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Oct. 8, 1999 |
In the upcoming issue of Parade, Kate Winslet, who starred as young Rose in "Titanic," confesses that she's tremendously relieved to be unhitching her corset for "Holy Smoke!" -- her first contemporary film. "I spent most of my time in tiny sarongs," Winslet cheerfully reports. "That's much more the person I am. I can't bear shoes or underwear." Meanwhile, Gloria Stuart, who played old Rose in the blockbuster film, told the London Telegraph this week that she's a big believer in "free love." In her bohemian youth, she says, she enjoyed an open marriage and casual sex galore. In fact, the 89-year-old actress recalls, "one weekend there was so much [sexual] activity I could hardly get out of bed." Throw that woman a life preserver. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Now that's scary "He's certainly put a boom in the boa business. And bald caps are blossoming. It's a huge phenomenon." -- James Berg, manager of a St. Paul, Minn., costume company, on how Jesse Ventura Halloween costumes are selling faster than you can say "religion is a sham." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President Trump? Let's shake on that Yep, it's official. Donald Trump announced that he's forming "a presidential exploratory committee ... effective tomorrow," in an interview Thursday on CNN. What's more, the Donald told NBC's Stone Phillips on Wednesday that's he's willing to suck up his germ phobia and do some serious campaign-trail handshaking. "Look, if I have to do it, I do it," he says gamely. "I'm not a big fan that when I'm having dinner, and I'm eating, and I'm ready to pick up a roll or something, and a guy walks out of the bathroom [and] says, 'Mr. Trump, I'm a big fan of yours. Could I shake your hand?' Now the good news is, you don't eat the roll." He'll also pucker up for the wee ones. "Kissing babies isn't so bad," he says. "I'd much rather do that than shake hands." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fish story "I wasn't a very attractive child. The kids called me 'fish lips.' I was gangly and had braces and, uh, fish lips." -- Model- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Don't sweat the small stuff, Mr. C Amy Reiter Amy Reiter's column appears daily on the People site, Monday through Friday.
Got a hot tip? Tell Amy! Get ready for a whole new set of platitudes to hit the talk-show circuit. Dr. Richard Carlson, the original thinker behind "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," has teamed up with his wife, Kristine, to bring you "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love," a fresh batch of touchy-feely tips to help you and your sweet baboo live friction-free. Helpful hints include "think before you speak," "avoid absolute statements (of a negative nature)" and "look in the mirror." I asked the Carlsons if there was a celebrity couple they thought might benefit from their sage relationship advice. Carlson admitted that he had, in fact, sent an advance copy of the new book to President and Mrs. Clinton. "But," he says, "I did not hear back, so I'm not sure whether they liked it or not ... or if they even read it." One piece of advice the first couple probably didn't need the book for: "Put a positive spin on it." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Juicy bits Who's the lucky lady for whom Geraldo Rivera has left his wife of 12 years? The New York tabloids have floated two distinct possibilities: One's a Fox News Channel editor and rock chick known as voodoolulu. The other's a "quiet, girl- Olivia Newton-John: Stranded at the drive-in? Branded a fool? The singer/actress is suing Universal Music Group, which oversees sales of the hit 1978 flick "Grease," for back royalties. The company, she maintains, has been paying John Travolta, who played Danny to Newton-John's Sandy, big bucks for the use of his image on the cover of the film's bestselling soundtrack, but not throwing any dinero her way. Newton-John's contract specifies that no other performers in the film get paid more than she. So much for Sandra Dee. Will Minnie Driver start calling Barbra Streisand "Mom"? The actress recently announced her engagement to Babs' stepson, Josh Brolin. Eat your heart out, Matt Damon. You're not the only one who thinks Jim Carrey is annoying. Rubberface himself admits in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair that acting is "such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself." He even says he's considered dropping out of show biz altogether. Tease. Going, going, gone ... Allen Ginsberg's jeans, vintage top hat, fountain pens, meditation beads, letters, even his beloved harmonium were all auctioned off to the highest bidder by Sotheby's on Thursday. You've also missed your chance to pocket the late Beat poet's black leather wallet, containing a list of all the New York Salvation Army stores; his ID, credit, airline and insurance cards; a Brooklyn College faculty card "with photo" and two used Sweet 'n' Low packets. Blue you didn't bid? Howl.
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