spousal support is the term used in California and a few other states as part of new non-confrontational language (such from Spelling, according to papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Spelling, best-known for her role as Donna on TV's ``Beverly Hills, 90210,'' met Shanian in 2002 during the Los Angeles stage production of his romantic comedy, ``Maybe, Baby It's You.'' The two were in 11 vignettes about couples in search of love. They wed in July 2004 at her parents' Holmby Hills home. Spelling's father is television producer Aaron Spelling. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) OLSEN Derek Oliver/Associated Press (2) ETHERIDGE Reed Saxon/Associated Press |
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