TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Joel Stratte-McClure 'CHERRY' PICKING: !off Annette Bening Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is a Golden Globe-, BAFTA- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actress. Biography Early life Bening was born in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Shirley and Grant Bening, an insurance salesman. took a night off from acting like a Russian aristocrat in ``The Cherry Orchard'' at the Mark Taper Forum The Mark Taper Forum is a small thrust stage with 745 seats at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Beckett and Associates. It has presented innovative plays since 1967. The world premiere of Angels In America was produced here. to watch herself play the role of convicted killer ``Mrs. Harris'' (HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , 8 p.m. Saturday) at the Geffen Playhouse The Geffen Playhouse (or the Geffen) is a not for profit performing arts theater in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Originally named the Westwood Playhouse, UCLA purchased the property in 1993. UCLA's then chancellor, Charles E. on Monday. ``It's always very bizarre to watch myself in a movie, particularly when I'm in the middle of doing a play,'' Bening said as she and husband Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter and director, known as Warren Beatty. Biography Early life and Education greeted friends in the theater foyer after the premiere. ``But I really enjoy this film because it makes Jean Harris' living nightmare look wicked, funny and sad at the same time.'' Does Bening know what pushed Harris over the brink to shoot and kill Scarsdale Diet guru Dr. Herman Tarnower (played by Ben Kingsley) in 1980? Or why we don't all pick up a gun when a relationship sours? ``I don't think any of us know why we don't go completely crazy in situations like that,'' said Bening, as she sipped a glass of red wine. ``That's why we're intrigued by this story.'' ``A lack of enthusiasm about our own suicide probably keeps most of us from losing it,'' suggested Beatty. Frances Fisher, who plays Harris' best friend, and writer-director Phyllis Nagy had other viewpoints. ``If you don't have a gun, you won't shoot anybody, even if you do have low self-esteem and are emotionally unstable,'' said Fisher, who's also in ``The Cherry Orchard.'' ``The lack of drugs, a weapon and opportunity keep many of us from shooting people every day,'' agreed Nagy, who hopes her film will provoke a debate about obsessive relationships. And what did Harris, who's living in Connecticut after serving 12 years in prison, think of the film? ``She found it classy, intelligent and a fair representation of her relationship with Tarnower,'' said executive producer Elizabeth Karlsen. FUNNY FEMMES: !off Teri Hatcher tried not to crack a smile when she received the Funny Lady We Love 2006 award from Ladies Home Journal at the Cabana Club last week. ``I don't feel any pressure to be funny just because of the award, and I'm going to try to be incredibly dry tonight,'' said Hatcher, wearing a Valentino dress and feigning a scowl. ``Anyway, I think they're really giving the award to my goofy character on 'Desperate Housewives,' not me. I'm just lucky to play a role like that.'' Hatcher, who's on the cover of the magazine's March issue, is all for comedy. ``Humor and comedy are the greatest gifts ever, and I love it when someone makes me laugh,'' said Hatcher, whose grimace grimace Neurology A humorless facial 'mask' typically seen in Pts with catatonia. See Amimia. gradually became a sly grin. ``For me to be included on a list of people who make other people laugh is a great honor. I can't believe someone is paying me to do it. That IS funny!'' The magazine's 25 funny ladies also include Kirstie Alley, Pamela Anderson, Tichina Arnold, Candice Bergen, Ellen DeGeneres, Maureen Dowd, Tina Fey, Debi Mazar, Megan Mullally, Sandra Oh, Sarah Silverman and Jaime Pressly. What's it take to make a funny lady this year? ``Guts,'' said Jorge Garcia from ``Lost,'' who stood amid four women at the Cabana Club bar. ``It takes guts, and a lot of courage, for a pretty woman not to be afraid to do things that make her look like a fool. This is such an important honor that I'm here to celebrate all of the winners.'' But even funny ladies take some things seriously. ``I want my gift bag,'' screamed Tichina Arnold of ``Everybody Hates Chris'' when she accepted her award. Hatcher not only smiled but also laughed. FIGHTING FAT: There will always be fat cats in Hollywood. But perhaps not so many now that the Entertainment Industry Foundation has declared a war on the country's escalating obesity and diabetes epidemics. ``Diabetes is closely related to obesity, and, with one-quarter of California kids now overweight, we're in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of an expanding and expensive healthcare crisis,'' said California's first lady, Maria Shriver, at a Health Focus 2006 luncheon featuring a panel of doctors and experts at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills on Wednesday. ``The entire entertainment industry can make a difference because it's so creative and generous.'' The battle plan includes everything from improved food in movie theaters to the possible incorporation of health education and awareness messages in Hollywood scripts, programs and films. Halle Berry, Kevin Klein, Jon Lovitz, Jerry Zucker and Dustin Hoffman are already backing the effort with public service announcements (www.diabetesaware.com) while supporters at the luncheon included Zucker, Randy Jackson, Carolyn Murphy and Kathleen Kennedy. ``I've struggled with my health, my weight and diabetes all my life,'' said Jackson, who underwent gastric bypass surgery Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity—the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue—and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. in 2003. ``My wife, Erika, and I have created the Childhood Obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. Foundation to help make kids aware of how important it is to have a healthy diet, and to let them know that diabetes can result if their weight gets out of control.'' Murphy comes from a family of diabetics, and her two paternal grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl died from the disease. ``I live the war against the diabetes pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. , and my family is constantly monitoring how we eat,'' said Murphy, who has a 5-year-old daughter. ``I want to help educate others about the importance of a healthy diet, adequate exercise and a reasonable weight.'' Not that everyone's perfect. ``I did throw some Oreos in my kids' backpacks this morning,'' admitted Shriver shrive v. shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. . We Saw U Ashlee Simpson and Carmen Electra, watching Benji Madden and the Ying Yang Twins This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. perform at the opening of the Hard Rock Condo-Hotel in San Diego on Thursday night. Richard Lewis, getting on his knees in front of Jennifer Love Hewitt when she picked up an award at the Tourette Syndrome Association The Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA), based in Bayside, New York, United States, is a non-profit voluntary organization and the only national health-related organization serving people with Tourette syndrome. gala at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Thursday night. Cher, wearing sunglasses and a designer track suit, at the Replay store in the Beverly Center, where she purchased a men's brown corduroy corduroy, a cut filling-pile fabric with lengthwise ridges, or wales, that may vary from fine (pinwale) to wide. Extra filling yarns float over a number of warp yarns that form either a plain-weave or twill-weave ground. blazer with sequined se·quin n. 1. A small shiny ornamental disk, often sewn on cloth; a spangle. 2. A gold coin of the Venetian Republic. Also called zecchino. tr.v. patches. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) BENING: From Chekhov to 'Harris.' Kevin Winter/Getty Images (2) HATCHER: She finds it funny. (3) LEWIS, HEWITT Michael Buckner/Getty Images (4) JACKSON, SHRIVER: War on obesity, diabetes. Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com |
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