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TWO IS ENOUGH FOR NOW, O'DONNELL SAYS ABOUT KIDS.

Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith

Rosie O'Donnell is getting a kick out of reports that she's ready to adopt a third child. Absolutely not true, she says. Life is hectic enough for her now with 2 1/2-year-old Parker and 3-month-old Chelsea. But she does acknowledge that she plans to enlarge her family when things calm down.

She tells this column that she hopes Chelsea ``is one of many. I'm one of five. It really gave me great comfort and solace in my life, and I would like to give that to my children.''

Rosie leaves 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
 with her children Monday for a month-long stay here in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , where she'll do her TV talk show during the month of February. Accompanying them will be two nannies and a production staff of 80!

The children will spend their days at nursery quarters being set up for them at Warner Bros BROS Brothers
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington)
BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) 
., where Rosie will tape the show. ``They have a nursery for Warners employees, but it's not on the lot, and I didn't like the idea of having my children 40 minutes away or 20 minutes away.''

Why has she planned such a long stay in these parts? ``Because it's easier to get celebrities in L.A.,'' she says.

She's already lined up an impressive list of guests for February - ranging from Janet Jackson, Jewel and Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist.  to the casts of ``ER'' and ``Friends.'' And ``Elizabeth Taylor Noun 1. Elizabeth Taylor - United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932)
Taylor
, hopefully.''

Four years later...

Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944)[1] is an American actress and comedienne. Biography
Early life
Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Her father, Eddie Garr (born Eddie Gonnau), was a vaudeville performer, comedian and actor whose career peaked when
 and Cathy Moriarty have just wrapped their roles as a trio of comic-book witches in ``Casper and Wendy.'' The direct-to-video follow-up to the big-screen ``Casper'' caper caper, common name for members of the Capparidaceae, a family of tropical plants found chiefly in the Old World and closely related to the family Cruciferae (mustard family).  of 1995 also features George Hamilton George Hamilton may refer to:
  • George Hamilton (actor) (born 1939)
  • George "Spike" Hamilton (musician), father of the actor George Hamilton
  • George Hamilton (commentator), football (soccer) commentator
, who plays a mustachioed mus·ta·chio also mous·ta·chio  
n. pl. mus·ta·chios
A mustache, especially a luxuriant one.



[Ultimately from Italian dialectal mustaccio, mustache; see mustache.
 warlock. ``The hours have been long, but we've been laughing all the time - laughing and cackling cack·le  
v. cack·led, cack·ling, cack·les

v.intr.
1. To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg.

2. To laugh or talk in a shrill manner.

v.tr.
,'' reports Duvall. She also says, ``I like acting again. I want to do both producing and acting now.''

Shelley admits it's been strange staying in a hotel while on ``Casper'' duty in L.A. - the city where she lived for 17 years. She and her boyfriend, rock musician Dan Gilroy, moved back to her home state of Texas as a result of the 1994 earthquake, which devastated dev·as·tate  
tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.

2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
 their hillside Studio City house and took the life of a neighbor. ``I'm still sad when I think about it,'' says Shelley, whose family lobbied hard for months to get her to move out of L.A. That move also included her and Dan's pets - nine dogs and two aviaries full of birds. ``We put them all in travel coaches and pulled them along. It got absolutely miserable,'' she recalls. ``We had to stop every couple of hours for everyone to go to the bathroom.''

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Ann-Margret's stunning, youthful looks have been the subject of much conversation as she's been busy promoting her forthcoming ``Homestead'' series. Whatever she's done, she's done - or had done - to perfection Adv. 1. to perfection - in every detail; "the new house suited them to a T"
just right, to a T, to the letter
. She's 56 and looks like she's in her 30s. The series kicks off production next week, with a cast of co-stars including Sonia Braga and Megan Ward. A-M's drama show has her living life in the wide open spaces, with troubles like a busted water main that pollutes the local stream.

Who's sorry now

With Helen Hunt winning the Golden Globe for ``As Good as It Gets'' - and being on the fast track for an Oscar - one wonders if Holly Hunter isn't sorry that she turned down the role. As for Helen, well, the laurels are the culmination of a long, hard-fought battle. She tells this column, ``I read the script three years before and didn't think I had a chance - but went after the part with everything I had. ... This was the only thing I wanted with such passion.''

Who's happy now

``The Full Monty'' star Tom Wilkinson is currently making the Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker actioner ``Rush Hour'' in L.A. It's something new for him. He's had a long career as one of Britain's best supporting actors, but, he says, ``This is my first action film - and I love it. I get to shoot people.'' He doesn't say whether he shoots the good guys or the bad. ``My character,'' he says, ``is a secret - one minute you think this about him, the next minute you know something else. They're keeping details under wraps.''

Wilkinson doesn't know what he'll do when ``Rush Hour'' wraps. Not that he hasn't had offers. He notes, ``When one starts getting a little bit successful, there's the tendency to take everything. That's a mistake. Also, sadly, there are so many scripts out there that aren't very good and shouldn't get made.''

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Photo: (1) Rosie O'Donnell

Packing for L.A. stay

(2) Shelley Duvall

Feels kind of spooky

(3) Ann-Margret

Stars in ``Homestead'' series
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Date:Jan 21, 1998
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