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Issue date: September 10, 2000
New York Yankees
starting shortstop Derek Jeter is such a good role model for kids
today. Whom did he look up to when he was a boy?
Heather Tygrett, Charleston, W.Va.
Growing up in Kalamazoo, Mich., Jeter idolized Yankee slugger Dave Winfield,
eligible for the Hall of Fame next year. In fact, the David M. Winfield
Foundation, which runs an outreach program for city kids, inspired
Jeter, 26, to start the Turn 2 Foundation, which fights teen substance
abuse. It's headed by Jeter's father, a drug-abuse counselor. "I
love to give kids the same opportunity I had," Jeter says. "It starts
in the home. My upbringing was like The Cosby Show."
Is Billy Zane still
acting? He was great as Kate Winslet's nasty fiancé in Titanic.
Jennifer Smith, Detroit
Yes. Sure, he was easy to overlook as the singing voice of John
Rolfe in Disney's 1998 video Pocahontas II (he trained in
musical theater), but how did you miss him as a tunic-clad Marc
Antony in ABC's 1999 miniseries Cleopatra? You'll soon see
Zane, 34, again on TV: Wednesday and Thursday, he stars with Gloria
Reuben in Fox's miniseries Sole Survivor; next Sunday on
Showtime, he's Jimi Hendrix's business manager in Hendrix.
Zane, now in Spain filming the movie Don Juan, was struck
by Titanic's lingering effect recently while in Moscow for
a film festival: "We were the Beatles when we got off the plane."
What has award-winning
country singer LeAnn Rimes been doing lately?
Duane Parks, Fort Myers, Fla.
What hasn't she been doing? Rimes, 18, is busy as ever, despite
a strained vocal cord that required three months of summer rest
and therapy (a 30-date tour was canceled, but some shows have been
rescheduled, starting at month's end). Her latest hit, I Need
You, is all over the radio; she has a cameo in Coyote Ugly
(she also cut four Diane Warren songs for the soundtrack); and a
new CD is due in 2001. Rimes, who lives with her mom in Dallas and
L.A., has been under stress since her parents' 1999 divorce. In
May, the two women sued Rimes' dad, saying he'd taken millions from
her over five years. We're told the dispute soon should be resolved.
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in Sunday at 8 p.m. ET for the 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,
live on ABC from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium. The awards show follows
a 7 p.m. ET pre-show. Host for the night is an old pro: comedian
Garry Shandling, a three-time Grammy Awards host. As usual, NBC
leads the pack, with 97 nominations (ER now has been nominated 93
times during its run). See our article this week on
EMMYS ON THE WEB
Host Garry Shandling:
"I see my role as both host and shrink," says Shandling, who won
a 1998 Emmy for writing on The Larry Sanders Show. "There'll
be some backstage bits and maybe a Survivor sketch." But
Shandling enjoys the pressure of the unexpected. No matter how much
he pushes the envelope, he tells us, "I don't think they'll take
away the Emmy I won." more ...
Stylist Phillip Bloch:
"Celebrities like to do the unpredictable," says Bloch,
who believes actors take fashion as seriously at the Emmys as they
do at the Oscars. "It's nice to do the reversal and show you are
not just your character." When do nominees commit to what they'll
wear? In some cases, "the day before or an hour before the show." more ...
Executive Producer
Don Mischer
(himself the proud owner of 13 Emmys): Can you produce special moments
on live TV? "It's hard to plan," he tells us. "Most powerful moments
come from what the winners say." How do you limit speeches? "We
do 26 awards over three hours -- more per hour than any [other]
show. I send out letters two weeks ahead in which I ask [nominees
to] hold remarks to 40 to 45 seconds." more ...
Melissa Rivers, E!
fashion Maven:
"At the Emmys, people are a little more daring [than
at the Oscars]. TV women tend to be a little sexier." Who will look
especially hot? Debra Messing and Sarah Jessica Parker, says Rivers,
who'll make a fashion statement herself: She'll be reporting live
-- 7 months pregnant with her first baby. "The exciting thing is,
suddenly I have cleavage!" more ...
| Emmy
Nominees to look for on the red carpet
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In
the running
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In
the know
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Halle
Berry
For HBO's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. |
A
win (she's up for starring and producing) could help erase that
hit-and-run incident last winter. |
Hank
Azaria
For the ABC movie Tuesdays With Morrie. |
He
and wife Helen Hunt recently split; she has four Emmys of her
own. |
Jennifer
Aniston
For Friends (it's her first Emmy recognition).
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She
and Brad Pitt are to make their first major appearance since
their July wedding. |
Chris
Rock
For Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker and The
Chris Rock Show, both on HBO. |
He's
been nominated 11 times and won three; this year, he's up for
five. He's also a presenter. |
Billy
Crystal
For his hilarious stint as Oscar-show host --
maybe his best ever. |
Then
again, at 4 hrs., 17 min., it was the longest Oscar show ever.
And he already has four Emmys for Oscar hosting or writing. |
Michael
J. Fox & Tracy Pollan
Fox, for his emotional last season on Spin
City; his wife, for her guest spot on Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit. |
Fox
just signed a $4 million deal to write about life with Parkinson's
disease. |
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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS
September 10: Ryan Phillippe, 25; Jennifer Tilly, 42
September 11: Jane Krakowski, 32; Harry Connick Jr., 33
September 12: Janine Thompson, 33; Barry White, 56
September 13: Ben Savage, 20; Fiona Apple, 23; Jacqueline
Bisset, 56
September 14: Faith Ford, 36
September 15: Prince Harry, 16; Tommy Lee Jones, 54; Oliver
Stone, 54
September 16: Marc Anthony, 31; David Copperfield, 44
Contributing: Bob Nightengale, Evelyn Poitevent, Patty Rhule, Jeanne Wright
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